The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-08-31
A RENBGADB'S | A | RAWLINGS.
George ". smalley But Echoes
the English Sentiment in
NJ Regard to Ireland.
He Thinks John Daily Should Be
Picking Oakun1 Instead of
Taking English Laws.

Brutal Statement of Irish Affairs
/ From an English
Sympathizer.
What is most striking in the opening
proceedings of parliament is the conc.lla-
tory attitude of the government ministers,
showing the forbealance which comes
from conscious strength, writes George w.
! ssmalley, in the Chicago Tribune. They
| showed it in re-electing Mr.. Gully, Rad
! zeal opponent speaker of the house; and
act Of magnaninity which our MIR. Speak
er Crisp has ever since been trying to un~
| derstand and cannot. They showed it IN
their statement about Ireland. They have
shown it with more doubtful judgment
| in their handling Of the Chinese and Ar
menian questions. In all these matters
Salisbury seems to- have said to himself, 1t
is excellent to have a giants strength,
but tyrannous to use it like giant. Alto
gether the political and parliamentary
events of the week in England are ex-
tremely interesting, and the true meaning
of their work is we'll worth ascertalnAng'
| The speakership is a far more impor-
tant matter than it may seem at hrsr
sight. There has never been such sltll-
alton before. Mr.. Gully was chosen last
sessisonjas Radical by a Radical major
| :ty and as the result of Radical cabal.
| If ever there were good grounds for de-
clining to re-elect a speaker the over
whelming Conservative majority Of the
present house had it. But the tradition
and practice of the house of commons
made the speakership non-paftlsan OF
ice. When Mr.. Gully had once been
! elected he ceased to be a Radical.
| He became speaker not of the majority !,
but of the whole house. He showed him
self capable and impartial. If the Un.on-
lists had rejected him as no doubt Mr.. Bal
four was at one time disposed to do, and
put in nominee of their own they
would have set a disastrous precedent.
They would have reversed the tradition.
They would have given the next Radical
majority pretext for turning out Gully's
successor. The speakersh.p would thus.
become the plaything of party. The an
cient dignity of the office would have de-
parted and by degrees the speaker might
have become what he is with us, the
mere instrument OF a. majority. Now, OH
the contrary the Uinonist leaders have un-
alterably established and reatfirmed the
home parliamentary doctrine and the au-
thority of the speaker as the instrument
of the will Of the whole house is stronger
than ever Mr.. Crisp will have to make
an effort to grasp the fact that while the
American method may be better for the
Americans the English probably know
best what is best for themselves
Ireland was not mentioned in the
queens speech, but as her habit IS, she
contriyed to mention herself without
much delay IT is her misfortune
to be represented in the house
OF commons by men not one Of
whom has the gift Of leadership Or OF
craftsmanship The situation is such
that even a clever politician ought TO be
able to see that but ore reasonable and
polite course lay before them, They are
q parliamentary party. AS such they cam
only hope to attain their needs by parlia
mentary means, and their sole hope Of a
parliamentary majority is as Lord Rose
berry told them last year, to bring Eng
land over to their views and turn the tre-
mendous English majority against them
into minority. In the last parliament
the English majority against home rule
was II, in the present parliament il is
three or four times that The plain policy
Of the Irish Nationalists is therefore to dc
what they car to- convert the pred oninant
partner At least they need not wantonly
offend the English sentiment and increase
English prejudice against the1n and their
cause.
But. that is precisely what they begin BY
doing They start out on dynamite AMI n
Irish Mationalists vote that DAILY is a SUIT
able member for Limerick and ought to
be admitted to the house. DAILY is. a con-
yicled and beyond doubt, Justly convicted
dynamiter now langlishing in Il British
dungeon The whole body Of Irish home
rulers voted to transfer him from ParI-
land prison, where he is usefully engaged
in picking oakunl to the floor Of the house
of commons to help make laws for the
British empire. They identify the cause
Of home rule with dynamite OF course
they are playing TO the Irish gallery.
Irish patriots choose to consider dynamite
a legitimate political weapon. say It is
the English and not the Irish gallery
which the Irish ought to play to. Their
sole hope lies there, but they neglect this
elementary obligation Of practical politics
In order to please the physical force party.
at home.
# So with the Turner incident. The in
ahamnable little doctor who represents
Mid Cork, is allowed BY his colleagues 10
call one Of them not an English opponent,
but an IRISH home ruler, q, liar, and when
suspended for this gross offense to defy
the house and the speaker. The sergeant
at arms b as to remove him and as he goes
shouts Judas at Mr. Cham berlain. In
short, he disgusts the house and the Eng
.Iish people It vas Mr. Gladstone who
told his Irish friends last year that they
could not expect England to believe in
their capacity to govern their own country
1T they eould not govern themselves or the
Nationalist party. But that lesson was
losto patriots like Tanner and Tanner is
not worse thar any 9th ers Matt ionaIist who
sits on the Irish bench sss
& & w hat were the III fIis terg doing mean
ts1lse ;?s# III hat was Mr. four do
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