Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-07-08

Mr.. Gladstone has undoubtedly goS the worst
OF his home rule fxht, but the contributions TO
the Irish parliamentary fund continue to pour
In. This shows that one big defeat does not
Kill a cause which Is worth working for. There
is plenty Of lighting stuff LEFT where the mate
rial for this campaign came from. The Mar
quis OF salisbury frankly couie.ses tuat Great
Britain Stand. between two tires. II the home
rulers win. lac sees ACKNOWLEDGMENT and dis
asta In store shat was 10 be expected from a
prophet educated N hi. school u politics But,
II they lose what Ihen? 1.-The nation viii enter
upon the most critical period OF It's history
says the Marquis Very true. And Mr.. La
boushere. in his paper. asks what the duty OF
the radical party will be if Mr.. Gladstone nnds
himself unable TO carry on the government
and answers: ITO render 1t impossible for any
one else TO carry 1t on" There arelively times
Ahsad for the next parliament
The Spanish cortes were compelled by the
heat in Madrid yesterday to adjourn without
voting on the budget estimates. similar de-
fault threatens our Forty-Dinth Congress, but
not because of the heat II the appropriation
bills fail OF passage il Will be because there are
Do many politicians in Congress who are willing
70 waste the peoples time wranytins over mat
ters which are of no interest except to partisan
stump-or2tors. Filioustsring with the Their
monlstsr among the niueties, the session car
riea into the middle OF the summer. and gov
b very good fun, but it is pretty poor business.
Judge Noon.n, OF st. Louis, draws rather
subtle distinctions. He has dismissed the cases
against the anarchists Of that city who were
charged with publicly approving the acts of
their Chicago brethren, because the govern
msnt il too strong to pay any attention TO the
SaporiEgs of q few men with peculiar VIEWS"
and It seemed TO him that it would be sOons
enough to prosecute them when they had com
mitted some overt act" Just what the Judge
would consider an overt Act is . puzzle to be
solved later. II a street orator were to mount
horseback and endeavor TO iucite the warrants
within hearing to murder, Arson aud rapine,
would the judge consider his conduct worthy OF
p0pisAnle u, would IL be necessary To wafr till
the orator had hissself killed man, or set Dire
70 . house. or robbed a ba2k, before doing any
thing to- suppress his malicious am bition? And,
after other persons had GSQe the work with gun
and torch, " hat would Judge Noonan say OF the
orators effort to bring about arepetitioh of ii by
praislns the crimes and sxtoliins he criminals?
At what point in this chain I. ii possible to
IL and say, Thus fAr the hand OF justice can
reach, but il can 90 10 further?' Tue ST. Louis
magistrate is evidently long distance ahead
of,his geaeEatiOIl-or behind il.
The story about Col. Corahill and the Guiteau
trial. reprinted in another coluihE, will be
likely to attract a good deal OF Interest. and
especially ere, where the actors IN the great
drama Were familiar figures. 1t is, however,
more likely to excite curiosity and provoke
conjecture than 10 give rise to discussion, since
none OF the vitaI facts are made known in the
narrative, and the names OF the alleged con-
federaiss OF the assassin not given. For the
present. therefore, the story may bt set down
as OF the purely sensational order. If there is
any real foundation for it the papers left by
Col CorkhlI will doubtless throw material
light upon it.