Omaha daily bee., 1891-02-02
DULL TINES In PARLIAMENT,
Even the Nationalsts no Longer to Be De-
pended Upon for Diversion.
PARNELuS STRONG CARD is SILENCE,
Sir John Pope Hennessy Acts Like a
Cat i'm a Strange Garret-Har-
court Loses no Chance
to POse.
tCopwtyu 1897 by .Jnmss Gordon Bennett

ltOpWiUH 1871 DU JdHFS pUupH DtftHFL'l
LONDON, Feb. l. New York Herald
Cable-Special to TIE BEE. l-Dullness hardly
describes parliament In times gone by the
nationalists could always be depended upon
for a diversion. They, too, have become dull,
and none of their old pugnacity is visible.
Parnell is more sardonic of expression than
ever. Silence seems his strongest card in
the house, though he works his tongue hard
enough for Ireland, but he is no longer
sphinx-like The Kilkenny campaign has
stripped him of his ancient armor and re-
vealed only an ordinary man. In spite of the
curious position he occupies he attracts little
of that attention formerly considered his due.
This has a chilling effect, however, on most
of those who deposed him.
Timothy Healey has made couple of ef-
forts to enliven the proceedings for Parnel
cannot chill him, but his efforts failed to put
life into his colleagues, and he, too practices
silence If possible.
Justin Mccarthy is more of a figurehead
than at the beginning of the year None Of
the attributes of leader are in the kindly
old soul. He would make an admirable
grandmother
SeXtor is still lowering about Dillon and
O'Brien, who will speak with French ac-
Sexton must feel gloomy, for 1t looks as If
he had not ghost of a chance for reelection.
STILL though Parnell has shoulders, Sexton's
district may not have voters.
Sir John Pope Heunessy is like cat in a
strange garret. There is little sympathy be-
tween him and his new colleagues. Old
friends rather distrust him, though he spends
most of his time with the conservatives.
l,1g In i,,a 10 hn, ,;,1yN
up flesh in ireland and is cheerful enough to
fill the nationalists with gloom.
Harcourt loses no chance to pose and has
evidently selected himself as Gladstone's sue
cessor. He made this plain in the debate on
the cons piracy law.
Sir Charles Russell was to lead off from
the front bench as Gladstone's chief law
adviser This seems natural Besides he
took voluminous notes. HarcQurt saw that
this arrangement would give him but five
minutes. so without computation he calmly
but quickly took Russells place and time,
giving Sir Charles only five minutes, which
raised his choler, to the delight Of the govern
ment. The way Russell went for the relief
bill is significant as to how Gladstone intends
to fill his legal offices should he ever come
back to power If this bill had been introduced
ny lne SOVeTuncnJ Tue HdllleS OH lJS DdCR
would have those of the attorney and solicitor
general. 1t was introduced by the regular
opposition, however, and the legal names on
its back are Sir Horace Davy and Asquith.
This evidently means that if Sir Charles
Russel's religious disabilities are removed
and he is able to take his seat on the WOOL
sack Sir Horace Davy will be attorney gen.
eral and Asquith solicitor general. 1t is not
ilra1 bott ha 10
of the few Englishmen who sit for a Scotch
constituency, but he pleases the north coun-
try men. He is hard headed and logical to
fault virtue in the eyes of the
ffers, but he is also eloquent. Indeed,
after Gladstone, he stands in front rank of
Gladstone debaters. There are his equals,
but not his superiors.
Charles Coughlan, Rutland harrington and
Frank Slavin are in the bankrupt court.
Coughlau testified his inability to pay his
debts and live on ESQ week. A livery bill
of 81 900 is quite an ordinary Incident in his
career.
Leonard Jerome's condition Is improved
and his friends think his life may be spared
for few months at least.
Cardinal Manning is in court to answer to
an order granted by Justice Kekewith to
Lawrence Joseph Potter. The latter re-
quires the cardinal and Mrs. Ferrers, plain
tiffs sister, to deliver to the plaintiff the
glass case, relics and altar stone taken from
the private chapel of Coutfold hall estate at
Margaretting, The plaintiff was the tenant
of the estate In 1883 he leased it to his
brother-in-law Ferrers. AT that time the
relics were in the cavity in the altar. The
lease terminated last year and plaintiff found
that the relics had been removed by his sis
ter who claimed that they were personal
property of her late brother. She gave them
to Cardinal Manning, who asserts in au affi-
davit that they belong to the Roman Catho.
lie church.