New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-05
uNIONJSTS AND IRISH.
,opn RANDOLPH CHURCHILES INSPIRING
INFLUENCE.

EEMAkhS III MohLf-h
rBr CABLE 10 THE TElBuSEI
Copyright: 1898; BIZ The Tribune Association.
London. March 4.-The Unonists, who last
uo.k were in state Of extreme depression, have
=. a measure recovered their spirits. II might
=. harl 20 say why they were depressed, or why
Nov arc now less depressed. The reasons assigned
-. their Encouragement were the bgncss Of the
ministerial majorities in the House OF Commons,
sna the succession of defeats at bye-c!cctions
~. latter however. are thought to be due in
10. N local causes, i'll part to their being fought
:. The new registers. The new registers contain
,,co rroportion of new voters. and new voters
s.;nr without experience, apt to he Radicals
The maiorities in the House Of Commons ara
MAerent matter. notion began TO spread
anr the Cnionists that they were being led
..nv or led careessly. The whips were blamed
rhoy are always blamed when things 20 wrong
A. p.lrnr was blamed. a similar state Of confu-
~. occurred year ago, when MIR. Balfour first
~ the reins The Gladstonians, VINO had
,so,,ed to think him their most formidable foe
.h;ra he governed Ireland, cried out geefully
chat he was failure as Leader. They presently
..v reason TO change their opinion Now they
go tyring hard TO persuade themselves over again
;rto their old belief The Unionists them
s.,vrs sometimes seem to be in doubt. You
han, various opinions Mr. Balour is
better man in office than in opposition, say some
n the fighting division. He is not practical
.rourb. say others The philosophical mind does
NOT get firm grip of practical politics. Perhaps
This last view will commend itself to one section
Al politicians in America, where practical poll
cs are believed to be we'll understood and assidu-
ously practised
Just at this moment Mr.. Balfour fell ill., The
influenza claimed him for its own, mildly but
deciSvey. Just at the same moment. by one OF
those condolences in which the believer sees
the finger of Providence, of fate. Lord Ran
dolph Churchill rcappeared in the front of the
battle lie had spoken in the debate the in
PRODUCTION Of the Home Rule bill, but in en-
barrassng circumstances. 1t was an admirable
and powerful speech, but badly delivered and
missed much of it's due effect in the House for
that reason Men said that Lord Randc' was
not his old self. He was nervous, ard seemed
III. and so his first speech for two years was a
less complete success than his friends hoped He
suoke again. against the Welsh Suspensory bill, and
electrified the House. He in his old form.
The cable or the printers are the authors OF
4 sentence in which, fortnight ago. / seem to
mention Lord Randolph Churchill as perhaps
one of the three or four chief debaters In the
House. What said was that Lord Randolph.
perhaps most Of all, next after Mr.. Gladstone. is
the most impressive to the House To that add
here, and | will add that, so far as his own
party is concerned. there is no perhaps about it
He understands his party. He knows what they
want TO hear said, and how they want IT said,
and he knows exactly how to put their strong, but
sometip es narticuate convictions into the clear
est aud most telling form. His Is ~ mind to Ike
troubled by philosophical 6svbt nor did he ever
ba thouOht of din
ing. Es 4, ss:nted, cogent, direct convinced. and
capable VI convincing others. lie spoke last
Thursday week with fire and tremendous force, and
roused silch enthusiasm as has not been seen or
heard Oh the Opposition benches since the session
nxan The Tories were enchanted, ana lory
cheers rolled ont In the old fashion III was
revelation. am far from saying that there sprahe
up any feeling Of disloyalty TO MI. bal1our DIS
leader. but YOU certainly heard the wish expressed
that Mr.. Balfour would make that sort OF Speech
fighting speech.
From that moment the clouds lifted. The parry
organ chose that moment. or very soon ai'c'' ~
read it's party leaders homily in print. !" may
be necessary sometimes TO administer 'his ioi"'
Of discipline thus publicly but 1t has the oo.iouS
drawback of encouraging the enemy IL ei,"0
remonstrance also However Lord hahuoipn
chr,obilI,s resuroence and The Standards SER
mon between them had wholesome ehec' OH '"s
marty. The depression wore Off They mustered
y force They reduced Mr. Gladstones majority
on the ouestion Of procedure-a vital question 10
him for il involved the other question of forcing
on his Home Rule bill-in one case to AZ ana III
another 10 81 The notion that everything was
CHING N the had because Mr. Gladstone's majority
did not At once dissolve ceased to be operative on
I'nionist minds. They looked abroad and Deheio
the country rousing itself. They heard from
their constituents that the bill had been ILL
received. ard that Home Rule seemed more
odious in its present form than in 1886. or amid
the mystery which had ever since enVeiopeo IT,
Thew heard the voice of Ulster. more VOICES
than one c,
Then on Thursday came a message from Ciarc,
via Ulster. for Mr. I. W. Russell and Coiohei
Esunderson were the bearers OF II. 10 the H'"'o'
The author Of it was Mr.. Justice O'Brlen. anu ~
Is remarkable enough TO deserve moment 5 az
tention even in America. County care Has i'"s
been stronghold Of Irish crime. poltlcai crnno
agrarian crime. and that combination vi '"o WV
mixed often with private vengeance and deviltry
which GOES by the name Of mooniightihg' NJ
Justice O'Bricn has been holding INC Noun'S
Clare Assizcs in Ennis. When they were oNoi
he summed up in q single pregnant sentence ,"0
result Of his latest judicial experience. lie -"
vited the attention Of the irish EAccu'i,c " Wv
condition of things in Clare. where-'hese are
the words Of a Judge on the bench" no klno Oh
security any longer exists for property ior per
sons OF for life. so far as it depends on inc law
h the County Of Clare"
suppose that no stronger Statement. was wv.
made In or relating 10 any community ~nion
salls itself and to some extent Is civiiHeo' 49,
ns~, said Mr. Justice O'Brien, haa p,e" ~
before him, representing an iniinifesmai par. ~
Ae crime actually committed IN ,i'e .o'nJ
No, one conviction had been secured The evil
dsuoa wa. annie There was no doubt in the
hages mind, or in anybody's MIND OF '"' e"n'
Ne accused. The jurors were Willie " Wv
aRt duty, but dared not Terror was e. ~ ~.
Ia, conscience The failure Of justice, said TINS