New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-11


has sborn penal law of many Of its horrors and
NO uncomfortable part Of it's duration; which on
this side the Channel is news. Not 10 quatreA
ao,t horrors which are matters Of sentiment, tno
aurat,onn OF the bill is Just what it always was
&Tbey have, it Is believed prevented the Arms
b;llp That also is news. though there is rumoI.
nrobably well-tounded, that the Government VIII
eonciliate Its more "adyanced" supporters Dy
bringing in the Land bill first @They ba'e. a1ter
ALL prevailed 90 far as to make concession simuita
neous with coercion; which again is ODD since
the Coercion bill is ss good as passed. ana tne
g concession" meaning remedial land leg'siauon'
cannot he heard OF before next week at the earliest
and will certainly not become Law for many weeks
NOR ever. if the next boast be true. which is the
most significant of all that the Irish have proved
the House of Commons a virtually unworkaole
machine That no doubt, is what these patrlots
tried to do. But the passage OF the Protectoh Dill
would indicate to any mind not hlDeInlan tnat Vne
machine did work after all.
( The value of such talk as have quoted consists
In ts disclosure of the hopes and purposes OF
those who indulge in 1t. Yet they can hardly Dc
called secret any longer. They are secret one day
aud Cd n another; secret for some purposes ana
avowed when avowal is convenient. MI. far-
nell said az Clara last Sunday that those VINO az
cused the ish party Of obstrucJng the business OF
and other members OF his faction can hardly like to
have this strong word applied to them, but they
certainly did admit in the Honse during the forty
enc hours sitting that they werB obstIuctng puonc
business They not only admitted. but glorled IN
III. And MIR. Parnen himself said last October at
Cork, or is reported to have said; NOW we are
party occupying an independent position In the
House of Commons, pledged to remain aioor rom
every English party which will not concede 70 lre-
land the right of home government; pledged IN the
words of Mr. Fred Lucas, to be a separate eielnent
in the Legislature and. If necessary, dlsorderiy'
.nizng, interfering with every business that
may be transacted as far 1t is expedent or FEAST
BILE. We can push the policy Just as far as we
like TWAS Mr.. Parnsll who said this IN October,
and it was also MIR. Parnell who said last Sunday
that anybody accusing the Irish party OF obstruc-
tion is liar He seems to have short memory.
UNREsTRAINED BUNCOMBE.
A correspondent points out with reference to OBJ
struction that during this sessions debates upon
the Address and the Protection bill. thrty-hVe Par-
nelites have spoken II times, or twenty-five times
each on an average; that fifteen of them have
spoken 4S9 times; AN average of thirty-two times
each: and that ten of this band have delivered
$50 speeches. being an average OF thrty-nve
spiece. Is he. too, "liarP Figures of this sort
have been made public often. The facts are too
notorious for dispute, and 1t is space wasted to
demonstrate over again that the Irish did dellber'
ately undertake, in the latest language of their
panegyrist to make the House of Commons o viz
Aually unavoidable machine.
II Ia their failure to do this, their failure to pro-
tract obstruction beyond certain point, which
exasperates them; and which is probably one
reason for MIR. ParnelPs second retreat to Paris.
The attempt has not broken down the House, but
IL has broken down Dir. Parnel. if to-days reports
DO trne His friends say his health has proved nm
equal to the strain He undertook bigger job
than be could manage. Ii his health be gone, no
body will wish to say q word to add to MI. Par
nelIs bodily distress. writer, usually very well
informed says there is no doubt that MIR. ParnelPs
sudden departure is caused by nervous prostraton;
that he is unit for the business Of Parliament and
incapable OF leadership. He does not. 1t is added.
confess this even to his nearest political friends,
but his frame is shaken by the stress of work he
has undergone. and by agitation and worry; by
the further pressure he has put on himself, Sus-
pect also. TO appear calm when he was not calm.
But other authority almost equally good imputed
his journey to new Land League business aud still
q third to symptoms Of mutiny among his own fol-
lowers. @Their policy" says this critic. las
failed, and the party, thoagh 1t held together IN
resisting coercion, is torn by internal divisions.
Mr. ParnelPs leadership is secretly dsliked. and he
Is much blamed for the contempt and odium in
which tho party is held" And It is suggested
that he may Ienounce the leadership Of the OBJ
structionists altogether; and the project OF his
tourney to America is once more revived. VI that
you need have no great tear; any mole than Mr.
Parnell himself fears arrest. What no Toslly
wants says one of his friends, Is that 1t should be
believed he is in danger OF arrest be would not
like to be martyr, but he would Like the fame OF
smartyr. O. W.