St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-31
THE MOME-RULE ISSUE.
Doubts Whether Gladstone Can OF
Cares to Garry His Point.
SDaoia1 tO tho GlOha

Opccldl W Ile OlOue.
LONDON, May 30.-The political situa-
ton is once more in state of absolute I'M
certainty. The Gladstoneites claim that
the second reading of the home-rule bill is
assured. the Tories with equal confidence
assert that a majority against the bill is
absolutely certain. The doubters are more
doubtful than ever. The Independents who
were coming around to the Gladstone side
in such numbers as to make the
second reading to all seeming Sc
cure, are hanging back, and alto
gether the prospects are decidedly
worse than at any time since the National
Liberal federation revolted against Cham
berlain and declared for Gladstone. There
have been several informal consultations
between the leaders, respectively, of the
Wings and Tories in the view of establish
ing common action tomorrow and until the
end of the debate, and the result is an
agreement to work together to reopen the
entire question and start a fresh debate on
new lines The object is still further to
weaken the government and cause a divi-
sion. They may find themselves
OUT OF THEIR RECKONING
for Gladstone is we'll advised of their
movements and quite capable of springing
surprise on them. He may yet elect to
bring the whole business to sudden stop
by an appeal to the country, or still better,
as some old parliamentary hands think.
put himself in the way of defeat forthwith,
placing his resignation in the hands of the
queen. advising her majesty to send for
Harrington and throwing all the response
bility of the middle on the shoulders that
ought to carry it. Harrington has been
lDI 10 {I1 L.
would adopt if sent for by the
queen and replied unhesitatingly that he
would not shrink from any duty that might
ton would be one of the best things that
Gladstone could desire, failing the passage
of the second reading, for it could not DOS
sibly last month, except by favor of
Gladstone and Parnell, and Gladstone's ap-
peal to the country would be made with the
prestige of defeating the strongest combna-
ton the allied element of the opposition
could ever expect to bring against him.
Gladstone himself never had perfect faith
in this parliament. He has always regarded
it as an experiment. 1t is
A PARLIAMENT OF NEW MEN
representing new constituencies. The next
parliament will be totally different, elected
distinctively on the issue of mandate to
Gladstone, and as to the result of this issue
there is considerably more confidence than
any one pretends to possess tonight as re-
CARDS the second reading. Under these cir
cumstances it seems to me almost certain
that the debate on the second reading,
which Mr.. Gladstone intends to close on
Tuesday, will be carried on, at least, till
Thursday night. New developments, that
no one can now anticipate, are on the cards,
and the end is beyond the power of living
man to fortell. The most sanguine es-
innate of the division that have heard
tonight puts Gladstones majority at only
ten, which would probably be accepted as
a vote of no confidence and end the gov
eminent. A majority against the second
reading is quite possible. In addition to
the seceders named in last nights dispatches
several recent converts to Home Rule are
shaken in their views and are quite likely
to change back to the anti Gladstone side
at any hour. Chamberlain, seeing the
danger Gladstone is in, and desiring to be
accounted one of the chief instruments of
slaughter, is disposed to set aside all offers
of compromise and go dead against the bill.
THOMAS POWER UCoNNoR, NJ. p.