New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-02

this bill, whether right or wrong, is by the all
mission Of friends as well as foes bill of vast
constitutional import. It's scope goes far beyond
that OF any Constitutional Amendment ever pro-
posed IL the United Statcs, and the average time
devoted to discussion and ratification of con-
tested Constitutional Amendments in America has
been more than whole year There is a prrcc-
dent, if Mr. Gladstone wants prcccdents, but he
never does if they are against him. The Home
Pule bill is not ono bill, but thrcc bills. AMI II
may well be said. as Mr.. Chamberlain faid that
nearly every clause is Il separate bill: a1l since
the finance clause has been remodcllcd il is also
new bill But looked at in the largest way. it is
bill for creating an Irish Parliament, for creating
an Irish Executive, and for financing both. Each
of these three separate schemes is full Of cam
plications Each requires elaborate machinery
Nor is that all, nor the most. 1t l.
a bill to create an Irish Constitution, and
70 destroy the existing Constitution Of Great
Britain. That is also admitted. Not III In"
whole history of Parliament has any measure ever
been proposed disastrous in its scope, 80 lIr-
reaching in its consequences. More thah tha''
it is bill 10 annul the treaty by virtue "i
which Great Britain and Ireland form one KING
dom, and it is avOwedlv to be passed, II ~
all. against the wish of one of the contracting
parties TO that treaty.
And TO accomplish this tremendous reVoI'-
tion. the author of it Grudges two months o'
Parliamentary time. Even the month ne no"
comedies is allotted 10 suit himself. lie par''S
out the clauses of the bill and says. You hl'N
consider such clause or group ol cT'uS's ''i
such length of time. and no more Inc il"N'
noonentous issues are to he determined in a t"w
hours Therefore you must, whether yon VIII
or no. come back. as all do. reluctantly n''
ri Da ChurcnllS
account Of the whole matter IL ls-'" VII,
and this cagsins Of Parliament is-the ac' VI
an old man in hurry. There is time enough
for everybody but Mr.. Gladstone.
The British public. which has shown i'scii very
tender TO Admiral 1ryon's memory, Is suu"e"'A
confronted with mass of evidenc" OF the i'oN'
painful kind. If the accounts OF snrViNorS 'io"
the Victoria, who have reached Mai'h' may wv
believed, but one conclusion is possinIe' i"'
collision between the Victoria and the Camper
down was due. first, to the Admirais miscalcus
tion. and second. TO his stubborn perseverance
in carving ont a manoeuvre which MS o'"cc''
saw to I've blnndcr and heritated 10 execute
II is distressing 10 have 10 draw such an IN
ference but il explains clearly why sir "'orse
Trvon chose to 90 down with his ship
The new departure in Indian finance Is aNoWPdN
an cxperimcnt Nobody prctcndS to say "Aa''p
what the permanent effect VIII he on the maTA''
value of silver or the rat" OF "Ncmang"' "r "n
tho competing industries of India and the rest
of the world agricultural Industries lhciu''" :
still les, whether the legislative value Of I'm"
runee can be maintained at sixteen pence. llh''
was when the economical doctrinaircs % whom
ENGLAND is full would have roundly proclain'l
i, impossible to determin" by decree in Council
the amount Of silver which should be- purcha-n'le
nv q given sum in gold or vice versa. Bn IN
those revolutionary DAYS so many doctrines am
! theories have gone 10y the board that one mort
or less does not much matter
| Nobody is left in England with TN" inteH"ctu"i
| courage of those eminent Americans. M'SSrN N"i-
cott and Bland especially of Mr. Bland. who can
see in the collapse of silver nothing but a con-
sniracv between English bankers and thr Indian
, Government on the one hand and N"w-i"rk cap
italists on the other He ought 10 have added
a third or fourth 20 his list. the laws o.
Nature. and of economical distrihuilon' ana %
finance They TOO are con>pirators. II the other
are There never has lccn moment when th'
necessities Of Indian finance might not hav" pre-
ciptated a silver crisis Germany had one LOT
her own benefit. and India now creates one
| for hors T, is now for the United states To
say whether she will continn" to shoulder
richest States Of the Old World.
The cable assures us that the eyes oi INC
American people are at last opening 70 IN" IN
| conceivable financial folly which has maH' 'h'''
and their Government 50 long the mere d"hs
tics and bond servants Of the silver rlne' anu INC
slaves 10 a view of the currency question "h''n
| is and ever was idiotic as " Il ah' "'s '''-
ish The European business world ackn0"I"dgf7
IFS debit TO President Cleveland in this business
.,d oives him lust credit for craftsmanship IN
r,o,,crs of money to which in pure politics and
dipIomacy lie has yet 20 prove his claim.
Iondon is. and will for some days remain a
huoo c,rp.ntcr's shop. The streets OF III" "eS'
End. and on TO the Fast. so far as III" rou'e oi
rrxt III lursday's procession extends are III h' pos
sesson of the working classes. Stands balcoh'S'
seats inside and outside shops and clubs are every
..,,ono oroct;po The public is mad TO sec tl"
r.es.ce of tbc roval bride and bridegroom. II
will not be imposing as pageant but the sch'I'
mont Of LOYALTY which still prevails among large
cloeees in this country makes royal wedding AN
affair of public interest ana sympathy me
Dnko Of York is popular as a salloI-prhcc' ana
a. the next heir but one TO tron" whch 'H'
,,oonlo ~ Epoland would not vet willingly 500
overthrown Princess MAY is popular ~ ,"'
snrerer bv last years catastrophe. and on hc'
own account pretty girl. with pretty manners
is always popular
II there be any elements Of discord they aris'
not among the mass"s, bnt among the classes
There are currents and cross currents in society
and 4 certain Suppressed III temper, OF whlcl
muttorings may bc heard is traccablc Ecithcr u
tba bride nor bridegroom. but perhaps to certain
Righteousness against dctation with respect u
wedding gifts. which does not proceed from 'h
hridcQroom's father or mother. Even the worKIh'
classes arc content that there should DC roy"
marriage. for which they are not asked ~ pay
Tbor hostility to the throne so far ~ II eAiSS
and nobody knows quite how far it extends
pecunarv in its origin, and not perhaps vcrl
dc6nitelv Republican in its aim. What does ]
s,onifv "a them that il the future Queen OF Eng