The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-05-13


bitterness that would inevitably arise
were lister or any part OF u cut on
from ireland would result IN the de-
%struction Of the biggest warehouses
We have In a year OF course. I should
vote aaginst u home rule candidate.
but ! should vote and canvas against
the separation Of Ulster, and cspcc-
tally OF Belfast. from ireland for a
moment"
Now hat the government has safely
wcathered the crisis over the refusal
of officers TO serve against the Ulster
volunteers Liberal members OF par
lament have returned to their old
demand that there shall he no general
election units the bin TO abolish plural
voting has become law. This hlll was
raised through the house Of commons
last year FOR the hrst time but was
promptly thrown out by the lords. n
IN being introduced for the second
time this year. and u the lords repeat
their action Of last year. Il will have
to be passed In q third session to be.
come Il law despite their veto
OF course IL the Unionists agree to
let the bill go through this year the
Liberals VIII consent 10 n general cioc-
lion. but otherwise the rank and hle
~ the party and the I.ahorltes as well,
viii fight 10 the last 10 prevent an
appeal to the electors until they are
sure that they do not have To nght
with the advantage OF the plural voter.
who In the mind Of every Liberal
must be- "a Unionist. An Irish Nation-
alist leader. who probably knows the
minds ot the back bench Liberal "a
well as any man iu the house OF com
mons. said recently
1.-THE only possibility 81 n general
election o. that tho Unionists nnd
some way OF turning the government
out. They thought they would do u
over the Ulster question. but that huv-
inE been turned Co the advantage of
tho government by the cry Army
against the people. they viii not have
20 look To some other means ct de-
featine Mr.. Asquith's government"
II vas thought. aud IL stin believed
In some quarters. that = way wonld De
found by the lords refusing Ia pass
the army annual bill. which would
dissolve the army. but Liberals think
that the Tnionists' after their cxpcr-
icnce with tho army ana Ulster crisis.
VIII leave the army strictly alone.
Liberals therefore arRuc that except
Tor some accident. or rniouist accept
anCc Of the plural voting bill. thc"s
will be no election this year but that
parliament Will run its fuli course and
be dissolved In 1915.
Certain Unionist society leaders
have set up a boycott against those
politicians who support the govern
meut's home rule policy. Invitation
lists have been ruthicssly cut down
and many men and too hnd
that they are no longer Welcomed 40
houses where last year they were FREE
quont callers.
II Ii q repetition OF what tool place
In 1856. when Gladstone Introduced
his FIRST home rule bill Political
differences said Lord Morley IN his
Life of Gladstone. were turned INTO
social prosecution. Whigs who could
not accer, the new policy were spec
tally furious with Wings M could.
Great ladies' purified their lists OF the
names Of old intimates. Amiablc
magnates excluded from their dinner
tables and their country houses once
NNANlNlAMA Ut AfIAAN W w. hAh hAANfh ANAAF
the great hcresy. and even harmless
portraits OF the heresiarch were
STORMY removed from the walls
Tho removal OF n portrait on that
occasion was in the long run q benefit
to the nation for when the late puk"
ol Westminster condemned Millais'
famous portrait II Gladstone to the
cellar % WAS purchased by Sir Charles
Tenant Mr.. Asquith's mth%er-in-law,
and presented 20 the nation.
Before the recent crisis 30 WAS said
that the bitterness aroused could
never equal thar of 1856, but u came
very close To IL. Many friendships
have been broker during the past
month oven among those who do not
take their politics So seriously as dc
the political society leaders The for
cigner enjoying the hos%.tality ~
England. and visitors from the Do
miuious ns we'll. have found b ncccs-
sBry TO make e s~elf-dcnying ordinance
not TO discuss the politics of the "a
try except in the privacy Of their
homes. 4 discussion between two
Enslishmen. of opposite political
views. can Great heat enough. hut u
is nothing To- that inhamed when an
outsider expresses his views.