The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-05
GLADSTONE'S IRISH BILL.
ITS APPROVAL BY THE NATIONAL.
Its DOUBTFUL.

Parliament Also Proposed.
(CopVriaht. 1892 bv the NJ Y. Associated Press.l
LONDON, Nov. 4.-When Mr.. Gladstone,
soon after taking the reins Of office, held q
conference with Justin Mozart by, John
Dillon and William OBrien, on home rule,
he gave them a distinct impression, If NOS
an absolute assurance, that the forthcoming
bill Of the liberal government would provide
for full representation of Irish members in
the imperial parliament The determine
tion OF the Irish party to retain all of its
representatives at Westminster or to have
none at all. was made known to the
premier as an absolute condition of their
acceptance Of any home rule bill. The prog.
ress OF the bill in the cabinet councils DUR
ing the present week has darkened the pros%
poets OF its approval by the nationalists.
Supporters of the ministry In position to
possess precise information upon the subject
say that the cabinet is discussing favorabIy
the clause 20 retain an Irish representation
In parliament. but to reduce the number OF
members entitled to vote on imperial guess
tions only from 103 TO rs under the new
scheme Of the redistribution Of seats. To
define what constitutes an Imperial ques>
tion" is now taxing the collective skill OF
the cabinet committee.
THE VETO POWER.
Another point regarding which the Irish
leaders are likely TO come into collision
with the ministry is the decision that the
imperial parliament shall, by two-thirds
majority, have power TO veto all bills
passed by the Irish par lament.
The Irish natiooalists demand that the
1ole right to veto such bills shall be vested
In the crown under the direct advice Of
Irish ministers. The McCarthyites are better
pleased with the amendments giving the
Irish parliament control over the police and
Judiciary, and liberal provisions to settle
the land questions after the funds under the
existing purchase acts have been exhausted.
Though the main features OF the bill are
settled on, the details evidently bristle with
difficulties.
A FARMERS PARTY.
Both the liberal and conservative wire
pullers are trying to seize the advantage in
the agitations spriuging up because of the
depression OF agriculture to form q farmers
party. The conservatives have a little the
best Of the liberals just now, because they
have a majority In the council of the central
chamber OF agriculture that is now organs
i2ing o conference whereat remedies for
the existing depressions shall be discussed.
IL the council succeeds In manipulating tha
tories, with leauings toward protection and
slow to advocate a reduction in rents The
agitation seems certain to result In the
springing up Of a farmers party, with
platform having strong liberal bias. Such
platform 10 already bsing constructed and
Is being discussed at farmers meetings.
tI A TARIFF ON GRAIN.
, The agricultural press puts aside the ques-
ton OF imposing a tariff on grain as it is
impossible to obtain sufficient support for it.
The demands include readjustment of the
rates farmers pay for holdings the formas
ton of land courts, q reduction of tithes
and income tax and reform of the game
law. This programme Is very uninviting
to the landowners, but the difficulties in
the situation appear TO battle their ingenuity
TO solve. The farmers are now facing the
worst year known TO the present generation
and are seeking relief in immediate legisla-
tion on these lines
FEMALE SUFFRAGE.
Women's suffrage and women's work are
other questions OF the day that have been
pushed to the front. James Stuart, M. p.
presiding at yesterdays meeting OF the
women's suffrage society, took a gloomy
view of the prospect Of parliament's pass
ing bill oonoeding their claims. He re-
gretted that since Rt. Hon. James
Stansfeld had been excluded from
the ministry there was no one
in the liberal government who could
be relied upon TO advocate the cause OF
womens suffrage, and no one prominent iu
the party to depeud upon. Mrs Stanbury
and other women spoke, taking a more
hopeful view and basing their opinion upon
promises made by number of members OF
the House OF Commons: whom the women
suffraRists mean to whip into the right
lobby when parliament divides on the bill.
The treatment to which female employees
of the aerated bread company have been
subjected has just been made public aud
has aroused indignant public criticism.
Many hundred girls work sixty hours
weekly for from to 10 shillings week.
often In overheated, badly ventilated under
ground rooms. AS the last dividend de-
clared by the company was AZ per cent, @
small section of the shareholders proposed
that the workers should also profit by the
prosperity OF the company and receive
n slight increase in their wages. The
bulk of the shareholders were thunderstrucA
al such proposal. They howled it down.
The chairman declared that the company
could get girls at half the price now paid;
denounced workiDgmen in general for orav-
ing for what was call d leisure, and COM
planned that pride IN labor was Iessen-
ing. The Women's Trade Union Associa-
tion has taken up the case Of the girls and
proposes 10 organize them for their own
protection and make things warm for the
companies.
THE SILVER CONFERENCE.
Now that the membership of the monetary
conference is fully made up, il is evident
that tue advocates Of single standard are
in the majority. England, Germany, Aus
ira and Belgium will send delegations
having q preponderanoe of monometallists,
yet the growing belief in London financial
circles is that the conference will effect some
arrangement. The talk formerly INDUCED
In about the futility of the congress is no
longer heard. The president Of the institute
Of bankers. in his inaugural address,
referred to the currency question as urg-
emily demanding reasonable settlement. The
duty OF the government, be said. to find
practical remedy for the existing didicul-
ties could never be met by theoretic discuss
sion. This declaration mad great signid-
canoe as a distinct advance on the '.laissez
fairen treatment of the subject. The alli-
nnce of the English delegates is expected to
guide the decision to great degree. They
have as yet received no definite instructions.
IL is reported that the government is consid.
ering a suggestion made by influential
firms of Manchester. Liverpool and London
TO settle the question upon the basis of
reciprocal concessions, the gold standard
countries taxing silver coins at par, and the
silver countries giving in turn reductions in
tariff. A leading expert on the subject told