The morning call., 1894-03-18
By Strong Promises He Quickly
Retrieved Himself.
FREDERIC SCORES POLITICIANS.
Irish Conspirators Are Accused OF
Attempting to Wreck the
Liberal Party.

One week ago mems minds were occupied
with nothing but glowing forecasts, en-
thusiasm and halcyon omens under which
The splendid new Roseberry ship was
TO be launched on Monday. 1t was
indeed a very fair and even an
impressive ceremony, this launching OF
the much-vaunted. palatiaIly appointed,
smart and swift new argosy of young
England'S hopes. and 10 ali save handful
OF cynics on the quay it seemed as If she
glded off into the waller like born ruler
Of the waves.
Some time on that same Monday even
ing, however, it was rumored that as she
slipped eff the rollers something grave had
happened. Twenty-four hours later we all
knew that she had been struck by
heavy swell outside, and, with
steering machinery all wrong. had
come within an see of turning turtle. That
night it was expected that her officers
would axe 10 the small boats and quit her.
The next day they decided it would be
safer to remain aboard, and for the rest of
the week the craft has been tumbling and
pitching in an open sea more like derelict
than proud monarch of the deep.
1t was known that several sections OF
her crew were in state of half mutiny.
and it is only too fatally clear that the
original mishap was due solely 10 the
young captains error. Tonight he
is expected to make deter
mined and final effort to repair
this mistake. fix up the battered and
twisted machinery, and make satisfactory
explanations 10 various disaffeclsd groups
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vessel may be kept af1Oat and even make
its projected voyage. If he does not the
abandonment of the hulk will be only a
matter Of weeks or perhaps days.
To drop tropes and figures, ROsebery
made an extraordinary asinine slip in his
speech TO the Lords on Monday. which
for a day or two babe fair to cost
him his official head. Without the
slightest tactical excuse so far as
can be seen, be calmly gave away the
entire case of the Liberals against the
Lords for having thrown out the home
rule bill by saying that he agreed
with Lord Salisbury that home
rule was impossible until a majority OF
the Commons from England proper had
become converted to it. If IN his inaugu-
THAT,
though still an ardent tariff-reformer, he
quite recognized that legislation in thai
line would be Impossible till Pennsylvania
had joined the movement, there would
have been a rough parallel for this amazing
remark.
1t was not till hours after that that the
men realized the actual bearing of these
words. Then both the Irish and
Radicals were furious. and at the
earliest opportunity on Tuesday swarmed
wi Labouchere to beat the Gov.
eminent by majority of two and
threw the whole new Cabinet into humili-
ating confusion. There was some talk OF
resigning. but l am told that Rosebery
was so contriie and so frank IN his
declaration that it was slip OF
the tongue that his pledge set il
all right again. Il was decided
to ask the rarity to suspend judgment til
he had a chance to make his big speech il
Edin burgh this evening. So in sullen fer
ment, now hopeful. now angry, the de
! spairing party has waited.
The Irish acted IN Tuesdays demonstra
ton against Rosebery rather on individual
impulses than an ordered plan. They
themselves. meanwhile, were in the mid
| die Of the worst, most stupid internecin,
mess which has convulsed their party sine,
ParDelPs retirement.
After three days sharp quarreling
decision was reached, by Sc to 90, to throw
Arthur O'Connor out Of both the cummiI
tee AM secretaryship and dismiss Flurenc,
| ODriscolI as whip. This purports to b.
the sequel of the visit OF these two men &
| America last autumn, where they wer
! guilty of telling the plain truth about tn
wre,ched state TO which the egot SIN
inhibition and intrigues of d Hon, O'BrieI
and Blake had reduced the Irish party
| What il really means is that Blake wa
able, by help In NV York. to put togeihe
tissue of misrepresen tation which servet
as pretext to retire two officials which
this self-seeking group most feared. O'Con
nor's rejection is serious in a persona
sense, because he is by far the coolest
| strongest, most highly respected membe
of the party in the judgment of the whole
House, but his presence on the committee
had for year been entirely imperative.
The loss Of O'Driscoll as whip will be
sharp. practical loss to the party, for in
single session he revolutionized all tn
slack, haphaZard methods of former Irisl
whipping In and kent the party to
gether as an effective voting fore
last summer in way whIcl
was the wonder and admiration
of the whole Gladstonian party. This feel
ing has taken form during the presen
week in a suggestion from a ministerial
source that if he cared to resign his Mon
Afghan seat an English constituent,
would be found for him whenever h
liked, with obvious implication that a pos
would be given him in which he could of
ficially help the English Liberal whips. o
course this was rejected iEstanter, and
only mention it to show to what sell
harmful lengths the Irish party, or half o
it, has been led by the present DilloI
com bination.
There is plenty of talk about an ope
split in the party arising from The treat
ment of O'Connor and O'Driscoll. Whethe
it will be anything more than talk is un
safe to predict.
Healy and O'ConDor will 60 to Irelan,
tonight % speak at big meeting to-mor
row In Queens County. for which the lal
Ter has sat so many years, and decara
| ha