St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-06-04
IRISH ARE FESTIVE.
But Little Progress Made Toward
the Passage of the Home
Rule Bill.
Members From Ireland Driven to
the Verge OF Revolt by I'm
ionist Taunts.

LONDON, June 3.-Mr. Gladstone has
disappointed the friends of the govern
ment and mas encouraged its enemies
this week by his failure to apply heroic
measures for the advancement Of the
home rule bill in committee. Clause 3.
which has been under discussion, cou-
tains twenty three lines and ten
subdivisions concerning the sub
jects OH which the Dublin leg
islature shall be powerless to
make laws. In the last week seven lines
and three of the subdivisions have been
approved. This is as bad as the delay
in the approving Of clause l. and has
aroused various feelings OF dlssatlsfac-
ton among the most loyal Gladstonians.
The Liberals are irrltated and chag-
rined because their prophecies OF sum-
mary action by the government have
proved false SO far, and the Irish have
been exasperated to the very verge of
revolt by the taunts of the UnionistS,
which have been>born In silence in the
hope of facilitating the progress of the
bill. If the promised relief does not
come SOON the Irish members may be
expected to jump into the fray aud
avenge all the jibeS and insults thrown
at them by Mr.. BalfoIr and Mr.. Cham
berlain in the last week. In fact.
Thomas Sexton, anti-Parnellite for
North Kerry, has served no.
tlce on the ministers that, in
case decisive action against the Obstruc-
tionists be further delayed, neither
Justin Mccarthy nor he can answer for
the silence of the Nationalist when
goaded by the speech OF the opposition.
The increasing bitterness of the Union
lists, he said, had put such severe
strain upon the discipline of the Irish
parties that, unless the government
would come to the rescue with re-
pressiye measures, the Irish would be
powerless to prevent their men from OK
ercislne their full parliamentary priv
ileges of debate. Such a lifting OF the
flood-gates would mean the doubling OF
the present resource of obstruction and
the postponement Of the final action on
the bill until August. The Liberal
members of the house of commons, APP
palled by the prospect, are urging the
ministry to avert the threatening calam-
ity by carrying out the programme for
INFLATED by Mr.. Gladstone during the
Whitsuntide recess.
The utter desperateness of the sltua-
tion is revealed by the fact that even
the Unionists have begun to weary OF
proposing, debating and dividing on
amendments which never had the slight
est chance Of being accepted. Last
evening Unionist conference at
Devonshire house disclosed wide diff
ference of opinion as to the expectancy
of INDUCING without stint the amend.
ment mania. Lord Randolph Churchill
protested against the Tory talking con.
tests of recent sittings, and advocated
the Limitation of the debate to motions
authorized by the Conservative and
Liberal Unionist leaders. The COM
plants of Unionist members who were
kept waiting in the house for hours to
participate in hopeless divisions, h,
said, ought to be considered, for the
sake of party discipline. if for nothing
else. Mr.. Balfour agreed in principle
with Lord Randolph. although contend
ing that some exceptional privileges
ought to be granted to the free lances
of the opposition. Joseph Chamberlain.
leader of the Liberal Unionists. how.
ever, favored war to the knife all along
the line. He insisted upon the policy
of unceasing opposition and obstrnc-
ton, and pleaded SO earnestly for his
views that eventually they were ap-
proved by the conference.