New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-05

,,, 1898. Bv The Tribune Assoctonon.
-. Feb A good clcctioneerng mani
ND the Unionists of the speech which Mr.
is'v' om. makes in tie name Of the Queen. II
C'S's pile stands first among tie proposals for
h0'D. ..;o legislation, the other proposals are
d0n''" enough to satisfy. in some degree the
H'ps's ,cc,ons of Mr. GlaGstone's heterogeneous
"'" .,r Each thinks that its own pet measure
% have precedence Mr.. Gladstone has
a'A shat he could. ]; is no light matter to
'0I IA, the Newcastle programme in a message
ep ,bs Throne To transform all the crude
w. s.,,ss of that programme into statutes would
E' l. work Of generation. TO present so many
ham 10 the country as Parliamentary pos
o. s " is feat OF political dcxterity of which
s''i n1 Parliamentary Hand may be proud. He
", ~ fact. done il within the compass of one
~ shortest Queens Speeches or record.
"a. ,cal procramme OF the Ministry remains
~, 4 was They meet Parliament after six
~h. of responsible power They must expect
..lr every act they have performed during that
"s n 10 challenged. Even their foreign
',r,r Of which alone the country has heartily
f.".oyed. has IA critic in the person Of Mr..
,,m",cpebere Tho candor Of his friendship 10 tho
D'Y.,nmen, il which 10 place was offered to him
e.A. rs first expression IN hostile motion on
I ~. and another Egypt. The immense
''.,i,r Of the House will. if challenged, support
-. .;so and patriotic and courageous policy of
y" u. yioistry on both these points. The lines of
49, ou domestic policy are Indicated in
49, ., in Lord Saisburys and Mr.. Baliour's
IBIS Poth leaders support Mr. Gladstonc-it
uo,,er Of courtesy to assume that the acts CT
y ~ rors;on Minister are the acts OF the Prime
| ua
Ro,h necessarily oppose what has been uohe IN
Ireland ", 1oh5
vorlcv strikes the keynote Nobody before Mr'
mo,lav had thought of politically CAPTURING the
1855 in Ireland who sympatiize with crinie'
A. Ralfours language in the House oil commons
80. almost identical. Public opinion nc deciareu
..,r.aa Ministers of being prepared TO Dny poilu-
asI .nnnort By recommending the extension OF 'nt
=" '.., nIamoncv 70 criminals Nevertheless, sili
w, pafonr. Il will be content II the iio"'e
So,,atarv declares that the release Oh Eean an"
C.rlan makes no part oil general s'"."'' va
''H"n - .b. dvnamitcrs" lie did not have 10
raj. for Mr. AsQuiths turn IN ueoa'e " ''"'.
A., Gladstone gave him the desired assnr"no'' d"
rn.ouivocal assurance, said that expert P"0"
.,nna, in phrases The House understood IL aS
,aace il was accepted, at any rate a. IN "''"'
sn.o tba. there is no present intention 10 leie'o
anr mare dynamitcrs The force and signihca"'e
:, snch a declaration go far beyond t"c
ors.t,on Of turning loose those murdefous lu''""'
~ societv. They bring us at once 10 ''e gu"
zion ~ Probabilities in connection with 'h' p'e'"7
- clio Home Rule bill, whatever II may
Tho, after all. is the vital issue, ana may as "NH
be considered at cncc. - oon.
AZ padmond has said that he VIII arccP'
No measure of Home Rule unaccompalieu ~
ceneral amnesty If there he any DEFINITE mean,
inc in Mr.. Gadstone's words, Mr. Kcdulonu VIII
not Get his general amnesty. lie VIII nav,
therefore. to decide within no very long peIlou
whether he will carry his nine votes over 10 'Nc
enemy
Mr. Gladstone has given notice Of the IN
PRODUCTION of the Home Rule bill for next Mon
dar There is no prospect that the DEBATE on
the Address will then have been concluded, bn'
M doubt exists that the bill will be brought
in al the earliest moment permitted by the
forms Of the House What course events VIII
then take is matter of conjecture. Sir William
Hsrcourt has already given notice of Dill
10 abolish plural voting what is known as the
measure Mr.. Fowler has charge
REGISTRATION bill for England and Wales and
III George Trevclyan of registration Dill Tor
'cotland Now thee are measures which, what
yer happens TO Home Rule, the Ministers mean
o pass Taken together, they are computed 70
e worth many thousands of votes to the Glad
tonian party. They will, therefore, be likely
o take precedence Of those preliminary Welsh
nd Scotch disestablishmcnt bills, which are sops
o one section of Mr.. Gladstones supporters, and
4 the labor bills, which are sops to another
ection.
The Gwecdore case stands apart from that OF
be released dynamiters, though both OF them
ave an intimate connection with the political
scessities of the Ministry. Mr.. John Morley
IA made bis defence. His best friends were dis
ressed by the weakness of it. Clcmency, he
RED, is one Of the arts Of government 1t Is, ana
lso Of practical politics: and the whole case for
ne release of the Gweedore murdercrs is summed
p In that apothcgm, and in the tag 20 it, which
II. Morley omitted and / have added. II there
ad been no politics in il, nobody would have
hought Of releasing these men. The judge who
ned them was known to be for keeping them in
rison, and therefore was not consulted. Lord
ierschelA who was consulted by Mr.. Morley abont
ne release, approved it and has done his best TO
Justify il in the House Of Lords. 1t comes 10 this,
hat there were legal doubts on certain points, and
nat the state OF the country was such to make
safe to turn these men loose Crime had di-
finished Yes, but il has been pointed out be-
ore now that the ebb and flow of agrarian and
oh'ical crime in Ireland depends in IA measur"
y the wishes of the political allies Of the present
government 1t is for the interest Of both that
utrages should cease for the time and they cease.
Both wings of the Irish Nationalist had Joined in
emanding an amnesty. Public opinion in England
made general amnesty impossible. Gweedore was
offered TO Mr.. OBren and Mr.. Redmond as
ntament. They have spurned it, They are
slad TO have the men concerned in the murder Of
district Inspector Martin at liberty, az they are
sAd to have Egan and Callan at liberty; but
'Aey we'll understand that Ministers d. not mean
70 ct DAILY and the rest free, and, though they
welcome Egan with professions and crown him
WITH flowers. they do not admit that Mr.. Morley
Mr. Asquith has really taken the first step
Inward satisfying the Nationalist demand for
asnety.