St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-25
DARK FOR HOME RULE.
Gladstone's New Financial
Scheme May Dissipate His
Majority.
Both Irish Parties UP In Arms
Against the Proposed
Change.
Foes Of the Bill Boasting That
It Will Never
Pass.
Parnellites Say That the Re-
vised Clauses Are Unac-
ceptable.


home rule for Ireland are darkening.
Almost every hour since Mr.. Gladstone
presented his new financial scheme has
brought disheartening news of wavering
in the ranks. of mutinous threats or
defiance of plots for detection at deci-
sive moments, of Doastfulness among
the foes and disbursement among the
friends of the Irish cause. The promise
of the situation today Is that the homo
rule bill will hardly leave the committee
before next Christmas, and that it will
come back to the house of commons a
mangled and worthless document,
which neither government nor opposi-
tiOn will care to acknowledge as
Its own. New financial clauses of the
home rule bill which were presented by
Mr.. Gladstone in the house Of commons
on Thursday, have not been accepted
by any party as either clear or adequate.
Tha exact object of the plan now pro-
posed as substitute for the old one is
d mystery which even Mr.. Gladstone
could not enlighten. The Liberals and
auti-Parnellites, although less open in
their criticisms than the Parnellites.say
that the new clauses are far from satlS-
factory, although not so bad as to jus.
tify the wrecking of the bill. The
UnioniSts express confidence that
The Last Proposals
will be found to be fully as ineXpedient
as the first ones and are preparing pages
of amendments calculated to illustrate
the correctness of this opinion. Joseph
Chamberlain, formerly Mr.. Gladstone'S
parliamentary lieutenant, and now
leader of the Liberal Unionists. his
most aggressive enemy, gave in an in
terview today his reasons for opposing
all the financial plans OF the govern
ment. He said:
"There are now virtually three dis
tinct financial schemes before parlia-
ment-the new provisional scheme.
presented last Thursday; the future
scheme, which must follow Ii, and the
old scheme incorporated in the original
bills. The scheme presented last
Thursday is. as might be expected,
new concession to Ireland. Ii carried
into effect, it will cost Great Britain
templated. Mr.. Gladstone first pro-
posed that Ireland's contribution to the
imperial exchequer should be 81, 780, 600.
He now proposes that the contribution
shall be but 81. 100000. The difference,
which will be even greater than the
figures here given indicate, must come
out of the pockets of the British tax
payers. The UnioniSts will regard it as
their duty to enlighten the English pub
lie as to the extent to which the aitera-
tions will affect Them"
The anti-Parnellites or McCarthyites
held meeting last evening to express
their discomfort with Mr.. GladStone'S
proposals. After rather heated dis
custom the members decided to confine
their immediate demands for amend
ment to the stipulation as to the length
of period which the
Provisional Arrangement
should extend. Mr.. Gladstone proposed
a term of six years, the McCarthyiteS
wished the financial arrangement to be
made at the end of the third year. The
Parnellites. headed by. John and Will
lam Redmond. replied that the revised
financial clauses are utterly impossible,
and must be thoroughly overhauled
before they can be accepted by the Irish
members. John Redmond. the leader
of the parliamentary group, has already
given notice of six amendments, among
them one to empower the Irish parlia-
ment to collect customs due as was pro-
posed in the home rule bill of 1888.
Mr.. Redmond says that, if there must
be provisional period for the reguia-
tion of 1reland's financial relations to
England. that period ought to be util-
lied for ascertainiDg and defining the
exact amount of the contribution to be
made by Ireland to the imperial ex-
chequer. He will move, therefore. that
a royal committee be appointed to de-
termine the financial relations of Ire
land to the rest OF the United Kingdom.
He does not trust the estimates given
in Mr.. Gladstone's new proposals. The
corrected balance sheets, he says, still
contain grave errors, so that, although |
Mr.. Gladstone figured out q new sur
plus Of $500, 900 for Ireland, there would
be in a fact deficit in the treasury at |
the very beginning of home rule.
debt" Mr.. Redmond said Yesterday,
"unless the Irish government be al.
lowed to do in her own way with the
imposition and collection of Irish taxes.
l shall move, therefore. when
come up for debate, that the imperial
government guarantee for the six years
OF the provisional arrangement the
stated surplus of G512,0iO. l shall move |
also that Irish contribution to the tenn
peral exchequer shall be one-fourth in
stead of one-third of the ascertained
revenues"
Mr.. Morley, chief secretary for Ire
land. is known to agree with Mr.. Glad
stone that Mr.. Redmond's amendments !
can not be accepted by the government.
The McCarthyite arrangement for the
shortening of the provisional term is
regarded with less aversion. The Nc |
Carthyites admit reluctantly that, in
view OF the governments resistance,
they may be driven to common cause
with the Parnellites. The prospect
today, therefore, is that, unless Mr.
Gladstone and Mr.. Morley yield, a
united Irish party will defeat the new
financial scheme. In view of these diff
ficulties Mr.. Gladstone has been asked
to confer with the leaders of both Irish |
parliamentary groups, and to make a
final effort to avoid driving the Irish
members into temporary alliance with 4
the opposition.
Meantime clause will be passed, and |
une mouse, III committee, Will proceed to |
the consideration of clause 5. The !
latter clause, which concerns the con /
stitutlon of the Irish executive, is 4
highly important, and can hardly be got 4
out of the way within two weeks. 4
Clauses 6, Z and s. which concern the /
constitution OF the Irish legislature,
contain this continuous matter, apd
therefore are not loaded down with the
Intermina ole Amendments
which have hindered the c)mmittee's
final action on previous paragraphs of
the bill. Clause 8, however, which con- /
Germs the retention of Irish members at
Westminster, will undoubtedly be the
subject of more wearisome and futile
debate and divisions. such as accom-
panied the consideration of clauses l
and 2. Against this clause the opposi-
ton will exhaust all its familiar meth
ods OF obstruction. The prospects have
appalled, the government. Mr.. Glad
stove and Mr.. Morley are known to be
anxious to drop the clause and actually |
abandon the main portion of the bill,
that Ireland be fully represented in the