The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-12-01

Lie 1e6Q0Eb VI tIAtsI party PAO0A'S~ -
make it the aim OF the party until it was
secured. Mr.. Gladstone often said that
the only thing that kept him in public
life was to see the Irish question settled.
It was not fulfilIment Of their pledge
to drop the bill after it had beea reject
ed by the Lords, without even word OF
remonstrance or indignant n Great re-
forms in England have not been accom-
plished in this way. It was not thus
that Lord Grey fought for his Reform
bill, nor that C,bden and Bright secured
the repeal of the Corn laws, nor that
O'Connell agltated G .tholic ernancipa-
tion. The people of England never
asked and fought foe any reform Which
they did not in the end force the Lords
to grant. It has delayed measures by
forcing appeals to the people, but it has
never in the end resisted the will of the
English people clearly expressed. So il
an appeal was made to the people on the
Home Rule question and clear verdict
rendered in its favor, the Lords would
be forced to submit.
IF the government were really urgent
in it's demand for Ireland, it would force
the Lords to submit and then taxa up
the struggle of ~ ending tn, Lords
which we believe would taxa longer to
accomplish than it would to secure
Home Rule. But it is said that the
Liberal party fears defeat If it should
appeal to the country on the Home Rule
Issue. What of that? Has not the party
suffered defeat in the past? AS far as
the Irish cause is concerned it would be
much better to have the Tories IN power
than to have the Liberals in power and
avoiding the issue The coercion regime
would IT. least lutte the Irish national
lists once more.
It is very evident that offi;5 is more
important to Lord Rosebery than Home
Rule, aud unless the Irish party can
force him to keep up the fight which
Gladstone turned over to him We would
hail with delight his downfall. 1t may
be said that the friends of Ireland are
ungrateful aud uncharitable, that Ire
iand has occupied enough Of attention
from the House of G. ,mmons for the
present, that reforms are needed in
other parts of the kingdom. The fact
remains. however, that all the attention
given Ireland has effected nothing.
Ireland's needs are imperative. Her
history for the past century has been
one of perpetual struggling and starva-
tion t. mend that condition and fix
the old thing right is more important
than any reform which England, Scot
land or Wales now asks.
We fully concur in the views ex.
pressed by Mr.. Redmond, although we
deprecate the action of his party for
the past few years. We would gladly
see the entire Nationalist party resort
to the tactic, which have compelled the
Liberal party in the past to lend an at
tentive ear Mr.. Redmond knows that
the nine Parnellltes will not be able to
accom- plish this. From What he says il
is plain that they mean to oppose the
government. It they would lend their
energy toward uniting the Irish party
they would acc omplish much more in
the interests of Ireland. Rosebery can
get along without Mr.. Redmond and bis
followers, but he could not succeed a
day without the Irish party. Ireland, in
order to command respect from either Of
the English parties, must be united.