The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-05-07
His Enemies Attempt to intagonize
the WorkingmeD
THE CAUSE OF IRISH HOME RULE.
Claims Of Large Liberal Majority at the Next
ElettiOn-The TerieS Fear an
Armed Conflict.
Special to THE MORNING CALL

LONDON, May 6.-Gladstone's refusal to
receive the delegates from the workingmen's
conference. who desired to prevent his or
position to the eight-hour question, is felt
by the rank and file of the Liberal party to
have been tactical mistake. Taking ad-
vantage OF the mistake, the Conservative
members have decided to influence the Gov
eminent to take the opposite course. At
meeting of the Liberal members they hesi-
tated 10 condemn the action Of Gladstone
and therefore referred the matter to a COM
mittee with instructions to report Tuesday.
The Conservatives stole march by induc-
Ing Salisbury and Balfour to receive the
deputatlon OF trades unions representatives.
They. however, will not be duped into sup
posing that the Conservatives ara more zeal
Gus lii the cause of labor than the Liberals,
nor will either Salisbury or BalfOur commit
themselves to the eight-hour movement.
It's not doubted that the result Of the
conference will place the labor question at
the head OF the progress of both political
parties TO the embarrassment of the Liberal
chief, who is pledged to home rule first.
Gladstone's organ, The Speaker, will say
Tomorrow that the enemies of home rule,
despairing Of success by open attacks, seek
to divert the attention of the Liberal masses
from the Irish question and to convert a
certain victory into rout. Such express
sions, coming from the Liberal press, are
suggestive OF the strong alarm prevailing
lest the patty be wrecked on the labor diff
hculty before Saisbury's trend is known.
The Times npheld Gisdstano's refusal to
receive tile delegation, and announced that
the efforts Of the labor leaders 10 extort
pledges at this stage of tile movement were
an outrageous attempt to overbeaT the Judg-
ment OF Parliament This criticism does
not affect the satisfaction of the Conserva-
tives ever the policy Of the leaders, who are
now obviously harasSlng the Liberals and
attracting toward the Government a strong
body Of workingmeD. The official Unionist
paper declares that the action of Gladstone
has chilled the hearts of the workingmen,
which were once warm toward him, to the
core.
At conference Of Liberal election agents
Schnadhorst calculated that the general
election will give the Liberals majority of
II in the next House, and held that the
labor complications would exert only a
minor influence. Sir William Vernon Har-
court stated at the conference that the cleo
tions were certain to be held at the CON-
mencement of July, following the Ulster
convention at Belfast aud the Irish Union
ist convention in Dublin.
Sir William asserted that the Orange
IodgeS were privately SUBSCRIBING money I0r
the purchase OF arms TO carry out their
threats to rebel rather than submit 10 an Irish
Parliament
Whether the Tories really believe that an
armed conflict would follow the establish
ment of an Irish Parliament they assume
sincerity and cultivate the belief that civil
war would be the outcome of home rule.
SalIsbury's private secretary has written to
an Oxford clergyman 10 this end: His
LordShip is glad to see you impress upon
would produce the greatest of all curses-a
religious civil war; After this is is no won
der we hear of men drilling III ireland and
rifles and munitions Of war being stored
in England.