The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-19
Remarkable Scene.


''Of all the points Of that terrible scene.
for il was terrible, the most remarkable
was the absolute helplessness. the
cowed inaction OF the unionist majority,
so harassed by the sense of the ire
sistible doom coming hourly upon their
leaders, that they cannot conceal their
depression and are made impotent by
panic. And there was the other reason
that the spectre of Ireland, which was
supposed TO be laid, had risen again,
more menacing than ever. And. finally,
there was perhaps some sense of shame
at the feeling that this man who was
calling for the right 10 be heard in the
house of commons had been gagged in
Ireland by systematic persecution
worthy of Russia at her worst. He has
spent eighteen months in jail during
the last three or four years and has
been dragged from platforms 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. Oct. II. having been so given
by the magistrate that O'Donnell had
TO spend six weeks on a plank bed and
nine days on bread and water.
Ministry Abashed.
I'll llllH VI N4AN EesoA aAAA
to come was written in legible letters
on the pale face and in the excited
eyes OF this ordinarily quiet gentleman.
This, perhaps, was why the ministerial
lists sat cowed, helpless. and abashed at
the scene, one of the signs OF some
great coming change.
1T is impossible 20 foretell what 1t
will be. but for a good reason lrishmen
hope il may take the shape of star
I Ting. gigantic surrender. One Of the
most important portents is the eager
| ness of nine out of ten OF the landlords
| TO attend a conference with the irish
leaders. The movement is only kept
I from triumph by the fact that the lead
ers of the landlords are wealthy, with
estates in England, are therefore In
| dependent of Irish agitation and be-
cause they are, besides, politicians
/ first and landlords afterwards. Every
thinking man, whether landlord or
/ tenant, believes that two to three years
purchase and small grant from the
| Imperial exchequer are all now stand
/ ing between Ireland and tlnal settle
ment OF the land question and the re-
| conquest of the land by the Celts frUin
the English garrison.
Promise of Better Things.
| AtfoHb iHoSc MIlO lllAih llidl a XII
gantic surrender is inevitable within
an early day. / have reason to believe,
| is the Irish chief secretary, Mr.. Wyrd-
/ ham, himself he urged the landlords
\ to consent to a conference. even travel
| ing long distances TO their homes in
order to put personal pressure on them.
He has already announced that there
/ viii be a bigger land bill next year AID
/ have heard he has said privately .hs
coercion might be over in three weeks
/ in case OF certain events. whereby
understood he meant that II the land
| lords and tenants agree on a common
| basis of settlement. In the meantime,
pressure on the government is coming
| from various quarters. 1t is doubtful
IL the government can carry the educa-
| ton bill without violent closure, which
may lead 10 scenes inside the house by
the English non-conformists very like
those caused by O'Donnell, so vehement
Is party passion, and outside 1t may
produce outbreaks IN England. also OF
the Irish pattern. The attempt TO force
the Irish members into the ministerial
Hobby on the education bin died on the
first night of the session. when AR
Balfour insulted Ireland by refusing 70
give her a day TO voice her wrongs