Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-12
GLADSTONIANS EVER DARED TO BE
Morley's Evicted Tenant Commission Proves
to Be q Fizzle.
WHERE THE DEAD DUKE is POPULAR

tion's policy as allowing greater indep end
ence of opinion among the sdherents of the
principles of unionism.
The rigidity of old Toryism has absolutely
vanished, and is replaced by an elastic con-
sritutionalism, which Mr.. Balfour an d other
leaders have accepted, though certain fos-
sils like the Duke of Rutland continue to
think it incompatible with genuine con-
servatism and dangerous to the success of
party government
The programme includes electoral regis
tration reform with an equalization of votes
and . reduction of the period of occupancy
required to qualify voters. This in itself
trumps the Liberal proposals in the same
direction.
This Out-Liberals Liberalism.
Next the conference approved the extern
sion of the franchise to enable ratepayers,
the disfranchisemert of illiterate voters,
popular control of the liquor traffic, State
provision for old age, assistance to work.
ingmen to enable them to acquire land for
building purposes, an amendment to the
employers liability laws and factory acts
in the workingnen's interest.
Finally some touch of home-ruleism was
infused in the programme by the approval
of the transference of private bill pro-
cedure from the committee of Parliament to
local bodies.
The transformed spirit of the party is at
tributed largely to the liberalizing influence
of their Unionist allies, and partly to the
leaders recognizing the necessities of the
times. 1t is among the strangest changes of
life that the English parties find an intense
Tory like the Duke of Montrose confirming
this peoples platform.
TIL NJ -,
sion seems doomed to disastrous failure.
Lord Salisbury has characterized it as
saturnalia for insolvent Debtors and has de.
clared that Justice Mathews, its President,
will turn to the judicial bench with his
robes sojled and moth-eaten, but neither
Lord Salisbury's jibes nor Mr.. Balfour's de-
nunciations are causing the collapse Of the
commission.
The Causes of the Failure.
Internal disputes concerning the methods
of inquiry; mistaken instructions by Mr..
Morley, and partisan mismanagement by
Justice Mathews are the chief factors in
the breakup. Besides Mr.. Murphy, who
resigned on account of Justice Mathews
procedures, Mr. O'Brien, the ablest and
most practical member, will retire, ostensi-
bly, because he has been appointed Land
Purchase Commissioner, but really through
row with his colleagues Another men,
Der, Nh. Roche, @. c., has intimated his
desire to be replaced.
The withdrawal of these three members
leaves only Justice Mathews and Mr..
Redington, who sat to-day for brief half
hour. Although discredited even among
Liberals, the Government will fill the
vacancies with home rule nominees and
continue the commission. The Radicals
have abandoned all hope of any legislation
for the evicted tenants during the coming
session.
A plan now discussed by the Ministerial
circle is to not ask the House of Commons
to vote grant for their relief, but to evade
a decision of the House by drawing funds
enough from the Land Purchase Commits
sion to compulsory purchase portions of
estates from obstinate landlords, with
enough to make loans to tenants to enable
them to start farms anew.
Too Bold for Prudence.
There is nothing timid or squeamish
about this proposal, but with another gen.
eral election almost within sight prudent
Liberal members of the House of Commons
hesitate to approve a course that is certain
to arouse general reprobation.
Sir Charles Tupper's negotiations in
Paris for the conclusion of commercial
treaty between France and Canada are
making favorable progress France makes
minimum tariff concessions to Canada
The Independence Beige of Brussels an
nounces that the International Monetary
Conference will be presided over by NJ. |
Levi, one Of the Belgian dele |
gates to the Conference.
The Bering Sea arbitrators, who are to |
meet in Paris, will probably not assemble |
before February. Lord Hannen, assisted |
by Sir George Badenpower, Is laboring |
steadily over the case for Great Britain |
In official circles here the opinion prevails !
that the arbitration proceedings will be |
The Dead Duke Popular at Home.
Visitors returning from Woodstock testify |
10 the general regret felt by the towns |
people at the death of the Duke of Marl- |
borough. In his later years the Duke had |
won popular esteem in Woodstock and in
he whole surrounding country, and had
ants. many of whom he had assisted with
advice and often with needful advances.
The Duke was especially liberal in helping
tenants improve live stock, and he became
himself successful breeder of shire horses,
,hort-horn Jersey cattle and Oxford down
sheep.
He strove to encourage his tenants to
view properly the changed conditions of
agriculture, and to depend upon the rearing
If high-class stock instead of growing grain.
The Duke organized the Shire Horse So
,iety, and after his tour of America, i'm
ported number of the best specimens of
he American trotting horse. He had lust
completed an article upon the Amerf can
rotter, and was revising the proofs on the
lay before his death.
London Servants Organizing.
The latest trades union development in
London is the formation of a Domestic
servants Union. Seven hundred servants
,ave already Joined, and the number of
possible members in London is estimated at
'4O, 900. The members of the union intend
o hold an open air meeting to give ex-
preston to demand that the Government
establish Servants Labor Exchange where
10 fees shall be e1acted, fix the hours of
abor, regulate salaries and force EMPLOYERS
o give suitable character to servants on
dismissal Some of the papers refer to the
lnion in jesting manner. The organizers
# the union have applied for an opportunity
o give evidence before the Labor Commits
ion, and they boast that they have secured
he advocacy of several members of the
1ouse of Commons.