The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-14
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opinion ss to the duration Of residence
in Q given election precinct 70 " enacted By
the registers. Moreover. II the wOrkingmsn
is 10 be az free from disabilities - he is In
the United States. the registration lists
ought to be made out shortly before the
general election. As . matter OF fact. they
are made out once year. although the
general election may not take place until
nearly twelvemonth afterward. 1t lie OBJ
viously the interest Of the Tory party that
the longest possible interval should elapse
between the completion Of the lists and the
election. In order TO multiply the loss OF
votes by worklngmen moving from place to
place TO obtain work. We are not yet In
formed whether the abolition OF plural vot-
ing. which il also promised In the Queens
speech. will be provided for In q clause OF
the Registration bill. or will be made the
subject OF separate measure, Whatever
may be the scope and details OF the Regis
tration bill, this was the first measure in
troduced on Monday in the House OF Com
mons. and IL will consequently be the first
TO be sent up to the House Of Lords.
As for the attitude OF the new Govern
ment toward ireland, this would probably
have been accepted as satisfactory by all
the McCarthyites but for an unfortunate
remark made by the Premier In tho House
OF Lords. In the speech addressed to the
Liberal leaders at the Foreign Office. Lord
RosEBERY declared that regarding the
group OF Irish questions. the party was
bound by every tie OF honor to continue
Mr.. GLADsToNE's policy. He fully accepted
that policy. II there were any doubts on
that point. they ought to be set at rest by
Mr.. MoRLEY's decision tn remain in the
Irish office" 1t Is true that no mention Of
home rule was made in the Queens speech.
but. even had Mr.. GLADSTONE remained
Premier. IL was not expected that new
Homo Rule bill would be introduced during
the present session. What was expected
was that the subject would be again brought
forward. either Mt an autumn session. or In
the session Of 1895. With that understand
ing Mr.. MCCARTHY and his comrades would
have accepted Sir WILLIAM HARcoURT's
assurance that home rule will not suffer
because IL is hung up. Home rule Is
coming" Unluckily. Sir WILLIAM added
that the time when home rule should come
did not depend upon him alone" an ad-
mission which seemed to acquire sinister
significance when. a little later. the Irish
members began to ponder on strange oh
servation made by Lord RosEBERY In the
House Of Lords. Referring to home rule.
the Premier said that. "of course. the do
cision OF that question rested upon England.
but he believed the conversion OF England
to home rule would not be a difficult task
when the Irish people showed. by their
conduct. that they were worthy OF it." In
A.. AL - a H.
rust upon England Does Lord RosEBERY
take the preposterous Tory ground that no
Home Rule bill should become n law until 1t
is supported not only by a majority OF all the
members for the United Kingdom. but also
by majority OF the members for Eng
land proper II he did not intend to affirm
this monstrous proposition. what did he
mean by talking OF the conversion Of Eng
land to home rule 2 Was not England suf-
ficiently converted at the general election
OF 1892 when she returned a sufficient num-
Der Of home rule members To constitute. In
conjunction with members from Wales.
Scotland. and Ireland. Parliamentary ma
jority 1t will DO necessary for Lord Rose
Berry to abjure or explain away the obvious
purport OF this remark IL he Is to count upon
the steadfast adherence OF Irish National
lists. The bill for tho relief OF evicted ten
ants which Mr.. JOHN MORLEY introduced.
will be appreciated as the reparation Of q
wrong acknowledged by many Of the land
lords themselves. but IL will not be accepted
as n substitute for Mr.. GLADsToNE's decla-
ration that. as regards the question OF homo
rule. or any other question. the vote Of an
English member could not and should not
count for any more than the vote OF men,
Der from any other section OF the kingdom.
We shall refer hereafter to tho position
Of the new Prime Minister with regard to
the abolition or limitation OF the veto pow
er now exercised by the House OF Lords.