The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-13


TO humiliate and discrcdit their opponents
until the time IS opportune for dealing
the Government its death blow The
Radical leaders especially demand some
more definite tactics on the part OF the
Government than the present policy OF
drifting with the current, and are deter
mined to have some assurances OF ag-
greseivcness on the part OF the Prime
Minister as the price Of their support
THE LIBERALS TO coNgrR
The supporters Of the Ministry on every
hand now recognize the fact that IL will
be impossible to pass the eVctcd tenants
bill. the Welsh Church establishment
bill and the registration bill within the
time permitted by the present session
and I'm these circumstances II is proposed
that when the House resumes its sitting
after the Whtsuntide recess the sup
porters Of the Government in the House
Of Commons shall meet the Ministry I'm
consultation with n view Of determining
the course 10 be followed in the future.
The Radicals have already shown their
hand TO the extent OF inumatng that
when the meeting takes place they will
propose that those portions Of the regis
traton bill which have aroused the great
est opposition on the part Of the Com
servatives be dropped. The conservatives
have already burdcned the bin with about
two hundred amendments, and there is,
therefore. no doubt that the ministers
will have no difficulty i'm obtaining the
assent Of the meeting 10 the wholesale
application Of the closure rule in eX-
pedlting its passage. II viii also be as
certained at the meeting "hether the
disintegration Of the party has ceased or
IS still in progress.
LOYALTY OF TCARTHUTEs.
The Parnellltes are committed to
policy Of opposition 20 the Government
so that they are no longer counted. but
the attitude Of several Welsh members
is extremely irresolute, and these gentle
men must be settled with so that the
whole reliable body OF supporters Of the
Government may be so marslnlled as to
enable the Ministry 10 meet the opDos-
,ion I'm unwaverine phalanx. The English
Liberals are greatly pleased and en-
| couraged by the loyalty displayed by
| the McCarthyite section Of the Irish party.
The desertion Of the parnellte faction
TO the Conservatives might have inflicted
| n mortal wound upon Home Rule. ii
| the main body Of the Irish Nationalists
had failed 10 support the Government In
full strength on the occasion Of the di-
vision on the second reading ~ the bud
| get Instead Of turning their hacks upon
the only friends they had in Parlia-
ment as the ParneIlites lid. the Mccarthy
ties cast their votes for the Government
20 a man. This fidelity TO their political
companions has won for them the warm
admiration Of the Liberals and their
action cannot fail to find the recogni-
tion in the future.
Tn view Of the probable early dissolution
Of Parliament the election agents through
out the kingdom have been warned by
their respective chiefs to get everything
i'm readiness for a new general election.
Already large party purses have been
subscribed and money is floating rapidly
into the treasures Of the various con-
stitutencies. The fund subscribed by the
Conservatives Is Of unusual magnitude,
indicating their intention to "carry the
war into Africa" In the coming struggle
for Office.
THE REFORM UNION,
The Reform Union has called n confer
ence 10 meet in London on June 5th, when,
il is announced, action viii be taken in
regard to many Of the important Ques-'
tions Of the day. The resolutions 10
be passed by the conference, some Of
which are already formulated, include
demands for the abolition of the veto
sage Of bills providing for Home Rule
for ireland: the cessation Of royal grants;
the discstabishment of the Church
throughout the Kingdom, and an increase
of tbe proportion of the taxation borne by
land.
The National Reform Union represents
the Radical section Of the National Lib
eral Federation. About four hundred dele
gates will be present at the conference
and thirty Radical members Of the House
Of Commons have promised 10 support
the measure the conference advocates.
In view Of the resolution adopted Of
pev DIR Horton. I'm the assembly Of the
Congregation Congress. the execution Of
negroes in the United States by lynch
law as n reproach 10 humanity o repre-
sentative Of the United Press had an
interview to-day with Ida Wells. the
voung colored woman from Memphis.
Tenn, who is here on a mission 10 arouse
British public opinion against the pre-
valent custom IN the southern States OF
summarily Furnishing heinous crimes by
negroes by hanging. burning, etc.
Miss Wells declared that the negro
was the very best living example OF
Christian meek in spirit and suffering
cruelties with which the worst tortures OF
the Inquisiton cannot be compared. She
EXPRESSED neFSell as B4'dAiA N4.~"'''-+1'-
bv the success she had had in enlisting
English sympathy with the brutally
treated American negro, and is coniiaen,
that the popular outcry in England
against the alleged brutality oI the
sonthern whites in their treatment OF
their colored fellow-ctlzens VIII have
the effect Of putting a stop to lynchings'
whippings. etc, in the near future.
NOW THIS is sTNslBLF,
correspondent Of the Westminster
Gazette. who has just returned TO Lon
don from a four years sojourn in the
so,,,bern States. tells an entirely diHereh'
storv I'm a letter to the Gazette the
vrtter saws that the attempt 70 agitate
Great Britain over the downtrodden olach
nan In America is ridiculous. Ihe negroes
~ ,," ,ha United States. North and South ne
~ ."S are better paid and better treated
sssn So he laborers in England ana when
a,,,,lnr tnan s' 10 work they have no reason to
complain. ,,,,r who recently head
ne nartv OF English clersymen on d
u,,.s,,aee ga TO Jerusalem. mas ISSUED
pilsfi"o6 -. to the preiateS and lead,