Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-06-10
uOME-RULE's BEPULSE.
Comments Of the Press on the Defeat
OF Mr.. Gladstone.

Comments Of the Press on the Defeat
OF Mr.. Gladstone.
New York World
"Tbe only satisfaction Mr.. Gladstone can
have-and a satisfaction il doubtless will
be 10 him Is that the seed-grain be has
sown will take root aud spring up and
ripen in time, even though II may not be
In bis. He has the consolation, at least, OF
having led a most effective attack on Bril-
fish insuIar preiudiccs and unimperil
methods OF statesm1nship."
tNew York start
.'There Is no reason 10 doubt the result
of an appeal to the people. The enlarge
mcnt Of the suffrage helps the Irish capse,
and we should say that an immediate dis
solution would hgsten the adoption or n
home-rule bill. 4 vote or the issue is Whist
the Irish Nationalist desire, aud the de-
duction 10 be drawn from last nights vote
Is that House Of Commons chosen squlrely
on The question will vote for bill for irish
autonomy"
New York Morning Journal
"Change Of ministry or dissolution Of
Parliament may follow the defeat OF the
home-ru,e for-IrclaDd measure, but the
fIksNf la liislsE . iNN-iliNhh " tiiNh
ultimate and uo,-.ar.dis victory. Some
indeed voted against the bin on small
grounds OF personal pique; but leaving all
these >sidc, the great fact remain. that 81
English and Scotch members actually voted
at the first trial Of strength TO do justice to
a country whose plumber has enriched Eng
land and Scotland from the days OF Queen
Elizabeth 10 the present. Let the friend:
q t. a,,I Httnanffr ~ nat 1f.pngI.
ragged. The cause OF right is marching on
New York Times.l
Whatever the compilations OF the new
House may be politically, it will at least
have the merit OF knowing its mind on the
subject OF hOmorulc. During the month
or six weeks intervening between the
SPEEDY dissolution which all agree in ex-
pecting and the general election nothing
but Ireland and the Irish question will be
discussed. Tho improved organization OF
the new voters and the force Of the Irish
electorate in England and Scotland, thrown
this time where it belongs, will be power
full elements, too, in achieving the great
final victory over class intolerance, religious
narrowness, and race violence which the
coming election promises"
New York Herald
"But the end is not yet. The peo-
pie are 10 De heard from. The campaign
uron which England is now 10 enter
will he The most interesting and eNciting
In her history. 1t will be q battle Of
giants. The masses Of Ireland will APP
peal for local self. government 10 the men
Of their own class throughout the United
Kingdom. and the decision OF Westminster
may be reversed by the popular will. There
l. little doubt that hOme-rule Is one OF tue
certainties Of the future. All the condi-
lions Of final success are visible. Ireland
NAV find IL hard 20 be patient, but patience
is only another word for success. The
darkest hour is just before dawn
New York SUM-
"The vote means that sixteen men bad 1t
in their power To say whether "A work OF
righteous restitution should be quickened
or deferred. II means that these sixteen
and the other diSsidentS elected on the
score Of Liberal professions will be soon
called TO an account for their violation OF q
trust whose scope and purpose has during
the late debate been plainly and emphati-
cally enforced by their constituents. IL
means that IrIshmen whose votes returned
more than thirty Of their present enemies
TO Parliament challenged them to meet
them at the polls, where what last night
seemed drawn battle may be transformed
into a victory. The future historian will
say that the moral question raiset by Mr..
GiadstOne's proposition was triumpbanty
resolved in favor Of Ireland when change
Of only sixteen votes was needed to resuscl-
tate Parliament at Dublin"
Philadelphia North Americana
"Altogether, the outlook for Ireland is
dark. and while home-rule is bound 10
come, the indications are that It's advent
will be delayed for some time YETI
philadelphia Tlmes.l
"Tbe wonder Is not that Mr.. GladStOnc's
bill has failed but that the principle which
it cmbodies has in this short time gained
such general recognition that even his op.
ponents acknowledge that he il ouly liz
tie ahead OF his time, and that sooner or
later. and In some form, hOme-rule must
come"
philadelphia Inqulrer.l
HWhen the English people fully under
stand what the informing idea OF home
rule actually Is. justice and fair play for
ireland will be gained once for all. 1t j.
to promote such full understanding that
Gladstone has labOred consistently and
faithfully through the present session OF
Parliament, and for this he will continue
to labor as the debate goes before the cOun-
try"
philadelphia Record
"Grave as the position OF affairs now is,
Mr.. Gladstone viii undoubtedly enter on
the contest with unialtering trust and re-
doubled energy. The people now have the
opportunity. which they have not before
had, Of expressing their opinion with no
uncertain voice. The great hope which
ali true lovers Of democracy must feel Is
that Irishmen will retain their better iulg-
ment under this defeat. Chamberlain can
never again obtain the confidence OF those
who have been fighting the battle against
ROYALTY and ariStOcracy, nor even OF those
whom he has led so blindly; while If the
Tories como INTO power they would, with
the half OF Parliament pledged - home
rule, be forced 10 undertake the solution OF
the question"
philadelphia Press.l
"Mr. Gladstone has lost--and won. The
minority in which the vote on the home
rule bill leaves his Ministry is a crushing
defeat, but the defeat opens the way TO an
appeal 10 LHe CODsiltutucics lTOlH WHO'LL
alone ultimate success for the English Pre-
mier and his personal policy can come
The election which follows plunges all
England into a contest which marshals the
masses against the privileged and educated
classes, whose opposition Mr.. Gladstone
outlined in his address OF month ago
For good or for evil, the appeal must be
made. To all intents and purposes il is
plebiscite 'yes' or 'no' upon the naked
question whether Mr.. Gladstone shall be-
given majority TO deal as seems best in
granting ireland home-rule."