New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-14

subsidy OF 1900 Tor payment OF resistauo" CA
penses. and Mr. Ellis. the Liberal whip asserts
that there was no purchase or any form OF traf-
hcking
The Unionist press makes campaign issue OF
these transactions. and ambitious orators speak
of Mr. Ellis as Judas Iscariot and OF the tSoo
M the thirty pieces Of silver. and charge him with
purchasing votes with which to undermine the
British Constitution. break down the House OF
Lords and despoil the ancient Church of its scan
ty patrimony. AS buncombe, that will 60 MI.
Ellis meanwhile refuses to hang himself. and the
Liberal press sneers at Mr.. Healy's disclosures
as a rcorback and mares nest. replying that the
four Ulster seats in question have been held by
tnionists: that the candidates contesting the re-
election of these Uniorists are Liberal Home
Rulers not members OF tire Irish Nationalist
party, and that the expenses Of registration since
1sss have been borne Jointly by the Irish and
Liberal parties according to an arrangement
sanctioned by Mr. Parnel himself MI HeaIy'
having flung his bomb into the Irish camp, en-
joys the spectacle and refuses to CONFESS tha' IL
Is stuffed with sawdugt. Whatever may oe the
precise facts about the registration expenses ana
the Ulster seats. these factionai feuds among
the Irish members dc net encourage prac''o"'
politicians on the Liberal eide In England TO say
much about Home Rrle
With lantern slides IN general use campaign
literature by the tom roorbacks sprung In Ireland;
press extracts showing Row bad an opinion Lord
Salisbury once had of Mr.. Chamberlain. ana now
cordially that dislk. was reciprocated by 'ne
Birmingham leader: parallel columns Drought
into play against one Cnionist leader after an
other and ordinations about the purchase OF 'he
Ulster votes answered by recriminations ABOUT
the Government cordte contracts the present
canvass reveals many signs OF what cynics oesis-
nate as American English politics Unlike Amer
leans the English have very little humor III the'r
caryassing Perhapc there Is more fun in West
Leeds than anywhere else. That is the scene OF
the fantastic canvass Of Colonel North 1.-THE Nj
trate King" against Mr.. Herbert Gladstone. Ihe
Unionist candidate has volunteered to give the
constituency his views on vaccination; has de-
ciared that there are more lunatcs In the COM
mons than in the Lords; has vouched for his own
political knowledge as a credit to West LEEDS,
and has calmly stated that II he had devoted MS
energies TO public life. instead Of making Tor
tune IN South America. he would proDapiy nave
been Prime Minister to-day. Bunoonery OF this
kind hardly suits fastidious tastes MT. Ia
bouchere will have dangerous rival II the M
trate King be elected to Parliament Inc peer
age granted to Mr.. Matthews ae a sop LOT MS
disappointment in relinquishing his grip upon
the Home Office is not Joke. but detail OF prac-
teal politics So also. Is the contest forced upon
Mr. Speaker Gully IN violation OF good precedents.
with Mr. Balfour's elastic explanations OF IT, Lord
Charles Beresford's stand against the Liberal
Unionist candidate Of Central Birmingham was
not considered joke by the party leaders there.
who forced him to abandon It: nor is Mr.. Morley
finding anything to laugh over In the very Close
nsht which he is having In Newcastle. THE
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riding to address an open air meeting and. after
making his speech. remountng his horse and CIV
ing shilling tip TO the man who had been hold
ing the animal His election agent then remind
e1 him OF the Corrupt Practices Act and the shil-
ling was withdrawn and the man who had held the
horse was profusely thanked; whereupon he an
nounced that he would vote for the other candi-
date. Women are taking an active part In the
canvass everywhere. Mrs George n. Curzon Is
having her Initiation in English politics at South
port where her husband Is having hot fight.
The Cornell crew have been overwhelmed since
the Henley regatta with the cheapest product OF
intellectual industry. namely. wisdom after the
event They have been informed by candid friends
and hostile critics that they ought to have re-
turned to the starting point when Leander ala
not get off; that padding over the course with
out contestant was not racing. but childs' play;
that magnanimity In refusing to take advantage
OF the accident would have been recognized as
sportsmanlike conduct; That II would have been
better to endure defeat by the Leander crew.
picked body of oarsmen from the two English uni
versties than to win the frst heat by fluke and
then surrender to Trinity Hall: that fair play Is
q jewel; and much more to the same effect. The
controversy has been needlessy prolonged, both
crews publishing letters OF detailed explanations
yesterday.
When all is said, the fact remains that both
crews were placed in an intolerable position by
the blunder Of an experienced and conscientious
umpire--with this important distinction: one OF
them could have extricated the umpire and both
crews from a deplorable plight. While the
other could do nothing When the umpire shouted
Co. Cornell started. but Leander stopped after
a few men had pulled half a stroke. The Cornell
coxswain looking back. held up his hand to the
umpire; that was an appeal for decision whefh-
er Cornell should 70 or return. The umpire.
still slow to understand that Leander had not
been ready declined to order the back ap-
parently because he had a morbid dread OF being
accused of partiality or unfairness. The good
man stood 40 straight that ne leaned backward.
Meanwhile the Cornell crew. dazed and bewi-
dered by the unforeseen accident continued to row
without realizing what exhibition they were
making Of themselves unchivairous opponents.
They seem to have had only one idea. namely.
that the umpire alone could decide the matter.
and that 80 long he had told them to go and
was following them closely. they must row to the
finish II their instincts had been quicker they
would not have waited for the umpire's signal.
but would have returned promptly TO the starting
point. II they had refused to profit by the acct
dent and then had been beaten by the best crew
ON the river their conduct would have been APP
plauded az sportsmanike. and their banjo. glce
and mandolin clubs would have drawn full
houses instead OF abandoning their concert tour.
II was their misfortune to be placed in an unen-
viable position without having the presence OF
mind to extricate themselves from 1t with glory
and honor.