The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-11-30
HOME RULE BILL
AGAIN ADVANCES
The Tories Realize That Hooligan
Tactics are Costly to Them, Says
MIR. T. P. O'Connor.
Liberal Party, Watchful and More
United Than Before, Passes the
Customs Clause.
The Present Session Will be Pro
longed and Way Continue to the
Middle of March.


In his letter Of last Sunday TO tho
Chicago Tribune, r. p. O'Connor. M.
p, says:
We arc back on the rails again. The
Tories have found that their ou.burst
Of hoolganism has done them so
much harm that they could no longer
resort to these tactics without pro-
ducing a revolt among their own
supporters.
Nothing could be more remarkable
than the difference between the Tor
les air and temper this week from
the last They are subdued, depress-
ed and reasonable, and one of the
gloonlicst figures in the House Of
Commons is Roland MacNeil, the
bury Orangeman who flung the book
at the face of Winston Churchill.
John Redmond went to d meeting
in the city of York last Saturday and
got the greatest reception cf his life.
He had a packed, gigantic audience,
and he describes the temper of his
other members who have visited their
constituencies bring back the same
tale.
ets Gain Advantage BY Fight.
The recent row in the Commons
has had three advantages. 1t has OBJ
liberated the memory of the Liberal
defeat in the snap division; it has
disheartened and shamed the Tories,
and, thirdly, it has given a new spirit
of frenzied enthusiasm to the Liberal
ranks everywhere.
In addition it has given a useful
warning to all the members of the
coalition to attend moro regularly
and the mishaps Of this kind are not
likely to occur for some time to come.
In the meantime the Home Rule
bill has resumed its slow, regular and
orderly course. The Orangemen es-
pecially are disgusted with the turn
of affairs. Their policy to prevent
the progress of the measure by
scenes of disorder has faded out. The
English Tories have had for the pres
ent all the disorder they want and
peaceful sittings are assured for sew
eral weeks to come.
Gain in Commons Debate.
The debates also are enormously
strengthening the bill, the splendid
team on the Liberal side upsetting
the argument and oratory Of the
feeble leaders of the Tories.
One difficult corner, as I have al
ready cabled, was the customs clause
A strong group of irreconcilablc Lib
eral free traders imagined they saw
danger to the free trade principles ir
the proposals of the bill. This group
which threatened to be formidable
has been pacif1ed by the timely con-
J cession on the part of the govern.
ment, and next Monday this customs
clause will go through with a united
vote.
Thus the last obstacle of serious
Importance to the bill will be passed
The Christmas vacation of the
Commons will be curtailed week il
consequence Of the loss of the fort
i~hk 20 o,oN ,srt
the third reading of the bill now i!
not likely before Christmas day, i
will come before the end of the year
Uniting for Welsh Bill.
The Welsh church disestablishmen
bills fortunes are more uncertain
but here again the government defea
is doing good by bringing all sec
tions of the Liberals into closer com
munion. The revolt Of the Liberia
churchmen was chiefly due to dis
satisfaction with the disendowmen
portion of the bill, but the Welsh Lib
erals now are disposed to be NOR
conciliatory in this part, and dea
probably will be made by which tn
disendowment will be modified an,
the Liberal churchmen thus will b
brought into line.
The bill for reforming the votin
system will also be persevered in, bu
all of these things mean that tn
present session will be greatly pro