Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-03-18
THE IRISH QUESTION.
An Interview With Mr.. Sam
uel Storey, M. ?.
HIS VIEWS ON TIE SUBJECT,
A Chat About English Politics-Pro
gressive TOryism-Lord Ran
dOlph Churchill.

English House OF commons Ior tne Olty
of sunderland, was sitting in the Ma
ieau House lobby yesterday afternoon
when HERALD reporter, who was max
ing his rounds, dropped in. Apart from
the fact that Mr.. Storey is one Of the few
millionaire Commoners of Great Britain
he is also one of the best known men
politically, for, as Gladstone Liberal
he has been strong supporter of Home
Rule in all the stormy debates that have
occurred in the English Parliament
while he was member. 1t being St.
Patrick's Day end, therefore, an appro'
pirate occasion to talk on such q matter
the reporter made request for an inter
view, which was smilingly granted by
Mr.. Storey, who has doubtless been
through the ordeal several times.
"What do you think of the outcome oi
the Parnell Commission inves CATION ?''
asked the HERALD reporter.
Every satisfactory" was the reply,
and Mr.. Storey smiled as he answered,
1'Mr. Parnell suspected that fellow Pig.
gott from the first. l remember one day
of having conversation with him when
the subject first came before the public.
He said then that he believed Piggott to
be at the bottom of all the trouble, but
later on, when the O'Donnell trial was
going on, he said that he thought il
might possibly be O'Shea. In my opin-
ion, Mr.. Parnell will not press claims
against the London Times for money, he
is too sensible a man for that. At pres.
l. the.x
grieved person. but should he turn il
and sue the Times it will make
him appear vindictive, and carry
away great deal of the good
0pinion now entertained of him.
MIR. Parnell would not be benefited very
much by any money he would receive
from the paper n the event of success
fol suit, for his ambition is political aud
not fine ncial. Although he cannot be
called rich man, he is certainly not
poor, for his Irish estates at Avondale-
and very pretty they are, too-yield him
q rental of about G3, 900 a year."
f'The effect of this Parnell inquiry will
be to help the Home Rule movement
considerably, will it not?" asked the
reporter.
Every much, indeed. My opinion is,
aud has been for some. time past, that the
Home Rule bill will be put through by
the Tories aud under the present ad-
ministration. This may seem strange to
you If you are conversant with the bitter
manner in which the Conservatives have
all along fought it, but then. that is
their usual course of action. They oppose
reforms for the good of the
pie, and then, when they see that they
are inevitable, they turH around end
support them. Not all at once, though.
My idea of the way in which the Tories
will handle the Irish question will be
that they will first grept local selfgov-
eminent to Ireland, then tack on some
thing else, then another privilege, and
80 on until Home Rule is fully gre1ted. I"
"What are your own idess about the
settlement of the Irish trouble ?" asked
The HERALD man.
"Well, believe that Ireland shoJld
have Home Rule. I have always sup
ported the proposition in Parlia-
ment, not alone during Pai lell's career,
but before his time-in the days when
Isaac Butt was making the fight for the
Emerald Isle-and have on every occasion
voted against coercion. do not see any
moral right on the part of England to
,oerce Ireland in any way. Some peo-
pie point to America and ask what right
The United States had to keep the South
n the Union. 1t Is different PROPOSE
ton altogether. The Southern Stat
agreed after the war to keep in tT-S
Union, but Ireland has never done so az
regards Englen nd, for the nefarious prof
fers of the men who conducted the Irish
Psrliament of 1901 cannot be counted.
Irelend should have the right to manage
everything FOR herself, the acts of her
Parliament going directly to the Queen
Tor approval or rejection. Mind you, /
DO not / elieve in separation, for if that
we're proposed would fight it as heart
ly as l now support Home Rule"
"What is the tendency of English
politics nowadays, towsrds Liberalism or
Conservatism ?"
"Almost a revolution he's come over
'he Tory party dr'ing the past few
years. Conservatism was always strong
sst in the country in days gone by, be-
cause the memtar of Parliament were
by the county squires and
gentlemen aud their adherents. But the
granting of voting frsucbise ID all agri-
cultural laborers has brought about
wondrous change, snd the Liberals have
made many gems in the Tory strong
holds. But, strange to say, at the very
time the Tories ogan to lcse in the couu-
try they began t1 gain in the cities. This
shows that different class of Conserva-
tives are being put before the people.
They are what may be termed prog .es-
sive Tories, or otherwise they corld not
hope for election in sny of the great
boroughs, which ere always Democratic
in their tendencies. Lord Reudolph
Churchill is good specimen of a prt
gressive Tory, and he is, in my opinion,
one OF the most shrewd men in the Con-
servative ranks to-day. There is no
doubt that he will be the future leader of
the party, for he is the man most capable
for the position. A Conservative bv
birth, surroundings and prospects, he is,
nevertheless, a good deal of Radical at
heart. and he will lay aside altogether
the old fogyism which has distinguished
his party's movements. That the next
will be Liberal one,
hope and trust. Lord Salisbury
is certainly making a good Prime
for his party, but
Gladstone is still on deck as vigorous as
sver, and if we can beat them on enough
1ye-electioDs and House matters we NAV
ret back to power even before the general
'lection of 1892"
Mr.. Storey, who is an eloquent speaker
md a man whose voice always COM
nands attention when it is heard in the
lom rnOna ia of commanding anraoronoe