Omaha daily bee., 1881-06-29
The Opposition Made by the Ulster
Members Solely to Satisfy
Their Constituents,
The Bill Expected to go to the
House of Lords by the
Middle of July. d,
1t will Probably Pass with but
Very Few Amendments
From Them.

LoNpoS. June 25.-The reported
,liscontent among the Ulster members
on account of Mr.. Gladstone's alleged
concessions to the landlords is more
fictitious than real. Their demon
strations on Thursday against the
government, prolonged beyond pa
tienoe, was intended to satisfy a por-
tion of their constituents. A prom
inent minister, especially interested in
the Irish question, said yesterday that
there was no real opposition to the
bill in the house of commons. The
government are well satisfied with
this weekswogress, though Mr.. Par
nell, regardless of his pledges, re-
sumed, occasionally, obstruction. The
Standard lis probably correct in an
nouncing that the government after
next week mean to annex Tuesdays
and Wednesdays, thus securing four
days week instead of two. Some
papers gr@yely say that .a..
THE IRISH FILIBUsrERISs ll.
on Tuesday was due to Mr.. Redpath's
presence In the gallery, his friends
desiring to show him some parliament
tary sport. No concession yet made
on the amendment adopted seriously
affects the main pridciples of the bill,
which the ministers intend and ex-
pect to pass without substantial alter
alton, sending it to the house of lords
by the middle of July. The final de-
oision of Lord Salisbury and his adj
visers is probably not taken, and is
certainly not known, but the liberals
believe the lords will content them
selves with comparatively few amend.
ments, and insist on nothing of vital
consequence. Both houses are likely
to act 30 as to admit of an adjourn
ment by the middle of August. The
observations of the American press on
O'Donovan Rosa, which have been
sent fully by cable, had the excellent
effect Of reducing to their true pro-
portions the exaggerated notions first
entertained of
o'DoNovAN- N-RossA's INFLUENCE
and importance. Had these observa-
tions been known at the time, it is
probable that Earl Granville's dis
patch, asking the attention of the
American government, would never
have been written.
BAsELEss RUMoR.
The rumor that Sir John Mac
Donald will be effered peerage and
the governor -gcneralship of Canada,
is pronounced, on good authority to be
baseless. Any such scheme would DO
wholly inconsistent with the policy of
the colonial Office.
THE BEACoNSFIELD MEMORIAL. Il
1t is announced to-day that the
Prince of Wales subscribed one hum
dred guineas to the Beaconsfield mem
orial.
THE LAND BILL AND THE LORDS.
A month hence at the outside the
land bill will be before the lords, and
its progress in that chamber will be
watched with peculiar interest. With
general questions relating to land
their lordships are much better able
to deal than the commons,
nine-tenths of lt them being
landed proprietors who devote
their time to the management of
estates. But in, this case the Lords
will bring to the consideration of the
bill not only their prejudice in favor
of landlordism, but keen desire to
show the radicals, who have defed
them to alter the measure, that the
Upper Chamber is still part of the
constitution, endowed with revisory
powers. Lord Salisbury uttered the
unanimous opinion of his associates
when he said that it would be better
for
THE UPPER HOUSE TO LEGIsLATE ITSELF
OUT OF EXISTENCE
than to become a faineant branch Of
the legislature, useful only for regis
tering the decroes of the house OF
commons. Their lordships, there.
fore, have determined to let tho radi-
calls and jacobins, as the tory papers
calls them, understand that the pre-
negatives of the hereditary house have
not been shortened or circumscribed
by the recent uprising of the
democrats. 1t would not be
surprising if before the land
bill is disposed of greater
and graver issue, involving the exis-
tence Of the upper chamber, should
be forced upon the country. Mr..
Gladstone took particular pains the
other day to let 1t go forth that he
will not consider his hfes mission
ended until he can lay violent hands
upon the great landed guild. Mr..
William Fowler, member for Cam
bridge, moved series of resolutions
declaring that the time had come for
THE ABOLITION OF ENrIAL AND PRIMO.
msct4 q GESITURR. afI A
AS this involved question affecting
existing laws, the attorney general
ought to have spoken on the govern,
ment's behalf, but the premier jump
ed up and made a brief but pregnant
speech, announcing his hearty sup
port of the principle of free trade il
land, and telling the lords, almost in
as mahy words, that, if they could moi
maintain their order without
such restrictions upon tn,
sale and transfer of landed
property as now exist, the sooner
they passed off the scene the better
This was a reply to Lord Salisbury,
muttered threat that the upper hous,
would throw out the land bill, ant
the radicals cheered it to the echo
IL the lords, by rejecting or mutulat
ing the bill, force battle,
THE FIGHTING WILL BE SHORT, sHARl
AND DECISIVE,
and the result never for moment il
doubt, They and the 'squires an,
the established church will stan,
alone. The radicals will not onl,
muster every man of radical tsnden
cies in the three kingdoms, but dra,