New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-20
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Copyright 1888: BY The Ns,o. York 7ribune
London. July I9-The Parnell Commission bill
Is an open door through which anybody and any
thing may walk Perhaps no commission ever sat
with such large powers. Lawyers are already
suggesting that the Judges who are to compose the
Commission may themselves object to the scope oil
the inquiry Roughly speaking, whatever the Az
tornev-Cieneral alleged in his speech in ODonheh
against Walker may be inquired into whether ~
affects Mr. Parncll or any other Member OF Iar-
lament. or any outsider. Everything III IL"
TImessn pamphlet Parnellsm and CRIME may
be inquired into because that pamphle' ""S -
by tho Attorney General Anything reierI'" '" "
the course of the proceedings IN that 'Ii"i H''S
incurred into Witnesses are compeIaoic 10 i.''NN
md are 70 be examined and cros~eAainihou ~ q"
many counsel as the Judges choose. an "o0
must be produced Everybody lmphcaueu may
have counsel: if Mr. Egan comes over he may nave
counsel Everybody who makes clean breast OIL
il goes scot free He may he forced to crimna'e
himself but cannot be prosecuted if he does. nor
made defendant in civil suit on account oil MS
evidence.
This certainly goes far beyond Mr. Parnells ex-
notation but at present his attitude is one oil uh-
certainty Sir Joseph Mckennas notice OF mo
ton 10 reject the bill was made without MT rar-
neTs knowledge. 1t is already arranged that oir
Charles Russell shall represent the Irish leaders Dc
fore the Commission. Mr.. George Lewis VINO
speals OF this as the biggest cause in which he was
ever engaged. is hard at work preparing Tor the
hearing II the Commission really avalls
itself Of all its opportunities
looks as if it would last a year Mr.. Oiad-
stones acquicscence IN the Parnell commission
hin is not approved by all his colleagues 1t Is
46a Nhl j
.bopd be Mr.. John Morley ana Sir William Har-
court Mr. Morley represents all that there Is
most austere and thcoretic in Liberalism, Sr
William all that is most practical IN poilucs
From both points of view, therefore TINS olii
might be resisted were il not that Mr Olaos'one
has declared in favor of It's principle ana MI
Gladstone is after all, the best parliamentary
tactcian in his party.
Mr. Gladstoncs speech at Sir Wlllreo LaWson
dinner table is rot one OF first Importance DuI ~
oor.oirs two or three interesting points. The
chief Of these is his declaration about retaining
the Irish members at Westminster as part oil 'he
,ow Home Rule scheme Surprise had been eX-
nrossod at Mr. Parnells recent avowal oil MS
concurrence in this proposal | had known he
1cas for IL said his great ally, Tor TWO ycdlS
mast What Mr. Gladstone now says Oh 'nS
extremely difficult question is not ltseii lree iio
,dieicultv but on the whole he may ne uecHeN
IN bind himself not TO oppose rctehuoh oi Ir' %
Irish members If the country Is lor IT, ~
will bind himself to no sfecihc ptopoS"i
NOR will he consent that Parliament shouIu ~ ~o
its own hands as not to be abe 10 eAoiuuo
Irish hereafter. With these reserVa'ionS' n' "
cents the principle with open arms
Won NAV note with interest that Mr.. Gladstone
.xcused himself for making many speeches
Even when you have not got anything he" u say
ohservad the great orator il is sopetmcs necessdI!
., sav over again the thing you have saiu nNe
.iroes sometimes ten or twenty times, before he
y-os ah6rcd he added, to deny at least ohco
roar that he is a partner in the VINE hrh ol -u''''
cilbav This is 10 pronounce absoluton on Jour
ro,;s,n as we'll as on oratory. ! must add tn"U
bis nersistent introduction OF polltcal ora'oIS INV
social life is of doubtful popularity Ills leNo"
s,s ara dclghtcd to hear him make speech'
They are still more delighted to have MIN lor Nv,
seconds apiece TO themselves lhere was e"'i"-
relief at DOLLS Hill the other day when " WIS
known that there would be no discourse -
Tho Vaudeville inqaest brings out some a"K-
.o,d toc,s Whether his treatment by the prison
ortborities caused or hastened his death may De
an onon oucstior. but he treated, 1t Is cIear'
With hardness. though not with more hardness
,bon other refractory prisoners. Mr Gladstone
fo-s n il rs one of the most shocking ono ol inc
most revolving cases that has occurred ana ne II
l.Are nf
pcats that the discipline to which Mein"'i' "
Parliament have been subjected in prison cannot Dc
called less than brutal .
Rusincss in the House Of Commons IS gettihS
IN NJ n great pace The Local Government oili
is almost through committee. There remain ~
clauses on which serious conflict is likely MI
Gladstone praises Mr. Rtchie's ability ana temper
in pilotinr this huge measure through the houSe'
-oisos the Irish for not obstructlng IT, ana pr"scs
the Liberals by anticipation for meaning "hen
tber come into power TO fill up tie outline anu
make II a really liberal and democratic system
OF local government.
The Popes letter TO the Irish Bishops seems 10
have made less impression here than, accoruIhs
n some DISPATCHES in America. No doubt the
PoDe's language is of the most explicit Kind' anu
does expressly enjoln upon his iiock TO nave no
mart in bovcotting or the Plan Of Campaign. lie
does too rebule those who alleged that the
rescri-t had been based on imperfect information
and meets one by one the arguments nv which
Nationalist orators had cndcavorcd to break the
force Of the rescript itself. II s, said one OF
them. bitterly enough, the Bishop OF Limerick
speaking from the Papal chair. But 1t is not clear
that the actual situation is much modified by TINS
ex cathedra delverance. G W. >
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