New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-18

organ described 1t rather harshly as a speeci u
studied insolence to England. He protested We
hemently against Lord Roseberys sugeeS'o"
that England is the predominant partner IL
is like protesting vehemently against the CELSIUS
tables. or the statistics Of commerce. industry
wealth. and military power Thirty millions
must In the long run. be predominant over hVe
millions with Home Rule or without. Ii mas 10
be added that his speech was interpreted OH
both sides direct retort to LORD hoseDeiS
intimaton that Ireland must keep the peace Il
she expects England to assent to Home RUE
The threat Of fresh disturbances, fresh asi'auoh'
fresh outrages. and a fresh outburst OF crime
was thought to be but dimly yelled In MT. heo-
monds closing sentences. No lr1shman Oh the
other Nationalist wing rose to repudiate his
declaration, but neither did they applaud H. ana
he sat down with hardly cheer
So great had been the commotion that MI
John Morley, who spoke before Mr.. Redmohu'
had to undertake TO explain away the rhine
Minister'S words. 1t Is not necessary to give MS
exclamation. because Mr.. Redmond expressly de-
clined to accept 1t. and the other wing OF the
Irish Nationalist presently showed by an act
n;ore significant than words that 1t did not
satisfy them Besides you will hear tonight
wishes his words to be taken That Will settle
the matter because in this country Minister
is always allowed to interpret himself Il hold,
said Lord Rosebery at the Foreign Office meet
ing Of the Liberal party on Monday that II Is
n grave inconvenience to the LIBERAL party
when Liberal Prime Minister Is not In the
House Of Commons. 1t is a grave inconvenience,
especially to the Prime Minister" He little
thought how soon his words were 10 be MADE
good.
Rather too much, however, has been made OF
the other incident of Tuesday In the House or
Commons; from both points of view. The defeat
of the Ministry by majority OF TWO was
supposed 10 have impaired its prestige. The pas
sage of Mr. Labouchere's amendment was hasti-
" thought to have committed the House Of COM
mons and the Liberal party more deeply than
ever to some definite scheme Of attack on the
House Of Lords Reflection, and the sober view
which comes up from the country, have modified
both these first Impressions Almost the only
Englishmen who supported Mr.. Laboucheres
amendment asking the Queen to swamp the
House Of Lords by creating 500 new peers were
those lghtheaded Radicals whom he beguiied
into following him. Few of them are experienced
politicians. few have much weight in the party
Some Of them, like Sir Charles Dixie, are dis
credited; some, like Mr. Clark. are mere fanatics;
some, like Mr.. Cremer, are amlapie crahks' or
like Mr.. Conybeare, unamable; some. ike MT.
Iloyd-George, look at every question through
Welsh spectacles some. like Sir Wilfrid Law
son. are half-enthusast. half-harequin Ihey
trooned laughing into the lobby to vote against
their own leaders. They treated the PERFORM
ance as a huge joke, which they relished because
1t was to be at the Lords expense. The Irish
we're more serious They thought they saw their
way to make an effective reply to Lord Rose
bery's speech the day before.
Mr. Labouchere excepted nobody seems to
have understood that they were damaging the
Government. Mr.. Labouchere did mean to dam
age them. He l. mischievous and would do 1t
for mischiefs sake. He has grievance. ana
he Is vindictlve. He is ever in search OF excite
ment against the Lords. He has the kind OF anil
mostly which a renegade has who deserts the
class from which he sprung. He has lost ground
in the House. and of late has been more often
laughed at than with, and he wanted to recover
his position. He has knowledge OF parlia-
nentary tactics and does not shrink from
trick. He knew that in a full House. or on a
fair vote he had not chance Of carrying his
amendment: he managed to take division
in thin house and snatch vote when the
majority were off their guard If Mr.. Marjori-
banks had still been whip, Mr.. Labouchere
would not have succeeded. The Whip was
oyer-confdent and careless. Half the members
were at dinner; paired, most of them, but the
pairs were of no use. because on this question
Conservatives and Liberals would have voted
together
Those were the Circumstance under which Mr..
Labouchere got his majority Of two The very
men who followed him. the Irish excepted. saw
at once that they had been fooled. They were
aghast at their folly. They offered una
vailing explanations, and expressed regrets for
which, I afraid. curses were their only re-
ward Then came the question What was to be
done? Sir William Harcourt had openly treated
the vote as one of confidence, and it had gone
against him. An adverse vote amendment
to the Address in reply to the Queens speech
has always been treated a grave matter.
Formerly 1t could have been reversed the
report stage Now there is report stage.
Sir William is full Of resource and he found a
way out. Precedent there was He told
the House that next day he should move to re-
ject the amended Address, which it was imposs-
BILE to present to the Queen. and TO substitute a
one. 1t was asking the house 10 eat its
words but that kind of diet has sometimes to
be swallowed in politics The offending Rad-
Gals were only too glad to do anything. They
were told there had been ominous reasons for
an immediate dissolution. Some Of the Cabinet
were for It, The sobered heads knew that dis
mere rumor had been enough to spread panic
SO the sheep focked repentanty back into the
fold and the crisis
Mr. Labouchere in high gee. But he in
turn had lesson Thursday. when he once