New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-06
MR.. SCHNADHORST.
THE FINAL DISAPPEARANCE OF rBp
GREAT ENGLISH "BOss"-MR. scHNAp.
HORSTS SERVICES AND His GU.
RIOUS RELATION TO POLITICS
AND TO POLITICAL LEADERS.

AND TO POLITICAL LEADERS.
London. November IA
If there were any doubt about the greatness "A
Mr.. Schnadhorsts position about his service.
to the Liberal party. which there never was
Lord Roseberys letter would dispose OF IT, Lord
Rosebery brackets him with Mr. Gladstone Hs
speaks Of the simultaneous retirement OF on,
great leader and Of the chief organizer Of ouy
forces in the same breath as blow which can
only be repaired by the strenuous and united ef
forts Of all who serve In the ranks Lord Rose.
berry has picturesque but sometimes careesa
diction, and 1t Is careessness which leads him to
speak OF repairing blow. Il might be thought
that it was also in moment OF forgetfulness that
he refers to the retirement of Mr.. Gladstone and
Mr. Schnadhorst as simultaneous. Mr. Gladstone
retired last February, and i; is only now, in No
vember, that the public Is allowed to know that
Mr. Schnadhorst has followed the head Of hin
party into private life. But to those behind the
scenes It has long been known that Mr. schnad.
horst had ceased to be capable Of any ACTIVE
political effort.
He resigned the Secre:aryship OF the National
Liberal Federation. as the Liberal Caucus "a
rather grandiloquently named. eighteen months
ago. and Mr.. Hudson reigned in his stead Mr.
Schnadhorst continued TO retain a nominal con.
nection with the machine He was. until Satur.
day. Chairmas Of the General Committee, post
OF honor IN which he Is now succeeded by Mr.. Ed.
ward Evans. jr. of Liverpool. The party organ
tells the world In its angry way that Mr.. Hudson
has been the real boss during these eighteen
months. and that all hints Of loggerheads In he
Liberal party are ludicrous. We all know how
united the Liberal party il and with what broth.
crly love the different clques and sections Of The
! party regard each other and now willing each Of
/ them IL to give way to the other. IL would, no
doubt TO the judicial mind OF the party organ
seem lud.crous to suggest that the Welsh and
| the Local Veto men. and the Labor men. and the
/ freshmen or any of them. have ever wrangei
! for Parliamentary precedence Each set has
/ shown itself slngulary anxious to postpone It's
J claims to the claims of others and 10 the general
good of the party and still more OF the State
Mr. Schnadhorsts is. fear. case Of overwak
and OF exhaustion Of the brain following upon
/ overwork His final disappearance was author.
tatively announced on Saturday at meeting Of
the General Committee OF the National Liberal
Federation In Newcastle. The reign Of the great
est "boss'' known in British politics is over.
The best tribute to Mr. Schnadhorst comes. not
/ from his old associates. but from his opponen,s
II is the organ Of the Conservative party which
]
has had a very practical reason for approaching
! Mr. Schnadhorst's merits. He is the enemy by
whom they have been taught. There were brave
men before AgamemnOn and there have BEEN OF
course political organizations and organizers be.
fore Mr. Schnadhorst But II he who in
vented or perhaps imported the Caucus into this
country Birmingham was the spot where 1t
first took root Mr. Schnadhorst was the asso-
ciate OF Mr. Chamberlain perhaps Mr.. Cham
| berlain of Mr. Schnadhorst. l do not know
| which OF old 1t used TO be thought that the
! Tories-ln the days when there were Tories-were
better marshalled for strife than the Wings, ana
then better than the Liberals. That day mas
| long since passed. When the Caucus was nrst
| heard Of there an outcry. The Briton was
| told-hs used always to be told that-that Ms
politics We're being Americanized. perhaps they
were The more nimble methods OF the Amer'ce"
party manager were found not unsui'ed 10 tho
British mind
Mr. Schnadhorst made the discovery. MS
abilities were almost entirely OF the orsah'1'ns
kind He was no speaker, no writer nao ~
visible aptitudes for public life In any OF us or
binary FORMS But he could administer NO
doubt he would have beer a good head Of de-
nartment. But he never held office. He pre-
ferred TO be the head. In one sense, OF great
| V,
after victory by dint OF mis- powers Of organization
He came. as 1t happened, at a period when the
Liberal party was full OF strife 1t had a-mis-
sion and q leader 1t had principles, enthu'
siasms convictions, and a profound belief IN
Itself and It's cause. OF all that Mr.. Schnadhorst
knew how to avail himself. When the party
broke I'D. turned its back on itself, renowned III
old principles. and embarked on new CRUSADE
whereof the watchword was simply faith IN MI
! Gladstone the work became more difficult lhs
excellence Of a mill and OF its machinery may "
great. but II you give 1t nothing TO grind the
quantity OF grst will be small
There could be no better proof OF 1t than the az
tempt to galvanize the agitation against W.
House of Lords into some semblance OF NE -"
the machinery OF the caucus was set IN ho''o"
First at Portsmouth and then at Leeds there was
a tremendous whrr OF wheels. The morh'hs
after each OF those caucuses the observer r's'.
well have thought that the House OF Lorus nav
nothing to do but take itself out OF the way a'
speedily as possible. The next day at'e'' y,
would begin to doubt. The week after. ne "ou'1
see that the agitation Fictitious ana 'ha' '"'
nation was unmoved. Organization cannot c'e'"
q state OF public feeling 1t may use II or foHsn'
u hut there must be something to use ana so"''
! thing to foment ,,
whether Mr. Gladstone will like being orache"
| Oh with Mr. Schnadhorst Is another que'"
Mr. Gladstone Is himself no mean ORGANIZE
| electioneering agent But he is. Of course. I"
hasn something much more than that ne ~.
! inspired his party. supplied 1t with po"'.
with a succession OF policies, ana ied "A.
| gallantry which his greatest opponent Illus
mire 1t is very doubtful compiime" Ia.
loader Of a very high ord n of political se"''.
- waigb him in the same scales with a NV.
"hoss" Mr.. Gladstone has been for a senefa''0-
the Morning star of English Liberalism ha''"s
hsfore all eyes, the cynosure OF all eyes the Nv
rosr,erdent figure on the political horizon '.
anywhere in the political heavens. Blot out W.
loo, .,gbt wears and he remains what ne W."