New-York tribune., 1891-12-20

creation of National Council for Wales, which
the conference voted unanimously, is another mat
ter 1t means a Welsh Parliament. The whole
of Mr.. Thomas's National Institutions bill was
| adopted, and committee appointed TO secure the
| passage of the bill in the present Parliament
i When the present Parliament passes it, win not
! fail TO mention the fact.
| The Scotch, too-some of the least wise OF
them-have got bill in embryo to restore the
Scotch Parliament. / sec 10 reason why YORK
shire should not have one Of it's own, and then
Lancashire, and then Birmingham, and finally,
London which already is blessed with County
Council perfectly ready to enter upon larger
! sphere Of usefulness: and when this once united
Kingdom has been split into a dozen fragments,
| each with a Parliament of its own. then what!
| The word England will still he geographical
expression, and the Kingdom of Great Britain and
| Ireland will have historical significance. What
more can you want If you are good Home
Ruler?
The Liberal Unionsts have had conference in
| Edinburgh which aneers the good Gladstonian.
| II is with him an article of faith that Liberal
| Unionsm is on its deathbed, and every sign oil
| life it gives is 10 him an offence. The offence Is
In this case the worse because the Scotch Unonlsts
| asked Mr.. Chamberlain to speak TO them and he
| did. Mr.. Chamberlain is always offence. Each
| speech adds to the odiuin in which his old as
sociates hold him. Each speech-and this was
! no cxception-is fresh exposition Of some
Gladstonian mistake and fresh proof that one OF.
| their greatest mistakes was driving out from
| their ranks so able man as Mr. Chamberlain.
The most notable single thing he said was tbat
| Home Rule in Ireland would be the signal for
| civil in Ulster.
| double blow has fallen this week the
| London County Council, one from the courts and
cne from one of their own most prominent members.
| Their conduct touching licenses brought down
| the first. Upon an application for a music and
dancing license by Mr.. John Akkersdyk, three
of the purity party in the Council employed counsel
to oppose the granting of the license. The three
| were Mr.. Beachcroft Mr.. Leon, and the notorious
| Mr. McDougal. 1t was pointed out at the timc
| that they were acting both as parties ana as
| Judges. Ii was not even individuals tnat
| they employed counsel, but a committee VINO
| had already voted against the license and whose
| duty il was, as members OF the Council, to vote
| for or against it again They persisted, the
| license was refused, and Mr. Akkersdyk applied to
| the courts for q mandamus TO hear and determine
| his case according to law The Divisional Court,
| the Lord Chief Justice presiding, have granted
| mandamus and have expressed in plain Engnsh
their opinion of this interesting trio They have
acted"
cuscrs. The Council had to decide judiclally on
rho oucstion of license and in my Judgment, when
50 acting they arc not cmancipated from the ordl-
nary principes for which justice is administered
in this Kingdom and which are founded In its
very essence" II is long since such a rebnke mas
been administered by the High Court OF Justice 10
public body Ike the London Council pouS
which its adveraries arc fond OF c'llins the rar
| lament of London. Their champion, thai press
which heretofore defended the conduct OF these
nurity councillors, now hopes the practice VIII hoc
I've repeated and pronounces IL unfeasoha"c anu
improper There is still in this couhtrS, en'Siqe
the ranks Of fanatics OF the McDolsaii stamp s'ne
reepect for fair play, for decency' ano ioi "c ''
mentary principles Of justice -.
The second blow came from Lord Lingen, chair
won or the Finance Committee of the County
Connci This is that Lord Lingen who Tor sh
,oor veors was Permanent Secretary to the Treas
urv in other words, permanent Finance Minister
30 tbis empire whom Mr.. Gladstone reckoncd, ana
T sunnose still reckons one of the greatest Oh ns
nnblio bencfactors. There may he TWO opinionS
about that but there is no dispute thae hoiu
Jinqen is ore OF the ablcst inanciers In hheiaho
Ue * also one Of the few men OF sohd characNi
who Ire TO be found in the ranks OF the frosress
ISIS of the Council. lie has by general cohsehV
administered its money matters with slghal ""iii's
and conservative good sense. but upon '"e "@
snv,r,ittoo xvas pushing solicitor named Mr.
charles liza rrson brother TO that MI Frederic iar-
rson the Comtist, who is also an Alderman
and :, fanatic of the first water. Mr. ,harles
Harrison has left the party or one section OF 'he
na,tr of mischief makers and spendthrifts VINO
bavo done SO much to bring the whole county
Council into contempt. lie set himself to break
down the system of repayment ot loahs' "hich
Lord Lingen has advocated and hitherto carrier
ont. He succeeded by small majority OF one
in the committee, and of nine In the Oouhcii'
Tbereupon Lord Lingen resigned, and with MN
tho vice chairman of the committee, Mr.. Cohen,
another competent man. So damaging is the enccC
of these designations that the most radical fro-
rrcssist organs are urging the Council to take the
lack track, and to get Lord LnGen to resume once
on his terms.
It is really delightful to see how the near ap
proach Of election stimulates regard Tor Vlrtuc
and the frankness with which this mouve ls
avowed is positively touching. Sir Charles DIXIE
is being heard Of again. lie went last week to
Aberdeen, by invitation of Trades Council to
open an industrial exhibition lie was heralded
in the usual way by statement in a local paper
cxplaining to the people OF Aberdeen now cruelty
this pure patriot had been maligncd by juries,
indees and public opinion In short. he was vim
dicated again But the Aberdonians arc hard
headed race They talked the matter over among
themselves, and finally concluded that they pre-
ferred the opinion of juries and judges to the
opinion of an anonymous contributor to local
paper. The magistrates OF Aberdeen declined to
attend Then meeting Of leading citizens was
held. and they unanimously supported the mag
istrates The leading journal Of Aberdeen de-
nounced his coming an outrage on the moral
sense of thc community. Sir Charles neverthc-
less appeared, with this rather striking result,
that of all the prominent citizens invited to
attend the ceremony, not one was present lie
still stands pledged not TO re-enter public life