The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-06-11
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Thomas Sexton Retires TO Private Life.
Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
LONDON. Juno 10-The elimination of
the long pending trouble between Timothy
Healy and Thomas Sexton has been q god
send to the government. The exciting
scenes in the conference of the Irish parlis-
mentary party on Friday. and Mr.. Sections
subseQuent retirement from his seat for
North Kerry, have so distracted the atten-
tion of the Irish members that they have
little time to make protests against Mr..
Gladstone's recent concessions to tho
Unionists. Had il not been for
this diversion an immediate open
revolt in the Irish ranks against the gov
eminent policy would have been unavoid-
able. Justin Mccarthy. leader of the anti
Parnellites. stated the case plainly in an
inter Wow with the Premier just before the
conference met. He told Mr.. Gladstone
that the discomfort of the Irish members
had been reused to the point at which tho
leaders had become powerless to preserve
discipline unless the government should
give the most exploit assurances that no
further concessions to the Unionists would
be made.
The specific cause of this potential 70.
volt is the number Of amendments to
Clause of tho home-rule bill, which
have been accepted by Mr.. Gladstone from
Unionist members. Nine such amend
ments to limit powers of the Dublin Legis-
lRture have been conceded. Ono of. the
nine was carried even against tho votes Of
seventy-four of the Irish members. Most
OF tho Irish members attribute the repeat
enemies to q lack of backbone. A
few. however. 60 so far as to suspect
treachery within the Cabinet In general
conversation with Cabinet Ministers in the
10 bby the Irish leaders have urged the ar
guments that as the home-rule bill il the
outcome of q definite agreement between
them and the government no alterations
ought to be made by the Ministers without
their first seeking the assie tance of the Ma
tiOnalists. This argument Mr.. Mccarthy
was commissioned by his colleagues to lay
before Mr.. Gladstone with special en-
phasis. and he did 80.
GLADsTONE's PROMISES.
In reply to tho warning that tho aecep-
tance of further Unioniss amendments
would be the signal fox Irish hosrilities
Mr.. Gladstone authorized Mr.. Mccarthy to
tell the conference that decisive measures
would be adopted to close the committee
stage OF the bill by the middle of July.
How the Premier proposes to do this to tho
extinction Of UniOnist distraction. he did
not cay. He also avoided giving any as
saranees concerning the acceptance
Unionists. Mr.. McCarthy's report Of his
conversation with the Premier was re-
ceived with somo demonstrators of i'll
temper by the conference. and q majority
favOrlng Immediate measures to compel
the government to act without delay and
in conformity with explicit assurances.
They also emphasize the necessity of MI,
Gladstone's acting. as previously, in close
concert with the Irish leaders; that is, OF
accepting the diotatiOn of the Nationalists
as to the future course of the h0me.rule
bill.
Mr.. Mccarthy promised to inform Mr..
Gladstone of the sentiment OF the meet
ing. but his pledge, hardly given. was for
gotten as the discussion turned 20 the Sex
ton affair which stirred MP all the animosi-
ties latent among the memb ers and evoked
Q scene repeatedly on the verge of violence
1t was such bitter quarrel as disturb
the Last Parnell conferences. Nominally
party newspaper organs; really 1t was duo
to the fundamental differences in the
political creeds of the leaders. Tim.
othy Healy. represents the clerical
Journal and at all points in general irish
politics he is in close touch with the priests.
Nix. Sexton. on the other hand, represents
the secular faction of the Nationalist.
lie joined the board of the Freeman's Jour-
nal at the request of John Dillon and JUS
tin MCCARTHY. At tho conference, yester-
day, however. Mr.. Mccarthy was unable to
rally q majority to the support of his pro-
tege's policy in the directorate.
Mr.. Sexton had told his friends repeated
ly that he would retire from Parliament in
case majority did not support him in his
final contest with the Healy faction. This
threat was regarded generally as d bluff.
Now that his retirement Is an mplished
fact. the majority of the parliamentary
party regret that he was driven to the wall.
Only the Immediate friends of Timothy
Healy rejoice in Mr.. Sections retirement
for they think that In the future they will
hold absolute sway In the counsels
of the party. The ability of the Heslyites
to rnle the Parliamentaryx party will be
finally proved or disapproved at the con-
ference of Irish members next week.
Should the clerical faction again demon
strate that 1t Is In control, other members
OF the party are likely to follow Mr.: Sexton
into private life. Healy already demands
that John Dillon resign from the director
ate of the Freeman's } Journal.
The Unionists are delighted with the rup-
ture in the Nationalist party at the mo-
ment when solidity of the party was re-
the temporary relief of the government
amounts to little in comparison with the
trouble which the party feud will cause the
Ministry in the near future. The change
in leadership. if accom- plished. will. in fact.
embarrass Mr. Gladstone. as he has been
accustomed to consulting with Sexton and
Dillon frequently, while ignoring Healy,
whom he heartily dislikes.
The revision of the financial clauses
which was rendered necessary by the incor.
rectness of the estimates made by u treas
ury official. has not been completed. The
mistake IN calculation involves some ESQ.,
600. fully half the sum with which the Irish
government was to start on lis mission.
The new financial clauses are said TO have
led TO some trivial divisions of opinion in
the Cabinet. The amendment mania of the
opposition is not abating There are now
ffty-eight pages 20 consider.
The defense union organized to defeat
home rule 10 said to have raised 6, 600 600
as it's sinews of war. The enrolment of
men above sixteen years Of age MAKE On
rapid progress. More than II, 600 have been
registered. and applications are said TO be
made daily by tho hundred. The report
that the Irish executive will prohibit the
MED officially. An extraordinary force of
police will be detailed. however, TO pre-
serve the peace around the assembly hall.
Joseph Chamberlain. the Liberal Union
lst leader. met the Duke of Abercorn and
the Marquis of Londonderry. yesterday. TO
confer with them as TO the government OF
the Ulster Orangemen. He advised that q
manifesto be addressed to the Oran Remen.
advising them TO peace. This Is sign
that she titled gentlemen who started the
Defense Union are beginning TO fear that
they have invoked q devil which they may
not DO able To lay.