New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-27
THE NEWS OF EUROPE.
BRITISH POLITICAL TOPICS
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Ia, 2s-The Evesham election Is an
Ho" ~.~n,ne TO the Government that their
o". -. Numbered. 1t supplements the proofs
1900 by Forfar and Brisg that they have
80. g. moral weight 1t is all very we'll for Lord
ns..hsrv and Sir William Harcourt to indi-
49,. a. they have done this week. that a gen.
90, election will take place at the end OF next
.es.,on but there Is not one clubman in ten who
believes that the Government will now last be-
yond midsummer Enough Iiish members may
attend at Westminster to see the Government
through the debate on the Address. but when
once the House Of Commons plunges into serious
legislation the Irish representatives will most
probably lie off to loo; after their con-
ettuences and prepare for the electoral cam
paign. The injudicious chatter Of Mr.. OBren
and others respecting those damning checks
and the generosity of the whips and wealthy
Radicals have spread the belief that half the
Irish members have been paid by supporters OF
the Government to keep in attendance and
record their votes upon vital divisions. These
revelations have irritated the donors, and
though some Irish members may be willing
enough to accept assistance II they can get 1t,
that assistance will not be liberal as here
tofore In consequence. the attendance OF GER
tain OF the Irish representatives will not be so
n m 20
votes TO be depended On. and any night after
the first few weeks the Ministerial fabric may
cr,,u1ble to pieces. Since his return from Africa
Mr. John Redmond has made II palmer than
ever that he must be counted enemy Of the
Government.
The programme sketched by Lord Rosebery
and Sir William Harcourt. though professedy
small for purposes of actual business Is far In
excess Of what II is possible TO accomplish, even
II expectation should be defeated and Parliament
sit from February to August. The Welsh Dis
establishment bill will most probably pass the
Commons with small majority, for the Irish
will solidly vote for II as the price Of Welsh as
sistance in respect to the Home Rule and
Evcted Tenants bills: but the Lords will give
Il no more than a decent discussion before re-
jecting il. Such rejection will be quite within
their right Until the Constitution Is so changed
the Commons. the Peers will pass no measure
OF first Importance like this until the constit-
uencies have had an opportunity Of voting upon
IT. The same remarks apply to the Scotch Dis
establishment BILL whether Mr.. Cameron's or
any other. The Irish Land BILL especially II 1t
embraces a scheme for settling evicted tenants
may have a better prospect Much depends
upon its provisions. II Mr.. Morley cares to make
terms with the opposition leaders AID disregard
the extravagant demands Of his Irish support
ers 1t is deemed not improbable that MI Bal
four and Mr. Chamberlain will be willing TO
meet him, as their conduct implied last session.
IT, however the Land bill is a reproduction OF
the burlesoue recommendations Of the Matthews
Commission neither Mr.. Balfour nor Mr.. Cham
berlain, nor the Peers any sincere we'll
wishers OF ireland will venture to pass 1t. No
serious Importance need be attached to the
efforts of the Nationalist to induce the Ulster
farmers TO Join hands with them and force the
massage Of an extreme Land bill. Oil and water
will never mix.
The item Of "one man. che vote" which will
poss.bly be part OF the new Registration bill
for making all elections simultaneous. Is just
about az likely to become law as proposal
to abolish the monarchy. "One vote, one
value" might meet some approval. but the Lords
will again step In to prevent SUCH sweeping
changes In the Constitution as one man, one
vote" This might help the radical policy OF
filling up the cup. but the general public are 80
we'll informed as TO the legitimate limit OF the
Jurisdiction pertaining to the Upper House that
repeated efforts TO discredit that chamber by
wild proposals Of legislation will only react upon
the authors Of such designs.
Paid membership for securing workingmen
representatives in abundance as Lord Rosebery
on frOr Some
English colonies frequently afford alarming OBJ
feet lessons respecting paid memberships. and not
long after Lord Roseberys return from Aus
tralia few years ago he warned a deputaton
of trades unionists Of the unsatisfactory char
acter Of this system. His conversion to the
principle Of paying members is doubtless one OF
those necessities Of the situation with which
politicians too familiar. Current events In
Australia give apt illustration OF the disad-
vanta yes and selfishness attaching to paid men,
bership. Though every colony has passed
through such a grave financial crisis that II has
been necessary to reduce the salaries Of the en-
tire civil service. and Though the merchant class
Is compelled to make a drastic reduction OF
wages on, every hand. any change In the rate OF
members salaries has been resisted In every
colonial parliament. In one case the Legislature
made a sweeping reduction in the wages Of public
servants. ana the LABOR memoers' hHoiHs '"ei"-
selves a. controlling power in the Chamber.
straightway proceeding TO propose doubling their
own rate Of remuneration.
These facts are we'll known to English news
paper readers, and there is. moreover. In Eng
land so large a class Of wealthy well-informed
men Of leisure that paid membership Is abso-
lutely unnecessary. excepting as sop TO ag1ta-
tors.
The Local Veto bill. which Sir William Har-
court is the more rejoicing TO introduce because
Mr.. Gladstone has declared against II. has
very uncertain future before It, There Is un-
doubtediy a large body Of public opinion in favor
OF restricting the liouo- traffic. and II the Gov