New-York tribune., 1906-10-08
LIBERAL OPPORTUNJSv
Mr. Redmond Condemns IT ;n1,
Uance as Worthless MQkesbift
I.onann senta-h

Il e~t7 -Alhl ELlGer In4u Irish =
not so in O'COnnelrs time. He was A,ao-..s
with racy hunor and zsnius Far .r..0N ,,,...esl
and swayed BY the transi.o-y impulses % a -
/ pricious Of noble nature he acted i-,uuI.s,-.'-
and not infrequently recklessly, and withop. -
h9erate calculation He was a thorourbe,f,.
+ CeiI OUT ParneH was not one. Parneu was a.
A-asiish bulldog in the Irish kennel He ~
Hel'AsF eloGuence nor hunor. ard his harzb
voice. cold impasstve face and haughtv. DON'T
neering manner repe1ed sympathy. Ha bas
genuine English qualities such as concentrates,
or purpose, inexhaustible patience. organIzfn,
power IIexiole tenacity. contempt for obstacles
naru calcuatins Judgment and a nasterfuI
habit Of enforcing discipline He never k,a,,
when he was beaten. and went on hghting v,s,
Saxon persistency. Mr.. Redmond Is a Ieadsr !.
the same breed and temper. Neither an ora+o-
nor wit like Mr.. Hsaly. nor an overwrourbs
zealot like Mr.. Dillon, nor trained advocst.
Ike Mr.. Blake. nor versatile t-inmerNlfzA M
O'Connor. he is another bulldog Ike Parnsn
never relaxing his grip. and hanging on n bss
cause with invincfble VIII
Mr.. Redmond has given fresh exhibition ~
his Saxon qualities TO his fellow Celts IN corr+,
Limerick. IN a characteristic speech he has Ae-
ferred with an air OF condescension. which 1tr
ParneH before him knew how to assume 10 ths
necessity for allowing the Liberal ministry
A4Llle Llllc lLSe1L JDEtlueF ana agree-
ing upon Irish policy During this interval
the Nationalists had been content with obtaining
f4.5Os0 600 from the British Treasury for build
ing thirty thousand additional cottages in tia
island; but they considered il merely q partial
settlement Of the la5orers grievances. sincs
workers in the towns were not provided for
With equal cynicism Parnen was won't to make
acknowledgment for legislative favors and to
repel the suggestion that any British govern
ment. however able and sympathetic. could svss
understand Irish ideas. The cynicism was ac-
centUated with contempt the next moment, when
Mr.. Redmond repeated the announcement tha:
the ministry could introduce during the nex-
session a measure dealing with what was called
administrative Home Rule. With increased en-
phasis he condemned a makeshift OF that sors
as something for which neither he nor his party
could assume any responsibility whatsoever. Es
warned the government that this proposal would
be rejected by his followers. and declared tha:
the Irish people stood where they had always
stood and that nothing short Of a conplete
measure Of Home Rule. with parliament freely
elected and an executive responsible 20 f. would
ever be accepted settlement There was
no half way house. and united and powerful
national organization would be maintained until
a full measure OF constitutional liberty was ss-
cured
So defiant and unconcfliatory a response to
proposals for Home Rule by instalments was to
be expected from the Nationalists. They VIII
have all that Gladstone agreed 10 give them on
they viii have nothing. If any half-neasurs ba
thrust upon them. they win resist II strsnus
ously IN debate and vote soIidly against II IN
the Commons and the government VIII have Co
take the responsibility OF administering Il as
something that is not Irish but British and ss-
sentially alien. They themselves win not b
grateful for any concessions from ministers de-
scrtbing themselves as consistent Home Rulers,
nor satisfied with anything short % wtzt Gsa-
stone considered a belated measure us tustics
70 the island. The Nationalisrs may not have az
many brilliant wits and orators IN Westninstsr
as they had in ParneTrs day. but they are prac-
teal politicians, who know what they want and
are convinced that il is doggedness that does t.
They have reduced the system Of Irish rep
resentatton TO a science ana carry elections N
the island without a contest and az the low
est possible cost They understand the rules
Of procedure in the Commons almost as well az
the Speaker. and have mastered every detail o.
Parliamentary obstruction Discipline among
them is absolute. and they are banded together
for definite purpose. pledged TO irreconclabls
discomfort with anything or everything that tzIs
behind the grant OF cOmplets Legislative inde-
pendence for the island Celrs IN their aims they
e-O 1aAO-Ao II [ACAI IliAaCAly NJ
conducting a wholly constitutional movement
with English resources OF organization and de-
termination. occupies a much stronger position
than OConneIl. who operated IN the Irish way.
massing vast crowds together IN favor OF Re-
peal when there ths Certainty thar moth
ing would es accomplished except the tnDris0rl-
neut OF the leaders and the subsidencs OF ass-
tation after their release. There Is less Cslto
enthusiasm now. but there Is a more pows-n-l
machine and better discipline among thoss man
aging IT,
Nrr. Redmond with the Nationalist organize
ton behind him. has set his face starnly against
opportunfsrn. VIII the ministry persist IN or
fertng half measures which win not be acosDta-
bic 20 the Irish members. north. south or wsstr
1t VIII not be likely 70 make the attempt unless
there Is q break IN the Nationalist ranks with
zn influential faction prepared 60 take what a
10 be had and to wait for the remainder. A2-
parently discipline Is not TO be relaxed. and ths
only opportunists are the land ovnsrs and tns
retired agttators, with whom Sir Antony Mac-
Donuen conducted secret negotiations under tns
last administration. Mr.. Bryce is a convinced
Home Ruler whose sincerity cannot be 1uss"
toned. and he has the moral support o, Na
Morley and other colleagues He may oonsicc
II expedient for the government 70 taks lrs
OF It's own and 90 Introduce sorns msasIrs cs
devolution by which the castle methods E aa-
nniristration VIII be suspended and ths rSsa
people allowed ruu control over local a1ars
The Immediate revival OF the Gladsrouian HOES
Rule bill Is clearly fmpracuoabls when severn
OF the most influential members OF the csoins1
are against H. and the majority OF ths LosF~A
members have eeen returned IN an election wnen
social questions and Free Trade wsrs tns ao.H-
nant issues. The Prime Minister may cornu@
himself justified IN proposing an approach