The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-07
TORIES LED INTO A TRAP.
They Get the Worst Of the COmprO-
mise on the Councils Bill.

NObe Nob Altered Dy Vn6 concessions.
A Special Law for Electoral Regis
tration Must Follow-A Loan on the
Governments Suez Canal Shares to
Be Sought to Provide Funds to Meet
the Deficit in the Budget-The Scare
Over the Bank of England.
Copyright, 1894, by the United Press.)
London, Jan G. The compromise in
which the conservative leaders agreed to
the passage of the Parish councils bill
has tied the hand of the lords as re-
CARDS the modification or rejection
of this measure, which is intended
to revolutionize the whole system
of rural government in England. The
concessions granted in the compromise to
the conservatives in no wise alter the
main proposals to place the control of the
rural administration under the popular
vote. Henceforth the agricultural labor
ers, if they choose to exercise their
power, can rule parish interests as they
please. The last struggle over the
measure in the House of Commons
concerned the allotment and constitution
of poor law boards. The government
06LC0d w OOhSSlNd du6HuHSulS DY
which the boards are to cooperate with
four of the former ex-officio members,
and allotments. are not to exceed four
acres-one acre arabic and the rest past
ure.
NO LIABILITY FOR IMPROVEMENTS.
Another conservative amendment pro.
vldes that after the termination of this
allotment the landlord will not be liable
for the tenants improvement.
In commenting upon these amendments
the Spectator says: "Once the electors get
the bit between their teeth no restric-
tions which the bill contains will
prevent the parish councils from becom-
ing thoroughly tacobin in type, plumber
ing the landlords under the cover of COM
pulsory allotment, and the rate payers
through the board of guardians Quite
as momentous revolution will arise from
the application of part of the bill to Lon
don.
The present system of local government
through yestrys and poor law guardians,
both elected by the rate payers, is abol-
1shed, and method of franchise quite
equivalent to manhood suffrage with a
secret ballot becomes the law. Even the
rating qualification of candidates is abol-
ished, and women are electorally eligible
1t is complete democratic home rule for
| London.
Ahh AOhI AhADEhS FOOIEDs
The Tory newspapers seem to be Just
waking up to the fact that the conserva-
tive leaders, in agreeing to the com pro-
misses, have seriously compromised them
selves. The alienation of local fran
chises will necessitate special law for
| electoral registration. The conserya-
tives after finding how they have been
deluded in their recent compromise with
Mr.. Gladstone, will probably make pro-
tracted struggle over this bill.
The ministers have given pledges to the
Irish members that the queens speech at
the reopening of the session shall an
nounce the urgency Of bill to reinstate
evicted tenants in Ireland. The bill
has been already prepared in
accordance with the recommendations
| of Justice Mathews commission, which
was appointed in December, 1892, to in
quire into the condition of the evicted
tenants. 1t will be pressed through the
House of Commons without delay. The
| other bills which will be promised in the
queens speech will provide for Welch
| disestablishment, one man, one vote, the
local veto, the eight hour day in mines
and exceptionally unhealthy industries,
and the equalization of the rates in Lon
don.
Seeing in the heavy character of this
programme the certainty of a protracted
session, the Irish natIonalists agree that
it will be futile to reintroduce the home
rule bill until 1895, shortly before the dis
solution. The observance of the S-hour
day in governmental factories will begin
on Feb. 5, and will affect some 20, 900
men.
THE DEFICIT IN THE BUDGET.
The deficit in Sir William Harcourt's
budget is bound to increase with the in
| crease of the naval expenditures, and it
will be met, according to present reports,
with loan on the governments Suez
| canal shares. Speaking at Northampton
this week, Henry Labouchere, the radical
leader, advocated the sale of half the
shares now held by the treasury.
Bank of England stock, long the
! steadiest of investment securities, has
been badly shaken by sensational articles
alleging that the bank had been rendered
unstable by mismanagement The articles
were written by well-known financial
writer. Although they contained only the
facts told six weeks ago, when Chief
Cashier Mays dismissal was under dis
cusslOn, they have been reproduced
widely and a scare at once ensued In
three days the stock fell seven points.
To-day the rush of sellers was stayed and
many of them have begun repurchasing,
sending the stock up ~.
William Hunter liberal member OF
parliament for North Aberdeen, wished,
Of the exchequer as TO the position of the
bank, but was ruled out of order Pri-
vately, Sir William Harcourt gave the
assurance that the banks position was
absolutely above suspicion and that the
scare was ridiculous.
Commenting on the fact that the posi-
tion, once considered a proud one and
much coveted, of financial editor of the
London Times, has been refused by more
than one person to whom it has recently
been offered, the Statist, one of the lead
ing financial papers of England says:
1.-The sapient conductors of this newspaper
(the Times) so interfere with the articles
that it has become mere farrago of stale
information and feeble, sometimes silly
comment The right course for the Times
would be to select man of high attain
ments and pay him well enough to make
it worth his while to give his whole time
to the paper; but such policy requires
a man of high character and intelligence,
and the Times has nobody Of the stamp
wished
PRIEST ARRESTED.
Copyright, 1894, by the United Press)
Rome, Jan. 6.--After searching Deputy
de Felice's house here, the police arrested
a priest who is believed to be friend and
political ally Of the socialist leader. The
priest tried to escape by secret door