The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-20
Tho Homo Rule Bill Not shelved Be-
cause Deferred,

| Inc homo ltuIe B1ll NOT sneiVeO DC
cause Deferred.
In n recent speech. MIR. AsoUITH. tn
Home Secretary In the GLADSTONE Cabinet
said that the autumn session Of Parliamen
will be devoted to passing the Employers
Liability bill. the Parish Councils bill, ant
an improved Registration BILL and to fulfill
ing. as far as possible. other promises made
| In the Newcastle programme. This Is the
| first distinct announcement OF the Minis
| try's Intentions, and the Unionists are
making the most Of 1t In the hope Of pro
duclng a rupture between the Gladstonians
and their Nationalist allies. 1t proves. they
say. that the home rule project has beer
laid upon the shelf, and that. II 1t ever re-
appears. it will be in form even less nc.
ceptable to the Irish people. The nine
| Parnelllte members seem to have been
persuaded to play the Unionist game. for
Mr.. JOHN Z. REDMOND. speaking lately In
| Dublin. declared that he and his colleagues
would not assist Mr.. GLADSTONE in carry
ing English bills, but would demand that
the Government should either introduce
the Irish measure again. or Immediately
appeal to the electors.
1t seems incredible that any honest friend
Of Ireland should imagine that her wishes
will be furthered by gripping Mr.. GLAD
STONE in the way proposed by Mr.. RED
MoND. What was the pretext on which the
House Of Lords. by tremendous MAORI
ty. threw out the Home Rule bill =? The
pretext was that England. as distinguished
from Scotland, Wales. and Ireland, had at
the last general election returned a ma
jority against the proposed concession of
self-government to Ireland. That Is I'M
questionably true. and as long as it re-
mains true we may be certain that the up
per House will persist in its present atti-
tude Of opposition. Suppose that Mr..
GLADSTONE should go to the country to-
morrow. and should again secure a MAORI
ty Of the House OF Commons, but should
fail to obtain more than minority OF the
members returned by England proper. he
would not have improved his situation in
the least. for the House of Lords would
still be backed by that part OF the United
Kingdom which possesses an immense
preponderence in respect OF wealth and
population. 1t is a recognition OF the
moral strength which the upper House
derives from such support that prevents
Mr.. GLADSTONE from favoring at this
time movement for the abolition OF he
reditary Legislators. Let him once obtain
a majority of the members returned from
England. as well as OF those from the rest
OF the United Kingdom. and the House
OF Lords will at once renounce it's opposi-
ton to the home rule project. for other
wise 1t would expose itself to the gravest
peril. 1t Is by reason OF his knowledge and
foresight. and not from any affection for an
assembly that detests him. tina. Mr.. GLAD
STONE has determined to defer to the proper
moment the issuance of his fiat that the
Lords must submit or perish This is as
clear to the seventy-one Nationalist men,
beers who follow Mr.. MCCARTHY as it is to
the Gladstonians themselves. 1t Is only
the nine Parnelite members who pretend
to see something obscure and disingenuous
in Mr.. GLADsToNE's policy.
How Is Mr.. GLADSTONE to convert the
minority OF English members which he
managed to elect last year. into the major
ity indispensable for coercing the House OF
Lords Last year 1t was only the broad
OF home rule which figured as one
OF the planks Of tho Newcastle platform;
nevertheless. but for the other planks con-
structed to propitiate the London Pro-
gressives. the artisans and miners, and the |
agricultural laborers. it Is notorious that |
the Gladstonians would have lost many |
English seats which they contrived to gain. |
II now. to please Mr.. REDMOND. the Govern |
ment should forthwith appeal to the cleo
tors. 1t would do so under double dsad- |
1t would have to present, instead
81 the broad principle of home rule, par-
hcular application of it. which caused the
secession OF several English Liberals In the
House OF Commons. and which Is no more
to n considerable section of the
party than 1t is to Mr.. RED
doND himself. Moreover, tho weakness OF
The Irish issue. once narrowed from prip-
;iple to n definite application could not be
by tho proof that the prom
Sc of reforms 80 eagerly desired by English
Radicals had been faithfully kept. and that.
the GLADSTONE Government il
is work were considered as whole, we'll
deserved the confidence OF great majority
II English voters.
In a word. no sincere friend of ireland
Who Is also man OF common sense, can
loubt that. If MIR. GLADSTONE appealed to
he electors tomorrow. on tho naked issue
Il the bill Just thrown out by the Lords he
lot only would fail to carry any more Eng
lsh constituencies than he did in 1892, but
would probably carry less. This being I'M
leniably the case. tho Irish members would
70 deplorably short-sighted and wrong
eaded II they did not Zealously assist him
o push through the House OF Commons the
measures calculated to crafty the mass of
he English population. When these meas
res have been passed through the lower
louise. MIR. GLADSTONE can go to the coun-
ry with the strongest ground for believing
hat even the English constituencies will
i've him a majority. and thus deprive the
louise OF Lords of their sole pretext for
hwarting his resolve to give Ireland q
arliament.
Now. while many papers are charging the {
rench with preaching crusade against Ger
iany In their newspapers. and with an at
'mpt to turn the existing festivities In Paris
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