The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-10-26
leadership, and cay with Homer, in his
tribute TO Achilles.

Such men Us live nj these degenerate days"
GLADsroSEs WORK.
1t Is spectacle in which I-supposc
all Englishmcn feel more or less pride
(for, after al, the English are wonderful
ly proud OF their great men) to sec the
white plume OF this now historic man
still Shining amidst the ranks OF war"
and to sec him still aggressive and i'm.
passioned and yet go very circumspect
In all hiswor1s. Most assuredly heisthe
predominRting figure In Europe Mt this
timc, md will most likely be again pre-.
micr OF Great Britain and die at the
head OF the government. That Is where,
like John Quincy Adams, he would, no
doubt, prefer TO die. Ills personality,
rather than any well.defncd set OF prin.
ciples, Is the creed Of the Liberal purity
nj this time. They pool their differ
cnccs for the present In the grand old
man" ua their Moses, and ut his death
there will be on advance on tho part OF
the advanced wing that Is now held in
repression Tor eSpedicncy's sake. They
are what tho French call the "0ppor-
tunists" OF the present alliance.
mean the radically democratic element
who believe in making elective the OK.
listing hereditary house OF legislation
(thc House OF Lords and along with it
the laws OF primogcniinrc and entail,
and who favor also the alicna.
ton OF the land, the cutting oil
OF all siuccurism, the discstablish-
incnt OF the church, and tho
roofing out OF all unjust privileges and
abuses. This is the ultimate goal OF SO.
called radicalism over here, and while
Mr.. Gladstone and very many OF his
allies ure not In open sympathy with
such programme they are compelled
by virtue Of their alliance with il 70
throw no obvious obstacles in its path.
In fact they arc obliged to conciliGtc, II
not cultivate, all thcpcculiar views that
make up what is known Us the opposi-
ton to those i'll power. You will III.
derstand, therefore, how delicate and
difficult matter ii is tolead this hccro-
genous opposition, keep up its fighting
Ella and clear the way 10 victory Mt the
polls. No other man could hold it TO-
gether rs Mr.. Gladstone holds it, and
simply by virtue OF his peculiar quail
tications, such us high character, long
public experience, extraordinary gifts
OF oratorv, tho most comprehensive
scholarship in Europe, the courage OF
his convictions when in power, the sim
plicity of his life, his refusal Of the
peorage, and lastly his well understood
and well attcstel sympathy with all
TINT is good and great and progressive
in this kingdom. This is rare COM
bination OF qualities; no other man in
England hrs it; and hence the wonder
ful cohesive power OF his name.
1t is no secret over here that the
Torres, to no small extent, really bank
their hopes OF thcnext parliamcntonthc
possibility Of MIR. Gladstonc's death.
They believe that then Pandora's box
would open and all the elements OF dis
cord be set free to antagonizc each
other. There would be no arm at
Ithaca strong enough tobend the match-
less bow OF Ulysses. But, in American
street parlancc, the "grand old man"
does not die worth n cent" On the
contrary, he has emerged from his spell
OF influenza quite himself again, and
was able to make two speeches at New
castle, on two successive days, the one
political and the other non-political,
that attest the fnct that his eye has not
dimmcd nor his natural force Ubatcd.
This is the reward OF the well ordered
life that he has always led.
IRISH HOME RULE AND TIE IRISH PARTY.
Now that Mr.. Parncll is dead and out
OF the way, the next session OF Parlia.
ment is looked forward to with the
deepest interest by all shades OF party
here. Mr.. Gladstone will bring in his
much expected Home Rule bill, ind ii
1t is such bill rs Liberals, Liberal
Unionists, Radicals, Liberal Conserva-
tives, the Irish party and all shades OF
possible sympathy and expediency can
vote for, 1t may receive q small majority
in the present so.called Tory House OF
Commons, and will then 20 to the IIouse
OF Lords. The present head OF the GOV
ernment, Lord Salisbury pronounced
Salisbury over hero, has covertly init
mated that the Lords will avail them
selves OF their constitutional right to
defeat it, Tor the present ut least, until
it can be discussed before the people at
the end OF this parliament, in 1894,
while Mr.. Gladstone, per contra, has
intimNted that the question, coupled
with the bill, may then be as to the
cXpcdiencv OF continuing u hereditary
obstructive branch oil the government.
This is the approximate attitude OF Il
grave question us it stands to-day.
Coming events are thus casting their
shadows before.
The exact attitude OF the so-called
Irish party, numbering cighty-iivc out
OF the one hundred and three Irish
members, is one OF the uncertainties OF
the present hour, even despite the
death Of Parncll. lie himself was pre-
pairing to deepen the channel of radical
ism, and. if possible, make success for
Mr.. Gladstone more difficult. His clos
est utilization at his death was with
what is called the "scparatist" element
in ireland, or rs we would call
1t, the secession element, or as
some call it here. the nationalis.ic
element; all OF which terms simply
mean, somowlatvaguely for the present,
the entire independence OF Ireland.
There is a known responsive sentiment
OF this sort in Ireland, just how wide
spread ut this time no ono exactly
knows; but it exists, and Parnelrs latest
scheme was to fan it into flame. In
view OF this fact his death cannot be
considered q misfortune to Ireland :;
indeed it looks providcntial; Tor
whatever else tho English pco.
plc may differ about, they are
u unit ior the everlasting integrity OF
this kingdom; the kingdom OF Great
Britain and Ireland: It's present as well
as its historic official designation. Eng
land, Scotland and Wales. sympathetic