This Election is not marked by the candidature of many
new men of promise, or men who show themselves likely to de- velope into statesmen. There are, however, a few candidates whom it would be well for the country, apart altogether from party politics, to send to the House of Commons. Mr. John Morley, as a representative of thoughtful Radicalism, would be, perhaps, the most valuable ; but there is as much to hope from Mr. Bryce, the candidate in the Tower Hamlets, a considerable scholar and historian, and perhaps the only candidate standing who could have made a speech of an hour to 2,000 German electors in their own language. Professor Maskelyne, too, squire and savant, who is contesting Cricklado with every chance of success, would be a distinct addition to the mental reservoir within the House ; as would Mr. Arthur Cohen, now soliciting Southwark, to its store of legal knowledge and ability. Mr. Howard, who is fighting Bedfordshire
in concert with Lord Tavistock, would be to Liberals all that Mr. Clare Reade is to Tories, and more, for Mr. Reade is not decided enough about county government. Those who have heard him declare, too, that Mr. Herbert Glad- stone has shown, under most difficult circumstances, the making of a bright politician and a very considerable orator ; while few speeches have been more effective than those of Mr. Sidney Buxton, at Boston. He is, if anything, too moderate, but ho has distinct capacity for the work. There are, we trust, many more good new men on the Tory side as well as the Liberal, but the character of the issues presented has rather effaced individuality.
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