New-York tribune., 1893-12-29
THE NEW AGITATORS.
nrcay OF CONsERvATISM-LORD
=, SALISBURY AND Mr. BALFOUR
{ AS SOCIALISTS.

oora last evening at the National Liberal CIuo
,s one more testimonial to a life which has been
r,cb in efforts for others MT HolyoaKe Is now
soventv-fve or seventy-six years old. ana lhe
time when he figured as an agitator Is distant
ac,,o,or is the name by which he has chosen
g. he remembered He chose for the autooi-
ooranbv which he published last year the title
g.. voars of an Agitators Life" l meant to
,,o,.o c,ven an account Of this remarkable book
=, tho time but did not, and a review OF 1t
could now be ont of date. 1t may still be per-
,,issiblo 70 mention g. Even the hardened
journalist has sometimes to recall to nina events
whose origin is not of yesterday
As 10 books, also, this may be said that 'he
,,,blisher of them is sometimes too impatient.
He expects them to sell al once, or. AT Ieast' tha'
the beginning of large sale should oe liiihe-
diate That does not always happen even III '"e
80 % q successful book. II sometimes takes
months and years for the public TO discover whaI
g really wants. Publishers could tell you ol
cases where books have not begun TO earn a
rroat till three years after they hrs' ap-
neared and then continued for a long Pe'iou al
steadv demand. Mr.. Holyoake's memoirs haNe
run into a second if not third EDITION. lheY arc
y little fragmentary in FORM perhaps o'0"''
portions Of them were written io' "0"'P"f
,,,,, ,ho,, contain a most interesting and admi-
rable record of life honestly deNo'eu - '"o "'
,ocacv Of reforms during long term OF years
when the reformer had ihu'" "''NN'
travel than he has now
Now ne has the road almost to himself or IL
80 hos NO, oui,e that he has his full share OF IT,
If ANYBODY is ebowed off the queen : his"""'
!, ;s not he The reformer used to be- IN 'his
country. an unpopular person. NOW "'"'o'
.,.,oay ie \ reformer | met not long ago al
s,,,a- q very distinguished member OF great
.ossion though not of what are called tiie
,rod professions The talk turned upon reform
ord Conservatives. Somebody sald' NOT uii'i"'''
that ,he Conservatives were now more oen' ."
so.ial reforms than the Radicals. NOT all ie
.or,ed this energetic old gentleman oil seNe"'!
eva .I don't know much about conservatives
hu, ,r Won will look at you Will see a true oiue
TRY am Tory Of the old school ha'e
..orr, " He was evidently sincere NO uouot
.,aro orc others like him. but the number ol
,to,, ,s daily diminishing, and hardly one %
them is left in politics.
The very name is gone. There are Co,'se' a
,,ves there is a Conservative party '"eIe -
M Tory party and has been none since i''
poocons6e,i undertook to educate his 1olio"ei'
d., nevy political beliefs. The main Inference
he,ween the two great parties o. tli' cou',''
1, q difference of degree. Nay there Is "iO''
Gulf between the two wings OF the LiDer"i pa''!
20 that name may still be used-thah oe'"ee"
,,a moderate Liberals and the ConserVa''NeS. Is.
zach marty p ls itself not. shall we s'a''u sum
or 60 forward but. How fast ana no" La La
shall we go. and !n what direc'ioh'
Wis ,nertiae * 10 longer force III
politics ,,.
=, America we have always been In the hap''
~ calling Lord Beaconsfeld a Tory. we u''
-. IVA him and we wanted some term Vi ''
acb and we chose that. But ne was "o'''
ror,. or never during that later Peri'u 10
his ure when he attained TO real po"e'' "
was the author of the largest measure O'
,or,,, ever ra ssed into law in this country the
-, 40, 90 1868 II was the largest because
~ 1.r,,,, involved the further measure o.
1000, Whom YOU had once given the No'e
-, ~,;san Il was thenceforth imposslpie
d,sorminate permanently between ciasse'
=. or.,sans. 10 give the vote 70 the WORKING
- =, tho town and TO withhold 1t from 'i'
rLirgman in the country. That loru De"
eold who had a great breadth oi We"
COW this clearly need not be doupteu' - ''0 '
q definite conservative purpose II was !. r
sorva the Throne The Monarch ana 'ie nun
,uda-that was his political classihcauoh' '.'"
bis distribution of political forces -'",'''''
could he more abhorrent to the oio-idSi'io'',
conservative. or TO the bulk OF the party W"i0''
,,nst It's own will and because II n"' "
go mn, itself under Disraefs leadership
-, ,bat moment the principle or cohSer'd d
tism was abandoned.
y, tho same way, and perhaps for lhe san,
raason we call Lord Salisbury
Glands no doubt. for such opposi'ioh 70 p.,a
,,ro and unconsdered political or consul u'',r, ,
,o,o,,ors as there still is in Eneiahu'
.,rareth of the opposition Is always uo' :.
.xcent nerhaps on Imperial quesuo'S' '
..ahi,,tv still more But the hoNe'
ro,and ,s more social than pohucai' anu ""'
,sIord Salsbury's Toryism on sociai que'''''
,1e is the foremost English parusah Vi ~,
outrage: and the proposal TO sNe -
par,,anentarv franchise is not merely the mo-
49,. ,ha most revolutionary OF all Ut
o,t,es of the day. ] don't mean Una
c.,,,,,rv advocates It for that reason
49,. 10 ,,o,,,d accept this account OF IT, rio'
-, 80. I1e does not look so FAR aheau
-, poacons0eld did. His politics are perh"i
49,. ,h,,osonhical and certainly less iinae'hao'
,ho, those of the great party leader "ho''i
g.. denounced and then followed lie IL q"'
canabe Of advocating female suffrage
no bel,eyes It would strengthen MS o"" -,
as nerhaps II would. But 1t Is ioie u app,'
name Tory to a man who Is reauy'
nursnt Of a party advantage or not " .o''' 49, :,
society. to abandon the essentiai p'M.p'. 'a,,,.,
existing organization. to SUBSTITUTE '" 80 90
ual for the family as the sociai u'i''' "' 40
template with calmness 'he ioi"." a',' av,s,s q,
soc,aI fabric in place Of that whch eN'''
from time immemorial has existed al w. =,
..,,.od ,Yor,d Lord Salisbury's politics are Il
conservative; they are voicaH'o =,
o1ord salisbury stands his nephew
80. ,erbans ADLER. certainly more rehec'''
.,., moro in the habit Of considering
causes Of things. Mr.. Baifour also Is ior " :,
mans % suffrage, and only the other day lea ,l
party. into the lobby in favor OF a p'opy' oa~,o
which though by side wind and Tor ,s ee,.'
purposes only. put the ballot III ,nv n', tnrn