The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-09-27

| TO anything InaI has ioIu ,ca ~
stance; so in the existing distress ~
Great Britain men are forgetting .ue
theories of parties, and pay as n i;I;
heed to promises of professionals porr.,ll
clans as to the behests of professions a.
beggars, and among other condltlono MS, ~
which is attributed the loss or tnat G y
mercial power which once made Eng,
Hand the envy and the admiration W
the world that of free trade is oelne
considered. l do not propose 10 ven
ture an opinion on the relative auFal.
tages of either theoretical system, Du.
the practice of free trade has not KEEP
Great Britain FROM losing commerce.
ground year by year, despite the conn,
dent assumptions of Mr.: Cobden ailu
those of his school of political eco ~
mists. One thing is certain: II Is Lne
biggest question in the United otates
to-day, though men may attempt y
stare if off, and it promises once ni4 In
to be the source of grave contention DC
tween the parties in the old woriu,
Without bringing it directly INTO Int
issue, it is in effect the subject OF
promise by both parties, and the as
Sured relief from the present distress Is
repeated with what the poet terms
"damnable iteration by the electloneeI-
ing tools of both parties-if" my party
shall be successful. But the end IS MOI
with the election nor within reasonably
period after ii.
The Nationalist, or Home Rulers, are
not hammered with such trivial ques-
tions. Good trade and bad are equally
matters of contempt to this dear, glddY
creature" Give US freedom, independ-
ence. Home Rule, and we will see to the
other things. Peace, prosperity
thrift. contentment are nothing to US IN
the absence of national independence
and while that is wanting let famine
robbery, murder, oppression and the
throttling of commercial activity con-
tinue," is the substance of the Nation
alist movement. 1t is not unjust to de-
clare that to the members of Mr.. Par
nell's party, for it is his, body, soul and
trousers, such thing as political prin-
ciple outside of the one over mastering
ambition-v dissolution of the Union OF
Ireland with Great Britain : is I'M
known. Having nothing to lose with
everything to fiain, any means Justltes
the end SOUGHT for; and on this plat
form. this solitary plank, they come be-
fore the electors in Ire land.
1t is positively laughable to note the
manner IN which the other parties, the
big chiefs, treat this peculiar develop
ment, or outgrowth of English suffer
ance. They touch 1t with figurative kid
gloves on an arm that is iguratively
forty feet long The Nationalist party
is species of political nymph du pare,
whose questionable services seem to be
required at times by both the other
parties. These like true born gentle
IS - Tn If
stamp, follow the advice of Hamlet, and
assume virtue, Indignantly repudiate
any association whatever with this COM
are at times, detected in her company.
ing that nothing but the parent motives
find man doing at all times. While the
creature who is thus despised by all
alike, manages, between the two, to ac'
cumulate little by little, and being dis
crete enough to keep her mouth here
medically Sealed, her peculiar admirers
are not afraid to make new overtures to
her, and she always gets value received
for 'favors" extended. By this persist
ent course the Parnellites have wrung
from the unwilling hands of both par
ties many concessions that neither, I'M
der other circumstances, would have
dreamed of giving. The highest bidder
secures their aid for the immediate SER
vice, which accomplished. they are again
in the market awaiting overtures.
With this record they appear before
their constituents and demand uncon
ditional support. Mr.. Parnell is an
autocrat. He demands thafhis wishes
shall be considered by the different
boroughs, or election wards, or districts,
as to who shall be the candidate for
those districts. With the new accession
of voters there will be a proportionate
increase in the representation. He de-
mands that old members shall succeed
themselves and that the new ones meet
the approval of himself and colleagues.
Emboldened by the success which has
his past prostitution, lacking
principle altogether, he goes to the Irish
voters pledged to secure the emanclpa
ton of ireland and it Is singular with
with serious concern his declarations
are considered by the press of the en-
tire country. 1t is admitted on all sides
that not to the hberality of the British
can the fauors secured for
Ireland be attributed, but to the steady,
and unprincipled efforts of
the Irish members in Parliament.
This is the condition of the United
Kingdom politically to-day. It's dark
side is the dismal condition of com
merce, while religious fevers, virtuous
excitements are but the side shows
which attract attention only, for few
moments when the circus is over.
Belfast. as has before stated, is not
much of theatre going place The
theatre Royal keeps open all the time
and all kinds of shows appear in 1t.
from the tragedian Sheridan, to the
most Indifferent variety company. One
Charles Sullivan, an Irish Comedian is
now playing the "Shangrame" there
and tArrah na-Rogue" and the Col
leen Bawn" are promised the coming
week.
A minister was questioning Sunday
school class about the man who fell
among thieves on the way from Jerusa-
lem 20 Jericho, Bringing the story to
point, he asked: Now, why did the
priest and the Levite pass by on the
other side of the way?" A scholar
held up his hand. Il know" said the
boy, because the nan was already
robbed" announcement
WANDERER.
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