Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-12-23
DAILY POST 1NTELueHcER


The friah qnsstion has shattered EnR
Ia paEty linss mssi gFssv0asiy. 1hs
nnneumsemsus o. Giadssens's conyeE-
son 70 ths csuss 81 hons rule, little
aors ahAn q ysas ago, Instantly divided
he LdbeEaI party into tie hostile camps
ana shsss are indiussions that ne Cs1-
ssrvusivss will SEQ Be divides before
tie yexsd qassaisn b settled. Thsgreat
issus has made foes Of political friends
and frisnds Of potatieaifSeA
Al efforts 70 re unite the Liberal
psEiy have apparently ben sbandonsd-
Ths GiadssSusitsa. - shsy vsEs called
darine tie great sisssoEal contest Of the
pssaans ysaE, whs eompriss the vaas
maiority Of the Liberals Of GFess
4gilain. shew no INDIGESTION Of FeosdsnR
from Ne posision which they assumed
when ne question Nss diEsotly ssf0fe
me psopls. They and their leaders ara
thosouahly IN favor Of home ruis, and
thsy 90 not mean 70 saErsndsT their
falth. They ksvs already oaFrtsd Scot
lmnd asa walss on the home rule issue,
and they bslisys that the day IL y { far
dlataht wheu thsy viii carry RnRland.
also. They have no idea Of dsssrting 9
oause whose ultimate victory appears %
ceftain.
Tbs Literal Unionisss. thsss who
followed HaFfinaton from the Liberal
RANKS. 90 ths other hARd. sh0w equally
Little inoiipation 10 Fsuaiss with their
old politioai associates. Indeed. Hart
ingson u Regarded - one Of ths most
radical Of the eosrsiosists, and 10 Il
certain that the Tory Government has
bis sympathy and snpport in the policy
Of eoeraiSn upon whioh % has EN-
baFksd. II h much more probabls that
shs LdberAa Unionists will End . pIaee
in the Conservative ranks thAn thas thsY
will ever be reunited with sE4 fslIower'
Of Gladstone. A few Of them. Of coarse
may rssnrn 10 their old allegiance. bui
he great majority uill soon become
Tories IN name - we'll - In fact. Th'
understanding between Salisbury ana
Harrington l. apparently perfect. and
she alliances between their followers b
equally close. Il may, therefoFs. Be re
esrded ~ certain that EnRlish part
lines have already been permanent.
changed.
The Conservatives. on the ether hand
ass not agreed upon tbs proper eeura
70 pursue IN regard 10 IFslaad. II IL Al
open secret that tbe most bittsE dissen
sions exist In the Cabinet In regard {
SalisbuFy's policy Of coercion. and tia
the policy was decided upon only af.e
bitter contest. The party lash, it
Maid, was welded numerically before
majority Of the Ministers eonld be il
dnced 10 give their consent 90 th
adoption Of salisboy's plans II
leaders Of the opposition included I'll
sblest and most Influential members q
~ tH@NNtAAANAes AWA1nA th1NM WI
Lord Randolph Churchill, ChancellC
Of the Exshequer; Sir Michael Hicki
Beach, Secretary for Ireland, and NJ
Matthews, Home Secretary. Indsce
while the Conservative Government
onteTing upon policy Of coercion, 1t
doing 90 Ia spite Of the protest. Of u
most influential and aggressive Of q
naembeFs.
The Liberals are already permanent
divided, and the Conservative party
torn by internal discussions, which ma
Lead 70 q serious division 81 any tam
And the consideration sf the IRIS
question has little more than been 81
tsred upon. No impartial observer ca
fail 10 oonclads that the victory wi
eventually be with those Who believe
oonoedsnR TO the Irish people their jul
demands, bui when that victory viii /
won, what statesmen will win ID, an
under she banner Of what party the
will rally their supporters, the preseI
does not tell.