The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-28
TACTICS OF THE UNlONISrS
Gladstone's Home-Rule Bill 10 he
Weighted Down with Amendments.
Recess Spent by the Leaders In Intriguing
Against the Measure-Two Flag Incl
dents to Be Discussed This Week
TORY OBS rRUcrroN.

TORY OBS rRUCrION.
Trying TO Kill the Home-Rue Biil by
Amending IL To Death In Committee.
Special 10 tho Indianapolis Journal
LONDON. May 27.-The House OF CON-
mons will resume its sittiDgs a commit
tee of the whole on the home-rule bill
next Monday. The recess has been any
thing but q rest for the party leaders. The
Unionists have intrigued and plotted
early and late against the bill, and the
Gladstonians have conferred INCREASINGLY
rs to means of surmounting the increasing
obstacles which the opposition throws in
their way. The issue will be joined Imme-
diately after the reassembling of the
House. for the House committee has
reached Clause 8, which enumer-
stss the powers excepted from
the legislative jurisdiction of she
privy council and assembly. The
clause contains ten specifications. on each
of which the UnIonists may hang any
number of dilatory motions for amend
ments. When Parliament adjourned on
May Is the committee was discussing the
motion of Herbert Naylor Leland, Con-
sentative for Colchester. that all consider
alton of she clause be postponed until
after the determination of the composition
of the Dublin legislature. Mr.. GIadstone's
objections TO this motion have been con-
frmed during the recess. and he refused To
consider it. desplts the fact that several
Liberals have given notice of proposals
similar TO NayloI Leland'a
The opposition to Clause 3, as worded in
Unionists. The Parnellitss, led by John
Redmond, will present o batch of
amendments, which has been swelled
during the recess from one hun
ina the holiday the UnionIsts have sue
creded in discovering other means of 0L-
struction. and have pulled ont their pro-
posed amendments from fifty TO eixty-hve
pages. Mr.. Gladstone says that he Will re-
fer the whole matter to a conference HIS
programme 10 TO group the clauses and allow
certain time for consideration Of each
group. Prof. James Bryc said. yesterday,
that the Liberals were protesting unan-
imously against allowing the Unionists
Tree hand IN obstruction. and that the Cab
met. IN full sympathy with them, would
seize the tirst opportuue motion to make
short work of the chronic amendments.
Probably the most potent factor IN the
weakening OF the opposition will be found
In the reluctance of Conservative members
TO obey the party whips. Most urgent
whips for full attendance of opposition
members next Monday have been sent
out bus they have beeL received
with indifference by the members
they were in Intended To affect The publica-
tIon of the list of persistent absent tees dur
ing the last dsys before the recess has been
as futile predicted. The young Tory
bloods whose many parliamentary short
comings were indicated by the list now
sullenly defy the whip. protesting tina.
Parliament has become q bore beyond en-
durance, and that the whips ought TO be
limited to sumnoning to divisions The
attendance through the thick and thin of
n a N
ton. The obstinacy OF these young men
has caused the opposition leaders TO become
somewhat more discreet In their choice of
means of obstruction.
In Belfast Lord Salisbury indicated that
when he recommended that only amend
ments from which educational lessons
could be drawn for the constituencies
should be de bated at length. these amend
ments. he added. ought 10 be calculated TO
expose the "monstrOus nature of the home
rule bill" Mr.. balfour, moreover. has done
tongue service TO the indictments 10y re-
pudIating ostentatiously any intention to
obssruct, and by declaring that in future
the divisions may be confined TO
proposals OF crucial Importance. As
MIR. Balfour has apparently regarded
tne most Trivial amendment proposed IN
debating clauses one and two ss of crucial
Importance. his new aYowal OF policy may
mean little or nothing. 1t Is significant
TO hold constantly in line of attack all
their members. for. as theidebate proceeds
this inability of the leaders to lead will be
more clearly demonstrated.
Justin Mccarthy and Thomas Sexton. of
the anti-ParnelIites. have su omitted TO Mr.
Gladstone financial scheme which they
and their party wish 10 have substituted
for the financial clauses of the home-rule
bill Mr.. Gladstone has consented to con-
slider this scheme at conference with the
ParnellItes and ant,-PaTnellites. On the
whole the Liberals feel that the prospects
of a speedy passage of the bill have i'm
proved greatly in the last ten days. not
only on account of the governments deter
minstion to curtall obstruction In the COM
miLtee. but also IN consequence of the In
ternal quarrel in which the UDionists will
bs involved next week by q discussion of
two incidents involving the honor of the
flag. The hauling down of the union Jack at
the Londonderry Hotel has caused a storm
of wrath which only the resi- gn ton or inn
peachment of John Morley. Irish Secretary.
Will fully appease. Ii Is still uncertain
whether the Lond onderry police acted in
directly under the Secretary in loweriD q
the ilag or acted under the law against the
display of party emblems. Mr.. Morley will
make his explanation in Parliament The
Londonderry hotel Keepers who were i'm
pelled tn haul down the flag are prepared
20 make all the party capital
is before the Irish courts The
second incident which tho Tories are ex-
plotting TO reinforce the lessons drawn by
them from the Londonderry affair. is the
IcIuetl vi tuo vi Aoctuct0 10 0Oltt the
British tag over the Irish department at
the Chicago worlds fair. This also will be
made q question of the censure of the gov
ernment.
John Redmond and Timothy Harring ton
have appealed to the people of ireland for
funds. TO be used in support of the Par
neIlits faotion. They say that the party is
overwhelmed by financial burdens. and
that assistance Is necessary to save the
party organization from disaster.