New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-15
TIE NEWS IN LONDON.
40 MPcRTANT FORECAST OF MR. GLAD
STONES HoMERULE BILL.

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tsodon. Jan IA Cabinet Council was held
,..,e-lav. the second Of the week. Mr. Gladstone
h,ekling 20 within twenty four hours OF arriving
,,om Barrtz. whence he journeyed night and
S.v II is understood that the Council Is engaged
anon the consideration Of the Home Rule bill in
A.. anal form. The occasion has been irrcsisti-
ble for putting forth versions purpOrting 20 de-
,.,le The measure. An elaborate effort in this
,s,ociion made hv The speaker attracted much
.,.nton. sicoc IA, Editor Il that journal Is known
:, hold personal relations with Ministers. Tho
,ading suggestion In the scheme was that the
,,.h Member. should be retained at Westminster
.,her for period OF ten years until the land
susstion IN finally disposed OF. That done. pro-
carbonate representation Of Ireland with the rest
a the United Kingdom must be readjustcd. The
Attorney. General In addressing public NEE ting
:. Thursday night emphaticaly declared that
the forthcoming I'LL will differ from the bill Of
1856 nasmuch as IL will not propose tho exclusion
A. the Irish Members lie would not 20 further
than thsan assertion. 10 will he seen, not inco'n-
,,,ihle with The Speakers forecast II is one
.hing 10 exclude the Irish Members from West
,insicr a. proposed By the bill Of 1885. and
mother 20 retain full representation with notice
,lyen tia, after a fixed interval the numbers
Will h. reduced.
put all these things are conjcctures, more or
less auto The secret OF the bill is jealousy
kept. and will doubtless remain hidden till Mr.
Gladstone di,closes IL in the House of Commons
Pending that event, an article appearing in this
mornings Daily News is worthy Of attention
I, bears internal evidence Of the pen of Mr.
Justin Mccarthy, who, from the first, has been
4, personal communication with Mr.. Gladstone
an The subject of Home-Rul. bill. As all this
mornings papers announce, no was summoned
"a Downine.st Yesterday. and spent half an hour
with the Premier and Mr.. John Morley previous
20 the Cabinet Council sitting Assuming that
tho article il his. which may be safely done, it
rill he perceived that the writer is not only
familiar with the growth Of tho bill, but Is ac-
euaiuted with its very latest phase.
According 70 a sketch OF the bill, skilfully
drawn between the lines Of this article it is evil
de,,lv arranged In accordance with the do
rapds Of the Irish Members thOt, If the land ques-
Ga, no not settled within a defined time by the
Im,ori,, Parliament. it shall be handed over TO
N, Parliament meeting on College Green. Ire
,.ra will continue TO be represented at West
minister with lis existing full proportion until
~. ,.,d oucstion IL scttled nut, adds the writer
a .icni6cant and important admission, assuming
Tho correctness o. the guess at authorship after
,ba, and in the end il will, Of course come 10 De
question OF representation in proportion 70 popu-
id,ion'
On the question Of q second CHAMBER the writer
,avs that the Irish Nationalist party are not AZ
ons. Some leading members prefer Single
,uamSer. others would bave two, but loresee
\ difficulty in finding material; while al! are
agreed that the Irish pcerage is ON lmpoeHoie
hement II IL admitted that the veto Is Pai'
Of the Constitution and cannot De got riu oi'
Mr. Redmond. motion that it should be eAer-
Used only through Irish Ministers and on their
,dvice Is dismissed as an obvious and palpa-
bio absurdity. This is another important admis-
don as indicating agreement between Mr.. Glad
,tone and the bulk Of the Irish Members Oh
critical point. The article speaks favorabE OF
the expedient Of disallowing act, which pre-
walls in other commemorative under the English
Crown. BY virtue of which an act may be disal-
lowed after il has passed, If e does wrong TO
Individual interests or seriously threatens the COM
non interests Of the Empire. As to the nnan-
,ia proposals Of tho measure, il Is announced that
hey will be considerably moro favorable 70 Ire
and than were those contained in the bill Of
1856. No serious difficulty on this point Is
likely 10 arise, says the writer who more than
hints that Mr.. Healy, who. speaking the other
lay, said that the subject was one which the
irish people must watch most carefully. is sat
SIZED with the Ministerial proposal
This article Is by far the most important con-
ribution yet made to public information on the
question II may, 1 think, be accepted as
At West Derby the election took the course of
he forecast in last Saturdays dispatch. The
Conservatives hold the Tory fort with even
lightly increased majority. The attack was not
eriously meant, Mr. Collins not entering the field
i'll the last moment. He was the nominee Of the
temperance party, who paid his expenses.
very different case will be presented at
Nalsall. The writ will be moved for as soon as
meets. The seat was won by the
Conservatives at the General Election by small
majority. The member unseated on the petition,
IT. Richie, president Of the Local Government
board In the last Government, comes forward
S the Conservative candidate Sir Arthur Hay
er, an old Parlamentarian. sometime Liberal
lnior whip. is on the other side Both are men Of
ositlon and capacity The parties in the borough
re so evenly balanced that the fight will he Sc
ere and the issue important. as bearing upon
he question of the popularity OF the new
government
new turn Is given to the mischevous rumor
nth respect TO the Cabinet by the promulgation
circumstantia statements as 10 the health of
IT, Gladstone. This is not an unknown man
ruvre, dating at least as far back as tie time
lien Lord Randolph Churchill described the first |
omc-l::ie bill as the belated effort Of an old |
ian in a hurry. Still the turn is rev, similar
lorts Of late having been devoted to the manu- |
ieiue of rumors about disscnsions in the CabiLet
nd the immncnce Of final break up The !
'nellcst thing about the rumors current tonight |
that they are alleged to he based on state |
cnts lN the Drc,nicr,s cnlln,nlns Tho.sn