New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-09

in spirit What It dislikes Is bitterness OF speech
It expects members to consume not all put some
| Of their own smoke and not to neat the furnaces
too hot Mr. Morley still Grams his with rosn
! and pine and sits the safety valve. His great
! est authority is stil on the platform, ana WIN
| the audiences at Newcastle and elsewhere VINO
! throng TO hear him. He is more at nome Win
| them and the ferceness Of his faith SUITS d
multitude In frieze jackets better than the select
company OF legislators at St stephens
The reputation which grew fastest early IN the
session was Mr. Asquth's. do not know that
he has lost what he gained In the winter ana
spring. but the growth has not continued a. the
same rate. and atterly he has been less con-
spicuous His last great performance was his
speech introducing the Welsh pises'aohsh-
nent bill a speech able enough to have created
Parliamentary reputation by Itself. since 'heh
he has been more assiduous at the Home oihce
than in the House. and It is agreed that ne mas
| do,a much valuable wofk In that Office. and
some OF which the value remains 10 De pro'eu'
,Js intervention in the cab strike was not uni
formiy happy
The present feeling in the House about Mr..
Asaulth is that ne Is a reserve force man Ut
prea, powcrs which he may wisely or I'M
wisely He has shown hrmn"ss ana ''A'"se
again and again: In refusing. for example % re-
lease the Irish dynamiters or Mrs MaybrcK' ana
in his steadfast support " the civil ana "il''dS
authorizes responsible for suppressinC the Ach-
ton colliery riots and indirectly for the deaths Oh
two men killed by bullets on that OCCASION J"
May last Mr.. Asquith was married - MISS ZEN
nant and the period OF his Parliamentary Hiac-
tivity began not long after. The TWO matters !"
which he is believed 10 take most interest are
the movement toward Colectivsm ~ an active
nrincIplc in p1itics and the moveruent aSalnS'
the House u Lords. Mr. Asqulth Is single,
chamber man. Ike the hotheads u his party ana
unlike the chief ~ his party Inc nllleI@h'r -
vital and II IL yet - he seen whether men VINO
are Tor one chamber and men who are for Two
will be able TO act together In the coming cam
psgn against the House ot LORDS
Besides these ;lree there Is no ono on the
Treasury Bench whose career during the present
session calls for much comment Mt CaHppeH
Bannerman Is the same capao'' war '", ~
and cool Parlianentar.an mat ne vas ~
Fowler has served n creiitablc apprenticeship IN
the great office II Secretary ~ state for Inlla'
the financial business 81 which he has mastered
He has made n good Indian Budget speech ana
presented toerably firm front - the came
Lawson group which regards India as Klhi ~
larger Chaplain. and seeks t. govern two hundred
millions II Orientals in obedience 70 the dictates
Of the Radical docirinaire. u the professor 81
parochial politics and 4 thp Nonc1ni9t iIll7r 'H-
science Mr. Bryce as President y tho board or
Trade Is the same Mr.. Bryce who was Chancellor
u me Duchy - Lancaster; Wiz every Khn "
ability except that which wouli DC most SCI
vlceab,e o. him IN the House ot Commons SIR
George Trevelyan has carried his scotch Local
Government bill not only through the commons.
but through the Lords: somewhat 10 the griei OF
those ardent souls who wish the cup OF the l'prds
na,,ites 10 be a. full as possible. and who there
fore ejoice over every rejected Dill VT. SHAW
Lerevrc who succeeded Mr.. Fowler at the Local.
Government Board. f. as painstaking az ever
hat d
stone bound about his brow when he pronounced
him an enlightened member q Parliament I'm
ugh,enei he may be. enlighienlng ~ the House
he seldom u.s. for II IL unhapplly seldom that ne
secures the attention Of the House. or IHlV!eSses
Il by his debating powers.
man who has come forward good dea' y
Mr. Aclani Minister Of Education He was one
o, Mr. Gladstoncs surprises whcr Mr.. Gladstone
formed hts Cabne, In August. 1892 Critics who
were left outside ~ the Cabinet hintcd that MS
appointment was an Application ~ the her'dl'aIy
principle. His father was lifelong irieh" ~ Mf,
Gladstone In whose opinion 70 b" an Acland
was - be one ~ the elect. II may De that u'd
friendship and DID family relations brought ar.
Acland under the Prime Minister'S h"ucr, IL -
certain ne would not have offered porifollo ana
Cabinet rank 60 mar whom ne thought III
competent.
Mr. Acand has Justified Mr. Gladsone's choice.
Few Minister'S have been more Prrsisteh'y AZ
tackled lie had against him the bitter enniity OF
the Church and OF the great body Of thurchmen
who. ever since 1870. have enieavored - regain
for the Church that control ~ educate u anu ga
the schools which then passed IN measure mo
tho hands Of the State Accusations Of al! kinds
rained upon him: your Churchman IL not the
man t. stay his hand when the Interests oi ms
Church are in peril Lavish expenditure on h"a,u
schools hostility to Voluntary Schools, lneil- /
cheney ms Minister too great efficiency as Minis
ter using his official position for proselyhsm-
such are some ot the charges brought against
him He answered such Of them as he thought |
worth answering In his Ministerial or Depart |
ment al statement 10 the House the other DAY lie |
came off triumphant. He has won that place III !
the House which Is granted to Minister VINO |
proves himself a good Head Of Department ana !
good administrator. A a dcbater he has made |
no great mark But II Is clear that Mt Aciand !
has done great service Education rs still the |
mos, pressing need OF the country. The best hope
England has Of a rational policy on the great
issues before her lies In the education or her peo-
pie. To that Mr. Acland IL contributing with all /
his might. and for that he deserves all honor
No money Ia better spent than that which Is spent
on schools; naval defence always excepted
Mr.. Arnold Morley. Postmaster-tien has |
made no effort TO create for himself that reputa-
ton as a speaker which. as Chief Whip. he was |
obliged TO forego. Neither Is 1t understood that
he has In the Postoffice Itself. set his foot upon
the domination of the Permanent Clerk who Is |
the invetcrate enemy OF nc public and the ruler |
OF his Parliamentary chief.
That. 7 believe. cxhausts the list OF Cabinet |
Ministers In the House OF Commons There re- |
main members OF the Government not in the Cab |
met and private members on the Liberal side. !
The President Of the Board Of Agriculture. Mr.. |
Herbert Gardner, Ia a favorte In and out OF the |
House. Sir Edward Grey Under Foreign Secre-
tary. and representative OF the Foreign Office, |
has come on faster and farther In public life and |
In the opinion OF the House than any competitor. |
In a delicate and often difficult position he has |
shown SKILL dexterIty. reserve. When he has !
spoken ne has spoken well, and there Is not on |
record against him any indscreet answer 10 an
indiscreet question. Mr.. Sydney Buxton comes !
next perhaps abreast. but Of him wrote the
other day The new First Commissioner OF |
Works. Mr.. Herbert Gladstone has not outgrown |
his youthful exuberance OF nature. nor the liking
OF his associates His successor IN the Under
Secretaryshp OF thc Home ONCE. Mr.. George
Russell has never been tempted by the liking |
Of his associates for him. or by his FOR them 10
devinte from the narrow path 81 intolerant par
fro,, s,iI ma M n