New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-16

strength u.s. In about equal proportions. inter-
iectuai and moral What interested him in the
Tenants controversy was not the party do'a.
tage 10 be gained on one side or the other' /.
was the advantage Of Ireland; not the lreiahd u
the tenants only nor the Ireland OF the LANDLORDS
only, but Ireland
The four or five millions Of people whose inter-
ests are alternately the counters with wnich TWO
great parties play .heir party game-'heS
and not the politicians are Mr.. Courtney
clients He asked the House 10 cohsiuei
them He lamentcd the envenomed spirit
which both parties had brought to 'he co"-
sideration of measure presented DIS
measure of relief for social distress. Mr.. John
Morley and Mr.. O'Brien one side, Mr. Chafh-
berlain prominently on the other. had treated IL
+, NAV which made him despair Of compromise
y.t he still appealed for conchaton, for states
nanljke view Of a great matter, and impiored
the House to lay aside its prepossessions ana nos
,ui.ies IN forget personalities. TO find common
ground on which all parties might s'and ana
vhere all parties might unite in an EFFORT 10
pacify a distracted country.
The aDpeal came too late; perhaps az no time
would II have been effectual. II the woes OF ire
land were of no political value you would near
much less Of them at all times But 'he SIN
cerity Of the appeal was evident ana not o"S
while Mr.. Courtney spoke but even since INC
House has felt that in the business OF eg'sia'l"s
for an Empire there is. after all. something
higher than the competition OF politlcai lac'io"S
Now that Mr. Gladstone is gone there Is per
HANG but ono ther man in the House capable OF
,aui,o this lofty view or Of impressing 1t on the
House. and that single man is almost always
debarred by his position from making such All
appeal as Mr. Courtney from making it with
effect for he happens to be Leader OF Her MaJes-
tvs Opposition.
II is more than probable that Mr.. Courtney
Will at some future time find himself in the posi-
ton for which he is best fitted 80 Iohs dS
Mr. peers health proves equal to the arduous
duties he now discharges with unequalIed ap'"!,
tbara will he no question Of replacing him. II
falling strength should compel him 10 resign MI.
Courtney is his predestined successor. He was
Chairman Of Committee and Deputy speaker
from 1856 TO 1892 The House always thought him
orfac, I, tina, most bu; never knew how admir-
able he was till he had successor in the person
~ Tho nresent Chairman Mr. Meor 1t Is only
fair 10 add that Mr. Mellor has done better this
session than last He has better knowledge OF
the business. but with authority clearness' QUICK
pess decision all which are essential TO a Chalr-
man or Sneaker nature omitted to endow hiih'
T will not go over Mr.. Courtneys career or
dwell on his other qualities and claims 10 u'S-
tinctjon. But If the American for whom Eng
fish Liberalism is summed up in the phrase
Home Rule will turn to bod he VIII ma
sentence in the brief official biography OF MI
Courtney which may set him thinking. MI
Courtney is described as IAN advanced Loefai,
opposed TO Mr. Gadstone's Home Rule schenie
From which the American may. If he likes ara"
the inference that IL is possible still to De LID
eral and even advanced Liberal, ana yet not
be liberal enough to wish to disturb 'he eA'''-
ing Government Of the Kingdom MT Cou''"eS
Liberalism is indeed so advanced as 10 expose
him sometimes to the reproach OF vicWihess'
He resigned office in 1884 III order 10 be free TO
advocate what is here called Proportional Repre-
ssrto,,on. II is his nature to think in straight
lines and not always 70 distinguish clearly be-
tween logical conclusions and political irnpoSsi-
.u,.,o G.. w. S.