The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-28
|NSURES SUCCESS Of
HOME RULE MEASURE
Acceptance of Bill by Irish
National Convention Step
Towards Goal.
CHEERS FOR REDMOND
Leader Is Lion of Hour: CON-
gratu1ations From All
Parts of World.
CHEERS FOR REDMOND
BY AUSTIN F. MAGUIRE

Special Cable TO The Tribune
DUBLIN, April 27.-The most i'm
portant political gathering held in Ire
land for many years was assembled IN
this city last Tuesday. 1t was the ma
tional convention called by Mr.. Red
mond, leader OF the Irish party, to
consider the home rule bill, which
passed its first reading in parliament
the other night by a majority of nearly
one hundred votes.
On the day of the introduction Of
the bill by Premier Asquith, who per.
formed his great task in a speech of
Redmond following the prime minister,
made the greatest oratoricaI effort Of
his long career.
The leader Of the Irish party accepted
the bill in whole hearted style, declar-
ing it was superior in some respects TO
either Of the home rule bills, submit
ted to parliament by Mr.. Gladstone,
and taken as a whole, was COM
prehensive, generous and just measure.
he recommended it's acceptance at the
national convention in Dublin last Tues
day.
Irish People Back Redmond
From the veritable flood Of cable dis
patches. kilograms and letters which
have come to Mr.. Redmond since his
formal acceptance Of tho measure In
parliament, all warmly indorsing bis
attitude toward the bill, IL Is quite evil
dent that he has behind him the great
bulk Of Irish public opinion not only
in Ireland but also beyond the seas.
Hundreds Of cable messages have
10 -. II
state in the American Union, from
African commonwealth, all approving
his policy and expressing satisfaction
with the bill, as il has been presented
to the country by Mr.. Asquith.
The belief is gaining ground both IN
London and in this city that the
lords will bow to the inevitable, and
accept the bill without entering on
two-years' battle the end Of which
would be another hurniliating defeat
for the upper chamber.
Indeed, the peers have been COM
PEELED to eat humble pie 80 many times
in recent years that prestige Of any
kind will be absent from their politi-
cal action, If they ride to another fall
on this home rule measure.
Lords Lose Prestige.
The fact is patent to every parlia-
mentary observer that the Tory party
is practically 1eaderless. The brilliant
days of Beaconsfield and Of Salisbury
are only memories. In the upper house
the once great conservative party is
inefficient leadership of Lord Lsns
downe.
Lord Rosebery Is there, to be sure.
but, as he has been on all sides of
every question since he broke away
from Mr.. Gladstone In 1886, his lead
ership Is neither inspiring nor reassur-
ing to those who sit on the Tory
benches. Rosebery's son, Neil Prim-
of commons for Cambridgeshire, is
strong supporter Of the Asquith home
rule policy and voted for the homo
rule bill with his party, But his IA
ther Is bitterly opposed to home rule.
and occasionally makes strong and
brilliant speeches against it. These
speeches are Of little account, however,
his influence as leader being thing
Of the past.
Success Is Assured.
Tuesday IS convention in this city in
dorsed Redmond IS acceptance of the |
Asquith bill, as everybody expected and
the position of the Liberal Nationalist |
coalition will be strong enough to force
the bill through against any opposi-
tion from Lord Lansdowne and the Tory |
majority in the upper house.
So many other measures Of reform
are pressing to the front in England, |
Wales and Scotland, upon all of which |
the temper Of the masses is at heat
which admits Of no trifling, the strong
probability is that Lansdowne and his
followers already beaten on the budcet |
on the insurance bill, and on the mini
mum wage bill. will pause we'll and sob
erly before entering on another losing
battle with tho house Of commons.
Redmond got the reception of his life
at the convention in this city on Tues
day. His opening address as presid-
ing officer was a mastcrly exposition
Of the epoch making measures now be-
fore tho country,