New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-16

nharornenal liar They said that beyond the
politicians and political papers controlled os
fear Of the Irish vote. all there is In our coun-
trv which represents it's intelligence. Its learn
ing its business and its society. is opposed 10
Horne Rule and in cordial sympathy with the
Tory ideas and principles. charming lazy
friend who Is a wonderful success socially said
10 me; For heavens sake. stop talking. Every
body over here who is anybody is on the o'her
side. and you will be tabooed
81 asked her how she answered the frequent
questions concerning American sentiment TO-
ward Home Rule She said that sne 'oo 'hein
that outside OF politicians everybody was
against Home Rule, and even the pohucians u'u
not believe in it, but had to be ruled oN 'he lear
- tho Irish vote. Then ! asked her how she got
over the position Of American papers anu sue
ran,isd bv saving that all reputable ones reflect
the same views Other Americans III i'oii''n
s.id the same thing to me. and said that talk OF
the kind injured the position OF Americans III
England This argument stirred up quite a
$50 ard finally The Westminster Gazette
sent man to interview me down 10 inc
ground. as he put it.
BIG INTERVIEW.
The interview filed two Of the broad columns
Of that paper and made the longest oon'lI'"-
ZION Of the kind as vet published IN IN" hHs
usb raners reiterated what had said. and
supplemented It by saying that tnN u""N a4'D
weekly press Of America. so far as knew. with
our a single exception. had editorially suppo'''u
Afr Gladstone and his measure; that many Of
the state Legislatures had passed resolutions
urging its adoption. and that the House 81
REPRESENTATIVES by unanimous vote had re-
csived Mr. Parnell Now. our English kinsman
loves frankness and fair play. He is an intense
nartisan and a born fighter. but he has too eoon
an opinion of himself 10 foster any imitation Of
himself from another country. He does not
cara for Anglo-Americans or Anglo-Frenchmen'
or Anelo-Cermans or Ango-Italians He does IKE
genuine representatives Of any people. ana Is
most hospitable TO them in his home ana lam
uv Certainly did not suffer any Of the fear
FIJI consequences predicted for telling the truth
LIKE A RED RAG TO A BULL.
why is Gladstone like a harp struck by
,ab+nineo' was a conundrum propounded 10 me-.
I had TO give Il up, and my interlocutor staruso
me- when he said Because he is blasted Tyre
This fairly illustrates the feeling which even the
overwhelming triumph Of the Conservatives has
No, tenonered The average English man or
woman will discuss any question of religion or
politics. creed or faith, persons or people DOCKS
or pictures with absolute impartiality pioneering
on indifference but mention Home Rule, AND IN
nine cases out OF ten you are whlrllng around III
the bewildering epithets Of dancing maniac
Substitute for the two words Home Rule MT
Chamberlain's creative phrase, Local sell-soN-
eminent and you have with you phliosophc
friend They give you on the Rhine steamers
Johannisberg or Steinberger Cabinet. or what-
ever kind of cheap table wine you want. al
though they have only one kind They stick on
the label after you give your order. SO IN poll
tics II Is more often matter Of label than con-
tents. and phrase is sometimes stronger tnan
principle.
DIFFERENTIATION OF PARTIES
"a Conservative leader said 10 me: We have
won a great and rather embarrassing hght
without making a pledge or promise We had
M rlatform and no affirmative principles We
sin,ply assailed the ncompetency Of the Liberal
Government While the Conservative element
is safely in power for six years TO come lhe
Liberal Unionist is already making II rather I'M
comfortable for his Tory partner large pro-
grarnme for local self-government throughout
the United Kingdom, for broad scheme OF
State socialism or paternalism. and plans more
or less vague for the benefit OF what they term
the Iaboring classes are maturing in the rest
less brains Of Mr. Chamberlain and his TRENDS
and disturbing the rest and comfort OF the
true Conservative. An American lady, the wife
of a moss-covered Tory, asked me to tell her
what was the difference between Radical and
a Conservative. She said that she heard only
one side I told her that she could differentiate
them on this generalization: The British Con
sentative wants everything to remain as IL Is
no matter how bad il may be. and the Radical
wants everything changed, no matter how good
ii may be.
our enlarged Navy. our recent collision with
the British Foreign Office over Nicaragua ano
venezuela our increasing interest in foreign
affairs and the possibility OF an ADMINISTRATION
that will enforce the Monroe doctrine have
created a new and unusual interest in the anairs
of the United States. This is evinced by The
London Times appointing Mr. Smalley It's spe
cial representative in this country. and printing
several columns week OF his cables Inc
statesmen Of both parties would Ike an offensive
and defensive alliance with us They want oui
help in China and Japan. and the difhculue:
arising out of French Russian German anC
Turkish hostilities In the East. They wouiC
gladly bundle all American matters into oul
hands in exchange for such an understanding
The strength OF the Tories is in the cities anC
hence their power is felt most there
THE SALOONS WITH THE TORIES.
THE Tories have no prohibition or Temperance
or reform fads faddists. and the powerlu
liquor and saloon interests are sol.dly with them
The London districts which return members o
Parliament have about five times as much popu
lation and FIVE times many voters as IN
irish districts and the one uppermost idea II
every Conservative that you meet is to minimize
Irish power in Parliament by taking away TWEEN
tv-three seats from Ireland and giving most o.
] then, TO London. In a sense this tremendous
growth of cities. while the country stands still
or decreases in population, is the same difficulty
which our New-York Constitutional Convention
| tried 70 settle by preventing the cities Of New
York and Brooklyn from having majority
| state Senators. While Irelands population ma
run down from 100000 to 900. London