Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-15
BALFOUR IS BALKED.
The Bulk of Tory Opinion
Does Not Take Kindly to
His Irish Measure.
HAST00 MUCH HOME RULE.
he May Have to Emasculate or
Abandon 1t to Preserve Harmony.
EFFECTS OF THE M'KINLEY LAW.
American Students in Rome Have Thrill
ing River Adventure.
STURGEON is STILL A VERY SICK MAN
HAS TOO MUCH HOME RULE.
EFFECTS OF THE M'KINLEY LAW.
American Students in Rome Have Thrill
ing River Adventure.
STURGEON is STILL A VERY SICK MAN

not obtained,the assent of the leading men,
bers of the Cabinet to his Irish local gov
ernment bill before announcing it, a rupture
in the Government and split in the party
would have been inevitable. The draft of
the bill has never been before a regularly
constituted Cabinet council A committee
of the Cabinet, consisting of Mr.. Balfour.
Mr. Goschen, Lord Ashbourne and Sir
Michael Hicks-Beach, has for 1S months
been working on the bill. In its final shape,
in which it was referred to and,was approved
by Lord Salisbury, it remains unknown,
further than what has been said in recent
public utterances, to the rest of the Minis
ters
Apart from objections to- 4the principles
of the measure, this ignoring of ConserVa-
tive chiefs closely in touch with the rank
and file of the party, has added to the
general discomfort. No Unionist section
will ever thoroughly indeese Mr.. Balfour's
outlined measure.
THE PARTY IN BULK OPPOSES IT.
In the absolute business of political club
life it is difficult to reflect with exactitude
how far Conservative members will go in
opposition to Mr.. Balfour's policy, but
Judging from the temper revealed bv men in
town, including holiday-b -belated officials, the
party in bulk will not accept the bill. GEN
tral newspaper criticism asserting the ac-
cenrance Of the measure bv the Liberal
Cnionists, is distortion of the truth.
The Spectator, the leading Ulionist organ,
in its issue tomorrow will put the position
of the Liberal UnionistS straight in de-
nouncing the bill as a home rule measure in
disguise. The National Observer, now attain
ing the frs,s rank as weekly exponent of
Tory opinion, attacks the Ministry as be-
coming mc,e Liberal Union agency, and
adds that Mr.. Balfour's constructive legisla-
Iiou will conduce as little to the party's
credit as TO the national advantage.
Among the ministerial groups only one,
the Observation-Disclosures set, can be said
to cordially support Mr.. Balfour. Strong
through force of character and intellectual
superiority as the members of this group are
they are likely TO be forced eventually to
bow before Tory prejudices, and either
present the bill emaseulated TO suit Con-
servative ideas or withdraw it at the risk
of dissffection in the Cabinet on the eve of
the dissolution OF Parliament. The genuine
Conservative feeling toward the bill is
summed up in the emphatic declaration of
the anti-Jacebins, that instead of contain
ing any promise of good it is a voluntary
and deplorable act Of destruction.
EFFECTS OF THE M'KINLEY BILL.
The report of the Labor Department of
the Board Of Trade is now watched with
keen interest. In connection with the Nc
Kinley law, the report says: 1.-The labor
market is in a disturbed condition. The
demand has fallen off in the ship building
engineering, and iron and steel trades In
spite of the shrinkage of trade in iaon and
steel, prices have remained steady. This is
due 20 the fact that raw materials have re-
mained high when compared with other
periods of decreasing trade. Coal con.
tinues to be maintained on a high level.
This is partly due to the good wages paid
colliers, whose power of combining pre-
vents the lowering of wages restricts the
output, and thus maintains prices
AMERICAN STUDENTS IN PARIS.
Ad-ices from Rome give detailed ac-
count of the sad adventure of a party of
students from the American college there
nile bathing at Porto Danzio, at the old
pier outside of the palace of Nero. The
water was very rough at tie time Lucian
Johnstone, of Baltimore; Victor Brooker.
OF Tell City, Ind: James Keely, of New
York; Joseph Gallagher and John Duffy, of
Philadelphia; John Bowen, of Chicago, and
Henry Dnesing, Of st. Louis, were bathing
together
Suddenly they were all swept off by the
current, but all managed to gain the shore
except DUesing. Johnstone swan out
again, caught DUesing and held him up for
five minutes. He found Duesing to have
lost his wits in his fright, and heard him
lnurmuring PRAYER Johnstone was forcei
10 let 20. and a sailor who had come to his
assistance then held up Duesing, relieving
Johnstone. SAs quickly as possible the
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rescue. but Just as thev were nearing the
spot the sailor and Duesing sank The lat
ter was drowned. but the sailor was rescued.
Two days atterward the body of Duesing
was buried, the funeral being attended by
all the students in the college
sPURGEoN's SLOW RECOVERY.
Nj. Spurgeon is able to sit up for brief
period daily. His friends now seriously
hope that he will be able to reoccupv his
pulpit. His weakness is still very great
and his progress is necessarily slow. The
recurrent delirium has ceased. He himself
says that the Lords people would not let
him die; that their prayers kept him alive
His physicians state that his disease retains
a hold that threatens to Withstand every
remedy, The best prognostication is that il
will be many months before he will be able
to preach.
SOME RELIGIOUS TOPICS.
Lord Coleridge, replying to a correspond
enJ asking an opinion on the Bible passage,
"Swear not at all, and Christ's words,
.'Let your words be yea or nay." saws he has
no doUb. of the lawfulness of oaths on special
occasions St. James expressly saws that
they are lawful God also sw ears BY him
self The preCePt Of our Lord is like Civ
ing cloak as well as a coat, or offering both
checks to be smitten. 1t is to be taken as
statement Of principle, not as an order to be
obeyed literally, Irrespective of circum-
stances. The whole Jurisprudence of Chris
tian nations for 1,90O years has been based on
Oaths
Cardinal Manning, in a letter Just made
public, denopmces the employment of lot
teries and raffies at bazaars for works of
charities or religion. ''The Lords work"
he SAYS, fought to be done in the Lords
own way Christians must not encourage
lower motives.
THE SALISBURY-o' 'BRIEN CASE
In the Salisbury-O 'Brien case an agree |
ment has been signed, by which Mr.. |
O'Brien promises to pay his debt, with |
costs, into the court on Lord Salisbury un- |
dertaking TO facilitate an appeal to the |
House of Lords.