New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-14
London. July 70.

Times" speaks OF those destruC0iNN
forces in the Cabinet MI Lloyd-Oeo'e
and Mr.. Winston Churchill" Her lasn
is laid upon these two ministers De'a.',1
they will not do her bidding IN resp
of woman suffrage: or, more speciNo a.
because, in loyalty Il their CHIEF anu ~
their own convictions, they refuse
promote the further progress u
Shackieton's Observation-Disclosures
Reimbursement bill after il had oeeh i'''N
g second time. Both Mr.. Lloyo-1e''e
and Mr.. Winston Churchill are III I"N VI
Of woman suffrage in the
They do not seem yet TO hahe
mined by what particular coheie's
;slation or bill it would be olseiee'
Give effect ia their theoretical api'iot "a
of the general principle underlylhs 'iie
e4or, IA establish a political pan 'liei
shin or a political equality pet" cen
,5 men. And because they
=. +b.ex have inherited from MT
..,- - vyrath Of the FaWcetts ana
,.bich once those ladies
poured ont upon the PRIME
Genera lizdng with the facllty ehaF-
,c+o-;s,i, of her sea. Mrs. FaWcett de-
o,.,es that '.the political genius OF the
c., is for destruction; he can Destroy
~. he can seldom create ms OF
,,,,-ss m the address OF MI Lloyd
C.oo-e. since Mr. Winston Churchill Is
T-,ou-n r, have Celtic blood in his
..,rs There are. l suppose, a good
,- -seople who would view with
of
,,non Mr.. Lloyd-George. even though 1t
-,ers an attack upon him for line OF
conduct they themselves approve They
consider him. as Mrs Fawcett does,
destructive force and mischieVous
force. Curiously enough-though per-
hans in England il is not curious-they
discriminate between Mr.. Lloyd-George
and the Chancellor of the E&chequer
The Chancellor they detest- Mr. Lloyd
George they invite to dinner. They have
discovered that he is amusing, and if
man be amusing he may. for social puT-
poses be anything else he likes
Mrs. Fawcett writes often in the pub
lie press and writes we'll If she had
mower of judgment, or perhaps a power
Of political thinking. equal to her power
of expression she would still be for
rnidable champion Of the woman's cause
if she were a champion at all; though
certainly less so than she is now Mrs
Fawcett and Mrs. Humphry Ward are
well matched antagonists OF all the
women who concern themselves. on one
SIDE or the other. with this question OF
votes for women. they are perhaps the
best fitted Iry training and practice Tor
the cont ests Of the arena
used TO know Mrs. Fawcett in the
dsvs when her husband. Mr. Henry
Fawoett. was living He had one Of the
fairezt minds anywhere to be found. and
? tremendous force Of character He
had that rare kind of courage which is
rre-enlinently Intellectual He had logl%
ard he never shrank from the logical
conclusion to which his processes OF
thought led him. OF the three English
Free Traders who during the last two
generations have stated the case for
Protection. in whole or in part. fairly,
Far-cetr was che The others were
John Stuart Mill. and in his book on
Greater Britain. a product of his early
life. Sir Charles Dixie. But Mills state
rnent was provisional, relating only TO
infant industries. and Sir Charles Dixie :
as local. being confined TO Australia
Fawcett's chapter in his Political Econ
oulv'' covers the whole ground and
states the whole argument for Protec-
ticn. He states the answer also. ana
appears 10 believe, or TO wish his reader
70 believe. that the answer is complete
L does not seem so TO a Protectlonlst,
but my point is that Fawcett would, IN
Sly case. have put the Protecuonlst case
as strongly as he could, no matter where
II led him AT the date Of his writing
Free Trade was still in England a
fetch. as il is now with a strong party
Rr,t If Fawcett were writing to-day it Is
conceivable that he would emanclpate
himself. as so many other eminent Eng
Iishmen have emancipated themselves.
from the yoke Of tradition and inherited
er,perstition. and might even have be-
come q Tariff Reformer.
Tir,iditv would not have prevented
him. He stood IN no awe OF pubic opln-
ION. nor in any subsection to his col
leagues in that ministerial hierarchy Of
which he was one The blindness which
limited his opportunities never impaired
even his physical courage Mr.. Edward
Dicey, an intimate friend Of Fawcett.
told me that after the gunshot which
deprived him Of sight he took Fawcett
on his first walk. Fawcett was tall and
strong, and had been q famous pedes-
trian His hand on Dicey's arm, he
struck AZ once into his old stride
For Gods sake, Fawcett." said
ptcey, don't do that. You viii do your
self mischief
Said Fawcett.
I've got 70 learn TO live without eyes,
and the sooner I begin the better
And on he went.
And OF he went through life; not quite
ss y ne had eyes. but with a faculty Of
using other mems eyes instead of his
OWL. He sat in Parliament. He sat IN
the Cabinet. He administered great
department the Postofice, a depart
nent requiring an exact knowledge of
minute details and a familiarity with
complicated machinery which would
have been the despair Of most men
whom such q misfortune had overtaken
He mastered his business. He was a
good and efficient Postmaster General
He was q good adviser in Cabinet
lie remained what he had always been,