The Irish standard., 1886-06-19
HOME RULE POSSIBILITIES.
Opinions Of the People Regarding Glad
stones Evasion Of the Land Law
Question in His Manifesto
KNOWS MORE THAN HIS CRITICS.
The Constituencies Demand Leaders II
Fight ALI Traitors and Bury Them Hence
forth Politically Out Of Sight.

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Fight All Traitors and Bury Them Hence
forth Politically Out Of Sight.
The latest news from London indi-
Gates that the politicians have fed tc
the shires, and that ministers from
Gladstone down are recruiting themsel-
YES at country houses within easy dis
tance Of the capital. Heads Of the de-
partments Of state are scattered all
over the kingdom. The government
offices are closed. All the political
clubs are silent Only newspaper men
are found in their usual haunts. Poll"
tics may there be described as dull,
with languid demand for news and
small supply. A common criticism OF
Gladstone's manifesto is that it carries
on it's face the evidences that the Brit:
ish Premier is engaged in an honorable
work and that he is neither surprised
at the course events have taken, nor
does he fear for the future. 1t con-
Cains
NO PARTY CATCH PHRASES
for the electorate. There is nothing OF
the clarion ring about it. Much ad-
verse comment is heard ON the omission
of the land question and the matter OF
the retention of Irish members OF the
Imperial Parliament, the two main
issues on Which public opinion is UNI
able by it's present light to agree
These are points on which the nation
was waiting to have Gladstone speak.
Hundreds OF thousands Of voters We're
looking for the manifesto in the conf
dent expectation of guidance herein,
and the omission is noted with impat-
ience aud dissatisfaction. The i'm
preston among old parliamentary
heads, however, is that Gladstone has
proved himself wiser than his critics
by avoiding the discussion OF such
burning elements of the controversy as
the land law and retention. They con-
slider his decision to confne the issue
at the polls to the single question Of
Home Rule proof Of political astute-
ness that was to have been expected
from SO willy a parliamentary tacti-
clan. The campaign must now be
fought, if the usual practice is OBJ
served, on grounds intelligible to every
voter. The policy of the opposition
has been .-
TO DRAG IN SIDE ISSUES
and smother the real object of conten-
tion under q cloud of matter foreign to
the real object of the appeal to the
country. We already see The eviden~
ces of this in the shrines. In some
places the Tories are raking up again
the disestablishmen Of the church; in
other places the banner of protection is
raised where trade and agricultural
districts have been pinched most sore
ly and elsewhere the bugbear Of Rus
sian aggression in the east is made to
do duty once more. In all this Cham
berlain's example is being closely fol-
lowed by the opposition. Chamber
lain's object, first and last, has been to
involve the clear election issues in con-
fusion. Gladstone's contemptuous
dismissal of the false issues raised is in
reality mastery stroke Of electoral
tactics. In regard to the difficulty be-
tween Charles Stewart Parnell, and
Earl CarnarYon the
TIE LATTER HAS WRITTEN A LETTER
with reference to his interview with
the former, in which he says that the
meeting was due neither to his nor to
MIR. Parnells initiative but was brought
about by other persons. Continuing he
he says: II am unable to understand
how Mr.. Parnell Inexperienced my
conditions Of the interview. Irecollect
perfectly stating them. The purport
and tenor of the conversation left an
entirely different impression on my
mind. I proposed nothing AS MI.
Parnell talked, I put questions, sug-
gested difficulties, and raised objections
for him to answer or explain. He dwelt
upon the character and functions of a
central legislature, the necessity Of de-
veloping Irish industries, the conges-
tion of the population in parts of Ire
land, the commercial depression, and
the relations and difficulties between
the landlords and tenants. I said moth
ing implying the concurrence of the
Government in plan to give Ireland a
statutory Parliament with power to
protect Irish industries. regret that
my impression was so different from
Mr. Parnell,s do not wish To irnnl1ta