Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-01
PABNELL'S POLICY.

PABNELL'S POLICY.
Parnell still remains ''the un.
crowned king of Ireland" and II self
control, %passionless reserve and the
ability to repel assault by refusing to
be drawn into useless conflict are king
~ qualities he Is monarch by right.
The attempt Of Mr.. Forster to entice
the Irish parliamentary leader into
angry debate upon the aims and re-
suits Of the land league organization
was a signal failure. Mr. Parnell re-
fused to be bated for the amusement
Of the wings and tories. He wisely
evaded the trap sprung to main the
Irish party and draw them into
the commission of q breach
of rules which would certainly
have been followed by their suspsn.
sion from the house. Instead of coun.
ter insults and recriminations his re-
ply to the malignant insults of Forster
wal one of oontemptuous indifference.
Charaoterizlpg In q few words the OK.
secretary's speech ss a shanful and
u~ncalled for exhibition of spite he in.
proved the occasion to draw the at.
tention of the ministry to the decrease
In crime sincs Forster's withdrawal
and to the increase of want and suf.
fering under the operation Of the o..
ercion act. He concluded hill
speech by moving an amend.
ment to the address to the
crown which indicated clearly tina,
whatever the hopes of the ministry,
the Irish question will be no less pro
minent in the parliamentary debates al
this session than 1t was at the last.
Parnell's policy, as outlined o,
Swallowed by his altitude In the open.
ing debate, Is to ignore the past, ex-
cept so far as 1t relates to Ireland,
welfare, and to push and keep in pro
IMMENSE the demand for remedial
legislation for the country. In this hi
is shrewdly taking advantage of the
political situation. Open disaffsction
In the liberal ranks Is only
prevented by Mr.. Gladstone'l
powerful personal Ii fuenoe. Tht
great question of electoral reform ant
changes in the land tenure In England
and Scotland Is dividing more widely
than ever before the whig and radioa
elements In the party. Warned BY
the loss Of several of their most I'm
portant parliamentary seats, the lib.
eral majority must look outside Of
their own lines for q support which
will prevent disaster. On this ac'
count the Irish party cannot be jg
nored. 1t could not be ignored ever
If Its strength did not bid fair to bt
greatly increased in the near future.
The addition of t~hirty-fve votes to thu
conservative minority even at this stage
would leave a fearfully narrow mar
gin for the ministry on any one of tn,
crucial questions which are to be sub
mitted to parliament at the present
session.
The election of Mr.. O'Brien fol
Mallow Is the handwriting on tn,
wall. 1t prophecies that before an
other parliamentary session, seventy
Irish nationslists or homerulers vii
be seated at Westminster. Such
following neither Mr.. Gladstone mol
any other liberal leader can afford fol-
a moment to antagonize.
Parnell's attitude shows very
clearly that the policy of his following
Is to be al aggressive one. TIL,
claims of Ireland, whose jus,
tlce have been admitted
by the prime minister, ar,
to be pushed with all the energy an,
zeal possible. Mr.. Gladstone's ab
sence gave the desired opportunity ant
his hot headed lieutenants fashioned
q boomerang whose evil effscts agains
the ministerial programme The
premier has hurried home from
Carnes to oounteraot. The Trial
members by restraining their passion
have retained their seats. Foratar'
philippe failed In Its end and Psrnell'
policy will demand parliamentary ct
tention from this time on to the clos