New-York tribune., 1896-08-31

assured him that if he always addressed the House
with THE same cuietness and the same !ntelli-
eence." the House would always be ready to listen
to him. and The London Times devoted lead
ing editorial him.
lie took his seat in the House on the Liberal
side below the gangway not far from Mr.. Parnell
and Mr. Biggar and was for a time much oi
free lance He would not follow John Bright in all
his radicalism. be governed by Lord Harting-
ton then the head of the Liberal party. But he
made himself a force I'm debate. and was on all
sides regarded as n rising man. one Of his first
motions in the House fer ill for the adop-
tion Of the Gothenburg system OF controlling lhe
liquor trade. upon which Sir Wifred Lawson ex-
pressed his gratihc ltion that Mr. chamberlain was
"trving to destroy the drink traffic ins cad OF
making attacks upon the great institutions OF
church and State" lie also displayed great knowi-
edge of and interest in South African affairs In
connection with the Zulu war fact interesting TO
recall row that h. has so great South African
problem his hands.
outside Of Parliament he grew into notice as the
leader of the birmingham Caucus which he deveI-
o,.t i,t, a huge political machine. TO the dismay
Of The Tories and the great advantage OF the lad
erals and Radicals. SO rapid was his progress IN
decd that il seemed entirely appropriate loF MI
Gladstone to make him, in 1850 member OF 'he
cabinet only four years after his entry into Par
liameutary life
DEALING WITH IRELAND
NJ
dent Of th,. Board of Trade, and did good service
I'm I'M. routine duties of that Office Bat his acilVi-
tics were not confined 10 them. he made hirSeli
felt I'm all departments OF the Government. lie IL
,roduced rany bills. he pulled the party Wre7 anu
he delivered some startngly bold speechrs' 9r
Charles Dixie was his closest colleague ana MI
rohn Morley his champion in the press lie soon
t,,, IN take much interest in Irish affairs, when
,b., came ocutev 10 the fore lie At first thought
the troubles in ireland purely asrarl"n dl,u 'I''
fore favored laad legislation ana opposeu MI. "'"
stones severe coercion measures 10 H'S ''"''''
nractfcal and businessike MIND the o"s''"'"''
,ac,ics of the Irish leaders i'm Parliament were
most offensive how ever and these "dde" u '"'
Ir,sb ornosition 10 various reform bills caused q
radical change in his views. lie began 10 i''.i@
that the trouble political one "''"
10 the experiment Of coercion, al least ~ '',
The Land League. he said rot only Ieta'"e' Wv
Land act as Inadequate WAS doing i's u'i'oS
-, ra,l. &, - fsf., I-nlcss therefore, England
and rrola, I were 10 be politically sep"r"t'u' '"o
Govornment must assert its authority 10 any
thing ike separation he was unaltera'% oppDsep
He would heep ireland f. the Union 'hoos" "
cost all the resources OF thr Empire ma -
After a brief experiment. however ne came
49,, ,oro,,,.io, maj coercion failure ana
.,r,d az II, e. cancellation. IT was he more IMAM
any one Use who was responsible for the i"''o'S
..,roatv n hilmainham" lie pracilca"S H'ii
,i rolic,. ,ro,t the whole Government ana loIc'"
AIR Forster 10 resign the 'hi'l Se''e'"' 'S''' -,
T,.,d TIN. etal4 accusaii on that he "be'rayeu
Mr. Forster is Of course. eroundieSs' ."',. %
Forster w4s at al times fully aware OF al '.'',
49, ooi,,r on Mr. Chamberlain probably eXpe''eu
o,d desired himself to become thei SeoI&'"iE ,,i
But that was not 10 be- lorT ,r co,,t the tr,g-
d ndS" " Ph"6njx park and the utter repudauonr rh T
The Cow nmcnt Of Mr Charnp'ttiiaI%i LIZ : pp''0''
W. the 1rst serious setback III HIS '''
THE SPLIT ON HOME RULE.
{ de-
,.oed himself diligently his duties in Parliament
80, , ,to BOARD OF Trade and then came 'l'
-, ,,li, I'm the Liberal party. Tne CIRCUMSTANCES
., his eonaration from Mr.. Gladstone on inc q"'S
zion of Home Rule for ireland nave nt"'''' ''
aronl, cxplaincd. and the honesty oi III M I, has
Wn"oh' bnrn aid that from the beginning ne m
sistod that ireland must mu nc fI IInsf Iii otherwse lie
nrND Committed himself IN advance to me suptDo' ,
nSVer roi ,,nr irish bin Mr. Gladstone might miro
9i ySrcn Mr. Gladstone asked him to become q
uu,rntor go . Home Rule tabin"t, MI ,n ~,
aid MAINLY that ne could not an9 "oulu nV
lain o, Nv scheme for the creation oi stiHtIal
TT,uptt'o,oent NJ Dublin Mr.. Gladstone hcirutom
Iad his invitation saying that Mr , IN
sllu, sllouuIu on anv scheme that might be pTol9S'.'
Mr.. haii.DJi ii.a. Understanding that he might re
on tne limo If Mr.. Gladstone's Irish measures
did not s c p * know Mr. Gladstone when preparing
his great iomc Rule bill took no one so ms for
ndenced o' Mr. c. imberiain and the other mem
bers Of the cabinet were not allowed 1D & and
ming fore the Cabinet just before its introduc,
ION in tie House Of Commons II was tnsh sb IoNr NJ
.lon -, si eyectlv those provisions 10 "hlcn MT
70 70 Vnherlai1 had said he could never agree Ihere
was nothing for him TO do, Therefore; n. 20 h
c,se ,1ised ,ise him This he did He reminded Mr;
pr 1iisen i. 81 he understanding on which he had
tIaNS ,be Cabinct and then resigned ms pace
This was perfectly honorable ana
q, ,-n,,'or,b.less ~ Mr. Chamberlain was most bticry
asSailed soon after the fall OF the Glndstonc M,n- M
Ht,r, a,birb was caused by the secession OF MI
~ t"riatn and other Liberals, John Morley pun
ncIv nuoted the words Of Marx Antony
hat Z enluus cassa male
rbr,ueh 4 H. the weil-beloved Brntus stiibe'
r,r,,us for Iohn Bright and The enVious 'asch
tr Mr Chaubsrlain Nor was that the most op-