New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-21

storm Of invec;ive. chiefly four They object
| TO the new franchise, which is the existing Par
iamentary franchise plus women and minus il
icratcS They object to proportionate 1epresenta-
| ton and cumulative voting, by which il is thought
, property may gain scme sort of hearing in the
councils. They object to the Joint committee by
which the liability of landlords to he taxed with
| out representation redress is somewhat limited.
They object, lastly and most ferccy Of all, 10
the provision by which councils may. the initia-
tive of twenty cesspaycrs I've summoned before the
! Judges of asSzc on charge of corruption, Illegal
acts, malvcrsation oppression. removed if found
guilty, and replaced by apponees of the Lord
Lieutenant You would put the county council
| in the dock" shrieed Mr. Morley The image
pleased Sir William IIarcourt so much that hc
| appropriated il and dwelt on il in his most
| elaborate manner. predicting that the ridicue of
mankind awaited Government capable of invent
ing such a procedure. Mr.. Chamberlain came
TO the rescue, drawing an analogy between
the action of the Judge and that Of the
United States Supreme Court, when the validity
of any act passed by any State Legislature is
questioned He unlucky in his phraseology,
and Mr.. Bryce, who tried to correct him. went as
! far astray he.
But the real point lies in the question, not
whether this or that check is a wise one. but
whether there are 10 bc any checks at al. No
analogy, precedent is so hateful 10 the English
or Irish Radical as the American. They want an
unbrded democracy. not democracy as it exists in
An)I RIGA under the ws, safeguards Of the American
Constitution. That is the and secret of this
furious outcry against Mr. Balfours bill
The bill is a very large and complicated measure.
which none of It's critics can yet have
mastered in detsil II may be GOOD or a bad
hut IL - cod and cuip ed
on the instant of its introduction simply because
of its attempts TO protect TIE minority against
the tyranny of an avowedly hostile ma ioTitv.
The people who know everything tel, you that
an early dissolution may now hc expected They
said so when a snap division On Monday lcfr the
| Government with a majority Of only t"enty-onc
They say so still more positively now that the
Local Government Llll is thought 10 have made
a bad impression. No doubt the Ministry, or
rather the whirs, caught mapping on Mon
day The Radicals were TOO sharp for them Sir
William IIarcourt denies that he a party 10
this performance Few can have th,a-lt 'hat he
was When games Of thai sort are afoot II Is
not the leaders but the follower, who play them.
No division was expec'cl Eur thlf is no reason
why the Ministry should not have been on the
alert. To argue from accident To "a dissolution
is 10 draw n conclusion - which tncr, are no
matter: but If that Ire as unpopular It's op-
ponents say, il would he reason for po''ponlns.
not for hast ming an appc1l TO the country
In all probability said Mr.. raifour at the
Constitutional Club on "Wednesday. this is III"
last session Of this particular Parliament That
is not particularly definite. hut it is all that the
Government t71-k il desirable a. present 70 I'M
part.
Mr. Palfour's speech was throughout in his most
aggressive vein. strong speech weakened ny
st;ong language pointing ont that the "nhs'"h-
ian leaders have promised one thing Ia the Eng
lisb electorate and another thing to the lrish
electorate He asks Who are the duprs' II IS
the question of Figaro. and permissible enough; NOT
so when he asks which Of the parties To whom
Sir William Harcourt has made inconsistent prom
;-es he means 10 defraud: still less when he pre-
diets that what the GlsdsfonionS Will cohsldef
is out of which kind OF fraud they are going J."
act most advantage" Less again, when he sp''NS
of them as not having made mp their minds
whether they are going to cheat the English
electorate or cheat tae Irish electorate
Nothing is gained by violence or coarsenc's ol
sreech II is unusual with Mr.. Balioir Irue' h'
uuotes Mr. O'Brcn as saying "Our allE'h'e Ic''''
lis free as air 10 fight 10 the d'ath ioF H'I'"'' ]"
tho Iihcral leaders should turn out To he the
base ScOllndfc Hnlcn ] tH'I'iP"' ''''"
Bnt is Mr. OBrien to Dccomc a precedent
Perhaps the best sign that CRISIS IN poli'i.s
is n,ar is the increasing intcmpcrance Of speech
ON both sides II may be seen cvcryWrre-lh
Parliament on the stump and in the press. Nlr.
Baifour and Sir William IIarcort were hoth on inc
stumn on Wednesday, ore AT n numerous. u nos
very select. Tory club the other in NhitcchapeL
potb were vitnperative If il wa, the atmosphere
If tb, slums which vitiatcd Sir Williams speech
what WIS il that induced Mr.. Baliour to drpaH
from the polished elegance habitual to him.
Nondavs debate was largely devoted to an
at,emnt 10 prove that the Land Purchase ac' JOE
Tro,,,d was = failure Mr. Sexton entertainer
,ho IIonsc with some of his most glowing rhetoric
| in support Of the proposition that IL - '"'
! ;s ma doubt that the bill is taking effect moro
| slo,clv than It's author hoped one obvious '''
| con i thot bnt a few months have 'aP'cu si"''
ruIas were framed for working tr Hc"D'"'
.no,ber is the open hostility of the lrsh e"u''''
WIN have done their best to prevent ''"a'''o 'r' -
ox.ailin0 th,r,evcs of its benefits a ''''i' "
| tho want Of imagination, not IN tie i'""'S'
| !, the tenants. who think half ce"'"aA -"
tine % lock forward to. ~ it is Inc ,''H'
! twelvemonth VIII snow Whe'"'i wv
| 10 be failure or not.
u nersuancc of his habit Of cabling "ho"N''
,,iu discredit America. Dalzcl SENDS ao,o" 81,
v;c,vs Of Senator Teller on free colia2'' ~
ma, be fair. on such authority, TO assu'h' ."'' 49,
roller really uttered the nonsense p"' NV "I'
mouth lie is made to say pi'hc '''
illustrative branch of the Government i" Wv
disnarity between gold and silver abroad. 'TDS So
Mr. Teller really believe that? lie accuses NV ~,
financial representatives of Americ" a''o'u ~ -,
nrcatinp the impression that SILVER IS ,'dse NV"
compared with gold, and 50 on lie ,S '"7"'' io
!, the press but it is not fair 'haV '' '"oe''
laughed at unless he really S'iu 0''N
| things. a. -. o,, ,,cb i'm
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