New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-04

| - "'VausiusS tney are sure OF attention,
""u 1t Is perhaps the degree Of attention they
oo'aih which often nstigates these hostilities
among the men who are not exactly leaders a
ie"' IKE Colonel Saundarson on one side or Mr.
nm Healy on the other. have regulations for
Saying humorous things or hard things or both;
anu 'hey' too. have their audiences. Others
seek Tor distinction by laying about them rather
lhdiscriminately and noisly. and Of these Sir
Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett is one. He Is In state
oi chronic discomfort. Perhaps might call
MIN true blue Tory or perhaps Tory Demo-
GRAFT lie Is not easy to classify. Out Of the
House hs Is very effective platform speaker.
inside he receives less consideration; less, GER
'ainly. than In his opinion he deserves. The
| great men on the other side do not notice him.
The lesser ner do not always care for contest
with a man who carries a big bludgeon and
likes to use 1t; metaphorcally. But Saturday
last Mr.. Sydney Buxton obliged.
Sir Ellis then presented himself az champion
OF The British subjects in the Transvaal, and
complained of the oppressive treatment of them
by the Beers lie has, doubt. keen SYM
pathy with the oppressed Briton in the Trans
! vaa but he has also old scores to pay off with
the Colonial Under-Secretary. He accused him
| Of going out Of his way to Justify the Beers. lie
accused him of evadine the questions put to him
in the interest of the oppressed Transvaal Brion.
| He accused him of encouraging the Beers TO
trample on the Britons within their gates-or, In
| Sir Elliss own fine language. "of encouraging
! them to disregard in outrageous manner the
| elementary rights Of man and the liberties OF
! the subject" He accused him of having led the
| Beers TO believe that Great Britain was actu-
ally afraid Of them. and that they were irwin
! chile And Of other crimes and misdemeanors
! too numerous to mention.
Mr.. Sydney Buxton might we'll enough nave
let this pass. 1t would have done him no
! harm. He has. within a comparatively short
! time made himself name and a position in
the House. where he Is now known as good
administrator and an effective debater. with
sententious talent not common on front or back
benches He has acquired moreover. sound
| Parliamentary STYLE Of retort. You may suggest
| in the House a great deal more than you may
aege You may not. for example. say that an
honorable member is fool for whose words no.
body cares. But you may say. as Mr.. Buxton
did on Saturday of-not to-Sir Ellis Ashmead-
Bartlett, this:
As everybody is not member Of the House.
and as perhaps there is certain number OF
persons outside who might attach weight and I'M
portance 10 the statements OF the honorable mem
ber-although of course members ~ the House
know just what weight and importance To give
thenl-I feel il right to say that the honorable
member in no expresses the opinions or
feelings Of right honorable gentlemen who usually
sit on the front Opposition Bench
Well as II happened the front Opposition
Berch was on that Saturday afternoon empty
save for the stalwart person or SIR Ellis ASH
mead Bartlett II was he. the member FOR Shelf
field who for the time ofciated as Leader OF
the OPPOSITION Butt quote from the Ministerial
organ-"when he rose 10 censure the Govern
ment for neglecting the interests Of British sub
iects in the Transvaal. there not one OF his
colleagues on the Treasury Bench, and not one
OF his followers behind him" do not know
that much can be added to that The picture
IA complete the artist left II, and the solitary
figure OF Sir Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett. as
leader whom none will follow, remains in The
memory
The low-water mark In the House or Lords
controversy has teen touched by the weekly pc
riodical edited by Sir T. Wemyss Reid when
says:
We regard the vote Of last Tuesday In the
1Iouse Of Lords az a criminal act. and we feel 1t
TO be Impossible TO look upon the men VINO are
responsible for 1t In any othe: light thah as
criminals.
The "crim,nal' vote was the rejection OF the
Tenants Arbitration Pill. The criminals re-
sponsble for the rejection are, among others
Lord Salisbury. the Duke OF Devonshire and the
Duke Of Argyll They are the men whom Si'
r Wemyss Reid would put IN the dock. with
sunnose himself on the Bench. clothed with me
awful terrors of the law. That Is the spectacle
70 which England IL invited. In the dock an "x-
Prime Minister and two ex-Cabinet MihiS'e'S'
both formerly colleagues Of Mr. Gladstone al
three of them In the front rank OF political HE,
honorable eminent. patriotic. In the opinion OF
everybody except their present accuser ana per
hans Mr.. Iabouchere. On the Bench sir l.
Wemyss Reid.
Why was this worthy knight born without
sense Of the ridiculous? | call him worthy
knight, ] really forge: whether he IL KNIGHT
or a baronet. /. does not matter one straw eN-
cept TO his heir. II he have one lie WAS ""' Vi
Tho las, birthday creations The distinction then
conferred on him was thought to denote very
clearly the bsrrenness OF the Liberal party IN
resneo, ~ literature: since II was FOR MS literary
accomplishments that Mr.. Wemyss Reid became
o., yvar,ysc Re,d Literature in his case meant
oh,.rv nrovincjai Journalism, and journalism 70
h,s ,o,nd &c something 10 be placed at me dls-
,oaa, q, MARTY II. himself Is the type o! me
marty hack-no not type. re" party "ac"'
,.oui1 \. capable Of the effusion above quoted
sun,oso somebody on the other side should 'h'hN
u worth while TO parody the passage anu VIII
We regard the article Of last Saturaay' ~, =, no
SNEAKER an an idotic act ana We roi $3.50
,,nnossit,. 10 look upon the man WHO u ivsI
~ for u in any other high, than as an iui'''
Docs Sir T. W. Reid think that good way OF
.a..,.,,g y, n controversy? Is anything ga'ned
-, calling men criminals or idiots? IL one "ioIe
.xcusable than the other or more chNdiSh' i'e
e mo, ,diotic. but he comes quite as near 10 De-
,ny ido,ic as Lord Salisbury does 10 pe'he
criminal If one word may be used' so may inc
o,hnr 7, Sir Wemy.s really thinks the Lea''r
49, Conservative party cpiminai. even that
&c. M, prove him quite an idiot. II ne does
~, ,,,np 80 a different word would describe MN
ho' '''" ~ c. W. s.
more accurately.
THE FRUITS OF "T4RIFF REFORM"
.,,,.curx.s EYES ARE OPENING.