The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-06
THE EDUCATION BILL.


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New yeTk Tines.
Icnscr. May 1-pes2ste eee efforts or
the LIBERAL leaders. tie battle between the
E-sissa Se1-Consorrnasss and the Irish
Catholics arising from the latters' support
ef ths education bill = lLsesy 70 Re sougas
70 aazSa-
Over = hundred amendments have been
noticed AGAINST tie main proposals % the
esl. wnsca Is now IN committee. Some OF
these. relating chiefly 20 tbs control OF 10
cal boards. came srora the Conservative
SIDE The bulk OF thea. however. are Lib
eral, aiming at modifying TIE force OF the
secfarsan principle. which : ire leading
sps-st % the measure. The LIBERAL leaders
stu make pretense OF reliance On TIE
Irish vote 20 assist them n dsvestsng the
h.a OF rs secsarian Character All sections
OF tAs Irish party. while voting fer the
second rea1sng. have pledged themselves
10 stand BY the Non-Consormas1s II trying
20 obtain so-ae protsct-on against sae
clauses which commit the schools 70 TIE
control OF the English clergy. Practically
Their pledge is worthless. and is 50 cons-d-
cred by the Radicals Wherever the clauses
conceds TO the English clergy \ dominate
sns power they also grant the same 70 the
Catholic clergy.
TIE bill. being in It's essence a sectariaa
measure. all sects having osse7sioly.
though not really. equal privileges. would
require to ~ thoroughly eraascuiated BE-
fore il ccuL meet the ideals Of the Men,
corformssts. who maintain that the COM
promise on the first education bill OF issa.
Is SUFFICIENT to meet ali claims. sectsrian
ara non-sectarian.
There is now no doubt about the ali-im-
portant issue OF the Irish partyss deser-
ton OF the Liberals The Irish are Catho-
lie -'rst and Home Rulers q long way after
ward. They have elected TO deny the first
principle OF home rule in forcing upon tho
English people y message partly English
that Is detested by the mass Of the English
electorate. Their promises 20 help amend
the bill In committee ara rightly taken by
the Radicals for what they are worth The
rupture between Liberal home rulers and
the IRISH parties IL not publicly an
nounced, Is not the less definite and conn
pIete.
Henceforth ireland must seek for what
measure OF home rule IL can get IN the
Chamberlain county council schemes.
which VIII be the GROWING measure OF the
present government. and the great INA,
act OF the existing parliament viii enter
upon . process OF rehabilitation. going
back 10 the old party programme. at once
democratic and national. freed from the
faint Of Irish separatism and the suspicion
Of Socialist.c tendencies, both OF which
defeat at the last elections
The Liberals can now look forward 20 q
grand resurgence. Belief in the recovery
OF the party IS seen n recent zdhe<tons to
the National Liberal Club. Last year
there was a decrease OF over 300 In the
membership. Within the quarter year Just
closed that has been made up. and what Is
more, the new members are largely
wealthy men. including most OF the old
Liberal peerS ard -r{
Tbs Chronicle. a few days ago. teie-
sraphed to Mr.. Gladstone asking for guild
ance In the matter. In reply Mr. Glad
stone said: II blame the Irish little, the
Nom Confo-mIsts more. and the ParneIsltes
by far tire most" making distinction be-
tween Irish" and s'Parnelistes" that no.
body Is able TO understand. unless by Irish
he means the Ant-Parneliites. This reply
has satisfied nobody. The peaeemakers
eagerly seize upon the Irish promises 70
have the bill amended. but. as stated.
these are OF no value, as the event wiz
prove. Those who are against an open
warfare agree with the editor OF the
Chronicle that home rule Is based upon
British honor and imperial interests. and d
absolutely unaffected by the present trou-
bic. Nevertheless. 4 Is clear that the two
wings or the opposition viii not work cor
daily together again The width OF the
chasm IL shown by . prominent article
published In the Methodist Times Thurs
day under the caption. .Ths Death OF
Gladstonian Home Rule" The article sad
that when John Dillon sat down after
speaking IN favor OF the education bin.
"Glasstonian home rule uttered It's last
sigh and died So ends one OF the most
heroic. tragic and distressing chapters IN
the history OF England"
The government intends to closure the
hIu BY sections