Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-20
ENGLISH POLITICS.

Indications of Popular Feeling--Method-
ism and PoIitics--Lord Randolph Church
m's views--The Threatened Breach in the
Irish Ranks Bridged, ETC., ETC.,
LONDON, Feb. 1.-THE first meeting
OF the Cabinet for the purpose of con-
sidering Mr.. Gladstone's programme in
The coming session of Parliament will be
held on Tuesday. AS yet the order of
Parliamentary business remains unde-
cided, except that it is considered certain
that Mr.. Gladstone will insist upon the
urgency of settling the question affecting
Irish land tenure. The first symptoms of
possible dissension in the Cabinet are be-
ing manifested in consequence of the de-
mand of Mr.. Chamberlain, President of
the local government board, that a local
government bill embracing Rand allot-
ments to laborers shall either precede or
accompany the governments Irish legis-
lation. Mr.. Chamberlain'S ground for
the demand is that the late government
having been defeated, by reason of its
opposition to declaration in favor Of
land allotments, (the Ceilings amend
ment) the present government is, there
fore, bound to carry out the spirit
shown by the House in adopting that
amendment.
The result of the elections at Newcas-
tie and Hackney greatly strengthened Mr..
Gladstone's position by their moral ef-
feet. Both canvasses turned upon the
question of home rule and in both cases
the government policy was sustained, in
dicating that the constituencies are ready
to support immediate treatment of the
home rule matter.
Government circles are especially
elated over the large majority (2,66D by
which Mr.. John Morley, Chief Secretary
for Ireland, was reelected for Newcastle.
They take it as showing that the country
is ready for clear declaration of Mr..
Gladstone's Irish policy, as heretofore
only vaguely outlined.
The Pail Mall Gazette, referring to the
signs of Cabinet discord mentioned above,
urges the government to take advantage
of the prestige conferred by the results
at Newcastle and Hackney, and to crown
the victory by purging the Cabinet of the
elements opposed to home rule.
The resignation of the Earl Of Fife from
the presidency of the Scotch Liberal Asso-
citation has had no appreciable effect upon
the party in Scotland. The Earl's manl-
festo denouncing Mr.. Gladstone's home
rule policy as tending toward Socialism,
and as menacing the integrity of the EN-
pire, is treated with Indifference in his
native country, but its warning seems to
be resulting in further accessions to what
may be called the ''nationAl" wing of the
Liberals in England.
One of the singular features of the po-
litical situation is that the Methodists
have got into a quarrel among themselves
over the home rule question. The Irish
Methodists' committee recently declared
against home rule. This mixing in poll
tics seems to have irritated the members
of that church in England, and it is said
on good authority that motion is to be
presented at the coming general confer
ence, setting forth that sit is contrary to
the spirit and usages of Methodism for
any committee to declare an attitude of
the church upon political policy con-
corning which wide differences of opin-
ion involving no moral question exist"
Lord Randolph Churchill in speech
last night remarked that perhaps the gov
ernment would find time to perform the
sober duty of preserving order in Lon
don. Everybody was aware, he said,
that disorder prevailed in Ireland, but
until lately no one had thought that a
riot was possible in London. He ridi-
culed Mr.. Childers as Home Secretary,
and denounced that gentleman for having
assumed the presidency of the committee
to inquire into the causes of the recent
outbreak, alleging that the object of the
Home Secretary in putting himself at the
head of the committee was to take care
that the blame of the riots was not laid
at the door of the Home Office. Lord
Randolph said that he believed that
Mr.. Gladstone's parliamentary ''trickery"
would disgust and alarm the country.
Mr.. Gladstone and Mr.. Parnell had COM
bined their forces to overthrow the Con-
servative ministry. Herbert Gladstone,
he declared, was a willing tool of Mr..
Parnell. The speaker said that if the
Conservatives returned to power their
government would be the only one in Ire
land. Mr.. John Morley's ignorance re-
garding Ireland was only equallcd by his
arrogance. Lord Randolph prophesied
that Mr.. Morley would have short ca
reer as Irish Secretary, and announced
that he intended to visit Belfast to ex-
change views on the Irish question with
the leading men of the city.
Concord has been temporarily restored
to the Irish parliamentary party, which
during the last week was threatened with
AS matters stand now, Mr..
8iggar viii not resign from Parliament
and Mr.. Healy and his friends will give
united support to Mr.. ParnelPs policy in
Parliament, though they will refuse to
permit Mr.. O'Shea to share in their coun-
ellis or to act with them on the parlia- |
mentary committees. Mr.. O'Shea will,
therefore, occupy rather uncomfortable |
position of isolation in his party, but it is
that he will become Mr.. Par |
nell's diplomatic agent in the negotiations |
TO be carried on from time to time with |
Mr.. Gladstone.
The Nesrs states that Mr.. Parnell at |
threatened that If Mr.. Healy and |
Mr.. Biggar did not allow him to have his |
,wn way in giving the party nomination
% Captain O'Shea instead of to Mr.. |
lynch, the local choice, he would re-
ign and retire from political life. Com
nenting on this fact, the Ners says that
he Irish leader made it clear that he
meant Just what he said. The paper
dds: s'But this game can not be played |
- oftan This threat iS ParnelpS last