New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-25
NOTES FROM LONDoN
MIR. JOHN MORLEY ON PRIVILEGE -
PROPERTY-THE PRESENT CONnrrs,.'
OF THE CAB STRIKE AND.c,n
TRADE-THE PRIVILEGES OF
COLUMBUS.

privilege The task Of REFORM he said ~
| hard enough at best. Privilege stands h..,.
| frowning, brazen, high battements" Well rs
you are in a mood for destruction you %, 49,,
almost anything privilege. | wonder wheths, ~
John Morley ever heard friend Of his and r,,.
tell a story Of his experience on French ralv,.
In the early days Of the French Republic n.
was travelling by night from Strasburg 10 pa.
and had paid large sum for the exclusive a.
Of his compartment. The conductor kent f.,,
with his passenger and kept the public on, D..
at one point in the Journey the conduc,o, =
changed and about In the morning the a.
opened and In rushed a company OF thirdc,.
travellers-father. mother. children OF all ays.
and filed the carriage with their very subs,an.,
persons and very substantial smell OF garlic a.,
other perfumes. Our friend-I mean Mr. Morlev.
friend and mine-remonstrat gently asan,
this invasion and explained to the head Of "A.
family that the carriage was his because no IA,
paid for 1t. Non" responded the Frenchm,,
a sort Of small farmer. apparently; nous somr..
maintenant SOUS la Repubque; II ny a pIu, A
priyilegies" He had broken down the froynn,
brazen. high battlements. The privilege OF ma
sessing what the posscssor had bought and paa
for had been abolished. Does Mr.. Moreys lts
Of privilege differ so very much from that Of Ii.
small French farmer?
He said a still more remarkable thing p.
haps some Of you will remember the rece,,
speech OF the Duke OF Devonshire explaining IA
his tenants and neighbors that, under the nsv
finance. his successor would have 70 pay to Ii.
State six or ten or twelve years income to stan
with and would therefore be obliged 10 shut u,
Chatsworth heretofore freely open 10 the pubk
and maintained al a great expense which ta
spoliated next owner would be no longer able TO
AFFORD. On this Mr. John Morley comments a
follows:
The Duke OF Devonshlre is a very solid end
very upright man; and what / wonder az Is that
he does not perceive what | have been trying %
point out 10 yOu-that II Is not he at all VINO hss
BEEN or who would be practically, making the
sacrifice necessary for these benevolent objecs
and for keeping up those palaces and pleasure
grounds. No. 1t is you and | who have been
keeping up the pleasure grounds II the Duke
paws so much less than his proper share In order
10 perform these public duties, you and have 70
pay so much more. / repeat that 1t is We vha
keep up ChatswOrth.
II is not necessary 10 put ones finger on the
falacies and fallacous assumptions with which
these sentences swarm. II Mr.. Morley reads hh
speech In print and in cold blood. he must be jus
and l. The phrase proper share" is pure Beg
g!ng Of the question. Of which at time Mr
Morley would not have been guilty. No mon
would h. once have assumed he doea
that even II the necessities Of the State and d
Socialistic finance may require extra taxation
the Duke Of Deyonshire has heretofore paid Iss
than he ought. All this is Mr. Chamberairs
ransom" over again, ami ransom was never any,
thing but plunder
But the most serious censure II all on N,
Morley Is his appeal to the cupidity and oths
passions Of the mob He is an educated man
They are for the purposes OF such discussion
this uneducated and ignorant To tell such Hs'
1T Is we who keep up Chatsworth what Is thG
but to tell them Chatsworth is righ,fuly thein'
What is that but an invitation 10 violence AM
rapine? do not say that Mr.. MorleYmeant II Is
such. do say that is the effect Of II, and that
Chatsworth had been near and his hearers had
rushed off TO sack il. h. would have been re-
sponsible: irresponsible morally beyond doubt and
perhaps responsible legally in a criminal prosecl'
ton for melting 10 violence and robbery.
Ia this what the phiiosopr cal politician IS COM
ing to? Mr. Morley knows,-none bet'er-wha
kind Of a spirit is abroad in this country ana
To what new perils property and social order ard
the existing social fabric are exposed. When he
is not talking party politics or making a point al
the expense OF a political opponent. he depors
these dangers. or did not long since dcpiore them
But he IS rapidly becoming himself danger
is not such a very long step from the man who@
Manchester last autumn declared force 20 he me
only means Of abolishing the House Il Lords
and the man who now az Rotterdam procaln'
tn crowded meeting that they have claim %
Chatsworth
Is philosophical politician the new synonym 'H
an agrarian and FOR something worse han agra
rian? The classes who took 10 Mr.. Morley as'
teacher are hot on the scent of other mems pos
sessions already. 4 greater share II properly
and of profit has long been the workingmans
cry Does Mr. Morley think he needs TO be en-
couraged 10 demand still more. or 10 turn hn
covetous fury from the industrial capitals
whom he is wei! IN the way to running. to tn
owner OF lani who /, half ruined already! II d"
for some time past been growing clear III"
spoliaticn In one form or another was 10 becoDs
a party policy. Sir William Harcourt has pu'H
into a bill and calls 1t finance And now M'
Morley extols It In a stump speech. II an honors'
bic and high-minded man can so far lose ~
Judgment and his moral sense as 20 DO this, WI"
Is 10 be expected or tnose VINO are iV'S 'e
minded and less honorable than Mr.. John NUT
ley?
The cab strike has left a legacy ~ little near.
burnings and much discomfort; with threats '.
worse things TO come. II is one OF the "O'''
signs OF these trade-unIon times that the "V',
ingman seldom accepts Loyalty decision "n''
goes against him or which gives him less .1a.
he wants The Cab Union leader MT. "".
while claiming in one breath a glorious Vie'O.'
for the drivers. announced In the next tna' wv ".
would use Mr. Asquiths award as pass
further demands and FOR another strike ~,
year They submitted 10 some parts OF MS a"
and resisted others The union labels. wh'0" 49,
served as licenses. were TO be discontinued -" a.
two or three days they were, but the uh0'.
drivers display strike tickets In their ha'S
parently as badges 10 distinguish them from -" -.
unioniss There are other signs or host"" :.
tween the two. Non-union drivers nave -.
I'm with a certain amount Of badgering from -
unionists: who agreed to live at peace WIN 49, ..
no inIa