New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-17
THE VOTE IN BIRMINGHAM.
OPINIONS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES ON THE
RESULT.
LORD RosEBEKys SPEECH AT NoRw1oH-MR.
SosMEN's BUDGET-THE PARNELL IN
oU1RY-coMMENT ON THE
SAMOAN DISASTER.
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0OSO%<@>s
ouzY-coMMENT ON THE
SAMOAN DISASTER.
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Copyright; 1880: By The ke,r- York Tribune
London, April l6-I collect from various Home
Rule journals various opinions on Birmingham
decisive repulse," says the London orGan-in-
chief; but it viii not discourage Liberals"
Bad as bad could be-" says candid ev@hng
oracle; Home Rule has in Central Brndngnam
split the Liberal party exactly in two" Inc
election is worthless as test OF the progress Oh
dissentient Liberalism says Mr. o'Connor. a
similar voice comes from Dublin, declaring TINS
not TO be q Coercionist gain Mr. chamberlain
has had his way says Yorkshire, but aS what
cost TO his prestigel1 Liverpool THINKS no en-
eourarement to be drawn from the result; Man
chester admits that it is unqueseonapV aus
appointment All these are Homo huie denver
ances AS for the Tories. they are naturally
jubilant everywhere, except IN birmingham i.sen'
There they faced the music. though not uL the
band came near playing a funeral march They
faced IA but do not pretend to like it, and they
eertainlv do not mean to sit down permanently
uuder Mr.. Cham berlain's dictation. The Tory
estimate of their own majority was two thousand
MT most. Il exceeds three&and the Tory majority
exseeds the entire Liberal vote. Official Torryism
sriumpAs more loudly than ever, rejecting that
,ha victor might have been Lord Randolph
Cburchjll whose success would have been more
than coldly received on the Treasury Bench
Lord Rosebcry's speech at Norwich is to Tory
minds political acrostic. They do not pretend
"a have found o solution, but they dwell on two
things as the most puzzling Of all He proposes
O committee of eminent jurists and civil servants
TO get the next Home Rule bill into workable
shape before it is presented to Parliament. Did
he, ask our Tory friends, take Mr.. GladstJne's
opinion before putting forward that suggestion
There Is no answer. But they insist that it is
tatamount to an admission that the difficulties in
framing measure cannot be removed by ordinary
means. More important still, perhaps, is this
declaration: Home Rule in our sense" said
Lord Rosebery, is distinct from the National
and historical argument. 1t is simply question
Of devolution and decentralization" What does
that mean and, whatever it means, does it come
direct from Mr.. Gladstone? Lord Rosebery
praises this Government for having gone far
toward his "devolution' policy in England by
their Local Government bill. They have gone
not less far in Scotland, and they are known to
be considering o similar measure for Ireland. Mr..
Parnen has said that Home Rule is an open
question. Lord Rosebery says that the historical
argument may be neglected. Is this another ap
proach to a new departureP Is Home Rule to
mean after all only one more large County Coun
ell z Such are some and only some, of the Tory
questions to which an answer has yet to be
given.
Mr. Goschen's Budget was thought in the House
q creditsble piece Of financiering. Even Mr..
Isbouchere, who understands money matters,
praised it. The Chancellor of the Exohequer
resisted the temptation to win the workmens
vote by increasing the income tax, which they do
not pay. Nobody objects to his using the profits
made on the conversion of eonsols to reduce tax
alton. The Radicals hail the increase Of death
duties on realty and personality alike as a con.
cession of the principle, for which they have
vainly contended hitherto that both kinds of
property should pay equally. Nobody grumbles
but the brewers, and they not much. The ma
jority Of the Liberal press thinks the Budget fairly
satisfactory. Home Rule in the person of Mr..
OConnoT however, remarks mildly that tho
prevailing note Of the Goschen Budget is dis
honest cowardice. Mr.. o'Connor wants all death
taxes equahzed, free breakfast table for the
wordngman and graduated and diffeential in
come tax-in short, Socialistic finance, which MIR.
Goschen's certainly is not
II is, I hear, settled that when Mr.. Parnell
enters the witness-box, his examination in chief
win not be conducted by Sir Charles Russell
Mr.. Asquith, the young lawyer who has been Sir
Charles's ,ight-hand man all through this inquiry,
win be Entrusted with that duty. II was Mr.
Asquith who cross-examined Mr. Mcdonald into
splinters Mr. Paruell will be taken step by step
over the whole history Of his connection with
the Home Rule movement This promenade will
occupy two days at least Whether his cross
examination will be taken in hand by the
attorney General is uncertain. Sir Henry James
is thought by lawyers likely to do it better.
Whoever be the operators, it is expected TO last
three days
Nothing has been read here with more interest
than the reports Of the Samoan disaster Cap
tain Kane's handling OF the Calliope is extolled
by the English, even though Ireland claims him
as Irish. The press does, as Admiral Sir Godfrey
Horribly did, justice TO her American and German
consorfs The cheer Of the Trenton's crew to
the Calliope has been heard in England. Con-
slider the scene,' says The Telegraph aand
the matchless heroism and generosity Of this
Yankee crew. Almost sure of instant death them
selves, they could see the Queens ship fighting
the hurricane and appreciate the gaIlantry of
the effort with the generous pleasure Of true
mariners. We do not know in all naval records
any sound which makes finer music upon the ear
than the cheer Of the Trent9n's men. 1t was
distressed manhood greeting triumphant man.
hood, the doomed. saluting the saved II was
pluckier and more human than any cry raised
upon the deck Of victorious line-of-battle ship
II never can be forgotten, never must be forgot
ten BY EngIishmen speaking Of Americans.
That dauntacss cheer TO the Calliope was the
expression Of an immortal courage" These are
extracts from a long editorial. all in similar
tone. G W. B.
AN AMERICAN ACQUITTED IN LONDON.
London, April IDA verdict was given to-day In
an case OF Luke Emerson, Of Bowling Green, No.,