The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-30
A BIG UNIONIST BLUFF.
THE LEADERS ABANDON THEIh
MOCK HEROES on HOME RULE.
rh. Counsel of Lord Randolph Churchiii
Prevails and Amendments VIII %
offered to tho Measure.

LONDON. April 29.-Unionist ieaoers
.,o,r,v were intent upon a game OF DUN
when they held their first conference o.
Devonshire House this week. Nei'hei
their resolution at this meeting nor 'he
,,uor decision Of the Irish loyaiists W
abstain from proposals to ameia ."e
hor,a rule hill in committee Will De ioi-
lowed by the opposition. The 1iocA az
rocs spoken Of by the Engiish ohion'o'.
and repeated more dramaucaiiy oS
ono, saunderson and his fire-eaters CON-
corning the utter unamendapie pau't' 90
- Mr. Gladstone's measure, "ele
tended for the provinces anu .ha
,,an b,.t lacked the Endorsement OIL une
80 no fathered them. The humDus "ae
n,,narent ,',u,. AZ once to Liberals, Radieais
apd Nationalists, and evoked aouhuans
ridicule from the press Oh three 49,
narties. Even more earnest menio "a
the parliamentary oppositioh uepleOad 80
the folly implied by the declaral'ono' nS
bogar. Immediately to call lor pian p,.'
act;on more consonant with the graVlly
90 tho issue. Their protests against CIV
ing the attacks OF the Unonists unoel
q palpable mask were so earnest Iha' a.
the second opposition conference, loI
whose actions the Balfour contingene
bore the responsibility, was virtuahy' ai
though not nomnally, reversed,
Iord randolph Churchill, VINO main.
toIns his position still In the shadow OF
.ba leadership. had felt. meantime tne
nartv nulse. and was ready with vast
nun,ber of precedents to justify tne per
sistent offering of amendments Inc nioa. '.
tmnortant instance which Parliamentary
bie,orv afforded him for his purpose was
the struggle In the House or Coiiii,'ons
against the first reform bill, which Lotu
! Randolph described as H'ucn ulioiu a.
| horrent measure than even tne tioiho
Rule bill. In that struggle, the Tory
leaders fought for seventy days, proposing
| auendment after amendment, ana eN :
hausting the arguments and eloquence vi
every speaker In the party. AS IL "as
decided 70 let Lord Randolph's counsels
prevau. Mr. Balfour. Mr.. Chamberlain anu
| Sir Henry Jones set about preparing INC
motions which will he produced In COM
n,ittea as the amendments endorsed by
tho ITnlonists The representatives OF the
! mon of Ulster have fastened TO execute
| tho same somersault Colonel Saunder-
| SON presided yesterday at the meeting
in which they repeated the manoeuVres
of their Tory and Liberal-Unionlst aines,
and with the aid of T. W. Russell carried
out Lord Randolph's wishes despite some
keen ODnOSitlOn. Inc VI 'iN
contents was the Marquis OF London
derry. who urgently admonished the
Loyalists that the only logical attitude
was one Of complete negation, and tha'
by conceding the amendahiity OF tne
Home Rule bill they would give the lie
TO all their previous utterances agains'
home rule He added that the IDEA tha'
shifting their responsibility OF the amend
ment to the lay members or the oppost
tion was ridiculous as every debate anc
every division must necessarily De con
Quoted under the guidance of the party'
chosen leaders.
The bill will enter the committees stag
on next Thursday. How long II VIII re
main there few dare even 70 predict. Al
ready the number OF amendments drafte'
IS almost 900. although the Unionists ar
far from exhausting their list. Parnellite
and Liberalites and Radicals Will propos
hundreds of alterations in the bill. Onl,
the anti-Parnelltes have abstained from
preparing motions. They have held thei
peace while the Parnellltes and few
Liberals have prepared the work for them