New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-29
THE NEWS IN LONDON.
,,cu AND AMERIC ANENGLISH REMARKS
ov MR. BLAINE'S DEATH.

loving OF PARLIANENT-NR. GLADSTONE
M THE ENGLISH E>cE-A 'oNspIcU'
o,..1y UNWORTHY PLAY - TIE
DIXIE OF ARGYLL'S NEW BOOK.
lsY CABLE TO THE TRIBUNE.
...,,o.t 1893 ~ The TriSun, AssoctotOa
,.1or Ian est was not to bc expected
h' rnrl,nd should do Mr. Blaine justice.
"'. lac lone prevailed here that he was an
H'" 10 England. That notion has been
en,% ,snslv foscrcd by his personal cnclncs in
'' ~yu country who had access to English
III lilo has been rcyilcd from Newly DIRK ia
pap'h ;s rcvilel in death. and i; is an Aincri
no, ,,ho spits at him in " The Daily News
r,. mornings Times dcvOtcs 10 til" dead
man three columns OF biography and an
"r.s,ial article That is in itself kind 81
80. 49,. ard the laborcd invective OF the leading
..sl i also a homage. Bitter as lis feeling
w., Mr.. Blaine is. II is not stupid enough
Wv. INN, 70 dispose of him as merely an in.
ling politician" after the manner OF the
"es,on above named. 1t secs and says that
A~''' STc Motley and measures his influence AMI
Oh f,i,r we're often greater than those Of his
auV c,iefs 1t is right and proper" adds
IT, ~. Times" as if expecting tic contrary that
lie o,yn country no adverse voice should Just
-w ~ raisel The day for party animos'ucs
is at an end .......,.. .,.
W. bnt the day ior PERSONAL animositlcs ends
-. nor do International antipathies remain
',.o. Mr.. Blaine i'll his time sad ana dl'
.l0r. which might cntitlc England to think HIM
"''. s.ona Of hers do not know that lie was
Sond 70 he Il friend of hers. But how childish
>. !. =, say. as The Times" does. that his I'M
";.nslincss WAS displayed in the Bchrins Sea
a,nu,e, The American secretary OF State ar9ucd
=. American 81 OF that dispute. DID England
.'o,@. him 10 argue the English side and LORD
sSisburv the American side? But let that pass
:. :. br. the usual expression of the lncapaHlfy
=, ,Lo average Engli>hman to take any view nut
-. o,.n Of 10 understand WHY anybody els should
-. .hn side 10 which lie is himself bhnL
What cannot he allowed to pass is the cruel
.,l sh.meful comment on MIR Biainc's persona!
~hax.c,er Old scandals are rakcd up. OLD caiuhi-
-, rut forward old Glunleis repeated. Inc
"',irratc i crotesaur Mr. blaine. w ar" told.
600. No friend 10 Civil Service reform, and that
mill stand a. proof OF somewhat dciectiN" mora.
.on.o and ia,,iic, to the mad Of this EnSh'h
,.,;,nr g, romparison between M Blaine ana MI
la. ,inuld II the next sentence had only alleged
~ ,Anction Of ;hc Free Trade dogma as coz
a,msr, evidence of hi, wickcdI7ese. the statement
.on,A ha,, bocr. from the LnGl@h point OF Wow,
.ooonlo,e lis i.norancr of the lcadinS facts OF
v, p,,i,o's later DAYS i sufficiently shown III
a., .,,,.mcn, that hn was tie champion aad
advisor of tbc Mckinley Tariff. In the confusion
- ~ ooocr mi. singular journal declares at oHc
mcmcn. tha, Mr. Blaincs character and influence
az \ puhc man have boon condemned IN Ms ""H
country ny general consent. ~ another moment
received lv a large section of his countryincn
with profcund concern and With the sense oil
cr,vn National loss. The author Of those TWO
statements must be left to reconcile them as ocS'
10 can. Rcccncablc or not. nothing car eXcnsc
the uncenerous and vindIctive animoSi'y which
brcathcs through this estimate as whole
Mr. Blaine had friends and admirers In Eng
land. who sill he not less shocked than his friends
II home when they read these savage cohiheh'S'
There are Englishmen. and not a few OF the best
Enrsl,men and Enallshwomen. who came 10
know Mr.. Blaine personally when he visited tins
country, who liked and admired him, ana VINO
conceived for him. ana have over since cherished
a deep regard. Their voices are not heard III the
press. No INIT If their existence is given in SUCH
napers as have been quoting Bat they know,
as We know. that America has lost the finest
Of tho largest views. the one surviving political
,oode, who bo,on!cd hy force of intellect and
forec Of character to the best generation OF her
great citizens.
Tho rol,fics of tie week in England take for
the most matt the shape of predictions. and
need rot. therefore, he dealt with at length. 1ou
have had Mr. Lucy's clover e'Nsses at the
contents 81 the Home Rule bill. There are many
others but I will refrain from them all "ha'
ia more significant than any guess as 10 'he
final shane which Mir Gladstone may give 10
his measure is the temper in which il Is hN"N
TO be received by the various sections INTO WHICH
English and Irish parties are now split.
There arc sipns that the McCarthyiteS nave
been SQUARED. word which l use in its purely
political sense Mr.. Mccarthy himself ana some
Of his leading colleagues have hccn in connSl
with M Gladstone That is OF ITSELF almost "c'
cislye Fe~. indeed, are the men who can re-
sst thn influence OF that Administering pcr'ohaiV
when he chooses 20 exert il 70 the fn!l Inc w
,r>ctshla Mr.. iIcaly himself is said to have cN'
pressed his conteatmcnt with the coming Dill
Messrs O'Bren, Dillon. Sexton and other shih
inc lights Of the same wing Of the Na'iohaNs'
rarty give consent by silence. if not otherwise
|. must bc presumed that they know As m"cH
as Ir. Mccarthy knows.
But the McCarthyitcs, though in the majority
are still but section. They are furthcr 'la'
ever from the Parnclite wing and Mr. Kedmoh'
is more irrcconcilable than ever. Inc
two Nationalist factions are more nos
tile than ever Mr.. Redmond has oc
,lared that he will look az no bill "nicl
docs not relieve Dublin from the supremacy o.
Westminster, and accept none which Is not &C
,onpaned by the release of the imprisoned dvha
niters The state of public opinion IN Englan'
makes The release OF the dynamit"rs impossioie
and the Home Secretary. lately the chief spokes
man Of the Ministry. declared last week TN"
the supremacy Of tho Imperial Parliament mus
he maintained. So. If there he anything IN logic
or pledges, or consistency, or in mere WORDS. Mt
Rcdmond's nine votes in the House Oh N",'
mons must be counted against the coming o'il
and half OF Mr. Gladstoncs too narrow haJo'i''
goes with them.
t1s,or ,oo.nt;no hos noain lopn holding grPd