Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-28
Then He Meekly Congratulates
Them On Their Unity.
sTRAwwHIcH SHOWS THE WIND
The Vote On the Royal Grants Re-
garded as Significant.
CONSCIENCE AND CONSTITUENTS
Frightened BY the Frown OF the
People Morley Goes Back on His
Pledges in Committee
Wales Feels Hurt.
Interesting Times in ParIiamen ent.

Interesting Times In Parliament.
(COpuright 1889 bB james Gordon BennettD
LONDON, July 21.-[New York Herald
we have nj ot been dull in the house for the
gone about the lobbies yawning their heads
off and wondering why on earth they were
ever such fools rs to come to this place of
torture. Besides the speeches in the house,
we have had all the fun of the fair in
the lobby's gossip about 80 and
SOS intention, irreverent sneers
at the grand old man from the radicals,
speculation as to what Lord Randolph meant
to do, rumors Of discomfort at high quarters
at the uncertain and erratic course pursued
by the ministery in reference to the royal
grants, and all sorts of odds and ends such
are in brisk demand whenever a crisis Is
in the air. To be sure this was not much of
a crisis to boast Of The only incident of the
least Importance, outside of the division,
which was certainty all the way through
was the new split in the radical party.
Mr.. Labouchere, If he succeeded in moth
ing else did certainly succeed in throwing
the apple of dscord among the regular lead
ers of the party. He set all the Gladston-
ulated them upon their unity.
Mr.. Morley is against Gladstone, Parnell
votes for the government, Trevelyan goes
contrary to Morley, not that it
matters two straws which way he
eyes. DR.. Tanner and William O'Bren
walk into the same lobby with Balfour and
tory "coercionists." Nobody knows where
to find anybody else. Take the whole house,
shake it up together and empty it out on the
floor and you have the sort of class which
prevailed last night. Wen may the portly
Mephlstopheles be proud of his work.
No doubt it is fact not without
significance that as rtany. as 1l6
members of the house voted against
any further grants whatever to The royal
family. Explain it how you may it ls sign
of the times which all concerned would do
well to reflect upon. To realize what it
means it must De remembered that the ad-
verse vote was cast against the advice
and even the entreaties Of Glad
stone. 1t IS said that the people do
not care much about the issue. 1t may
be so; personally 1 only received about half
a dozen letters from my constituents, but
they all asked me to vote against the grants.
Perhaps it is because the real facts are not
understood outside of the house. Whatever
may be the cause, it is certain that the
pressure brought to bearupon the members
has all been hostile to them. 1t was time
that something like finalily was arr we'd at
in these matters.
1t is to believe the whisper that is going
around in very select circles as to the pain
and modification which the recent proceed
ings have inflicted upon the Prince of
Wales. He has tried very hard to do his
duty and he might have thought that little
generous consideration would have been
SHOWN him on the occasion of the first mar
riage in his family The Jaugle in parla-
ment over the small sum asked
for his daughter almost mingled
with the sound of the wedding
bells. No ordinary man of feeling could fail
to be affected by the bitterness which has
been shown. Still all the foremost men of
the time have stood out resolutely for the
crown. The royal family are never likely TO
be left alone whenever, If ever, the day of
trial comes. On Monday the contest is to be
renewed, for the money has not yet been
voted. There has been only a preliminary
skirmish, but what remains must be mere
idle show and waste of time.
1t is pity for the sake of Mr. Morley's re-
putation that he has consented to play the
somewhat ludicrous part which the fear Of
losing his seat induced him to take up. He
agreed to the proposed grant in committee
and ran away from it at the first growl that
reaches him from his constituents And yet
a sturdy conscience and rigid consistency are
supposed to be his great points, aud that he
would do what he believes TO be right though
the heavens fall. The heavens may fall,
but let his constituents frown and his courage
and his conscience both melt away An
evening paper over which he still possesses
influence says that his proper name is
"Honest John" One suspects very much
from more than one passage in his career
that "Honest John" would be all the better
for sitter backbone. He willis at a mo-
ment's notice. In committees he voted for a
grant which on Monday he is going to ask
the house TO reject. We have the assurance
of Mr.. Gladstone, and OF The govern
ment, of Lord Harrington and of
all the responsible men of the
day that no more grants shah be applied to
the present reign. That was all Mr.. Morley
asked for He has got it, and still he is
afraid to do what week ago he practically
declared to be right, He is going to renew
debate which Is virtually dead. No man
could do it successfully. Mr. Morley, all
things considered Ii about the very last man
who should try such an experiment.
There is one thing about the royal we'd
ding which you mayor may not be aware of.
The aristocrats are not all pleased with it.
The very thing which delights the people
generally, namely that Princess Louise, of
Wales, has married a subject and not slit
tie German" Is regarded with jealous eyes
by the upper classes. No doubt one of the
queens daughters had already married a
subject, but she was not in the
direct line OF succession, and the children of
Princess Louise may be. ThesEarl Of Fife
might become hing consort Other mobiles
cannot contemplate that contingency, how
ever remote 1T may be- without chagrin,
Whether the Marquis of Salisbury has pre-