New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-04

New Radicalism is the doctrine Of the mahua'e
and the habtual practice Of dictation
Lord Rosebery has taken his own line at the
Foreign Office. turning neither 10 the right Tor
the Humanitarians. nor to the left for the Little
Fnglandcrs lie has gone straight on. The irish
NationaUsts think him sufficiently fervent on the
subject Of Home Rule He is at least as fervent
as a majority Of the people Of Great Britain.
lie is as he said in his last speech, witness but
not an enthusiastic witness The Labor party
are content to have him. and something more
than content The Revolutionary party lend him
their voices in the mistaken expectation that ne
will prove new Philippe Egalit6, or a new
Citizen Stanhope He is known to be urgent in
favor of mending the House OF Lords. Whether
he is or will bc for ending them is another
matter.
Events may presently take such turn ana
opinion express itself in such way in the coun-
try as to make even the Radicals ana hed5
thankful that the party is still able to produce
moderate and rational leader. If anything could
strengthen Lord Roseberys hold on the party
and the country. it would be Mr.. Labouchere's
letter Of yesterday That is document without
precedent So was the so-caed deputation at
the head Of which Mr.. Labouchere waited upon
Mr. Marjoribanks the chief whip OF the party
on Thursday afternoon. a score Of Radicals
then joined in his verbal protest against peer
any peer-as Prime Minister Many of them
are reported as already peniten. Mr.. Labou-
cheres letter bears no signature but his own.
AS a piece Of political enrontery it has never
been surpassed. 1t is the compact and con-
crete expression Of the familiar rule or ruin
Radical maxim If a Liberal peer is made Lib
eral Prime Minister. Mr.. Labouchere will wreck
the Government II he can. lie will vote against
it. He will get others to vote against it, if he
can. This avowa1 is made with full knowledge
that the immense majority Of the party is in favor
OF a peer as Prime Minister. But Mr.. La
bouchere insists that the immense majority shall
yield to a small minority. Such is his notion Of
Democracy and Of party loyalty.
The party organs promptly repudiate him.
Even THE Daily News" rebukes him. THE
Chronicle" turns on him with It's usual energy
and meets his threat to leave the party with the
pungent question, "Who is going to remain in
the party If the unbiased verdict Of Mr.. Glad
stone of the majority Of the party, OF the Cabi-
net of the best men in the House Of Commons.
Of the Liberal press, Of those most interested in
the development Of Social Radicasm. is 10 be
rudely set aside" This beligerent organ Of Social
Radicallsm, as you perceive permits nobody but
itself to dictate to the party or its leader. Mr..
Labouchere's reliance is upon the narrowness
OF the Liberal majority in the House Of Com
mons He calculates that enough Radicals would
join him in his betrayal to convert this majority
into a minority. 1t does not look to-day as II
his following were large enough TO accomplish
that sinister design. II 1t were accomplished.
dissolution would probably follow at once. The
Queen at any rate. seems unaffected by these
menaces. and has summoned Lord Rosebery to
Windsor. Mex, week will show whether he sue
ceeds in forming a Ministry. G. W. S.