Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-05

larry to coerce the voter az well as ca
jle him. France threatens the se-
curity of the Fatherlaud, so ali army
must be thrown upon the frontiers Of
the republic, as 1t was In 1875, when
the count had q similar purpose to
serve. When thus appealed to the
German heart cannot resist, and under
the pressure OF these two adroitly
timed incidents 1t is possible that BIS.
marck will eucceed, as he has so
often succeeded before, In filling
the chamber with a subserviant ma.
ioiity.
The defeat Of the affirmation bill,
which was especially directed against
Charles B~radlaugh's case was accom-
plished on Thursday In the commons
by the close vote Of 292 to 2S9. Fifty
Irish members voted against the
measure to punish the liberal party.
On Friday Mr.. Brsdlaugh attempted
to take the oath and was again re-
fused after being heard In his behalf
at the bar of the house. Mr.. Brad
laughs principle of the right to sffirm
found a warm champion In Mr.. Glad
stone whose speech in parliament,
though Intellectual In securing the end
sought for is ranked as one of the
greatest of his rhetorical efforts. it
firmly pledged the ministry to the pas.
sage of the affirmation bill on the
broad ground that the sacrifice of the
principle of civil equality, regardless
of religious conviction would be
prejudicial to religion itself not
less than to political liberty.
Opposed to the measure was the en-.
tire tory party, backed by the Roman
Catholic bishops and the united front
Of both ohurohmen and conform.
lists. The ministry itself and the
liberal party have been seriously pref
udicsd before the country by their
Identification with Mr.. Bradlaugh and
his cause, and the passage Of the
measure would have been the crown.
Ing triumph for the great personal
popularity of the premier. There has
been a lull during the week In the
excitement arising from the dynamite
disclosures. The efficiency of the
English police is thoroughly proved
by the ease with which every new plot
is discovered and the complete control
which Scotland Guard seems to hsve
over every venue of Information
leading from the c%onspirators. There
Is no more talk of Irish remedial leg
islation, no more discussion Of the
advisability of a limited home rule,
and an entire absence of any tendency
towards Irish Cancellation. The dy.
Mantle hsnds have failed to destroy
Westminster palace, but they have
entirely succeeded In destroying the
friendship of the British radicals.
Even John Morley Is silent In the
face of recent events. Parliament Is
now engaged In discussing the new
bankruptcy law, and the law which
gives q right of appeal to the courts
at Westminster In cases of capital
conviction, both of which meas.
ures will doubtless pass before the
close of the session.
The court at Dublin Is still engaged
in grinding out convictions and having
disposed of all of the Puaix park as.
sassins with the exception Of Kelly,
who will undoubtedly be convicted on
his third trial, Is now busying itself
with a score or more of criminals In.
dicted for conspiracy to murder. The
sensation of the week was the confess
sions and sentencing of Patrick De.
laney and Thomas Csffrey, two of the
men charged with completely In the
tragedy of Phoenix park. Both men
standing in the shadow of the gallo we
solemnly c~orroborated the testimony
Of the informers and plead guilty. Il
Is a matter of congratulatlen that
there Is now no doubt that no innocent
man will suffer for the butch.
cry of Lord Cavendish and Mr..
Burke and that the British
government has succeeded In convict.
Ing the cowardly assassins who plotted
and carried out the bloody crime.
Rumor comes from London that the
completely Of lyman, Walsh and Sher.
idan In Irish murders has been proved
and that q prompt demand has
been made upon our government
for their extradition. Eight more
arrests for capital crime have been
made In Ireland during the week,
three 10 the Fullamore district.
The much mooted triple alliance
came up unexpectedly on Tuesday In
the French senate, through a question
by the Dac dc Broglie, asking the po'
sition of the government in the mat.