The Portland daily press., 1895-02-02

MIR, LABoUCHERE ADDRESSING AN AUDI
ENCE.
any one who smoked so many cigarettes in
a given time as Mr. Labouchere. l VEN
tured the inquiry as to whether he believed
they were harmful.
'sNot for me. ! use as you see this holder
SO the tobacco does not come in contact
with my mouth. / am always sinoking-at
my work and when at leisure. fear l am
very much like an old s.roked herring. and
about as tough
He has special corner in his heart for
America and Americans, and apparently
enjoys talking of his experiences as young
man and an attache OF the British LegS-
ton at Washington. The country and his
adventures are as vivid in his memory as
ever. This was before the war. 1T is more
than twenty years since Mr.. Labouchere
visited the United States, and did my best
to persuade him to drop the House Of Lords
and pay visit.
In my conversation with Lord Rosebery
at Bradf ord some weeks ago he said Ameri-
cans were too fast. This with our dry. invig-
Grating climate, he contended, together with
the habit of not taking lime for every thing
and of carrying on such tremendous cam
paigns as Mr., Depew. Mr.. Mckinley, and
Mr. Hill had just gone through. must play
havoc with health and bring on premature
age. They are much moro deliberate in
England. The Sheerness meeting was for
o'clock When we arrived in the town
the hall was crowded. Nearly all the seats
had been removed. Hundreds were CLAM
cring for admission outside.
DID Mr.. Aabouchere rush madly for the
hall?
Oh no!
We all went to coy little inn, and there
in snug little parlor, withIa cheerful fire
blazing in the CRATE. found round table
with flesh white cloth set for four. The
silver, the knives, the glasses were of the
best quality. Ii looked home-like and rest
full Each of the party was shown to bed
room, clean and comfortable, with plenti-
full supply of hot water.
Then we dined quietly and without inter-
ruption. 1t WAS simple dinner. soup, fish.
a delit ions joint. apple tart, cheese. and
tea. There was no boiling of good in a pub
lie dining hall, and getting up to shake
hands and be introduced to strangers, as
once experienced ON similar trip through
Ohio with Governor Mckinley. They take
good care of public men here. After dinner
n smoke, and then we all proceeded to
the hall.
Meantime the audience had been amused
and entertained With music and singing.
Tremendous applause broke forth when
Labouchere appeared on the platform. IN
troduced with n few appropriate words by
the chairman, Mr.. nabouchere, with hardly
any preface and certainly no display of or
atory. began the speech which had been
awaited by those assembled with such pa
tience and interest. He wished them to
understand he was an ultra and devout
Radical. The House of Lords was rott en-
branch of legislation and ought to be aEol-
isued. root and branch. The magic word
smy Lord had no charms fer him. The
way to ahollst them was to create a suffl-
cjent number of new Radical Lords to vote
tbe House of Lords out of existence 1t had
been urged that this was not practical be-
cause they would not, after being made
neers. keep this word. He would agree to
furnish 500 good, honest shoenakers from
NORTHAMPTON, bring them to London, and
nersonally underwrite every one of them.
This tickled the audience immensely and
the applause and laughter was loud and
prolonged. The hit OF the evening came
in what follows. Turning to me. Mr.. La
bouchere said:
"Ame1ica. my friend Mr.. Porter will
doubtless tell you. manages to rub along
without lords"
A voice "But American ladies marry
them, Mr.. Labouchere."
Then followed the most deafen:ng ap-
plause and laughter. 1t was some minutes
before the speaker was able to resume his
speech. Then he said:
AS you say, they marry them, and for my
part wish they would marry the whole
blessed lot and take them over to America.
But if these noble lords have, as is very
possible children in America, they won't
make lords of them there; The Americans
will take very good care Of thatv' This