The morning call., 1892-06-25
CLADSTOEE'S NEW SCHEME.
The Provisions Of His Irish HOme.Rule
Bill.

LONDON, June 24-Gadstone's hOme-rule
scheme, which the Conservatives assert is
still in embryo, has been communicated in
detail to ROsebery. Morley, HarcOurt and
other Liberals. Some Of its more critical
points have been discussed with the Irish
leaders. with the assurance that if the gen.
eral election places Gladstone in power tho
bin will be presented at the autumn session
of Parliament. A representative of the AS
sOciated Press learned to-day that the lead
ing features of the measure OF 1886 will be
retained with the following exceptions
Clause 4, restricting the power Of the Irish
legislature, is enlarged, aud a further guar
antee relating 20 denOminatlOnal education
provided; next, the constitution oil the
legislative body is TO be modified by raising
the number o members Of the first order 10
the upper house, who, as in the first bill.
hold oflice for 10 years; the much disputed
clause "A, removing the Irish peers from the
Lords aud the irish members from the Com
mons, disappears In the new bllL the
representation OF Ireland in the Imperial
Parliament remaining the same as at present
10 meet the threatened active refusal or
passive resistance of the UlsterlteS 10 the
Irish parliament by the nOn-payment Of
taxes. The bill is to be extended TO insure
the employment Of police and military
forces TO enforce the payment of all taxes
ACflcQ U1 TIC 1Alau patlt"utSut'
The Coming Elections.
A comparison of the forecasts Of the re-
suits Of the elections shows much variance
in the estimates. Balancing the reports
from various sides an impartial forecast
is that Gladstone will obtain no majority
that Will enable him 10 act indepen IDENTITY
of the Irish party. Among the incidents OF
the week is the remarkable letter that Pro
fessOr Tyndall sent to the Dublin UlsteTite
-, bo n
evil genius Of Gladstone and blames the
arch-d0ctrinaile Morley for first planting
the miCrGbe of repeal IN the brain OF his
honorable friend. Professor Tyndall pre-
diets that The first loyalist blOodshed in
Ulster for the sake Of Archbishop Walsh
and Timothy Healy viii rouse 4 feeling oil
evil that will sweep Gladstone's Irisn policy
to perGitiOn.
Henry NJ Stanley, who is to contest Lam
beth in tile Unionist interest, made his first
stump speech TO the electors to-day. He
proved a lame and awkward speaker. lie
retired t. allow his wife an opportunity to
speak. She at once won the audience. She
declared hat her husband was the first man
in England and said he was straight as a
die. adding. "What he says he means,
without fear or favor" This euloguim
won her hearers, who yelled; I'VE will
vote tor ) aney, Missus."
Timothy Heay finds il dangerous to
openly appear on tie streets OF Dublin. BE
was recognized there Tuesday and set upon
by q mob, who maltreated him.
The Monetary Conference.
Mr.. Barbour, member Of the Ind an Coun-
Gil, with Sir {. w. Fremantle. Chief Of the
Mint Department, will probably be the
British delegates to the International nSn-
etary conference Barbour is a prominent
bimeta.list He acted at the Paris confer
ence and signed, with Lord Lansdowne, Sir
Henry Breckenbury and other members of
the NeerOy's council, the recent minute 10
the Secretary of State for India, urging the
Government TO lend to the United States
confer nee proposals its strongest support.
The minute which has Just been issued by
the Foreign Office says: The violent oscl-
latiOns since 1890 and the rapid decline
in the price of silver cause the
mercantile community the graveSt anxiety
Ii an international agreement is not at
tanned the United States Government will.
sooner or later, be driven to adopt the silver
standard or abandon the purchase of silver.
The cessation Of the United States to pur-
chase silver cannot fail to further depress
the price Of that metal, and the British Gov
eminent ought to consider the measures
best calculated 10 protect India and remedy
the violent fluctuations in the relative value
of gold and silver"
The parliamentary committee of the Trade
Unions Council yesterday pas sed a reso!u-
ton declaring that the council trusted that
the international conference would result In
a stable exchange being secured between
the moneys Of the gold and silver using
countries.