Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-18
MlSEkADLE MEMDEkS
The Present Session of Parliament
Protracted One.
CAUSED BY MlSMANAGEMENT.
No Immediate Prospect of a Re-
lease From Duty.
CONSERVATIVES DISCONTINUED.
More Strife Than at Any Time Dur
ing Salisbury's Leadership.
TlTHES A SOURCE OF TROUBLE.
A Difficult Matter to Tell How Many
Parties the Gladstonians Are
Split Up Into-A Dull
Meeting.
CONSERVATIVES DISCONTINUED.
More Strife Than at Any Time Dur
ing Salisburys Leadership.
TlTHEs A SOURCE OF TROUBLE
Bound TO the Wheel.

Bound To the Wheel.
[CopmiOht 1889 by Jdm;s Gordon Bennett.1
LONDON, August I'm York Herald
Cabe--Special to THE BEE. This is the
18th of August, and still the poor unfortu-
nate members Of Parliament are bound to
to the wheel, nor is there any immediate
prospect of their release. The best friend of
the government can scarcely deny that our
miserable situation has been brought about
by sheer mismanagement and laundering,
without anything like business tact, and bus
mess forethought. Parliament might have
adjourned yesterday at the latest. The
members do not object to remain here beyond
the usual time when there is any public duty
TO perform, but to waste day after day, to be
brought back to London from Scotland in
the midst of grouse shooting to have all au-
tumn plans disarranged, merely because the
ministry do not know their minds-this, it
must be admitted, is u herd dose to swallow.
There is certainly more discomfort in the
conservative ranks than has been found
there since Lord Salisbury became minister.
No doubt it will blow over during races, but
1t is so serious at present that IL we were at
the beginning instead of the end of the ses-
sion doubt very much whether the ministry
could go on in its present shape. A devoted
ministrialist wilr do pretty nearly every
thing and go in any direction at the first
crack of the whip, but when it comes to be
called upon to vote one day that white is
black and the next Jnat it is green, fidelity
to party gets shake. Never was docile
majority dragged through such thickset
hedge as that which has first scratched out
the eyes of the tories and then scratched
them In again. They were directed to
vote that the payment of tithes should rest
with the occupier of the land, who was to be
liable to be sued in county court. They
did not like the order, but obeyed 1t, and
with 1t came another order that the party
should vote to throw the tithe landlord, and
they would have done 1t If the government
had not committed the final error of bringing
themselves and their mongrel bill into con-
f1ct with the rules of the house. Thus the
party had not only stutified itself, but was
placed in most ridiculous position. Many
of them had been summoned up to London
on what turned out to be FOOLS errand.
The whole affair is most unprecedented in
political history. Can you wonder that there
Ia little bit of growing to be heard all
aroundl The fact Is, we are all at SKIES and
sevens just now. The Parnellites are in dis
grace with their leader because they did not
rally round the flag last Monday and Tues
day.
see it stated that Parnell himself habitu-
ally neglects his parliamentary duties, That
Is not the case. He may not often be in the
house itself, but he is very seldom far from
1t. His followers have been remlss of late.
Many of them are small shopkeepers or per-
sons dependent on their labor and they can
notafford to be in London the whole summer
or come up whenever they are called This
suggests the desirability of having a some
what different class of representatives
under Parnell's orders, and l understand
that arrangements designed to effect this
are under consideration OF course there
are plenty of rich Englishmen who would be
ready 10 accept home rule seats for Irish
constituents, but whether they could be
trusted whenever the political whirliglg
takes new turn is question. Anyhow the
absentees have received wigging and Par
nell himself has come down from the clouds
and demonstrated with some of the sinners
'I think did not see you last Monday" is
about all he says, but that is enough. There
is no need for him to use strong language.
AS for the Gladstonians, there really is nc
telling with any certainty into how many
parties they are split up. This week they
have been lead by Sir William Harcourt
but the very first time he attempted to speak
Ill tnclr nulile one Ol luelF announced
that he intended to pursue his own course.
Now Harcourt is not as patient as mad.
stone, and when Osborn Morgan, one of the
dullest men in the house, sat down, Jumbo
favored him with what is usually termed the
rough side of his tongue. 1t was so very
rough that poor Morgan rose in anger anG
went fumIng to the other end of the bench
And yet Sir William had merely intmated
to the honorable member unat he had mad
fool of himself. 'You have spokeI
more nonsense in ten minutes" said he
''than most men utter in u year" "Mr
Gladstone never treated me so," murmureC
the victim, and indeed it must be admitted
that the old man never abuses his party
That detail of his work is performed by O
deputy.
Then there is no new radical idea led s
far as II is led by Labouchere Even they
the latest offspring of this queer age, are no
quite happy. They don't know what the
want, or how they are going to get at it atte
the day they will be deprived of Labby's as
sistance, for he starts for AK on Monday oil
Tuesday. There are few shrewder polit
clans alive, albeit the house refused TO tax
them seriously. "Here's Labby, now W
shall have some fun" So the word is passe
when Labby gets up TO speak, and the dc
sire for amusement is pardonable enough i
an audience which is doomed to listen to tn
most appalling bores whenever they have
mind to speak.
When we met this afternoon 1t becam
manifest that one of the bores had com
down with the intention of having first
rate inning all to himself. The business il
hand was the prosaio one of voting none.
for the public service, aud there is thi
popularity about it-that until it is don
parliament can't adjourn. bill may
passed or thrown out, out money must
had. The aspect of the house was eneoural
ing to begin with. Not many of us wer
there noticed four Irish members-Sel
IA ton, Malloy. Flynn and Murphy OF thos