New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-26

10 hoV supposed 10 he ripe for the overthrow of
tie Church of England. That branch of it which
pcrVades and opprsscs Wales has had notice to
quit, the majority in the House of Commons be-
ing 6fty-sx
ms Is an OF week in politics so far as Home
Kule Is concerned. but the steady drift toward
legislation for such classes of the community rs
have the most votes is marked When Mr.. Glad
stone took up Home Rule as the only means of
obtaining a Parliamentary majority, he set an
example which he and his friends, and some who
are not his friends, have since eagerly followed
The labor vote is now to be conciatcd by en-
lareing the liabilities of employers That Is the
plain English Of Mr. Asquith's Employers Liza
hility bill, which aboliShcs the common-law
doctrine of common employment. 4 workingman
injured by the carclcssncss Of his fellow work
man is hcncciorth TO make tie employer of both
pay for the injury. If the worknen prefer to
agree with their employers and to contract them
selves out of this statute, they are no longer to
he allowed TO. A patcrnal or grandmohcry
Government knows better than they do what is
best for them Grown men are not TO be per-
mittcd to make their own bargains. Even ship
owners are to be held responsible for acts Of their
officers on the other side of the world.
Mr.. Chamberlain, whose old Socia istic notions
rcappcar pretty often, would 90 further than Mr.
Asquith, and enact general law giving com
pcnsation for all injuries sustained by workmcn
in the course of their business, whether the en-
ployer is in fault or not. This i, one form Of
that industrial assurance on which Mr. Cham
hcrlair, himself an employer has set his
heart. Another Legislative expression of the
general political interest in the wei
fare of the workngman with Il
vote is Sir Bundcll Naples bill to com
pei railroad, to provide cheap trains for work
men. Sir Blundcl Maple, Tory, is large en-
plOycr, and his bill has this incidental advantage
that his workmen will not be able TO base
demand for higher wages on high fares. or on
the high rents in London which high fares TO
the country might compel them to pay. Sir
Blundell's idea Of what the railroads ought TO
contribute toward the expenses of his furniture
factory is return ticket for twenty miles for
l6 cents. As. however he opposes Home Rule,
"a Home Rule Ministry would go no further than
TO agree in principle to cheap trains, and refer
the subject to a select committee.
The London Radical has his turn also He
has long had his eye fixed on the City, which
Inc wishes 10 absorb into the London County
Council Lord Mayor and all. This Government
is going TO crafty him by appointing . com
mission to rec how il can be- DONE and how the
most ancient of the great municipalities of the
world NAV be most comfortably swallowed By the
youngest
The clation of mind in which the good Glad
,tonian ended last week continues and increases.
lie is believer in by-clcctlons. especially when
they are favorable IL him and TO his dolizcd chlcf
Ihey were favorable last week. They are favora-
bic again now. True, Stockport cast shadow
over the urdmmcd brilliancy of the scrnc but
Stockport is forgotten in Cirenccst"r aud Gates
head. See the effect of good Home Rule bill
cries the cxultont Home Ruler; and we are IN
vited 10 suppose that each Of the 1900 who voted
for Mr. Lawson at Ciren"ester. and each of the
6,400 who voted for Mr.. Allan at Gat'Shedi' nave
mastered the contcnts Of that remarkable measure,
and know by heart each one OF Its forty clauses
and seven schedules.
II thnr, be an exception il il Mr.. Allan him
self Mr. Allan told the electors Of Gacshcad
that he had not read the bill for which he asked
them 20 give him the power to vote. IL would
be impertinent" in him 70 dare 10 speak OF
the details cf a measure which Nlr Gladstone and
Mr. john Morley approved. IL would bc lnipu-
dent TO set himself up against the wisdom OF
=, Grand and venerable statesman like Mr.. Glad
stone" lie owned that he could not understand
the bill This is the kind of man raw electorate
likes and elects. and the verdict Of such a con
stitucncy must be- accepted rs verdict. an intel
lgcnt and considered verdict, in favor OF Home
Rule M Allan is, in fact. candidate after
Mr. Gladstone's own heart. lie Will vote, vote.
vote" exactly as lic j. told. He is item. y
and what Mr.. Gladstone prefers is a party OF
items How much more convenient party Of
Allan, than a party of Welsh Lloyd Georges, who
have views Of their own. and compel great
Minister. with his soul bent on Irish Home Rule, to
turn aside from his darling pastimc of breaking
An c,nplr, in pieces, and dcvOt, moment to de
stroying Church.
Whatever be the political effect Of the Home
Rulc bill the financial effect Is % fall in lTisil
securities Bank of Ireland shares hav" fallen
II and Guinness shares II, and Irish mort
CAGES are being called in. II this is the rcNI'
Of the introduction of the scheme, what would be
the probable influence Of its passage?
IIovy the good Gladstonar loves America, and
cspccially the American Republican, and the ke-
uublican President most of all, the hadstonlhi
organ once more tells US ANY thing NOR" nope
lo,s - savs The Daily News" than the ina
bilitv of Mr. Harrison 10 grasp the situation i
not 10 be- conceived The situation which l'resi-
dan, Harrison is unable 10 grasp is the financial
one. The Enalish organ of Irish Home knle
holds views upon American finance. as II Is eh
.itcd 70 President Harrison holds different views,
A. ucrlc.ps he is entitled to- but he has to pay
tho pcnoltv He is bcratcd almost as severely
~ IL he were an Englishman who opposed 'he
breakup of the English Empire. HIS "overn'
nent has sanctioned ana administered the Sncr-
man Silver act. cries the organ. lie IS III 'h''
nosit;on Of Nero Gddling. Perhaps he does not
r,r. What becomes OF business when he has re-
tired from the White House.
The specific offence which has brought all TINS
ohusc on Mr. Harrison Is his refusal TO issue
covernmont bonds The American people ought
70 be proud of such a ruler sncers IN" Sood
and cood-tcmpered Gladstonian, who heads ms
art;c,e President Iarrison's Incapacity. Mr..
Gladstone ought 10 be equally proud of his