St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-14
HUME null ID ALIVE,
Gladstone Preparing for Spe-
cial Legislation in This
Line.
Assured Of the Support of an
Irish Phalanx OF Seventy
Three.
ParnelIS LeaguerS Increase
in InSOlenee Toward the
Clergy.
Two Hundred Americans
Claim Large Estates in
England.


ley, Sir William Vernon Harcourt and
Sir &. Q. Trevelyan. on the scope of the
Liberal electoral platform, and is pre-
pairing to announce it at Hastings.
Since the present session of parliament
began the Liberal leader has made no
important deliverance. He has been
awaiting the development of the gov
eminent programme. Now that that is
defined a. pivoting on the labor ques-
ton, Mr.. Gladstone, under the advice of
his colleagues, has prepared declara
ton for the inner GladStonian circle. 1t
is learned that home rule, with def
mite exposition of the questions OF Irish
representation i'll the imperial parlia-
ment, land and police relations to the
Irish government, continues to hold the
front rank The Liberal leaders have
been fortified with determination to
pursue the Irish policy by report, pre-
pared at the electoral headquarters, on
the probable results of the Parnell fac
ton fight. Mr.. SchnadhOrSt, the ableSt
and clearest-headed of
Electoral Wire PuIiers,
would not deceive his chiefs by imagin-
! alive estimates based on careful study
| of every possible factor of the Irish
| elections. His forecast, it is understood,
reduces Mr.. Parnell's following in the
next parliament to ten, Tim Healy'S
calculation, animated doubtless by
| party bias. gave Parnell eight support
ers. The Liberals. treating the matter
| impartially. count upon Parnellism
| being placed i'll an impotent minority.
| Thus, Mr. Gladstone, assured of
| the support of an Irish phalanX
| of Seventy-three steady adherentS,
| deems himself ready to resume and
complete the legislation for Ireland.
| The next planks of the Liberal plat
| form are lone man. one VOTE" includ-
! ing general reform legislation, free ele-
| mentary education, amendment of the
| labor laws. with the abolition of the law
of conspiracy, equalization of taxation,
with reform of the death duties. amend
| ment of the factory acts as affecting
| children, and measures to assist rural
/ labOrers to acquire holdings. These are
! the complete features Of the Liberal
! programme. 1t is significant of an early
| dissolution of parliament to find the
! Conservatives suddenly becoming warm
champions of
Rural workers.
| Mr. Ceilings ''Smail holdings" bill,
| when debated in the house of commons,
met with unexpected reclamation from
the Tories. Mr.. Chaplin. who has hith-
erto been bitter antagonist of any pro-
! pOSal TO assist ruralS, announced his
| conversion to the Ceilings scheme, and
! promised government bill which would
do better than the Ceilings measure.
! The Conservatives, he said, were the
| real and only friends of the rural
| classes. The debate all around had
strong flavor of dissolution and appeal
to the country. The expectation in
creases that the general elections will
be held next autumn. The real life has
| gone out of the present session, and
| there is small chance of anything hap
| pening i'll parliament to reVitaliZe its
| proceedings. The worst feature of
| MIR. ParnelFs feud with the Nation
| halIStS develops as the fight becomes
| fiercer. The attitude of partial respect
toward the clergy disappears and thinly
veiled insolence, sometimes open re-
| wiling, characteriZeS the speeches of the
| leaguers. Whatever be the issue of the
! struggle, the shock to the
Moral and Il eIigiOus Sense
I of the people is irreparabIe. In letter
published to-day Archbishop Croke
! ridicules while denouncing the latest
| bishops in Mr.. Harrington's pseudo
| revelations through the direction of
! Archbishop l4Ogue'S letter Archbishop
| Croke writes: The disclosure of Arch
bishop Ioguc'S letter which was meant
to cover the Irish episcOpacv with
confusion. cause venerable checks TO be
suffuSed with guilty shame and
| prove them accomplished trickSterS,
proves hardly worthy of the venerated
primate's notice. Proceeding to show
that the bishops conduct was straight
forward. Archbishop Croke says:
when MessrS. Dillon and O'Brien
declared against Mr.. Parnell [ i'll con
| junction with others cabled them to re-
turn to guide the movement against Mr..
| Parnell. When released from prison it
will be seen how they regard the Par
neiIitc publication Of private letters aud
kilograms With the appearance of
the National Press the waiting attitude
| of the McCarthyiteS has been abandoned
for energetic action. The National
Federation is receiving ADMISSIONS in
! every district in Ireland. Among other
| blows to the Parnellite cause is the
| refusal of the Dublin trades council to
take part in Mr.. Parnelfs projected
labor Conferences
A division of the council Shove IL
| twtnty-three members against Mr. Par
| nell and only three in his favor The
| queens second drawing r0om,' held
to-day, was equally brilliant with the
! first, held last week, although there was
smaller attendance to-day. If was of
| special interest, owing to the large num-
Der Of Americans present. The United
States minister and Mrs. Lincoln. Miss
Lincoln, Mr.. and Mrs. Mccormick and
! Lieut.. and Mrs. Emory were i'll the
diplomatic body. Mrs. Lincoln, being
in mourning, was dressed i'll black vel
vet. Mrs. Mccormick wore a gown
of poppy red brocade. trimmed
with crepe and heavily en-
| broidercd with gold and jewels.
Mrs. Medill. of Chicago. who was also
presented i'll the diplomatic circle. wore
a dress of pink satin, with a GOLDEN
broidered train of white satin, brocaded
with carnations, and carried bouquet
of carnations and lilies. Miss Lincoln
wore Il white satin gown Ornamented
with silver embroidery. Mrs. Aston,
who had made all arrangements to be
presented TO the queen, was prevented
from attending by 4 cablegram from
Philadelphia announcing the death of
her mother. She had special costume
designed in Paris for the occasion. Mrs.
Lincoln gave
Drawing Room Tea
after the court ceremony. Her guests
were the Americans and several of the
others who had been presented to the
queen. \ large proportion of the cor
respondence of the American legation
| is devoted To the subject of unclaimed
J estates in England. Secretary MeCor-
mick has been devoting much time to
such letters. He states that since
March. 1899. over 300 American claims
to large estates in Great Britain have
been received: that none Of the cases
investigated have shown even an eIe-
nemt of probability, and that there is
reason To- believe that nearly all Amer
ican claimants are deceived by English
SharperS. vino make q practice of get
ting subscriptions to established claims