Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-12-24
PARNELL'S VICTORY.
Gladstone Ready to Give Ireland
Parliament with Sweeping
Powers. +
The British Kingdom Greatly Agltated
Over the Sudden Turn OF
Affairs.
A Conflict of Opinion Among Political
Leaders-The Editors Much
Excited
London dispatch.


Mr.. Parnell has won. There is no lopgsi
any doubt that Mr.. Gladstone will conccdC
home rule of sweeping kind. OF course
the details of the eventual compf0iaise are
unknowable, but il is believed that, beyond
stipulating for free trade and exacting guar
Hfitees of protection for the loyal minority
IN Ireland; everything will be yielded to
Is outlined, it contains e frcviso that Ire
land shall continue to send members to
Westminster, but it is likely that he will
give way on this point, as the Irish
do n6t wish imperial representation.
There will be a Dublin Parliament supreme
over Irish affairs, over the police taxation,
courts, and all internal matters! This
seems certain. But how it will be brought
about is doubtful.
There is no question of Mr.. Gladstone's
ability to carry the great bulk of the Lib
erals for the measures, as the Liberal
papers are. rapidly vaulting to the home
fnle sihej but whether it will be done while
the Liberals are i'll opposition or after their
return to power is not seefiI 1t must be
remembered, too, that Lord Salisbury has
it in his power to dissolve Parliament be-
fore the thing is done, and it is quite likely
that he will do this, going to the country on
strenuous anti Irish cry. There is i'm
fnense excitement in London over the news.
A dispatch from. Dublin says the public
there is intensely enthusiastic.
The following additional telegram was
Received from Mr.. Gladstone ut late hour
last night
"My reply in regard to the Standards
statements applies alsS TO those of the Pau
Mall Gazette and Daily N6ws' Although
those statements were unauthorized, pro-
posals may conveniently be canvassed
T. Il. d. oak kI,n
case. Local councils, etc, would be use
| less. The right to veto the acts of an Irish
ministry would be an illusion. l pro-
pose instead the exercise of sovereign
power on the part of Minister response
Bile TO the Imperial Parliament. The sug
gestion Of an Irish privy council is un-
worthy of attention. The privy council
Survives only as a relic. The substitute is
| q cabinet. The questions of commerce and
police are difficult ones, but with limita-
tiois / believe that homs-rule may safely
be granted, and that it would tend to raise
the character of the Irish members"
The Press Association says that Mr..
Gladstone, foreseeing the increase in
strength of the Parnell party, drafted a
| scheme four months ago for the self-gov-
ernment of Ireland, according to which
| the power of veto by the Crown could be
exercised only on the advice of a privy
a~...s~;i. en--A'a~1 oH.Soa'an- - dtce..S.
| in the scheme were the same as already
published The project was submitted to a
| few political friends of Mr.. Gladstone.
| Since the elections there have been no
formal consultations on the subject, and 1T
| is not known whether not the "details VI
the scheme have since been modified. IL
is supposed that Mr.. Goschen, who is al
most certain to be Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer in the next Gladstone Cabinet, VIII
support the scheme.
The Standard deplores Mr.. Gladstone
political prohigacy.
The Morning Post predicts civil war.
The Times says: "The real danger is that,
amid endless protestations against separa.
ton and illusory safeguards OF imperial
unity, the control Of the Commons will be
gone, and will never be recovered except by
civil war. We trust Englishmen will see
this before 1t is too late. 1t would be bet
ter to cut off connection absolutely and 70
prepare for dealing with Ireland as an open
foe than to arm traitors by the farce OF pre-
tending to maintain unity without the power
to enforce single law disapproved at Dub
lin"
Sir Charles Dixie, in o speech at Chelse'
last night, expressed anger at the action o
the conservatives in rejecting protfered sup
port. He said it was impossible Tor Lor'
Salisbury to expect the Liberals TO CIV
him vote of confidence in addition to per
hitting him to remain in power. 81
Charles adhered to the views previousl
expressed by him on the Irish question.