The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-25

ties. The prospect today, therefore, Is
that unless Messr's Gladstone and Nor
ley yield, a united Irish party will de-
feat the new financial scheme. In view
of these dificulties' Mr. Gladstone had
been asked to confer with the leaders of
both Irish parliamentary groups and TO
make final effort TO avoid driving the
Irish members into temporary alliance
with the opporsition.
Meantime clause four will be passed and
the house in committee will proceed TO
consideration Of clause five. The latter
clause, which concerns the constitution Of
the Irish executive, is highly important
and can hardly be got out Of the way
within two weeks. Clauses six, seven and
eight, which contain the constitution of
the Irish legislature, contain this continu-
Gus matter and therefore are not loaded
down with the interminable amendments
which have hindered the ecommittee's final
action on the previous paragraphs OF the
bill.
RETENTION AT wEsrAfINsTER.
Clause nine, however, which concerns
the retention of Irish members at West
minister, will undoubtedly be the subject
Of more weariscme and futile debates and
divisions, such as accompanied the consid-
GRAFTON of clauses one and two. Against
this clause the opposition will exhaust all
its familiar methods of obstruction. The
prospect has appalled, the government.
Messrs. Gladstone and Morley are known
to be anxious to defeat the clause and
actually abandon the main portion Of the
bill that Ireland be fully represented in
the imperial parliament The unionist
leaders declare, however, that they
will not allow the withdrawal Of
the clause until after full discus
sion. Considering the long stretch
of amendments already scheduled for
this discussion and the unionist idea of
fullEess, nobody would venture to predict
to what excessive lengths the debate win
be carried. For sheer exhaustion of pa
thence and energy, it is likely to surpass
anything that parliament has before ex-
perlenced
NO SYMPTOMS OF WEAKNESS.
The government had hoped that the
unionists would begin by this time to
show symptoms of weariness, and had
expected that the discomfort of the young
Tory bloods, who by the regularity of
their attendance before the Whitsuntide
recess made Mr.. Balfour so much
trouble, would temper the obstinacy of
the obstructionists. Since Mr.. Chamber
lain's recommendation of obstruction
per sc was adopted In the unionists con
ferences against the advice of Mr.. Bal
four and Lord Randolph Churchill, the
| young absentees have been reformed by
the untiring unionist whip and now even
refuse to pair with the liberals.
The opposition is in finer form than at
any previous time since the bill was in
troduced and is determined to fight to the
last ditch. This unexpected unity and
enthusiasm Of the bills enemies, not less
than the division among the bills friends,
have been an important source Of the
governments embarrassment. The lib
erals are sick at heart. The Irish are
despairing.
An appeal for funds has been made to
the Irish people in America by John Red
mond, Timothy Harrington, Joseph Ken
ny, representing the independents in the
| Irish nationalist party or Parnellites.