New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-19
CIV THE TEGDYCT BIZ REVERSED?

CAV THE TERDICT BE REVERSEDY
The J'nionists in England are so bushy en-
ploved in forccastng the weakness OF the IN
coming Gladstone Government and its speedy
collapse that they have no leisure for consider
inc their own disastrous defeat i'll the elections.
The conversion of a majority of 1l9 at the
close of the elections Of 1856 INTO an adverse
majority of over forty may not be an over
whemng triumph for Home Rule, but II Is III
least very serious UnioniSt reverse. SIX years
ago the majority against Home Rule on the
nonular vote was very great. Now the ma
io,itv is transferred 10 the other side and prom
iscs TO exceed 100000 What the UnionlStS
cannot for moment question Is the TACT 'ha'
there has been a great revulNon Oh puplc
opinion against them. The lnionSt cause as
Mr. Gladstone has said has been the outgoing
tide; Home Rule has been The incoming ana
flowing tide.
The first great victory for Home Rule was
won when Mr. Gladstone, the leader OF the
more progressive of the English parties was
converted 70 the Irish cause. He failed to carry
the country with him on the first trial, but
now after six years of CnioniSt obstruction ne
has succeeded in Outvoting the opponents OF
Home Rule by over 100000 That is second
victory which. unless it can be speedily re-
yorsed. will be decisive. \ Home Rule lead
of forty backed by Il great majority OF inc
pOpular vote must exert tremendous moral
effect in British politics Mr. Gladstonc'S Coy
ornmcnt NAV not be able TO enact "A liome-Rule
measure: the House of Lords may block the
way: Mr.. Gladstone himself may not live to
witness tho final cOnSummatiOn but the TACT
that large majority of the electors OF the
Emitted Kingdom have deliberately sanctioned
his Irish policy will have determining vHIght
in the future. How can any British Govern
ment have recourse hereafter to coercion as a
means OF rcprcsSng political agitation i'll the
island when the electorate is on record as IN
favor Of Home Rule by great majority? Inc
moral effect of Mr. GladstOncS championships
the identification of the Liberal party with the
Home Rule cause, and the popular vote III the
recent elections will be decisive unless 1t can
be Immediately comtoracted by another gem
elal election
Or this account there MAY be something in
the latest London rumOr tina; Lord salisbury
intends with the advice of the Queen To meet
the hostile Parliament in August, count vote
of lacl, of confidence and appeal second time
10 the electors With the empty Liberal treas
ury and with the superior financial resources
of the Un0nStS there may be lar chance OF
wiping ont the present llome-RuIe majority OF
forty or more and of substituting Tor II small
Conservative majority. If a second dissolution
were 70 occur the Tories would naturally en-
dpavOr u outbid the Liberals i'll concessions 70
fine volling classes in town and country. II
,yonl6 not be the first time that the Con-
scryatiyeS have played the game of " Goblin
The friend: not Short: but they have never
had much success. Their party has his
torv and dali as Door Hodge. and crcdulOuS
Is the factory operative and minor may be. they
have learned it. That party has always blocked
social reforms and popular movements The
Liberal party is the peoples part! IN the | nlted
Kingdom and the only one which can be de-
pended upon to uphold the peoples cause. An
aggressive campaign OF Democratic IoryiSm
and a second appeal TO the country might run
up Mr.. GladStOnc'S majority from 40 To 100,
and make it impossible for the Lord" - vote
down Home Rule bill. Lord Salisbury Will
take serious risks if be adopts this I'M
usual. albeit not Unprecedented course but
he will a, least be logical in seeking Ut once 10
reverse popular verdict which rs 1t stands
render, Home Rule inevitable.
The Unionis,s are making loud proclamation
that Mr. GladStoncS Government will be al
the mercy of the Irish members. that his Home
Rule bill will be torn NJ defantly by the Lords
session after session, and that his cause is
doomed Their view Of the political situation
is neither critical nor comprehensive. The
United Kingdom by a large majority Of the
popular vote has declared for Home Rule That
means that whether NJ. Gladstone lives or
dies. Home Rule has the field. a Dublin
Parliament may succeed or il may fail, but il
must at least be tried 1t is not strange that
the ImioniStS are secretly intriguing for a new
election in order to reverse the verdict.