New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-25
GLADSTONE'S IRISH BILL.
THE HOME RULE SCHEME COMMUNICATED
IN DETAIL TO LIBERAL LEADERS.

ITS POINTS OF DIFFERENCE FROM THE'MEASURE
OF 1sse-Fo RECAsTING THE GLADsToNIAN
MAJORITY AT THE COMING ELECTION
cop,rfsht 1892 By the Ns,e. York Assoctat>d Press
London. June 24.-Mr. Gladstones Home Rule
scheme. which the Conservatives are accustomed
to assert is still in embryo, has been actually com
municated in detail to Lord Rosebery John Nor
lev. Sir William Vernon Harcourt and other Lib
erals Some of its more critical points have heeh
discussed with the Irish leaders, with the assurance
that if the general election places MI Gladstone
IN power the bill will be presented at the autumn
session of Parliament.
Mr. Gladstone knows that he must under any
circumstances face another election before he at
tains the final triumph Of his life In the c0mpeueh
Of Irish legislation. If he passes the bill In the
House of Commons next year, 1t is certain 10 DC
rejected by the House of Lords. This would IN
volve a fresh appeal to the country Even II tne
peers were at once submissive to the Will OF the
people and allowed the measure to become law,
the alteration of the representation in the Imperial
Parliament consequent thereon would require an
other general election while the Imitation OF the
new Irish administration would draw heavily upon
Mr. Gladstone energies. For these reasons he Is
eager that there should be delay in passing tile
Home Rule bill He will partly lift the veil from
THAN.
The leading features Of the measure OF 1850
will be retained with the following exceptions
Clause L. restricting the powers Of the lrlsh Leg
islature is enlarged by further defining the
limitation Of the powers of the Legislature 10 IN
terfere with the endowment Of rchglen. or 70
impose disability confer privileges on accouat OF
religious belief. Further guarantees relating 10
denominatio education provided. Next.
-. 1affH hn6yr IN
modified by raising the number Of members OF
the first order in the upper house. who, as IN the
first bill. shall hold office fer ten years The
mucb-dsputed clause "a, removing the Irish peers
from the House of Lords and the Irish members
from the House of Commons, disappears in the
new bill, the representation of Ireland in the I'm
perial Parliament remaining the same as at present
TO meet the threatened active refusal or passive
resistance of the Ulsterites 10 the Irish Parliament
by the on-paymen5 OF taxes Subsection OF
clause 10 OF the bill of $50 is to be extended so
as TO insure the employment of the police and
military forces enforce the payment of all taxes
leviabe by the Irish Parlisment
Another alteration relates to disputes arnsing
between the Irish Legislature and the Imperial
Government. Lord Rosebery recently made ref
erence to some tribunal dealing with these diff
ferences This was wrongly interpreted by the
like the Supreme Court Of the United States Lord
Rosebery really referred TO the retention of clause
25 Of the old bill, providing that the Judicial
Committee Of the Privy Council should
decide all constitutional questions re-
latng TO the powers of the Irish Legls-
lature. Mr. Gladstone is understood as propos-
ing to appoint fixed number OF Irish judges 10
sit with the Judicial Committee when Irish ques-
tions are discussed. Apart from these modifca-
tons the measure of 1886 remains intact
A comparison of the forecast Of the result OF
the elections shows that the official estimate oil
the Liberal managers gives a majority of l47 for
Mr. Gladstone including the Irish members. The
Liberals and Cnonists estimate that he VIII nave
a majority Of forty, including the Irish, thus pac-
ing the Liberals in absolute dependence on the
IrsI, vote Officiel Conservative figures give
the Uniouists a working majority Of thirty The
Pail Mall Ga2ette's" calculation, which is based
ON an ANALYSIS of the by-elections since 1856,
results in a majority for Mr.: Gladstone Of ninety
four only fourteen over the Irish vote. Balancing
tIe reports from the various sides AN impartial
forecast is that Mr.. Gladstone will obtain no ma
iority that will enable him TO act independently
of the Irish party.