The Irish standard., 1895-02-02

THE IRISH PARTY.
It must be apparent to the friends o
Ireland both il. Great Britain ane
America that Home Rule is further ava,
ka%ay now as Parliament is about to opet
than it was when Gladstone resigned
| Unfortunately for Ireland and for th'
Liberal party Lord Rosebery did no
push tire fight on the lines laid down b.
Mr.. Gladstone tits the general opinion
now that the Liberal ministry canno
long avert dissolution. It is sorel.
perplexed by the result Of the recen
bye elections, and has only slender
majority of fourteen left and that com
posed of so many different and incongru
GUS factions that there is little hope tina
a Premier in the House Of Lords will be
able to keep it long together.
If Mr.. Gladstone was ten years young
er there might be brighter prospect be-
fore the Liberal party. II he could but
for brief period display the old time
magnetism and fire which seemed te
possess him some weeks ago when speak.
ing to the Armenian deputation at Haw
arden the Liberals might look with more
hope to general election. But speak.
ing while seated in an arm chair in the
Castle OF Harwarden is different from a
triumphal march through Midlothian.
No, the Liberal party has lost the great
chief whose magnetism SO often endear-
ed that party to the people and Ireland
has apparently lost the only man who
was able to convinclngly depict it's rights
to the English people. The action of
the Irish Nationalists Is most disappoint-
ing. So thoroughly disorganized has the
Irish party become that Mr.. Gladstone
took occasion after the recent speech Of
Mr.. Healy to warn the Irish to put aside
their differences. There seems to be no
hope of union. Instead Of gaining over
Mr.. Redmond and his party it appears
that Mr.. Healy is about to be the leader
of a new revolt and that he and his fol-
lowers will cease to act with the majority
Of the Anti Parnellites led by Dillon and
O'Brieu.
The purport Of Mr.. Healy's speech at
Crossmaglen was that Home Rule should
be set aside for the time being and the
passage of two bills secured, first the
Religious Education bi l IN aid of the
Christian Brothers and second the Land
bill. II is not wonderful that Mr.. Glad"
stone hurried to warn his Irish followers
to unite and that Mr.. O'Brien most earn
estly replied to Mr.. Healy. We cannot
believe however that the Irish people
will allow the Home Rule issue, the fight
Of a century, to be postponed for even 8
short time. We believe that Mr.. Healy
will be found working peaceably by the
side of Messrs. Davitt, Dillon and o Brien.
There is this much however certain that
Mr.. Healy is opposed to the majority Of
the Parliamentary Committee Of his
party on the question Of the expenditure
of the Parliamentary fund.
Mr.. Healy is the acutest and in most
ways the ablest of the Irish leaders. He
really accomplishes more for the Irish
people than any other man in the party
and it is sincerely to be hoped that his
cratic temperament will not lead him to
still further divide the Irish party. Mr..
Healy no doubt is desirous of recon-
structing tho committee in case he can
succeed in electing a Heslyite majority
in the next general election. This how
ever seems improbable as Messrs. Dillon
and O'Brien control the party purse and
over half the Nationalists' members re-
ceive weekly salary from the fund. He
has no daily paper at his back and would
be compelled to carry on his campaign
single handed. But be is popular with
the people and the blunders Of the COM
mittee would furnish good material. It
he could gain six seats now held by pen
sioners of the party he would have ma
jority in the party.
No doubt the enemies of Ireland would
be pleased to see Mr.. Healy gain control
as they would then expect to see the
Irish party hopelessly divided. We pre-
dict however that Mr.. Healy will fail to
secure majority Of the party and that
what now seems to some to be revolt
will be found only to be temporary Diff
ference Of opinion, and that the Irish
party at Westminster will continue to be
united no matter how much they quarrel
among themselves.
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