The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-05-17
The Irish Crimes Act a Cause
of Dispute.
SCANDAL ABOUT GLADSTONE
ParneII as ParIiamentsrfan-R
WOrkmen for the Commons
Harrington and Dixie.
The Weekly Review

listers, headed by Chamberlain, presi-
dent of the board of trade, advocated
the enactment of the act. This minor
ity was finally oyerborne, and the gov
eminent has decided to propose a re-
newal of two years of the act in modi-
fed form. The Parnellites are this
evening indignant at the government for
this decision. They have privately
warned the ministers that the effect of
any attempt to renew the act, even in a
greatly mitigated form, will be the
| throwing of the influence of the home
rule vote in the English constituencies
with the opposition.
Ministerial arrangements have been
made to bring the present Parliament
airy session to close by the middle OF
July at the furthest. In all likelihood,
this intention will be thwarted by the
determination of Parnell's followers to
resist the passage of the renewal bill.
Parnel is q master of parliamentary
tactics, and if the renewal bill be objec-
tionable to his party, there can be nc
doubt that he will so obstruct its passage
as to prolong the session uncomfOrtabiy
He may be able to extend the session
for several weeks and then tire out the
government.
Gladstone's promises to give Ireland
certain schemes for the extension oil
local self-government and to facilitate
land purchases in Ireland have failed to
soften the Irish opposition to his policy
concerning the Irish crimes act. They
will accept nothing short of an abandon
melt of the whole crimes bill.
The approach of the general
election campaign is bringing for
ward unexpected political strength
among the British workmen. The
workingmen are concentrating every
where upon labor candidates for
Parliamentary seats. This is noticeable
particularly in many of the larger
boroughs, such, for instance, as Glas-
gov, Newcastle and other centres of
manufacturing industry. The working
| men in these places are busily engaged
the purpose of sending workingmen to
Parliament. There can hardly be a
doubt that the reason why there are at
present so few representatives of the
poor men in the British Parliament
to-day, lies in the fact that no man
with secured livelihood can afford to
accept an unsalaried Parliamentary
seat, and few labor constituencies
can afford to pay salaries by sub
scriptions. If the members were to-day
salaried, like the American Congress
man, the House of Commons would
soon be revolutionized in its character.
Joseph Arch, the agricultural labor
ers' candidate, has consented to contest
the constituency of West Norfolk,
and is supported in his determination
by the liberal leaders There is a move
ment organized in parallel lines to raise
a number of workmen to the magisterial
benches in Lancashire and Yorkshire,
and several members of the trades as
sociations have already been offered
magisterial appOin tments. Parliamen-
tary circles are greatly excited over the
attacks on the character of Gladstone,
Sir Charles Dixie, Colonial Secretary
and the Marquis of Harrington, Secre-
tary of War, made in letters sent to the
Paris NouUelle Revue, by Count Paul
Vasal. Advance sheets of the letters
have been supplied to a number of
English papers, and the Counts letters
give number of scandals against the
three gentlemen named. Some of these
scandals are old, but many of them
are new. 1t will, perhaps, be new to
most American readers, that Gladstone
is vulnerable to gossip. especially to
gossip concerning women, but Count
Vasai refers enthusiastically to the
Premier as having. been engaged IN a
not very creditable intrigue with a
loving woman, described as Laura B. ~
who is known to many and who is
described in the Counts letter
as a woman who has contracted
some very respectable debts in
Paris society. "The only thing
about her." says Vasai, (which can be
called respectable" The count, in that
part of his literature in which he associ-
ates the name of the British Premier
with that of Laura b." declares that
'.the beauty named had occasion to send
her portrait to an old admirer, and
Mrs. Gladstone, who jealously watches
over the whims and fancies of her hus-
band, sent the portrait back" Concern
ing the same subject, Count Paul Vasali
says, among other things: II cannot
tell you whether the relations of the
grand old man with Mrs. Langtry have
ever really stepped beyond the bounds
of a certain sentimentalism. but / can
tell you that he has not ceased to pay
his court to women. He has a passion
for billet dour, and even from his seat
in Parliament he sends notes to one of
his beautiful assistants which, often
handed to discreet messengers, under
the eyes of Mrs. Gladstone, are sup
pressed"
Commenting upon the rumors about
Gladstone's alleged relations with
Madame Novidoff, the editor of the
NoureHe ReUue, which is publishing
Count Vasali's letters, declares, as
friend of this lady, that the re-
ports are false. He adds, however, that
he cannot affirm. that woman of such
intelligence as that possessed by Mime.
Novidoff is not f1attered by the senti-
ments with which she inspires Glad
stone, but he denies that she has ever
responded with even shadow of fir
tation. Count Vasai refers to Lord
Hartington's alleged long connection
with a celebrated duchess. The Count
says the Marquis does not attempt to
please any other woman. "She
governs him entirely" the Count says,