New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-30

SorNdtlNe But III Lancashire. a. elsewhere. the
great majority Of the best Liberals declined to
follow Mr.. Gladstone, and the Glad-tOnan mag
istratcs Cwindled TO onc-hlth Of the whole number
Mr. Bryce set himself TO reform this melancholy
state OF things. lie sent Lord Sctton list of
Magistrates whom he wanted the bench. When
Lord Seton, whose action has been free from
any party bias declined, Mr.. Bryce revoked his
powers and fell back on his right as Chancellor.
which a Liberal Government had transferred In
1870 to the Lord-Leutcnant. II was an arbi-
trary act. and it was followed 10y an exercise of
this newly acquired authority avowcdly partisan
He admits that he has appointed 1lj magistrates,
of whom lls were Gladstonans, and twcnty-four
workingmen most, if not all of them, also Glad
stonians. Three out of the lij were tnionists.
1t comes out at the same time that Lord Ier-chell
has been engaged still moro largely in similar
industry The Lord-C Chancellor and the Caanc j.
of the Duchy Of Lancaster between them have
added TO the bench SIS magistrates. of whom jl9
are avowcd Gladstonans and most of TN" rest
worliingncn There need of these extra
magistrates. except to re,ress a party balance
Such is Mr. Brycc's Defence surely curious one
for an advocate of purity in politics.
Ii is the more distressing TO have TO relate
these things in America because Mr. Bryce is
notoriously the friend of the American Mug,4lmp
whose preference for purity amounts to passion
IL is a passion which leads the MuGwump systc-
matically TO revilc his OWN country to the for
eigner, and on other point more srenuousy
than about civil service reform. He saturated
Mr. Bryces mind with his own notions which
duly reappcar in Mr.. Bryce's book America.
and make portions of that hook untrustworthy,
over-colored and libelous Yet when its
author has to discharge in his own country what
must be called a judicial duty. and TO provide
for the administration of justice in the great
country of Lancashire, he runs the party machine
at full speed and rank: the Lancashire benches
with men who will do what the party wants done.
The Hull strike continues. but the strikers are
fighting losing battle They have no adequate
funds for a contest They have resorted 20 Vio-
lence and 10 ncendiarism They have lost a
great share of the public sympathy on which they
counted and they are quarrelling among them
selves The employers. meanwhile, are steadily
augmcnting their supply of free labor. ana are 50
confident of success that they have refused 10
arbitrate, and are not eager for direct n'go'a-
ton with the mon. TO the terms they la''i down
at York they adhere. They will employ uhlohl>'s
if there are unonists who like to bc ciploEeu'
They will not allow them TO manage their bus-
ness or to say who else shall and who else snail
not he employed 1t is, in other words, struggle
between the trades unions and the shipping Fed
Grafton. in which the Shipping Federation is show
ing itself the stronger. The nnioniSts complain
bitterly that the Federation is trying 10 smaSh
tho J'ni;n but as the Union - also trying 90
smash the Federation its claim to coihhlS'I"'i'"
in a contest provoked by its own Leaders j. h''
obyions If the men have rght 10 co'hoH''
why have not the employers? The cohpiila'ion
Of the men was aggressive from the star' '''''
of the employers is an act of sclf-deicnce'
Nr Ralfour's brief speech on Literature at the
PovaI Literary Fund Dinner "Wednesday mas
started n discussion on the position ana pro'p'0''
| of literature The discussion is less ifeSn 'n'i
| the speech Mr.. Balfour speaks as one VINO u'-
sired 70 break with the traditions OF 'h' w
| torian epoch He does not dlsparaae '"o N
ness Of its greatest writer's but he points I" ''e
| ocncraton preceding his own as the one "n',''
| felt their influence most strongly
| howeyer. as they have 10 SUCCESSORS the No""''
;n,oll;ccnce of tho present day must go somewhcr"
| for inspiration. or somewhere for mod"iS' vi
| pa,four's refuge is the eighteenth century '
| i Of course attacked for venturlnc 10 nn'Si"h
tho supremacy of the sccond-rat" poets anu ''ii"-
rate novcsts of to-day. One oi th"m saws ~ 'lia'
| .ho comnlainr has been heard during every
pcriod Another insists that ohiS Pos"''N
;rdgo fairly. the usual consolation of tho-" whose
| mo
,ho nublic in spite Of its morbid interest in mer"
| ,.oI., si,on,lv AGREES with Mr. Bafour. There
i; of the present or recent generation oil Ehe''s''
.;.oua M one who attains 10 the front rank.
save by the partiaity of the clique 10 which IT,
, belongs.
Tho, renaissance Of art which a sanguin" Bri'"n
not long since announced, or AT least ah'i''i'''''
;s ,ot 70 he seen in this years exhibition oi inc
tl,n nxli
;mnrtatior Of modiocriy, it is for the most part
| where il passes into ccccntrlclN. Even 'i'' !
., bopcful sign in an institution where IN" ic'sh
| of tLe conventional and Of the commonplace mas
| bcon so long and 10 seldom broken. IL Il ~ il
| . cert,in number of canvaScs from the ''raIt"ii
| Gallery had been silently transferred 10 bhiIhH
| Ton House Perhaps thcy have been. Inc lnpf'h
sorjst is here and there visible. II" ls h"t III
himself a beautiful object but h" relieves 'h'
| monotony There is good deal OF wofK WIN"
| is ambitious, too often an ambition whch over
leans itself Ambition, like wisdom, is no' AWAY
| ustificd Of her children. OF the few really chp'
| bile and interesting painters who are the stan OF
tbc Academy, hardly is at his best, or II
adequately rcpr; scntcd by his this years pictures
, gloom has fallen art a gloom deep ais" on
| ,he commercial side, think many oi III" artN'S
| If there be any mystery in the reluctance ol 'l'
publIc to invest money IN VI" H'"'s' plou"c'" W
,h. Kri,ish school. it will be dispcllcd by walk
,hroucb the galleries of Burlington House and
criticol Glance at the treasures which cover it,
walls.
Mr. Lincoln, tie American Minister. ana Tho
,ost American Minister to England, sails for homo
next Saturday on the American liner Ncw-lork
Uo will leave behind him none but pleasant
meu,orie, and will take with him the best wsh''
~ all his own countrymcn who have been for loui
years under his jurisdiction, and of great com
pany Of English friends. His term Of Office has
been "a comparatively quiet one There has beer
for one thing sort OF Irish truce, and the lrI
n,triot here or elsewhere has been content that
the American Minister should be an American anc
not an lris-A Amcrcan Minister Mr. Lincoln ha'
shown himself competent and careful He wac
welcomed for his fathers sake: hc has been likct
for his own sake; and III his diplomatic career
| ,b.r. is nothing for Inn his friends re