The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-31
LATEST NEWS FROM EUROPE.
JHE GREAT STRAIN BEGINNING TO
TILL ON MIR. GLADSTONE


TILL ON Mr. 0LADSTONE
HI. Present state OF Health Not All That
His Friends Could Desire, but the Grand
Old MN Responds Bravely TO tho Exi-
rsucies OF the Trying Poiitica, situation
Conpiete Harmony In the Liberal Party
Sir Edward W atkin's Quixotic Scheme
fer Settling the Irish Question by Means
Of n Ship Cnnai-Lady Lem scott In
tho Bankruptcy Court-Rneing Gossip.
LONDON. July 30-There is reason to fear
that Mr.. Gladstones health Is not as salts
factory ne his nun berless friends could wish
Tho tremendous strain OF the last few weeks
Inns undeniably made itself felt both upon his
mental and physical strength. and the Grand
Old Man will certainly have to take a long rcst
before commencing the herculean task OF pi-
lotlng the Home Rule bill through the House
OF Commons and lighting the House OF Lords
nfterward II wise counses should prevail
Mr.. Gladstone will share that work with
others. by giving John Morley or Sir william
Vernon Harcourt charge OF the bill during the
whols OF the committee stage. which will be
unduly prolonged by Tory fllibustering. At
present tho aged statesman will not listen to
tho dictates Of prudence lest no should unwit-
tlng,y shirk any part of the sacred duty OF CIV
posed upon himself. and with which
his mind Is occupied night and day.
to the exclusion OF almost everything else
and to the utter disregard OF all personal con-
alterations. Numerous conferences have taken
place during the week between the Liberal
leaders and the party managers with reler-
ence to a parliamentary plan OF campaign,
and the necessary secrecy OF these delibera-
tions has given rise to absurd rumors OF d.
80 do nd trri mil
Sun reporter is enabled to state upon author
ity that harmony prevails among the leaders
and unity and enthusiasm in the rank and flo
OF the various corps which compose tho Lib
eral armv Even the nine Parnellites have
censed to to suspicious. and keir Hardie. tho
solitary labor member. who showed DISPOSE
ton to kick over thu party traces. has demon
stra..i his loyalty by promising to help John
Morley. should that gentleman have to seek
reelection on his appointment to office.
The policy sketched in The Sun last week
has been since formally decided upon by the
Liberal leaders. The Home Rule bill will take
proceed ence Of everything else. and measures
dealing with the electoral registration laws.
suffrage qualification. and the extension Of
local government in Great Britain. will follow
closely in its wake. II debate in the House OF
Commons on the motion Of want OF confidence
should DO at all prolonged the Queen will be
Gladstone to her presence. which means that
the Grand Old Man would have to travel to
the Highlands and back. o distance Of
twelve hundred miles. No other mon
arch would dream Of being absent from
tho capital during q Ministerial crisis. and the
Liberal newspapers are insisting that Queen
Victoria shall display proper consideration for
Mr.. Gladstone's convenience. and aI the same
time facilitate public business. BY taking up
-, forf xvo or thraA waoka afthAr In
Buckingham Palace. London. or In Windsor
CASTLE Il 10 certain. however. that she will
not como to London. because that would be
too great an honor for the metropolis. which
she shows q strange delight In avoiding. What
she viii do will be to remain at Osborne in the
Isle Of Wight until tho completion Of the Min
isterisl changes. 90 say Liberals and Tories
alike.
1t Is stated that the amount which Andrew
Carnegie subscribed to the fund for promot-
ing the election OF labor candidates was
$1,000. and that It WAS equally distributed
among ten candidates, Of whom the most sue
eessful was Keir Hsrdie. The suggestion that
the money should be returned to the donor. by
way Of marking the disapproval OF tho recent
proceedings at Homestead. has not been re-
csivsd with favor by those who obtained
shares, because 1t is thought to SAVIOR of the
proverbial folly OF cutting of ones nose to
spite one's face.
Tho other day man charged at London
police court with being drunk and disorderly
vainly urged In mitigation Of the punishment
that "he was only dead drunk" and not "leR
drunk" subtle distinction which the mag
istrate was unable to recognize: but
at tho Stafford Assizes on Thursday
Mr.. Justice Collins grappled with the
question OF tho difference between "a
sober intention" and "a drunken impulse"
and in doing SO laid down the law In novel
manner. calculated to drive temperance peo.
pls into frenzy Of indignation. Harry Pugh
. miner. was charged with the murder OF
Anna Gill by drowning her. The couple had
boon drinking heavily together. and. accord
ing to the statement made by Pugh. they
agreed to commit suicide In company In q
deep pool. but when they got int the water
tho woman "seized him. held him under. and
nearly did for him. but he got tho better OF her
aud drowned her" The case looked very
black indeed against Pugh until evidence was
produced to show that both he and the won an
had been heard to declare their intention to
commit suicide. Thereupon Justice Collins
directed the jury that before there could be a
common purpose "the minds OF the two per-
sons must have been In condition sufficiently
clear to enable them to frame an intention Of
that kind. Drunkenness. although often said
to DO no defence to crime was a material factor
whom proved. Intention was q necessary in
grsdisnt Of crime. for person might be so
drunk as to DO ipcapable Of forming an intcn-
ton"
After this luminous exposition the jury took
only twenty minutes to make up their minds
10 acquit the prisoner People who don't drink
are complaining that the law was unduly
strained In favor Of o drunken scoundrel who
undeniably killed a woman but inebriates
have equal ground for protesting apainst tho
action OF the Islington Guardians Of the Poor.
who want Parliament to create now Office at
tho expense OF the men who do not know when
thsy have had enough. Itseems that there Is a
creature living in Islngton who drinks him
self into periodical fits Of delirium tremens.
and while they are on becomes chargeable to
tho Door rates as pauper lunatic." The
Guardians want to have this man punished
"for refusing to maintain himself" and II the