New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-13
more influence with the country than timid poll

more influence with the country than timid poll
ticians believe.
If the Ministry is supposed to have been weak
ened by events in the House of Commons, 1t is uni
yersaliy believed to have been strengthened by
the victory of Ladas in the Two Thousand CUM
cas- at Newmarket on Wednesday. Lord Rose
/bery's colt has justified the hopes OF its and his
most sanruine friends. The victory will gain him
votes. SAYS one serious Journal in every borough.
IT. says another he can only keep In office I'LL the
9th OF June, and Ladas wins the Derby. he may
dissolve and appeal to the country with conn
dence. THE more brilliant triumph at EPSON
says third in fine lyrical vein, Will place 'he
honored name of Lord Rosebery in a position
which no Prime Minister has ever yet occupied
n all this be true, the party leaders need not
overmuch concern themselves about Budgets and
the Newcastle Programme. The true indications
q, the course of politics are to be sought in the
betting lists and in the reports from the trainer
Of Ladas
The attempt to drive Mr. Mundella from office
on account of his connection with the New
Zealand Loan Company has had no success. NO
doubt his dictatorship of that concern was I'M
luckv but It is seen that Mr.. Justice Vaughan
case. has exonerated Mr.. Mundella from all ac-
cusations other than those relating to errors OF
Judgment not involving his personal honor. Mr.
Mundella would. nevertheless. have resigned had
his chief and colleagues desired his resignation
The scare about India started last Saturday by
1.-The Spectator" has made no great progress
The majority Of the Indian authorities disbelieve
or at any rate deny. that there is cause for seri-
thnnrx hal
smearng of the mango trees means conspiracy
mutny, armed revolt, is not generally accepted.
People do not profess to know precisely what it
is. but conjecture that the cause OF 1t Is to be
sought in religion or superstition, and not in poll
tics. On the other hand THE Spectator is one
of the very highest authorities in this country on
India where one of it's editors, Mr. Townsend,
long lived In a high position. He is a very able
man. and his deliberate judgment on such mat
ter Is not to be lightly put aside. He returns to
the subject but still In spirit OF moderation adj
hitting that Sir Alfred Lyall, who opposes his
view is we'll entitled to speak for the officials OF
India Sir Alfred has been Governor in the
Northwest, where the rising is now feared and
ought to know. He is, moreover, higher type
of man and Of intelligence than the average An
glo-Indian ruler.
The mutiny in the Seventeenth Bengal Infantry
may or may not be connected with the restless
ness in Behar.
The eight hours demonstration in Hyde Park
was remarkable for something more than size.
1t was union OF unions which have hitherto
kept asunder on this questionable Railway Ser
wants Society. the Building Trades Federation.
and other powerful organizations The principle
Of legal restriction upon the hours a workingman
may work is gaining ground. The principle of in
dividual liberty is losing ground. 1t was once
thought the trades unions would do their own
legislating. They some subjects strong
enough. and do On others they are coming to
prefer that Parliament should do their legslating
for them, and that the doctrine and method OF
compulsion should be embodied in a statute.
Mr.. John Burss was the chief orator of Sum-
day. and something Of the old Burns peeped out
the agitating. violent, revolutionary Burns Of the
days of the dock strike and earlier Violence
showed itself otherwise. One of the most inter-
esting parts Of the procession which for an hour
and more streamed through the West End Of
London vas the Social Democratic Federation.
The unions have made common cause with this
body, which is nevertheless something more than
democratic. 1t marched with bood-red banners
and blood-red scarves and blood-red insignia.
Had 1t been Paris. the police would have broken
up this detachment In London nobody seems
to care. once there was no strong reason why
anybody should. Now they a sign of the
times and Of the evil times coming. Stepnak
was another sign. We all know who Stepnak
is and what he is.
The single resolution adopted al all the twelve
platforms declared for the legislative enactment
Of an eight-hour day as the maximum Of labor
In all trades and business. But IT went far be-
yond that, unattainable that would have
seemed some years since. This enormous gath
ering pledged itself. apparently without dis
senting vote ito work steadily on for the coec-
tive ownership of all the instruments of produc-
ing wealth by the whole community, as the only
method Of completely emancipating the people
from the industrial slavery Of to-day" This Is
collectivism in its crudest form. The meeting
further declared 'in favor of universal adult
suffrage as a means of peacefully realizing that
emancipation" This means, Of course. woman
suffrage. The appeal of the near future is to be
to sentiment. since grounds Of principle or
policy or high craftsmanship collectiv!sm has
probably little chance in this country
The arrival Of the Chicago al Gravesend proves
the signal for an extraordinary demonstration of