Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-09
STRIVING FOR HOME RULE.

the states OF America ana Ine CdnaudS |
to place the treasury of the Irish men, |
bers of the home rule party in condl- |
tion to meet future heavy strains. AS
the time rolls by it becomes more and
more evident that satisfactory Irish |
home rule bill cannotbe passed ntil
the liberal majority is far more pro-
nounced than at present. This admls- |
sion has been lately made by the Hon
Edward Blake in an able speech in
Boston. The critical hour, indeed, has
not yet come, but it's approach fills the
minds of all who have long wished for a
settlement of the question, with much
anxiety. No one doubts Mr. Gladstone's
sincerity nor the sincerity of large
majority of liberal members, yet it is
not unknown that the leaven of discord
and opposition is actively at work and
the result can only be guessed at. The
Irish members, however, do not propose
to be caught mapping, and so Justin
Mccarthy, in the name of the Irish peo-
pie, has issued an urgent appeal to the
friends of home rule the world over.
metropolitan journals urging the Irish
members to united action and the &C
cepting of any bill which Mr. Gladstone
would be pleased to offer. There need
be no fear on this score. The members
from Ireland have no disposition to
thwart the prime minister. They
realize that half loaf is better than
nothing, especially as the granting of
the half loaf will so show the world
that there has been just ground for the
demands of the people during the past
| fifteen years.
The question which thrusts itself for
ward is not that Mr. Gladstone will not
go far enough in the coming bill to
please the Irish members, but that he
will go too far to please a sufficient
number of the so called liberal indie
pendents, to defeat this bill, or in fact,
any bill transferring the government of
Irish affairs to a Dublin parliament.
True it is that the people of the united
kingdom have spoken for home rule for
Ireland, but with a voice so small and
|
been made on the minds of English
statesmen. Even the cabinet of the
premier's own choosing is not being
consumed with zeal to complete the
work, nor do its members seem to exist
in perfect harmony.
Sir William Vernon Harcourt, by. the
very fact that he would at this critical
juncture put in force that part of the
crimes act which relates to the system
of espionage on the actions of Irishmen,
shows a disposition to be distrustful; a
disposition, too, that it may not always
be in the power of Ireland's great
friend, John Morley, to overcome.
Again, a member of parliament, Will
liam Rathbone, elected from the Arfon
division of Carnarvonshire as a Glad
stonian, deserts his chief because he
Twill not support a home rule bill
These straws show that the wind is
blowing from a quarter which causes
much worry. Possibly, should Mr.
Gladstone's health admit his leading
the house in his old time style, suffi-
cient number of his party may be
whipped into line to effect the passage
of a very moderate bill, but Mr. Glad
! stone is a very old man, and the friends
of home rule can afford to risk nothing.
The resolution of the Irish members,
therefore, to be forehanded and pre-
another early general election, should
commend itself to Ireland's sons and all
. lovers of home rule = Meetings are
being organized to share in the pro.
posed work. On next Thursday the
1rishmen of Massachusetts will meet in
fremont temple, Boston, and have with
them DIR Joseph F. Fox, M. P, fol-
Queens county. Connecticut should
not be deaf to this appeal. Her sons
have given noble and patriotic response
' in the past, and now when the battle il
all but won let not the fighting cease
Remember John Boyle O'Reilly's words
in his speech of welcome to justin
Mccarthy, October 10, 1886: mo p1at
ter what odds are against Ireland, sh'
must win" The sinews of war must
however, be contributed until the peac,
is proclaimed.
THE Rev S. NJ. Brandt, of the Societ,
of the Jesuits, contributes to the Nortl
American Review an article in whIcl
he explains just when the pope is in
fallible. He points out that in Catholi
?, theology the infallible pope does no
g mean one gifted with inspiration O
o commissioned to reveal to the Catholi
world new dogmas. 1.-The special assist
ance of the Holy Ghost is given to tn
- pope for the only purpose of preserving
explaining and defending the revela
tions already made to and through tn
APOSTLES. An infallible pope cannot b
said to be one who can never err in hi
private conversations and teachings; G
who cannot make any mistake in pol
tics, government, etc. For the gift c
infallibility, as held by Catholics, b.
longs to the pope only in his officit