The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-15
And the Premier's Measures, if Insisted Upon,
Will Surely Result in the Speedy Dis
ruption Of the Liberal Ministry.
Bismarck Angered Over the Rejection
of His Spirit Monopoly Bill.
Sudden Awakening of Interest in the Causes
Of Trade Depression in England-An
Atrocious Assassination in Vienna.
ENGLISH POLITICS.
Mr.. Gladstone's Irish Home-Rule Plan Meets

the Cabinets DisapprOvaL
LONDON, March 1.-THE Observer says that
at the Cabinet council yesterday. the measures
submitted by Mr. Gladstone for the home gov
eminent of Ireland were unfavorably received,
and the project, If persisted in, will lead to the
disruption of the Cabinet.
The Observer states that Mr. Gladstones
draft, as printed and handed to the Cabinet,
deals exclusively with appropriation, for which a
colossal sum will be required. The administra-
ton of the fund is to be intrusted to an Irish
local body, the constitution of which is left blank
in the draft but which the Ministers were in
formed would be Of the character Of an Irish
Parliament
Ominous murmurs begin to break the lull
in British politics, which John Morley re-
Gently compared to the hush of the cataract
preceding the plunge of Niagara. There
are many symptoms of a growing determination
on the part of the Wings to offer emphatic
resistance to the Irish policy Of the Premier
While Gladstone, under cover of illness, has
been busily working out the suggestion of Sir
Robert Hamilton, his Under Secretary of State
for ireland, Mr.. Goschen, also under cover of
illness, is carefully examining the financial and
political aspects Of the demand for Irish local in
dependence.
Thanks to Gladstone's absence from the House
of Commons and general conviction of the alb
solute nsignifcance Of the rest of the Cabinet
Labouchere has succeeded In pulling together
the new Radical members into something like a
formidable column for Democratic attack upon
privilege and patronage of all forms. He an
tr<a nfc o@+1y Eynn IN
gsther the 'heads" Of the Cabinet by a COMPARE
son of tie different salaries paid to the Ministers
He cites the fact that Sir William Harcourt,
Chancellor of the Exchequer, receives $4,000
per annum, and Mr.. Mundella, President of the
Board of Trade, only $4,000, and asks us
Harcourt worth two and half MundellasT
The feeling in the House Of Commons regard
ing the existing relations of other members Of
the Cabinet toward Mr.. Gladstone is curiously
like the feeling in Congress regarding the Ameri-
can Cabinet and Mr.. Cleveland. There was
much laughter in the smoking-room of the Re-
form Club night or two since when two Min
isters coming direct from Downing street.
stated that the Cabinet had held meeting at
the Premier's residence, and that Gladstone had
remained upstairs abed.
"Ah," exclaimed a Radical cynie, what did
you do? Did you sing comic songsW
The obvious disadvantage of the solitary in
cubaton of an Irish policy is the necessity which
is thus devolved upon Gladstone of defending all
the measures of the government single handed.
Should his strength give way. or his voice fail,
nobody is prepared to support the contest on
behalf of the new government adequately.
Meanwhile, signs of increasing passion on the
part of the Ulster Loyaiists multiply. The most
significant recent symptom in this direction is
the deliberate assumption made in the speech of
Lord Plunket, the Protestant Archbishop of
Dublin, that civil contest impends in Ireland.
This is all the more significant because the Arch
bishop has heretofore been regarded as almost a
home-ruler.
While it is undeniable that in certain quarters
in England there is a disposition manifested to
deal with Ireland in the spirit of that famous
saying of General Scott to the seeding South,
Hayward sisters 20 in peace" it is equally un-
deniable that there is strong undercurrent
making Roadway which will insist on British
supremacy at any price Any explosion OF local
passions in Ireland may at any time swell this
undercurrent into torrent. sweeping all COM
promises and arrangements before it. The Lib
erals admit this in the repeated assertion that
nobody except Mr.. Gladstone can carry home
rule measure through Parliament. If this means
nything that is compatible with the self-respect
of tie British people, it surely means nothing
except that the glamour of the personal reputa
ton of the Premier overcome the national
hostility to Irish independence.