The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-01-31

that the existing conditions are but the
national issue of prolonged indifference
to the appeals OF Ireland and of force
employed in maintaining the domina
ton of English and Scottish indu. til 8.
SYDNEY Smith said neariy cen fury ago
that when you mention the word
'fIrish" Enghshmen Immediately begin
to take leave of their senses, and tina
such was the case then Is attested by Il
admission now, while il might be a sub
iect of animated controversy whether
the present age could note any marked
Improvement in the mental condition
of the Britain when this vexed question
arises. What Lord Salisbury may sug
gest, or what action the Parl .ament
TO meet may take; time only can demon
strate. That action wi be taken, or an
attempt made To do something. that
will mollify the bristled feelings of tie
Irish has passed beyond the domain of
debate. So far, however. Mr.. Gladstone
seems. to have been the more level
headed of the two great men. Notwith-
standing the blunders of his administra-
tion-admitting them to be such-and
the fact that Salisbury was poltroOn
enough to make handle out of the
church disestab .ishment matter, the
man OF umbrr LA fame came out on top,
though practically loser. He has
already recognized the importance of
the home rule question, just as he did
that of dIsestablishment, and now every
Conservative is hewIing himself hoarse
in charging the rising Importance of
this subject to his recognition. One
London paper says the charge is rub
bish. The presence of Mr.. Parnell in
Parliament with IS members at his cali
is what makes home rule all important.
There is now said to be only one way by
which the subject which, like Banquo's
ghost, takes the chair at the banquet
can be throttled: that is by the united
action of both English and Scotch M.
Ps. in turning out all the Irish mem
bers refusing new election and declar-
ing Ireland under martial law. Such a
course would be so cowardly that it
could not be entertained and the ques-
ton which has been put off again ard
again and trif1ed with has nowto be
met as the one all-absorbing internal
ailment that requires fair and full treat
ment. The Pail Nall Gazette says of it:
The Irish question is bundle of difficuii
ties, due to the neglect, the sel6shness,
and the upscientiic method of our
government. 1t has come into
present infamed and dangerous condi-
lion because the Irish, unlike the Eng
fish and Scotch, were TOO far off, too
divided, and too weak to compel the
peers to allow Ireland to be governed
on the same principles as the rest of the
United Kingdom. Toryism has had its
way in Ireland. Remedial measures
have been refused with steady persis-
tency until too laie, and the result,
then, is that we have to deal with the
gangrene of neglected wound. The
Irish difficulty, which makes men des-
pair of almost any solution on Home
Rule basis, is the question of rent. Ire
land for generations has been governed
as if the first end of government was to
enable landlords to confscate the prop
perty of their tenants, and now we are
confronted by demand for an Irish
Parliament, whose mandate would be
the confscation of the property of the
landlord. Thus, wrong begets wrong,
and dishonesty in the rulers breeds dis
honesty in their subjects"
In the meantime Mr.. Parnell, besides
the money he is making. discovers him
self to be cool and determined andof clear
views beyond the expectation of the
most capable who have watched his
remarkable course. WANDERER.