St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-19
INTENSIFYING GLOOM
The Outlook for Irish Independence Be-
coming Less Bright as the Days
Roll By.
Chamberlain and Gladstone Lock Horns
and Each Refuses to Accede to the
Others Demands.
An Unfrocked Priest Shoots the
Bishop of Madrid, Spain, for Re-
fusing to Re1nstate Him.
Total Distinctions by Fire of the
Town of Stry, Near Vienna,
Austria.
The Situation Less Promising.

The Situation Less Promising.
Special Cable to the Globe
LONDON, April 1S.-The agents of Mr..
Chamberlain and Mr.. Gladstone are still
negotiating. The situation tonight is, if
anything, less promising than it was before
the premier left town for HaWarden castle.
AIr. Chamberlain makes no advances, and
shows no disposition to recede from the
demands recapitulated in last nights cable
gram. He is urged by his strongest sup
porters not to yield. His own opinion
evidently is that if he holds out,
Gladstone, in the end, will have no choice
but to give way. Schuadhorst and
the caucus managers generally are per-
suaded that Chamberlain's position in the
country as prospective premier and de facto
radical leader is immensely strengthened
already by the concessions he has compelIed
Gladstone to make. The premiers repre-
sentatlyeS continue to bring outside inf1u-
ences to bear on Chamberlain to force him
to accept Gladstone's proposals. Gladstone
maintains his resistance 20 ChamberIain's
| proposals in their entirety, although he
might possibly meet the Birmingham men
more than half way on the land question.
Harcourt and Morley are stiff on the Oues-
ton OF Irish representation at Westminster.
and the prospect of their resignation from
the cabinet, if Chamberlain carries Glad
stone with him, is stronger than ever.
GladstOnes reluctance to give up the Irish
land purchase bill is ineligible, but in the
opinion Of dispasSionate observers the bill is
probably doomed to die without sign of
| regret from any quarter except. possibly,
from some Of the most intelligent members
| OF the Harrington wing of the party, who
| are beginning to believe the often reiterated
statement that the landlords are unlikely
ever again TO have such terms if the present
bill! IS thrown out. 1t is believed thai the
wings in the cabinet favor the cry for the
| RETENTION OF IRISH REPRESENTATION
in the imperial parliament at Westminster.
| Gladstone is unusually obstinate on this
point. he is impatient to clear the way in
/ the house of commons for English and
| Scotch business, and believes this cannot
be done so long as Ireland is represented in
| the house GladStone'S strongest colleagues,
as well as the thinking men among the
LIBERALS, oppose the principle of Irish rep
reSentation al Westminster, believing that
the Irish parliament will be competent
\ to deal with Irish affairs without being
required to come to London every year,
and that Ireland has no desire to interfere
in imperial legislation. A middle course
| is suggested, namely, limited Irish dele
| CATION with restricted voting powers. The
| principle OF Irish representation at West
minister is approved only by the noisy,
| empty headed gang of Chamberlain Great
ures. These believe themselves to be mas
ters of the situation and they probably will
| be in the long run unless Hartington's fol-
| lowing is diminished, at least, to the ex-
| tent of tie caucus crowd by the time
the bill comes on for second reading.
The country at large, leaving out the eau
Gus districts, is generally favorable to
! Gladstone's policy. y. lie Fevre, a home
ruler before Gladstone. avOwed himself in
favor Of an Irish parliament and received
a warm reception at Bradford, the place of
all others where he might have expected to
fare badly. seeing that this was the con-
! stituency that repeatedly returned the late
Buckshot Forster to parliament. Among
| the meetings held to support Glad
stone was one in the Strand district,
| represented by the Hon. II. r. Brand, son
| Of Speaker Brand, who was advanced to the
peerage by Gladstone. Brand is one of the
mutineers, and his conduct being considered,
lie missed a vote of censure by only mar
row majority, and this through regard for
| his father. The Birmingham caucus alone
blocks the work of arOusing the electors.
As long as the block exists, and there is
] nothing to compensate for the deficiency
elsewhere, the country cannot be organized
with complete efficiency in favor of homo
| rule.