New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-04-02

coencer were other delegates from the smart
or,d. all in sober morning costume, as the
ra,or was 1t seems that from a public meet
ting Of this kind evening dress is sternly ban
,sbed I suppose 1t is not thought democratic.
GOOD mart Of the platform was filed with
.,,oressive County Councillors. Admission was
~, ticket: the platform Councillors tickets of
,aning red, not, hope. too significant of their
opinions
or the substance and object of Lord Roscbcrys
,neech | have said enough otherwise. It's diction
I'd delivery are also interesting. Both struck me
os being more sober than usual. more restrained,
less natural and easy than they have been. The
county Council is. in one sense an extremely
s,hor body. To attend Of their meetings is
something like attending Nonconformist chapel.
There is more animation. Sometimes-indeed.
rattv often-there is open controversy. But the
,,ri, IL the spirit OF seriousness. Perhaps Lord
posebery consciously unconsciousy. con-
,,rred to the Nonconformst tone 1t was
very. businesslike speech; its various subjects all
marshalled in due order, and made to pass In sin
ole file across the platform.
Vet the old hLmor broke out every now and
then He has always had habit Of taking an
audience into his confidence. He puts himself
on their level. There are glances and gestures
which denote an intimacy between them; re-
alton which few orators succeed I'm establishing.
IT. nracses "asides" not at all in the old Adelphi
manner OF those days when the British nation
had a Legitimate drama" all to themselves;
n, which no human being ever desired to de-
rive Them Lord ROseberys manner, II IL
,s N he likened to the manner of any actor, re-
somhes Mr. Irvirg's when Mr. Irving is at MS
,est. when he is simple and conVersauohal' per-
hams the most difficult of all the forms OF ORA
o,ic art 1t used to be so in Edinburgh. nave
.oor lord Rosebery confidential with 1900 peo-
r,s AT a political meeting in the Waverley Mar
b, II cost him nothing to be CONFIDENTIAL at
..o,.s with the eighth Of that number in St
,mas,s Hall Rather early in his Speech ne
90, ,s would not condemn them to suffer in
.h an atmosphere while he went into de-
'Sroa account Of the doings Of the Council
r,or came the usual cry Of "Go on GU 40
80, know how long am going on" retorted the
.no.ker with that emphasis on the word am
witch YOUR types decline to indicate Ihe look
49,, occon,panied the phrase was the old look
,., tho kindly and brilliant lighting up or the
49,, a singular contrast TO the expression OF
.,s dosnair and defiance visible on the same
Union he first walked up on the platform 10
..o music Of the cheers which he haif seemed 10
..,.rt There was discomfort he owned WIN
49, sovness Of reform. 81 do not he SAID re-
ur., that discomfort A satisfied retorrner Is
s.rsorous being; which Is philosophical as wen
~ o,,oint II puzzled the ardent reformers De-
,ore him but. in the end. they laughed
7, seemed to me. however. that on 'he ""o'o'
lord Rosebery had devoted more a''e"'io' -
tho substance than TO the manner OF MS aou'e sS
- -. ,.or,, orderly and lucid statement, with'
os a rule. but little rhetorical ornament iopic
succae5ed topic as milestone succeeds milestone
rb.ra were fewer flowers by the wayslde IMAM
neuaI The intensity Of the Ministerial c'lSiS
might well enough have left the new Prime Nilli-
s,ar little time for excursions INTO less a''u
fields than those in which he Is coinpeleu u
sock nasture But when the magnlnceht peIoia-
49,, oaDa T thought he had purposely kept
down the earlier part OF the speech IN orueI u
dearen the impression OF the close. 1t IS
legitimate oratorical art The same was true
Of his delivery. 1t was constrained at hrs'.
rnara vas q sense OF effort. The attitudes
were sometimes stiff, the gestures angular. Inc
more freely and the more irresistibly poured
out at the end the flood and volume Of waters so
long confined.
Lord Rosebery has seldom been heard OF late
In public, and he probably has his best speech
still 10 make though whether he will surpass
the climax Of this may be doubted. 1t may now
over be long before London sees him in more
Interesting circumstances He is TO speak next
at wigan to the coal miners, for whom ne Sc
cured something like triumph when he CHAIR
manned the arbitration conference with the coal
owners There he may renew his appeal 10 the
working classes, and perhaps find space 10 re-
peat to re-echo, or even 10 emphasize the loi'y
warning OF Mr. Gladstone against the peril Oh
class selfshness. Lord Rosebery knows just az
well as his late chief that the Democracy OH
which alone he can found a lasting power -
Democracy that has yet to be educated.
G.. w. s.