New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-12
vention Of mere hcedlessness and undue haste in
lenslafion

The Glads:onians make no secret of their dis
trcss over Grimsby. where a Homo Rule majority
of $50 has been turned into Unionist majority
Of 964 Among the various CAUSES Of this un-
expected conversion two are foremost. one politi-
cal, social. The social is the Local
Option bill. The Ministry must already be re-
GREETING that they touched this thorny question or
pandercd to the temperance party by bill which
raises outcry all over the country. Inc
rubcans were not their friends before; but every
one Of them is now their active, hard.workng
opponent, straining every nerve against them on
every occasion, every hustngs. every plat
form. in every constituency in the Kingdom.
Nor is ii the publicans only who rcvOlted by
this proposal If there he one sentiment stronger
than another in the English. it is their liking for
fair play. The moderate men. the great body of
the sobcr-mnded people of England. cannot easily
he brought to approve proposal which involves
the ruin Of considerable class Of their fellow
citizens. Confscation is never a popular policy
in England. Local option in its present form
means coniscatlon, and that is subject on
which Grimsby has expressed its opinion.
The other subject and the other main cause
of Mr. Broadhurst's defeat is Ulster. The Home
Ruler is apt to think Ulster a more powerful
agent of disaster than temperance fanaticism.
Ten Protestant NOnconfOrmist ministers from
Ulster paid visit TO Grimsby. They were there
during the whole contest They spoke and
preached and canvasscd and no doubt prayed
also The constituency is largely Noncon-
formist and the protest of these Irish Noncon-
formist pastors male deep impression on the
English Nonconformst conscience. 1t is but the
prelude to the wider and deeper impression which
Ulster will make on the English conscience in
general. Every day it becomes palmer that
Ulster cannot be dealt with as Mr.. Gladstone
meant and hoped by ignoring her. Crimsby
proves it, Grimsly has convinced. not Mr.. Glad
stone. probably. since to conviction his mind is
no longer open, bu; Mr.. Gladstoncs strongest
friends and stanchest supporters, that some scheme
must he attempted for quieting Ulster, or for
quieting England There is but one limitation
upon the influence that Ulster wields. and that
is the general indifference of the great body Of
the English people TO the whole question Of Home
Rule. and inferentiay. to all things thercunto
relating. Even that indifference seems likely TO
yield to the strenuous protest against oppression
and betrayal. which daily grows strcnuous.
The two Nationalist conventions Parnellite
and Anti-Parnclite held this week in Dublin,
give forth discordant voices. The Anti-Parnclltes
are for Mr.. Gladstones bill: the Parnellitcs will
only have II OH certain conditions They scof
at the notion Of accepting il as final settlement.
II is an instalment only. and an imperfect in
stament: and whether they will have il at all.
even as an instalment, must depend the shape
in which il ges from Committee. Such
declarations as these. formally emil oded in rcsou-
tions, make it entirely doubtful whether the
Parnelli,e vote in the House of Commons will
ultimately I've cast for against the bill.
The Anti-Parncllitcs on the other hand, seem
prepared TO stand fall with Mr.. Gladstone.
1hey are committing. from the Irish point Of
view precisely the fault from which Parneu, and
Parnell alone Of all the Irish leaders, strong
enough 10 preserve his followers. They have en-
tered into a binding compact with an English
party and an English Minister. True, they have
extOrted terms. They have received in advance
a large consideration for the promise Of their
votes. They have got large bill. None the
less do Wednesdays proceedings in Dublin restore
TO Mr. Gladstone some Of that control with which
the Irish had forced him TO part, and leave him,
in a fuller sense than before, the arbiter Of Irish
fate.
| The report Of the Evctcd Tenants Commits
sion is document which deserves the fun dis
cus.on il will receive next week in the House
Of Commons. II is one more expression OF the
spirit Of lawlessness which rcigns in Irish affairs.
of contempt for the obligation Of contracts, OF the
conviction that a landlord il n good sort Of man
to oppress and plunder. Sir James Mathew. an
English Judge, finds himself able TO say that the
Plan of Campaign, and those who worked it and
profited by H. are not fraudulent and dishonest ;
albeit the plan of campaign has been judicially
and Justly defined ss a criminal conspiracy. That
| Is the keynote to this report.
| Starting from that premise, the Commission
propose to reinstnte evicted tenants against the
| Al. nd hon rip IN
| the landlord either payment Of what is due
him or guarantees for the future. These are some
| of the means by which social order is TO be
| promoted in Ireland. Other peoples money is
| 10 Ee supped where needed to re-cntcrng ten
| ants. and the landlord is TO content himself
with such rent or the hope Of such rent az
| other people think he ought to have. What n
| paradise for property Ireland will presently
| become!
The Welsh mutiny or threat Of a mutiny, has had
considerable influence already on the course oil
politics and on the fortunes Of Home Rule. ana
| may vet have more. There has been mutiny IN
| tbc air II is by mutiny. or the menace OF
| mutinv that each clique OF which Mr.. Glad
| s.one's majority is composed compcs attention
70 its demands Each has TO be appeased each
is soothed by bill, or by resolution, or Nv
tbc promse of bill resolution at the hrst
| convenient opportunity.
Mr. Gladstone. however, on Thursday set his
| hack against the wall. lie told Scotch sup
norter that he could give him no pledge ABOUT
| Tho time when the Scotch Discstablishment hili
would he brought in. The Scotch supporter IN
his Scotch way sail that he would repeat his
question on Monday MY answer stands ior
Monday as well as for to-day" retorted the gal
liant old man. lie clearly thinks that ne Is hirn-
.o,t master in Scotland and that the Scotch Mem
| hors NAV as we'll understand that fact.
| Mr. CIeveland's inaugural address and MIR.
! C,nveland's Cabinet and Mr.. Clevclands policy
and Mr.. Cleveland himself were covered with