The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-08-27
HIS LAST SPEECH.
Gladstone Will Make a
Final Effort.
FOR IRELAND'S FREEDOM.
Magnificent Fidelity of the Grand
Old Man.
ALL RESTS WITH THE LORDS.
They Will Reject the Bill and Then
the Ministry VIII Go TO
the Country.
FOR IRELAND'S FREEDOM.
ILL RESTS WITH THE LORDS.

LONDON, Aug 26.-The close Of the last
stages OF the hOme-rule debates before the
third reading was received by Parliament
and the public with an immense yawn of
relief. The stock joke among the Glad
stonians is that Gladstone is the only man
who is sorTy-he will feel so lonesome at
losing his baby. He sat wOrriedly
through the tiresome speeches daily till
midnight seeming to-day fresher and
tougher after all his labors than when they
began.
1t is now admitted that the Ministry is
stronger than ever despite the ticklish
constitutional debates on thorny Anglo
irish relations, which the Unionists relied
on to shipwreck them. On last nights
final closure the Unonists arranged a
grand pyIOtechnic demonstration at II
o'clock When the suillotine descended,
Balfour was to have been Grating impress
sively, shouts of gag" were to rend the
air. and when he stopped, to re-echo
through the land, and the opposition in
protest were to quit the house in body.
The plot was frustrated amid shrieking
laughter by Healy rising half an hour pre-
viousiy and occupying the interval with a
roIlcking speech, cnafing Chamberlain
and guying the obstructionists. Accord
ingly when he was stopped at Il, except
tumultuous cheering from the Liberals and
Irish, there was no scene whatever. and
for the first time the cry of Gag" was
net raised by the opposition, who sat
tamely and sullenly silent.
The third reading begins on Wednes-
day, finishing on Friday. when it is ex-
pected that Gladstone, before division, will
s,a1-a =
Irish policy and himself, regarding it as
his deathbed declaration for the freedom
of Ireland and saying that he cannot hope
to see the next third reading of the home
rule bill after the Lords rejection makes
q dissolution on the question inevitable.
The Lords are now forced to reject the
bill, having first drawn down the mockery
of The country by a postponed discussion
nveL[I . Doncasier races. Salisbury
t3S1SI1 that the betting peers preferred the
,>S7ser 10 UDionist e1oQuenee. and post
y 81 the debates over the races, but this
eXsSSIIed such yells of derlsion from the Lib
erals&hat through very shame his lord
ship determined to take all risks So the
races and the debates will synchronize, the
peers will defeat the bill by about 400 to
40, while the Commons will pass the third
IcdulIB Dy ludlOtlby Vi
Irishmen say that the bill has not been
weakened by the Unionist thrash hing, and
the Redmoudites were silenced by Glad
stones magnificent fidelity to Ireland.
The fact is that the Redmondites have
been grouse shooting all through the re-
port stage. In three weeks John and Will
liam Redmond were absent for a fortnight,
while Harrington, who rents a grouse moor
in Wicklow for private sport, absented
himself for the whole period until last
night, when he aristocTatically arrived for
the final division.
1t is expected, however, that while leav-
ing the drudgery to McCarthy's party,
whose attendance has been marvellous and
self-sacrifcing. Redmond aud Harrington
are preparing spTead-eagle tail-twisters
for the debate on the third reading to en-
able the Dublin saloon-keepers, on whom
they mainly depend for subscriptions, to
gull their clients with quotations from
their irreconcilable buucombe.
Redmond's newspaper, the Independent,
yesterday franticaily appealed for e10. 600
extra to keep it alive, but it is noteworthy
that Harrngton's name has disappeared
from the prospectus as director. His
withdrawal from the Independents board
is significant of disagreement upon the
home-rule policy. Harrington detesting
the mushroom dictators who, since the
split control Dublin and dictate TO himself
as secretary of the league where hitherto
be has held sway as JOye.
DillOn's agreement with Harrington for
the partition OF the Paris fund now awaits
Patrick Egan's ratification. The bankers
Munroe insist on Egan's signature before
releasing the money, although it is eleven
years since Egan relinquished control as
treasurer of the league
The bargain between Dillon and Har-
riBgtOn laying aside e14.OOO for their
alleged obligations before the split is
vehemently opposed by the other Irish
members. who denounce the compact as
tending to replenish the Parnellte ex-
chequer at moment when it is confess
edly bankrupt Egan's return from Chile
induces in the opposing section a hope
that he will personally investigate the con-
troYersy in Paris OF London before sign