The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-25
yhe English Elections and the Down
fall of ParneDl.

rrhe English Elections and the Down
fall of Parnell.
Tho disaster to the British Llberaa
vrsrtv which is the feature OF current
European politics in the logical outcohie
of treachery and bad faith. of falsehood
and ohtcanery. The beginning of the end
was when that party ~repudiated Charles
Stewart Parnell, and in doing SO aelioer-
atefv sold out the cause of Home Rufe
for ireland. The most painful aspect OF
sbis n~olitical tragedy is the part played
in it by William Ewart Gladstone INA
MIR. Gladstone is sincere in ms desire
for a limited Irish autonomy Is naruly W
ne do,,hted: but there can be no heslta-
ZION in saving that he forfeited aai pros
necf of realizing that idea when ne tooh
sba ,eax5 in uersecuting Mr.. ParneM poll
dscapy for a phase of his d
u,bss,b 4ouneye la~mentabGe, was still
wholly private and personal. The mo-
niyes of Mr.. Parnells other prosecutors
are easy to understandable characters
~ NS0
of such people as Sexton, Heaiy, DaVlrt
and Dillon are transparent. Their meal
resentment against the greatness Oh the
man who so long dominated them broke
mt into a lust for his blood the moment
4hev found a vulnerable spot in his ar
mor. Similarly. it is not hard to appnalse
the motives of the average English wing
in bounding the Irish leader who nao
~ acticamv brought a British Parliament
and a British Ministry to his feet. Iheir
friendship and alliance were never pet
ter than artificial and compulsory, ana
the oppoastunity to destroy him and ms
splendid work was "sweeter to them thah
honey and the honeycomb."
But Mr.. Gladstone was supposed TO De
of different metal from the Roseberys
and Morleys and Lawsons, and other
such cattle. To the breadth and insight
and will, he might be supposed TO ada
the m-agnanimity of genius. Recognizing
that in this final struggle of the Liberal
cause he was aided by one even greater
than he, it might have been hoped that
he would nave kept faith n friendship
with that one through evil days and evil
times as well as in the heyday of pros
perity. His failure to do this is the fail
ure of Mr.. G~fadstone's life. 1t is the
deadly revelation of the black spot in his
personal character. n is the point
where all his great conceptions turn into
Intangible visions. and his career ends up
with defeat and even disgrace. From the
hour when Mr.. Gladstone decided to risk
the cause of Home Rule for the chance
of being the sole donor of that precious
gift to five millions of people, from that
hour he never again accomplished any
thing. Every plan failed, every project
fell dead. His party became lame and inn
potent, his heutenants became imbecile
or dishonest or both, and he has lived to
see the cause of liberalism at a lower
ebb in Great Britain than it has ever been
since 1888 when the expulsion of the
Stuarts inaugurated the new era of Eng
lish politics.
The cause of Irish Home Rule is hope
lessly involved in the present disaster,
at least so far as the present era is con-
cermed. The so-called McCarthyite party
is a totally Insignificant group. 1t may
be regarded as of no more Importance
than any equal number of English fol-
n1u,o NC ~ T Ord p1cahory oy1d Cir Upr-
non Harcourt. As an Irish party they
have no character. standing or influence.
They are lost in the debris of the Liberal
representation, and tfey lave neither
the courage nor the energy, nor yet the
brains Ito break away as the Home Rulers
did years ago under Parnell's leadership
and make themselves a separate potent
factor in the Commons.
The so-caaled Parnellite or Redmondite
faction Is equally useless for present
purposes. 1t lacks numbers, money, re-
pute and perhaps even moral tone. 1t is
just possible that lit may afford a new
rallying poirt for the Irish National idea.
whenever the new Parnell is born for the
country's regeneration. The McCarthyites
in their present status are not unlike
the following of Isaac Butt at the time
of Parnells first appearance. Perhaps
some of the Redmondftes may figure in
a year or two in a role similar to that
of the extraordinary little band. who un-
der the name of Obstructsonists were the
vanguard of the tremendous advance
made by the Home Rule idea previous
to the disasters of 1892.
KAISER COACHING CLUBS OUTING
The powers that be in the Kaiser Coach
ing Club nave definitely settled the day and
place for the a.nual outing. This delight
full, for it certainly viii be, days fun will
take place on Wednesday, August q, AND
the coaches will leave headquarters, Old
Bergen Road, ct $50 A. M. sharp. The OBJ
iective point is a well known resort on
Staten Island. where everything conducive
to a real good time will be at hand. The
very capable officers Of the club have made
elaborate preparations for the outing, which
-:11 .--noc .o;o- affortc Thar have