New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22

one Of the points OF unlikeness be-
/ tv cen him and Nj Gladstone. Who be
li,>cd in words as things having
value IN themselves. What has MI
Gladstone left behind him. What IN
fuence has he to-day on the thousn'
of England? You seldom hear MN
mentioned or quoted. He took on what
1 he called taxes on knowledge ana
pulled down some Of the distractions
as he thought them. TO freedom ana
he had share. though secondary
/ share m extending the suffrage and
therefore IN transferring the mastery
Of England from the middle classes 10
l,he working classes. a performance
lt.trinsicallv experimental, Of which the
result is still doubtful. Injudicious
friends fastened on him nickname
the PEOPLES William" which was
laughed ct and then The Crane oio
Man" which was pompous: AND TO ms
associates he was known a. MY 6.
Nr Chamberlain was known as Joe
land IN Birmingham a. our Joe BE-
tween him and his supporters there
was 2 closeness Of touch which TO Mr..
| Gladstone would have seemed indeco-
rous The difference Hes deep.
II is an open secret that the rela-
lions between the two. whether per-
sonal or political were never really
cordial In 1850 Mr. chamberlain was
forced upon Mi Gladstone as a col
LEAGUE. | long since told the story IN
these columns in detail. and at hrst
hand. They sat in the same Csplnets
lun 1856. There was always nlcuon'
lMr Gladstone was master in ms own
| Cabinet. but Nh chamberlain was NOT
even then a man 10 submit pauenlN
10 anybodys mastery. and he sho"eo
| bis independence in ways when were
calling 10 his chief. When the breach
csm4 Mir. Gladstone did not altogether
regret if. any more than he did When
+ Mr.. Bright resigned in 1882 MT bilsh'
had never been a docile subordinate
nor had the Duke Of Argyll
Mr.. chamberlain would have accept
Cd certain measure Of Home Rule FOR
Ireland. He tried honestly 10 come 10
terms with Mr. Gladstone. Lord Ran
, dolph Churchill between whom ana
Mr. Chamberlain there was an lnti-
macy. said that he should have given
in but Joe had not my natural lining
for compromise" He certainly mad not
when The compromise involved 4 SUI
| renier Of principle and. as he believed
and still believes. disruption OF the
Kingdom.
/ II there were two men who down 10
/ that time had seemed 10 stand apart
they were Mr.. Chamberlain and l-ord
! Harrington. What each thought a
menace to the Empire brought them
together. and from that time 10 the
death Of Lord Harrington they were
close allies. The plebeian and the
aristocrat. the Radical Of earlier years
and the lifelong LiberalConservatiNe,
the great landowner and the manufact-
urer Of wood screws. the leader whom
/ half England had dreaded and hated'
and the leader whom all England al
/ all times had trusted as nobody else
was trusted-these two became and re-
manned not only allies but friends; not
only friends but comrsd es in states
noanship and servants Of the same po-
litical ideals.
( There was in Lord Harrington chiv-
airy rare in any rank; and loyalty oil
nature which. first in the House or
I Commons and later in the House OF
} I.ords. when he became Duke Of Dew
! onshire was no accident Of birth or cir
cumstance. but his own. When ne
gave his confidence he gave II without
reserve. And / think OF all the eulo-
gies I ever heard on Mr. Chamberla n
the highest came from Lord Harting-
ton. With Mr.. Chamberlain when ne
was reviled as the Minister who had
wantonly provoked the Boer war ms
colleague absolutely identified himself.
Together they appealed TO justice az,
! in Burke's phrase. the great standing
policy OF civic society.
| like 10 60 back to early impressions
I like to remember Mr.. Chamberlain
as I saw and heard him in Birmins-
! ham itself. ! have heard him and Mr..
Bright on the same platform the same
night IN the great Town Hall OF tie
Midland capital The audience there is
like none other Between he reopis
Of birmingham and their member wHs'
curious comrsdeship. Outwardly
they treated him with scant respect.
1nwardiv their affection was deep. IL
they dissented they said so. NO, Joe.
We don't think that" They were frank
to the verge Of rudeness, but Joe"
met il all with a smile and with
repar,ee which easily turned the laugh
against his tormentor. 1t was hard
hitting on both sides and no offence
taken
He stood there. slight. cool, alert
ready for all corners, tremendousIE N
earnest master OF a dialectic when
drove home his points; conciliatory IN
manner. unxielding in purpose; not a.
that time great orator, but win
mower OF statement and LONELINESS
of diction hardly less effective than