New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-09
NEwyoRx DAILY TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY o. 1881

| M oor,ro,pise would be listened TO- Then the lives
of th,s dispirited and suen band became q burden
70 them Instead of being allowed, n in former
times under pretence Of speaking to the question:
TO ramble on with any irrelevant and inco-
herent nonsense that cane to lhelr
lips they were sharply pulled mp at
every attempt TO wander from tho SUBJECT
and firmly called to order for every disorcrY out
hurst The Speaker ruled witlsa steady hand. II
NAV give you sufficient notion o. the Irish style to
| know that Mr. ODonneil drew the attention of tho
House to Mr.. Muudea's red stockings M typical o1
the seas of gore" through which Ministers meant
to drag Ireland; that Mr.. McCoan sought call to
order by declaring that 1t was the impcrlous manner
of the Home Secretary which had set his back uP'-
aud got it; that Mr.. Healy was dealt with III the
same way for saying that the Speaker had admins
tered repeated "snubs" to Lord EdYpnd F'zmau-
| rice: that Mr. Lcamy excited laughter rather than
| reproof by explaining that he knew he was put up
10 waste time hut he really did not know how
| TO set about it: ana that Mr. Nelson. on the
| other hand hoped nobody wOuld believe he wished
10 souander precious hours his object being to pour
| oil on the troubled waters-at which the House
| again unkindy laughed.
THE GENERAL ~ DESPAIR.
Even of such flowers of debate these there were
not many. The scene for the most part as dull
| as it was disgraoeful to the fhbusters Of Home
| Rule who began and prolonged 1t. Not moro than
| sixty or seventy members were usually visible al
one time The rest had gone home for fixed Luin-
| her of hours or were asleep in the library. were
soothing their nerves with tea aud tobacco i'll tho
| smoking-room. When division occurred they
rallied then vanished again. The rules permit any
| number of motions for adjournment 10 lie made,
| but not more than once by any enc MEM
| Der On each motion fresh debate arises,
| and everybody NAV make his speech over again.
| And so it went On. About 10 i'll the morning Mr..
\ Parnell appeared. having reached town by the eX-
press from Dublin Ii SAID hc at once told his
followers they hal been great fools for their pains;
| that they had taken the wrong moment and the
| wrong Means and that there was nothing for 1t
| but TO get out OF the scrape as best they could.
For once it suited Mr.. Parnei to present himself to
| the House 10 the character of peaeemaker Toward
o'clock on Wednesday he rose to renew the
previous offer of compromise: that the Prime
/ Minister'S motion should be allowed to pass If he
would agree not to resume the debate till Thurs
day, With humOr lie had not been suspected
to possess, Mr. Parnell added an expression OF his
regret that anything should have occurred during
his absence to interrupt the calm of the House. Mr.
Gladstone again replied that the Government would
listen to proposal of compromise; that princi-
pie was at stake, and must be affirmed. The vote
must be taken at some time or other on his motion,
and must be taken without conditions. But as Mr.
Parnell had ntimated his Willingness 10 60 to de-
cision at once, he al led that the Tuesday sitting
having usurped the Wednesday always au afternoon
sitting only, there no possibility OF going on
with the debate before Thursday at the
usual hour. And so, after violent harangue
from Mr. Cowen, who is more lrI sl
than the Irish, Mr. G.adstOuc's motion that the
Coercion bill have precedence from day to day
all other business adOpted-21l to 49, tie minor
ity including Mir. Cowen and Mr. Thompson. Of
Durham, returned to Parliament as a Liberal
Ii is au important victory; not more for the Gov
eminent than for the House. The Irish hayo been
completely beaten, and are more disheartcned than
by any defeat they have suffered Ii not to De sup
posed that they Will abandon their settled purpose 10
obstruct legislation. that TINS is the last
But the House has awakened to O new Of
its dignity and its power and the lrisumcu 10 new
sense of their weakness Their failure will dlscrcd
them in their own country; aud their attempt has
greatly strengthened the feeling in the House and
out OF it, IN favor Of stringent rules for preventing
obstruction wltou; the resort to trial of physical
strength. Says Mr. John Morley tonight: a few
more protracted scenes such that which occurred
yesterday and storm Of Indignation will be raised
which will sweep away ali the obstacles, parliament
airy and constitutional which at present render It 80
difficult either to establish the clotule in Parliament
or coercion in Ireland. The Obsiructives playing
Mr., Forsters game. and they PLAYING 1t we'll"
That is the judgment of tn abest opponent OF
coercion might say OF almost the only opponent
now left i'll the Liberal press. From every quarter
come gusts Of that Indignation of which Mr.. john
Morley warns bis clients. Mr.. Morley Is himself in
dignant. slowly as he ODens his eyes to the true
character OF the whose cause, or par of
whose cause, he advocates. SThey probably
will not take the warning / do not soc
how they take il, it. For the real
strength Of Mr.. Parnell and his colleagues III
Ireland lies in tho belief Of an excited aud gno-
rant people that their thirty or forty representa-
tves in the House Of Commons are bold enough and
strong enough to control its other 600 members and
to prevent whatever legislation they dislike TIE
event Of Tuesday and "Wednesday has dOre soi'e-
thing to sh axe that beliefs WheH it is finally dis
PEELED. the hold of MIR. Parncii OIL Ireland w'll lie
much lOOser than il Is to-day. 6. W. $.