Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-11-14
COMBINING Ireland.
a Platform Drafted by n Committee
OF sea..rsstiscs.-Oth ttsn-.


LONDON, Nov. lathe executive
committee Of the Conservative associa
tons has drafted a platform TO be adspl'
cd nj n great party caucus NJ Birming-
ham, the 23rd Inst. The leading pro
posal concerns ireland. The conference
will he ASKED 10 endorse the Intention
Of the ministers ~ extend local govern
meat and promote technical education
In ireland. At the same time II J. de.
clarrd that the inequalities arising from
according Ireland dispfoPortionate
representation IN Parliament ought 10
be redresscd. Other important planks
provide tor nm extension OF the ran
chlse 10 women who are land owners
or house occupants; tho creation OF n
labor department under n member OF
the cabinet, AMI legislation 10 enable
the local authorities TO acquire aud 70
facilitate th. creation Of all rural hold.
ings q. further concession TO labor
representation, aud 10 urge Consefva'
tives 10 support labor candidates every.
where who appeal 10 enter public life
upon party lines. THIS plank, con
tfssting with the Liberal pronounce
ment against labor candidates In purely
lalor Interests, IL deity contrivcd 20
encourage n split In the Radical work.
men votes.
A resolution proposed by Howard
Vincent, an eager al vocate Of imperial
federation, who has Just returned from
America full OF wrath against tho Me.
Kinley law, fayors n preferential tariff
throughout the British Empire.
Startling evidence has been laid be.
fore the labor commission In regard TO
the condition Of operatives IN the tex.
tile trades In Lancashire and York.
shire. OF tho workers scant wages,
ranging from sixteen shillings weekly,
= system Of RELENTLESS fines, for spoiled
material and petty causes, absorb n
large percentage. A single fne some.
times absorbs whole weeks pay.
Many workmen live In n state Of semi.
starvation. Truck abuses, supposed 10
have been suppressed, are still In active
existence and the factory acts are op"n-
ly deiied.
The British admiralty IL much OK
cited over the growing record OF de-
fect- In the great guns on British war.
chips. Five vessels recently have
officially been declared 10 be carrying
unreliable guns. In the ii0.ton gun VI
the ironolad "Ben Bow" which has
been In commission only few weeks,
crack has developed In the inner
tubes after firing few rounds Of 0BO
rounds each, the service full charge.
Similar accidents have happened -
guns on the "Vlctoria" and ''5ans
PaneiI" generally. The-. heavy
weapons are becoming di-trusted, and
the admiralty has ordered number Of
them to be strengthened. Meanwhile
the 76-ton guns OF the French iieet are
acting perfectly.
Political clubs are Interested In the
controversy raised by r. T.. O'Connor
In accusing Stuart, NJ. r., OF originating
arplit In the Parnellltc party by In
Judicious haste la publishing Glad
stones November letter 10 Parnell.
O'Connor'H abuse o. Stuart, who sue
cecds him as manager Of the London
Star, has led 10 the disclosure that
Arnold Morley, Literal whip, gave TO
the press tho letter referred 10 under
the authority Of Gladstone. O'Connor
therefore Is left IN the position OF charg.
ing Gladstone with the Initiative Of the
rapture In the Irish party.