New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-07

| loving agency which sent il abroad for English
| consumption. II is commented on here in the
| usual tone There are always Engshmcn ready
TO believe i'll of America. Just as there are Ameri-
! cans ready 10 tradGcc their own country, whether
| for partisan or personal motives, or merely in
the way of business.
| The effort 10 prevent the erection Of the
statue to Newman in Broad-st.. Oxford. over
| AGAINST the memorial to Cnnmcr Iatimrr. and
| Ridley has succeeded. II is not to stand where
the Catholic Duke of Norfolk wanted it to stand.
| Whether from some other site il shall
still cast it's black shadow over oxford
is question The Oxford City Council voted by
more than two to one in favor of appointing n
committee to confer with the Newman COMMITTEES
and to choose some spot for the statue if they
could agree This vote was carried in spite Of
petition signed by more than two thousand cti.
zens Of Oxford in spite of the opposition Of
such men the Master Of Balliol. the Rector of
Exeter and many other Of the most liberal and
able heads Of Oxford colleges. and in spite Of the
general public opinion Of England.
! / said last week that the attempt TO rouse
public opinion against this Romsh cncroachmcnt
upon Protestant Oxford had failed. So it had
| But the indomitable spirit of such men As Canon
| lnce, DR.. Jowett, Dr. Jackson Sir William
Anson, and the Warden OF Nc,, College, did in
the end prevail. The press took up the question.
The Times which had long kept silence spoke
ont at last, and perhaps with all the more force
for its long deiheratiOn. 1t declared Brcad-st an
Impossible position for Roman Catholic monu-
ment. told the Council their duty. and advised
the Duke OF Norfolk to end the controycrsv by
withdrawing his petition 10 the Council. Not -
do Roman Catholics understand their duy 20
their Church. The Duke and lis colleague, wcr'
too well informed of their strength in the Council.
They saw n chance t. triumph oNer Protestant
opposition and Ieinquish il they would rot.
Who think YOU, this Catholic Dukes abcitor
in the Council? Alderman Buckc.l. leader Of the
Advanced Liberals Of Oxford. himself a Protestant
Nonconfoymst. Why should you be surprised al
that? The NoncOnformist, of England are in
alliance with the Roman Catholic hierarchy in
IIcland. They are engaged in n conspiracy 10
make the priests of Ireland the political masters of
Ireland. Time was when the English \oncOn-
formists would have cut off their right hands
sooner than set them TO such compact with
Topcry as they have now cntcrc! into. That
time is longer possible. They think that is
would accustom English Protestants 10 Home
Rule in lrclanP if they started little Rom" rule
in England first. public statue 10 Roman
Cardinal in oxford might not be a bad beginning.
That explains Alderman Buckcll and the Advance
Liberals in oxford. Their act has the san tion, s.
far as one can judge. Of the Gladstonians in
general. The Gladstonian organ backs up It's
Oxford friends. thinking it ridiculous that any
body should regard a memorial to Newman an
insult to Professionalism.
t. influenza is scnslhlv abating. The death
rate is everywhere going down, though still above
the average Dr. Maciagan. a distinguished Lon
don physician. has published papcr in The
Nineteenth Century full of what seems 10 the
lay mind practical good senec respecting The pre-
vention and treatment of the disease. His spc-
cfc for prevention is saicere.
The most lamentei victim OF the influenza this
week is Sir Morell Mackenzie. The malady in
his case was complicated with asthma and bron-
chits, and ended in syncopc. Eytraordinary ~
his power of work, Sir Morell was never a
strong man He lived his nerves. Work with
him always meant overwork. His dcvo-
tion to his profession and his patents
knew 10 bounds. No matter what jcal
ousy deracton nigh; say OF him. ne stood
admittedly at tine head Of his profession. He was
not only at the head be had no real rYal citheg
in England or on the Continent The controvcrsF
which about his name in connection with his
treatment of the Emperor Frederick was partly
political In ite origin. partly the offspring Of Ger
man professional hatred Of Englishmen. Sir Mo
rell not always discreet in his conlnct of this
dispute but his services to the Emperor cannot
well lie ovcrratcd. What human skill could do.
he did Here in England he too well known
to sulcr from foreign antipathics. and his sudden
death leaves him universally regretted.
The Gladstonians have started out on
paisn for the recovery Of London They have
organized a series Of meetings the first of which
held last night with Sir George Ircyelyan
us chief speaker. They have n present eleven
Parliamentary seats, a number which they hope
10 treble at the next election. Hopes cost moth
ing. Sir George Ireyelyan Is as good speaker
they could choose 1o begin with, no man has
a more profound faith in the efficacy OF part, or
can preach political salvation with more genuine
fervor He has, from merely the party point oi
vicw an awkward record. But his present con
victions are just firm if he had not lately
held Others dametIicaily opposite 10 them. 1t
must he some little time before the effect OF this
new move DE
Lord Rosebery with his usual loyalty to his
political associates. has written long letter i'll
defence of the London County Council. or rather
in defence of so much in it's policy is dciensibl'
This policy has been, in his judgment large, gen
erous and democratic. sentence will show ms
point of view. Its main and guiding impulse
has been" says Lord Rosebery in my opinion. to
be perfectly fair TO all classes, but 10 aim at re-
moving from London the reproach Of being 4
quarter Of the very rich surrounded by vast
nation Of the very poor That is in the first |
place. doctrine of good intentions, ana in the
second an admission that the Council has gone |
far outside the line Of s strictly defined duties.
But Lord Rosebery has told MS before that
the politics Of the future the politics of the
poor That is another way Of saying, as he again !
says in effect. that democracy is not TO mean
equal government for ALL but privilege for some |
and penalties for others and after all, the best |
commentary on Lord Roscbcrys smablc palaton |
of his colleagues performances is the fact that |
he entirely declines TO have anything more to do |
with them His letter is refusal TO accept any |
Of the nominations offered him for the next |
Council.