New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-09

demonstrations have been so impressive He
reVcllcd in Misrepresentation Of historic facts,
treated his hearers to a long haraneuc about alb
s'ract principles. and made long flights into those
lofty regions Of so-callcd higher principles which
never fall TO arouse tine enthusiasm OF the
faithful.
| These performances, however only provoke
smile among the politicians who have not wholly
/ placed their conscience in his keeping. To them
1t was more interesting TO notice how he sought
to minimize somC opinions which ne oppressed at
IN" inst reading In regari TO the retention of the
| Irish Members at Westminster. lie almost seemed
To show a change Of view. The eighty Members,
he said. who sat at Westminster would have the
right Legally as well as morally 10 take part In votes
OF confidence. All the expectations OF great
practical Inconvenience from their presence de
pended the assumption that the eighty would
habitually attend at Westminster, whereas many
would he members of their own Legislature and
Dublin would he their preferred scene of action
Even though their voting upon all questions might
open the door of intrigue, he did not appr'hend
any Inconvenience from their habitua ntcri ,r"ncc
with English questions; and. TO tie incon-
venicnccs of the financial arrangement they were
mere dust in the balance compared with the vital
importance of establishing real union of the
! two countries.
Thus did the right honorable gentleman shut
his eyes TO the two problems ont of which sprinl
| the very greatest difficulties OF his scheme
| Your readers who have not quito forgotten the
| victory over secession will he astoni>hcd at
| his when he declared that no ncorpo-
rated union had ever been maintained. against
reluctant minority; and the guilcless innocence
with which he spoke of the possibility of en-
acting an extra tax out of Ireland after
shr has got Home Rule more illustrates
how easily the Prime Minister can convince him
self Sir Michael Hicks Beach then moved the
rejection of the measure, and the debate has
since been carried OIL by the smaller fry, for the
| big speakers will not b. back from stumplnG
the provinces till Monday.
Among the best speeches upon the financial
aspects was Mr.. Brodrck's last night. There
was nothing he said. in the veto to prevent an
| Irish Ministry declaring Independence and re-
fusinQ to collect any more customs duties for
the imperial revenue or 70 prevent them from
making the Catholic canon on divorce the law
of the land
President Carnot's new Ministry possesses but
one merit. It's members are free from the
Panama scandal, but everybody admits that
they are a poor stop-gap team. and most ur-
cquak yolcd NJ Carnot only have
chosen them in the hope that they will be sub
scrvicnt The President has now used mp al
most every honest man on the Republican side.
excepting NJ Constans. and for some reason h"
refuses TO have W. Constants Pubic opinion is
bccinnine 70 rur counter 10 the President. HE
demand for NJ Con>tans increases. and NJ. Car
not's obstinacy is regarded by many evidence
of the fear Of a controlling mind Never was II
more evident that general election is required
10 bring new men TO the front.
Lord Eoschcry's dispatch 70 Lord Cromer con-
tinnoe - cause intense irritation in France. Much
| Of this however. j, assumed ny some papers IN
order 70 divert attention from tho domestic ctaof.
II is after ALL satisfactory n Englishmen, and
high compliment to the present Foreign Sccfc-
tarv. that Paris journals declare there Is no
choice between him and Lord Salisbury Inc
assertion that both thos" statesmen are determined
n nrolono the occupation of Egypt may be
doubted here but nobody for ono moment sup
no.es that il will he shortened by the present
French methods of thwarting every reform whl'h
the ENGLISH Administration proposes. The attitui"
~ France this week upon the proposed changes
in 10 cal ploccdurr and the insulting hcfion whicA
the French ncw>pap'r- are s'uou'iy crcnh'ih3
about such cru"ltir> a. tortur" ana crucihN"h
hy British agents on their mlnlonS' VIII pfoiohg'
not shorten, British control
The contest al Hull between shpowncrs and
their sorvants-fircmcn sailors. laborcrs "tc.. l.
only the Bristol struggle over again. IL Is a
conflict between the men and tn" masters i'd-
cration The result j. urdcub'cI 1h" men ar"
bound 10 lose They have put themselves ll'o
rho hands Of that frcbrand, J. II. Wilson, WHO
has brought more harm TO tradc,-tnlonl'm 'ha'l
any other leader In this instance h" l. oppos"u
bv another Wilson, the Wilson Of Iranby 'r''''
q, man OF generous instincts, but on" OF the h"s'
determined ana les )urccul employers IN vi"
United Kingdom His firms larg" fleet con
titutcs the bull! of the HUI. shipping. ana II
ho r,,uoyes the hllsnc-. a. he thrcat'n- 10 soH'
othcr port. tla; step will have more disastrous
corscoucnccs 70 the worEing-mcn OF Hun IMAM
any,hinc whIch over LappcLci in the history oi
that city.
II is not rcassurinG to those many freshmen
who are interested in "Ih" Ir""inans Jonh"'
tbo, the settlement Of the dispute IN the manage
mont though brought about at the ihstlSalio'i
| of Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Morley, has resulted III
Mr. Tim" IIcaly retaining his seat IN 'he VI
rcctoratc TO most people his presence por''hoS
more disturbance 1t was announced at inec,ih9
,bi. week that the falling of in prohtS i's'
,..or reached GI2OGO. Before the farhcii
milf The Frccman's Journal made net incoNc
of els, 900.