Arizona republican., 1902-11-08

hourly upon their leaders that they cannot conceal their depression and are made impotent by panic. And there was the ether reason that the specter of Ireland, which wss supposed to be laid, had risen again, more menacinS than ever.
 And, finally, there was perhaps some sense of shame at the feeling that Tnis man. who was calling for the right to be heard in the house of commons, had been gagged in Ireland by systematic persecution worthy cf, Russia at her worst He had spent eighteen months in Jail during tna last three CT four years. and h2s been dragged from plat forms by the police before he opened his lips, and he was recently subjected to a sentence which is an example of deliberate ferocity. his last sentence of six months. october H. having been so given by the magistrate that O'Donnell has to spend six weeks on a plank bed and nine days on bread and water.
 All this suffering of the past and to come was written in legible letters on the pale face and in the excited eyes of this ordinary quiet gentleman. This perhaps, was why the ministerialists sat cowed, helpless. and abashed at the scene, one Of the signs of some great coming change.
 
 It 1t impossible to foretell what this change will be, but for a good reason Irishmen hope it may take the shape of 9 startling gigantic surrender. One of the most important portents is the eagerness of nine out of ten of the de 4, the Irish. leaders The movement is only kept from triumph by the fact that the leaders of the landlords are wealthy, with estates in England, and ere therefore independent of Irish agi- tation, and because they are besides, politicians first and landlords after ward.
 Every thinking man. whether land lord or tenant, believes that two or three years purcha~, end a small grant from the ir,-erlal exchaquer are all now standing between Ireland and final settlement of the land question and the reconquest Of the land Dy the Ce!ts from the English garrison.
 
 Among those who think that a gig autic surrender is inevitable at an ear
 
 Irish chief secretary Mr. WyuCham. himself. He urged the landlords to consent to conference. even trovel- ing long distances to their homes in order to put personal pressure on them. He has already announced that there will be a bigger land bill next year, and I have heard he has said privately ts~t coercion might be over in three weeks in s-f f,f, [ derstood he meant that if the landlords and tenants agree on a common basis of settlement.
 Tn the meantime pressure on the government is coming from various quarters. II is doubtful if the govern mert can carry the education bill with out violent closure which may lead to scenes inside the house by the English nOnconformists. like those caused by O'Donneu so vehement is party pas sion, and outside it may produce out breaks in England, also Of the Irish pattern.
 Tho attempt to force the Irish mem bers into the ministerial body or the education bill died on the first night of the session, when Mir Balfour in- suited Ireland by refusing to give her Q day to voice her wrongs.
 To sum up. the Irish members feel that they have scored. Nobody has a good word 10 say for the maladroit an- ties Of MT. Balfour. The government is threatened from many quarters and is divided, and is. I believe, doomed, while Ireland hes. once more rushed into the foremost place in the great drama of British politics.-T. P. O'Con- nor in Chicago Tribune.