The Irish standard., 1891-12-05
TIE "GRAND OLD MAN. AGAIN.

Mr.. Gladstone is not idle, though the
political situation in England is not as
unsettled now as one might expect. OF
course the many recent elections held
in England have worked mischief in
the Tory ranks. aud Lord Salisbury is
at his wits ends to know how to coun-
teract the onward march of Liberalism.
AT the opening Of a hall at Port Sun
light. near Birkenhead, last Saturday,
Mr.. Gladstone was one OF the distiu-
gulshed men present, and of course he
had to speak. AS has been bis custom
for long time he referred to the cause
of Home Rule which seems to be al
ways uppermost in his mind. Here is
what the cable says OF his address:
sSIn a speech he said, referring to
Lord Salisbury. that while affecting
sympathetic consideration of the New
castle programme. he had tried to
swamp the s'one man one vote" cues
ton ia the larger separate question of
woman suffrage. He condemned parish.
counsels altogether. That was his
sympathetic consideration of the pro-
gramme. Then he cited the tendency
OF nations TO centralize as an argument
against granting home rule to Ireland
Lord Salisbury had called home rule
capsuled medicine. Doubtless he was
authority on physic as he has had to
take several nasty doses in recent years
like that of the South Motion election.
The two reasons for pleading home rule
ia the van of the Liberal policy we're
justice to Ireland and the necessity for
clearing the road for other legislation.
Having no hope in the present, Lord Sal
isbnry had occupied himself by predict
Jog what would happen when the home
rule bill was passed, He had talked of
coming massacre and cruelty in Ireland.
Let the people dismiss such magma
tions. They were engaged in the cause
O. justice. They must be patient till
Lord Salisbury gave them an opportun-
ity Of deciding the question. Then
they would see such bubbles blown into
the air, aud the reign of j1s5ice AMI
good sense world o5 restored in the pol
itics Of the country
Mr.. Gladstone struck the nail OH the
head when be said that the cause of
Ireland Was the cause OF justice, and
the English peopls should look at it IN
chat light. OF course Salisbury, like
the handful of Orangemen in the moth
of Ireland seeing no escape from defeat
at the coming election, is busilY engag-
ed predicting all kinds of abuses in Ire.
land should Home Rule pass. Salisbury
might as we'll say nothing for the fair
minded people of Eogland-and they
are in the majority n0v-are tired OF
COERCION and evlctlons in ireland.
They want to see their sister isle treat
ed half way fair, and will SO declare by
their votes at the next election. Mr..
Gladstone has, besides the cause Of Ire
land, warm place in his heart for the
cause of labor. In his speech at Port |!
Sunlight he touched on the labor Gae5 |
ton. He said that idle wealth was |
far worse than heavy labor. Ihe labor
Or had a legitimate place in Gods crea-
tion, but no place had been appointed
For the lille wealthy man. To his (Ilad-
sGone's) mind there was no cause for
alarm as to the future of the working |
man. He did not bslieve that there
would be perm anent Fl yht between /
capital and labor, because he believed !
ii the good sense and good feeling OF
Doth parties. The problem could be
solved, not by magic or mathematics,
out b7 a sound civil, secular and Chris
lao feeling and respect for mutual
lights He appealed to employers to
give the workers, besides an increase Of
wages and decrease of hours, a sense
If common feeling with their employs
3rs; to establish brotherhood Of man
md man; to look to the heart and con.
,cieDce as we'll as to the appetite and
for a solution of these diff
:ulties-above all to look to the Provi-
lance that shapes our ends and recol-5
ect :he sacred words. t'Bahold how
.ood and pleasant a thing it is for
brethren to dwell together in unity
lad England dozen such philanthrop-
c men as Mr.. Gladstone labor would be
fortune.
IT is game of See-saw at Washing
on between Messrs. Mills, Crisp and
Springer for the speakership of the