New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-16

Of sympathy with the people over.whom he ruled
1t has been shown in striking ways Sell
dom has any event touching any. colony seemed
10 affect England so much. IL came so near the
Queen as to make it personal to her; ana every
thing personal to the Queen reaches an immense
majority of her subjects; perhaps all OF them.
The Queen in turn. has made herself the medium
OF the regret of all. She expressed II IN htt'hs
words and she laid a wreath on the coffin In
token of her respect for Minister VINO had
served both her and Canada we'll
II sounds almost cynical to say so. yet 1t may
he said with truth and not at all cynically OF
this eminent Canadian. that his death conferred
a benefit upon his country which long years OF
honorable devotion to her interests might not
have equal,ed for the tragedy at Windsor is one
of those which bind countries together.
The Radicals are more and more getting the
upper hand in that party which it was hoped
Lord Rosebery might bring back to the OLD tradi-
tons and methods Of true liberalism. 1hey are
forcing Lord Rosebery himself to do their DID,
ding and speak with their voice. The ADDRESS at
Davenport is a proof 1t Is hardly one moh'n
since the Prime Minister declared at Glasgow
that he would never be a party TO putting TINS
country at the mercy OF single chamber Now
at Davenport. he puts aside the question OF one
chamber or two as academic and a mere theoret-
tCdl 0lnlCuty OeSlSIeu u uNluc '"V P"'N' "~''
II has serious work in hand. No wonder that the
more reckless Radicals go about exulting that
they have captured the Prime Minister Not all
of them saw that: perhaps fewer still believe 1t.
but II is true that the gulf between them has
narrowed If Davenport and not Glasgow is to be
the keynote Of the agitation, the difference De-
tween Lord Rosebery and the extreme Radicals
cannot long keep them apart Glasgow was
solemn pledge never TO leave the country uhoer
control of a single chamber. Devonport Is an
elaborate sheer at those who were simple enough
to interpret that pledge seriously. They are 'oiu
that 1.-The whole question of the existence OF
second chamber is one of those abstract discus
sions which. like the execution of Charles /. is
A, to engage the attention Of the debating So
cieties of our rural centres" How are these two
.rreconcilabe attitudes 10 be reconciled? LORD
Rosebery of course tries to defend his own con-
s.stency and to bring the Rosebery Of Glasgow
into line with the Rosebery of Davenport lie
says with perfect truth that there is no power IN
this country to put an end to the existing secohu
chamber without the consent OF that chamber'
Therefore it is that the discussion about ending
il is academic. But he does piVi0oe - ifG' g.
end to the legislative power of the second cham
her without which II would cease to exist as one
branch Of constitutional legislature
There is nothing academic about that pro-
p0Sal III is the most IldCt4NdA hiiiu "a f''''NN'
Nobody is discussing the second chamber at all
except in its legislative capacity LORD Rosepery
In one breath asks the constituencies for man
date 10 destroy that legislative capacity. and. in
the next tells them that the question whether III
ought TO be destroyed not is purely theoretical
and only it for rural debating clubs. The very
reason he alleges in excuse for his Migrant m
consistency confutes him. II there is no power
10 put an end TO the existing second chamber
without it's consent neither Is there any power
TO destroy its legislative efficiency without us
consent Such is the nextricable maze OF point
blank ACCOMMODATIONS in which the Prime Min
ster has entangled himself
All the week an animated discussion has been
kept I'D about Brgg. Seldom has great party
been so demoral.zed and discouraged by single
defeat In a by-eection. Forfar was great blow;
this Is a greater. The partr organs admitted II
frankly on Monday For the moment IL para
lived the movement against the House of Lords
This then. was the answer. not OF Scotland
only but of England. the predominant partner
IN Lord Rosebery's proposal of revolution. They
would have none of it, The Radicals began to
regard the general election as already held ana
lost The only question was by how great
majority the Conservatives would come H. anu
how many years their Government might pe eN-
pected to last. The feeling among the Minis
j ,eriaIists WAS one of something like despair.
They had played what they thought their best
card and lost. The country vas clearly against
them Then their leaders perceived that they
were d!spiriting the party and persuad.ng the
country that the Conservatives were invincibie
and they began finding excuses Lord Tweed
mouth found several Lord Spencer said that Vie
tory was still possible. Lord Rosebery observed
at Devonport that after losing Mr.. Gladstone, 1t
was not surprising to lose Forfar and Brigg, ana
that for his part he was whit discouraged
So as the week draws to its end. the Radicals
are recovering some part Of their courage IN
public.
Lord Rosebery spoke again yesterday In the
East End OF London and made fresh appear ior
labor votes both there and at Davenport What
ever else may be said there is ring OF maniu
courage in his words and tones He mas MS
hack 10 the wall Where is Sir William Har-
courto"ecred one Of his Stratford auditors; but 1t
appears that the arduous departmental duties OF
the earliest post in the Ministry absorb all Sir
Williams energies.
There are better prospects for the LONDON
schools Lord George Hamiltons opening ADDRESS
as chairman promises TO open new era ne
denlored past controversies. He deprecated future
controversies. He announced that he meant 70
he chairman of the whole board. and not OF
either party. He reminded members that their
functions were executive and administrative. not
polemicaI. He declared that he would not have
accepted his post II he had supposed that the
next three years TO be devoted to wrangNng
With an adroit persuasiveness learned by long
experience in Pariaments and Cabinets LORD
George assumed that he was expressing the
views of both parties and that both were ready
for truce Of God.
Whether he was not, he captured DOM MI
Lyulph Stanley. leader OF the progressiVes
grasped at the olive branch thus he'u Out an.
10 chad ont his hand in Dehal1