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THE TORY POLICY.
It is a somewhat remarkable circutn
•.4av.ee that at no time\since Lord Salis
bury has become .Prime Minister of
England lias that astute politician said
anything that would in any way con
vey to the public what policy he in
tends to pursue, to wards Ireland. This
is the more remarkable fact inasmuch
as .Lord Randolph Church ill whenever
the opportunity offers itself presents a
glowing picture of what the Tory Gov
ernment is going to do towards the
amelioration of the Irish people. It
was* confidently expected that the
Prime Minister would declare himself
•opo.ii the subject at the Lord.Mayor's
banquet last Tuesday night, but, on the
contraiy, we are left just as much in
the dark as ever. He did not even go
so far as to say which one of the va
rious policies propounded by the young
leader would be most probably adopted
by his Government. Lord Eandolph is
•certainly a very prolific propagandist,
but the great difficulty is to tell whether
lie has a sufficient following, of the
members who compose his party ,to en
force any of tbe opinions propagated by
him. It is generally believed that
Churchill has a purpose in throwing
out: these opinions, and that is to see
which one will most likely meet with
popular favor. The contest between
the two speeches he delivered some four
weeks ago would one tc this belief.
However, the time is now drawing
near when the Toiies will have to fix
on some definite policy, and their late
-actions would indicate at least that
•they intend to meet the Irish people
half way, and we would not be much
surprised if they came to satisfactory
terms-with Mr. i'anieil and his noble
and of followers.
THE "THUHDEREE" 0ALLS TOR WAS
Indignity after 'adignity is being Tuesday
heaped upon the head of England. The
action of the Russian Government the
past week in boldly defying England is
another evidence of the decline of the
British Empire. But England wants
peace and that at any price. If it was
a matter of only fighting a couple hun
dred or so lialf-sarved Arabs, the
"proud" old British Lion would assert
his honor and dignity, but when it
comes to fighting a. first-class European
power, she will not "materialize" to any
great extent. The. London Times is the
only one of the English papers that has
courage enough left to call for war.
The British Government, we venture te
state, will see within six months her
error in ruling the Irish people so tyran
nically in the past. Instead of having
friends in her own household at this
critical time she has enemies. Her
Irish regiments will go into battle very
reluctantly, knowing that they leave be
hind them starving relatives and
friends,—victims of despotic British
rule. Already Russia has 400.000 sol
diers on the way to Bulgaria, and be
fore many days the world need not be
surprised to hear that the Eastern prob
lem is about to be solved by the sword..
Then England will either have to ac
knowledge that her boasted power is
purely mythical or fight, and then'she
may find it necessary to grant Ireland
w/ even more than Home Rule. ',, ty.
'S J- NO IRISHMAN worthy of the uam®
^"will raise his voice or arm in defense of
'0'i England if she is forced into war. Let
thft Oranramen who' Drate so much
•^^*1 THEBESULT.
After a week's suspense the official
vote of the State of Minnesota has been
finally announced. There were 209,328
votes cast, of which A. B. McGill re
ceived 105,805 and A. A. Ames 103,523,
thus electing the Republican candidate
by the paitry majority of 2,282. Even in
defeat the Democracy can well, fee
proud of the result. In 1884 James
Blaine, the Republican candidate for
the Presidency, carried the State by
something over 41,000 majority, and in
1886, after a most thorough canvass of
almost every village and hamlet within
its borders by that party, they have
barely escaped an overwhelming defeat.
A. R. McGill can well and rightly ac
credit his success to one of those unfor
tunate circumstances that now and
then befall a great party. Human na
ture, in our mind, is about the same in
all parties. You can always find an ele
ment in any of them ready to jeopardize
its interests for success. Thus it was on
the night of November 1. There is a
wide diversity of opinion now as to who
precipitated the shameful struggle that
occurred on one of our most principal
thoroughfares upon that night. It is
claimed on the one hand that men in
the ranks of the Republican procession
began the outrageous proceedings, and
on the other that persons outside the
ranks were the aggressors but where
to place the direct blame will perhaps
always remain unsolved. The Re
publican party was not in power iu
Minneapolis, Mayor Ames was absent,
unfortunately, from the city on the
night of November 1, and therefore the
blame, whether right or wrong, could
be easily attached to the party who had
control of the city's destinies. All this
was done quickly and with marvellous
effect the.Republican press by a sys
tem of falsehood, added fuel to the
flame on the morning of election, the
prejudices of the people were appealed
to without cause and at a time when the
facts—if to be secured at all—would be
too late to refute the, charges and in
sinuations made. It a was a most cow
ardly and uncalled for proceedure on
the part of the opponents of the Demo
cratic candidate, but we believe it was
the great reason—and almost the sole
reason—for his. defeat for the Governor
ship of Minnesota. The methods prac.
ticed by the Republican party in the re
cent election will only go further to
strengthen the Democratic party in this
city and State, and the final and inevi
table result must be the redemption of
Minnesota from misgovernment and
misrule.
MGLAJJD IS EGYPT.
A recent cablegram from Paris con
tains the announcement that M. Wad
dington, French ambassador to Eng
land, has conveyed to Lord Salisbury,
the British Prime Minister, the opinion
of France that England would be well
advised if she would take the initiative
and fix a date for the evacuation of
Egypt- Although the Bepublique Fran
caise says that this is in the interest of
cordial relations between France ana
Englaud, any one who is conversant
with the language of diplomacy will un
derstand that this means England has
either to evacuate Egypt immediately
or France will assist her to do so. The
position the old British Lion who is
"proud of his conquered might" is thus
placed in by this order is a very humili
ating one, indeed. For four years she
has trampled the laws of the Egyptians
under her feet she has kept a vast
army in the country to browbeat aud
bulldoze the people into doing whatever
she felt so inclined British officers have
caused Egyptian soldiers to be brought
before them and upon the slightest pre
text sentenced to the lash and even to
death and in fact, the law-ridden chil
dren of the Pharaohs have had to sub
mit to every indignity within the power
and command of the British officers.
In the face of all these facts Lord Salis
bury had the audacity to stand up last
night at the Lord Mayor
of London's banquet and coolly
assert that England could not
leave Egypt until that country was free
from foreign oppression. To further il
lustrate the hypocrisy of Lord Salis
bury's remarks we might refer to the
fact that some two years an expedition
was formed to "free Gordon," who was
imdrisoned in Khartoum by the "late
lamented" El Mahdi and his followers.
Some ten thousand British soldiers, as
many .more Egyptian soldiers, who were
forced to do so by the British Govern
ment, and about a thousand African
Kroomen and Canadian Vovageurs
composed the expedition. Tliey did not
succeed in "freeing Gordon," but they
managed to destroy the crops of the na
tives living along the banks of the Nile,
and in some instances they deliberately
murdered the poor inoffensive people
without provocation. We venture to
say that many years will elapse before
the missionaries will succeed in erasing
the impression that the Egyptians, Nu
bians and Soudanese have got of Chris
tianity. The British officers mildly re
proved the soldiers for their work of ra
pine and murder, and the British states
men smiled at the officers. Sir Garnet
Wolseley rode up and down the banks
of the Nile on a camel: Sir Charles
Beresford lay In his tent and compelled
a native to fan the flies off him, and it is
asserted on good authority that the few
Canadian officers who accompanied the
expedition, with one exception (the late
Col. Kennedy of Winnipeg) '.'put on
frills" just the same as their "blarsted"
English brethren But now this is all
her soldiers from Egypt, for does not
Prance mildly intimate that she would
be. pleased to have them leave. Of
course England would not insult such a
good friend as France, by staying in
Egypt, so she will probably "unfold her
tents like the Arab, and as silently
steal away." In the light of past events
we would like to inquire, has it ever
been definitely ascertained that Oliver
Paine was really dead
ME. GLADSTONE IS POOS.
It is a well known fact that the drain
made upon Mr. Gladstone's purse at
the recent election has reduced Eng
land's first statesman to a condition al
most bordering on poverty, though not
actually in pecuniary embarrassments.
His friends have urged him to apply for
the pension which is allowed to ex
members of the Cabinet when they be
come impoverished. He lias refused to
do this. Mr. Gladstone has lost his
salary of £5000 by fighting the battle of
an oppressed people. That people and
their sympathizers have gratitude and
they will not see him' suffer. Let a
fund be started towards assisting the
now "grander than ever ol# man/'
Thousands of dollars would be con
tributed to such a fund by the people
of the United States and Canada, who
appreciate him at his true value.
THE CHICAGO STRIKE.
The strike at the Chicago stock
yards is a serious affair to contemplate
viewed in any light. Over 12,000 men
are out of employment, and it is safe to
say that 30,000 persons more are de
pendant upon these men for the neces
saries of life. The mors the matter is
considered the more desirable it would
seem that Congress should enact some
law which would cover matters of this
description. If the employers are the
victims of a misconstruction of the
agreement arrived at some time ago
with their employes, why not settle the
matter now and forevermore by the
most reasonable course—that of arbi
tration. We believe the employes
would readily agree to this mode of
settling the difficulty, and it would
certainly be much better than to resort
to the measures that must inevitably
be the outcome of this gigantic strike.
CRIME IN IRELAND.
The Irish World, replying to an article
in the London Times on crime in Ire
land, illustrates its argument with the
following interesting statistics: "But
how is it with England Let her
own statistics answer. The number of
arrests for drunkenness and disorderly
conduct there rose from 82,196 in 1861 to
192,274 in 1834. The increase of popula
tion would account for only 105,000
cases of this kind, and the balance must,
therefore, be attributed to the spread of
demoralizing habits. In 3861 the num
ber of petitions for divorce filed in Eng
land amounted to 263, while in 1884
there were 703 such petitions, more than
double the proportion of the first named1
year. Of attempts at suicide there were
1,538 cases reported in 1861, while the
number in 1884 was 3,212, more than
double the former number, while the in
crease in population was only one-third.
With regard to crimes of a revolting
character, the records of the London
and provincial courts show that not
only has there been an extraordinary in
crease in the number of such offences
butthat the perpetrators in a large pro
portion of cases belong to the ranks of
England's 'upper' classes and of her
aristocracy."
EDITORIAL BREVITIES,
GARIBALDI'S youngest son has be
come a Catholic.
IT is rumored that Mr. Davitt is to
be married to a Mi3S Yore, of Oakland,
Cal.
THE first pianoforte was constructed
in 1711 by Father Wood, an English
monk at Rome.
THE Glin branch of the National
League has rescinded the resolution to
boycott the White Star line.
It is stated that Col. Ingersoll has
beenafflicted with cancer of the tongue.
Oh, Bob, Oh, Bob, ye'll get thy fairin'.
MR. JUSTIN MCCARTHY was pre
sented with an address by the Montreal
branch of the Land League last Tues
day.
WE observe an excellent opportuuity
foi the brave Ulster Orangemen to dis
play their loyalty by going to St. Peters
burgh and creating a riot.
THE Democratic party has no truer
or better men in its ranks than Robert
Graham and P. B. Winston. By their
defeat Hennepin county is a loser.
WE had hoped to see such men as
Matthew Walsh. C. A. Gallagher, Lars
M. Rand—in fact the,whole ticket elect
ed, but our hopes have been—deferred.
AN effort seems to have been made to
defraud Mr. A. L. Lennon out of his
election as County Commissioner of
this county. Mr. Lennon, perhaps, will
be put to the trouble of contestinga po
sition that he has already been chosen to
by the suffrages of the people, but the
course of politics push a man to such an
alternative sometimes. There is one
satisfaction—be will win eventually.
The votes must be counted as cast.
Mu .. JiK.fi
WILLIAM O'BRIEN, editor of United
Ireland, and James Tut by", editor of he
Roscommon Herald, have received no
tice# that they will be prosecuted for
publishing resolutions adopted by the
National League.
THE election of Hon Edmund Rice to
Congress l'or the Fourth Congressional
District by an overwhelming majority'
speaks well for the popularity of that
gentleman. Mr. Rice is a very capable
person,
and it is beyond doubt that the
people of the Fourth District will have
every reason to feel proud of their
choice.
LITETARY circles have another sen
sation. An anonymous writer, "Vox
Clamantis," accuses Lora Tennyson of
plagiarism in the poem "Columbus,"
published 6 years ago. Tbe critic shows
that 11 years ago a poem on "Colum
bus at Seville" was written by Joseph
Fllis, and the similarity of the two is
remarkable.
THE election of Mr. M. F. Kain as
auditor for Ramsey county must be
gratifying to his many friends who
worked so hard for him. Mr. Kain was
on the Democratic ticket and endorsed
by the St. Paul Trades Assembly. He is a
printer by trade and is- admirably quali
fied to discharge the duties pertaining
to the office of County Auditor.
FATHER HAYES, of Iowa, is now on
a visit to Ireland. In a speech at
Youghal the other day, t-ne reverend
father said "If American landlords
acted like Irish landlords the people
would, if they could, felt them, not
only with dynamite, but also with hea
ven's lightning and be!'.'?- fives, nntil
every British buii-dog wheip and cur
was pulverized and made into top
dressing for the soil."
THE late Marquis Clanricanie, father
of the young man who obstreperously
persists in claiming to be tbe worst
English landlord Ireland has ever had,
was a person ot notorious vileness, con
spicuous in divorce scandals and am
bling swindles, On his death-bed he
asked his doctor how long he had to live.
"Two hours." "Then wind up the mu
sic-box on the table and keep it playing
till I die." The present representative
of the line promises to be "true to the
traditions of his race,'7 as Ouida would
say.
SIMSAKI.NCT at Castlebar the other day,
Mr. Deasy, M„ P., compared Miss
Gardener, who some time ago caused
the wholesale eviction of her tenants,
to a woman possessed of a demon, who
when she died went to hell, but was
kicked out again. He said if Home
Rule was adopted the release of po
litical prisoners and the departure of
of the landlords would soon follow.
Another speaker argued that a good
Land Bill should precede Home Rule.
A great uproar ensued, the people
shouting that they wanted Home Kule.
Mr. Deasy pacified them.
AND now it is colonial subjects who
are raising objections against British
misrule. A meeting was recently held
in Brisbane, Australia, to express the
indignation felt by the people of
Queensland at the apathy displayed by
England in not punishing the natives
of New Guinea for murdering white
white men, and rendering the island
unsafe for trade. A despatch has been
sent to the authorities in London no
tifying them of the murder of Capt.
Craig, of the ship Emily, two sailors,
and six Malays, and declaring that the
present state of things cannot con
tinue.
THE movement for educating the
public in the principles of Home Rule,
has taken very large dimensions, and is
being pushed with the greatest vigor.
Four English barristers, first-rate, ex
perienced speakers, are preparing with
great care a series of lectures on the
Home Rule question, which they will
deliver all over England and in the
sixty four divisions of London. Im
mediately after the lecture the neigh
borhood will be flooded with political
literature inculcating the same prin
ciples. A great meeting in London will
be held at Hackney. Mr. Gladstone
has privately promised to speak there
if can possibly do so.
FIVE hundred delegates attended the
Convention of the Irish National
League of Great Britain held at Liver
pool last Saturday. Among those
present were T. P. O'Connor, Joseph
Biggar and William O'Brien. The at
tendance was double that of the annual
meeting in 1885. President O'Connor
said he never before had such faith in
the success of the League's cause as he
had now. Ireland was more determined
and united than ever, and its hopes
higher in the minds of the people.
After a lengthy discussion, resolutions
were adopted expressing gratitude to
Mr. Gladstone, to America, and to Aus
tralia for their generous iupport de
claring continued confidence Mi-.
Parnell's leadership, and pledging sup
port to the Irish people on resisting evic
tion, by the organization of subscrip
tions to assist the evicted. Mr. O'Con
nor, president Mr. Biggar, vice-presi
dent Mr. O'Kelly, treasurer Messrs.
Redmond, Justin McCarthy, Sexton,
Healy, and Brady, secretaries, were re
elected. Cardiff was chosen as the
scefce for the convention next year.
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MR. M. J. DALY of St. Paul was
elected a commissioner for Ramsey
county. Like Mr. Kain, the County
Auditor, Mr. Daly is a disciple of Gut
tenberg, and was the nominee of the
Democratic party, and endorsed by the
Trades Assembly.
THE magistrates of Ballymena,
County Antrim, have convicted two
women of boycotting a sheriff's sale.
One was sentenced to pay a fine of
£3 10s. or be imprisoned for two
months, and the other to pay ten
shillings or serve a week in prison.
IT is reported that Mr. James Rus­
sell
Lowell, ex-minister of the United
States, is to be married to tbe dowager,
Lady Lyttleton. who is tbe daughter of
the late George Clive, an Irish landlord
in the County Mayo. Both Mr. Lowell
and Lady Lyttleton have been married
twice, and are old enough to know what
they are about.
THE farmers of Galway dire bound to
put a stop to fox-hunting, at least when
it injures them. Last Tuesday two
hundred of the honest yeomen tried, to
prevent the Galway Blazers'hunt. With
police assistance the hunters were en
abled to start, but- they soon met with
more formidable opposition and were
compelled to withdraw their hounds.
THERE are some 2,000,000 Catholics
in England, Scotland and Wales, out
of a population of 30,000,000, a far lower
percentage than in the United States or
Canada. This fact ought to silence the
Ulster delegation in their assertion that
by taking away the Catholic vote Mr.
Gladstone would scarcely have any
thing left.
THE Vatican is to be illuminated
with the electric light. The contract
has been awarded to the firm of Sie
mens and Halske of Berlin. The
works for the erection of the dynamo
electric machine are already begun, and
it is anticipated that ail necessary work
will be completed by the end. of the
year, so that the new light may begin
with the new year.
LONDON TRUTH says that not one of
England's many wars during the past
200 years was waged as an act of self
defense. They have all been aggressive,
gotten up through motives of greed or
jealousy. The Boston Pilot says that
the same cannot be said of England's
present attitude. She will not fight now
unless she is kicked into it, and not
then if peace without honor can be
more cheaply purchased.
AT the fortnightly meeting of the ex
ecutive council of the Is iitional League
in Dublin last Sunday, it was announced
that during the past vo weeks $8,WW
had been received in donations to the
parliamentary fund, the various Iri:
branches of the Legue contributing
.$1,195 of the amount. From these fig
ures it will be observed that the sinews
of war are still pouring very rapidly into
the Nationalists' exchequer. There will
be no cessation in this direction until
the desired end is achieved.
THE Dublin correspondent of the
London Daily 2sews has recently writ
ten a letter indulging in the highest
praise of the National Land League.
He asserts from his experience and ocu
lar evidence that the influence of that
association in the present delicate posi
tion of Irish affairs has been most salu
tary and that in all parts of Ireland
where the membership of its branches
are in a majority, the greatest tran
quillity reigns, while in Kerry, where,
strange to say, it has few partisans,
comparatively speaking, there is alone
troubles.
IT is probable that the Tory Govern
ment will have the pleasure of gazing
on the face of Mr. William O'Brien in
tbe British House of Commons when
Parliament meets. Mr. Thomas Sexton,
in a speech last Tuesday at Sligo, said
that he had decided to sit as a Parnelhte
in the present House of Commons, for
West Belfast, the seat for which has
been awarded him in his contest for it
with J. H. Haslett, Conservative, and
that William O'Brien, who, the re
cent election, was defeated as Home
Rule candidate for South Tyrone by T.
W. Russell, Conservative, would suc
'ceeed him as member for South Sligo.
Mr. Sexton described the present posi
tion of the Irish party as most cheering
and hopeful.,
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1868
MR. W. II. SMITH,Secretary of War, 1S00, whose members were entitled to
says that the present British Govern
ment will secure to every man in Ire
land individual liberty, and free that
country from the tyranny under which
it now suffers. If Mr. Smith's party
does this every Irishman will be satis
fied, but we fear that Sir Joseph Porter
Smith's idea of individual liberty is
formed after a Tory model. If so,
what may we expect
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REV. FATHER O'SITLLIVAK, of In
niskeane, County Cork, has recently
added a valuable work to Irish Catho
lic literature. It is aa Irish edition of
the "Imitation of Christ." An edi
tion had been published in 1822, but has
long been exhausted and out oi' rint.
AT an Irish meeting held last Sunday
in Dublin, Mr. O'Connor said the Irish
battle was begun seven centuries ago.
and before seven years more had passed
they would be completely successful.
Mr. Oakly said the Liberal split would
finally benefit the Irish. Mr. O'Connor
said it was supposed that Ireland
quiet because the people were in a Btate
of despair. They wonkl always be
quiet when governed in aceoi'-lauce
with Irish ideas. The Tories had re
jected Mr. Gladstone's bill, but were
carrying out Mr. Parnell's bill and the
law of the natio rial league. That was
why the country was quiet. The To
ries had found the Irish, peopk-i too
strong for them.
DR. AUBREY, of Loudon, a well
known journalist and speaker, who was
the Gladstone candidate for Isiorth
Hackney in July last, entertained an
audience at the Chicago Union League
Club last Sunday night by a ''Familiar
Talk About William A. Gladstone.
•His Characteristics, Habits, Personali
ties and Career." Dr. Aubrey declared
Gladstone was the embodiment and
personification of what the people re
garded as the highest style of patriot
ism and love for humanity, and of a de
sire to see men. not only in England,
but elsewhere, advance along the high
road toward contentment, pewee and
true enjoyment. The speaker said
Gladstone was now as strong aud
healthy as ordinary men were at 40 or
50, and it was not at all improbable
that he might be spared, to witness the
triumph of the policy he had laid down
with regard to Ireland.
AT last we are to have an American
Peerage, says the Boston Pilot, tin-inks
to the industry of a Mr. _E. V. Vermont,
who has compiled a list of the Ameri
can families living here before the year
the use of crests and coats-of-arms.
Their number is lf2. Mr. Vermont,
whom we have never heard of before,
assures the world that the descendants
of those families, and they alone among
the children of the early seotlers, enjoy
that precious right. The immortal 192
names are chiefly remarkable for the
absence among them of the prefixes
which indicate noble birth in the Brit
ish islands. There is not a single O,"
"Mac." or "De" in the wholeJot but,
instead, we have such patronymics. a»
Belcher, Chute, Coffin, Dodge, Drake
and Dummer. Giles and Stokes, Smith
and Brown are among the select as
are also, Gookin, Kip, Leggett, Pell,
Phelps, Popham and Tuttle—worthy
names, every one of them, but hardly
suggestive of the Crusades and baron
ial halls. Dear old Artemus Ward
used to say'that the names of places in
Maine reminded him of the old Greek
and Roman names—"they were so on
like 'em." The'American peerage will
have a similarly striking resemblance
to the roll-call of the Field of the Clotk
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I WAS much interested in the appear
ance of Mr. Gladstone as he aro3e to
speak, says Hon Seth Low, in tb»i
Brooklyn Magazine for November. A
rather small, worn man, he seemed from
the visitors' gallery, whose thin, gray
hair betokened age, but whose active
movement as he rose to his feet indi
cated abundant vigor. With a perfectly
quiet manner, but with now and then a
graceful gesture, his words came out in
smoothly flowing sentences, directly to
the point. At times with a touch of
irony, and often with a quiet humor
which never failed of its mark, he
showed himself the master of parlia
mentary fence which all men know him
to be. When he sat down it was evi
dent there was nothing left of the mo
tion. Later on in the spring, as the
fight waxed harder and heavier against
him, he displayed with all the fire of
youth those wonderful qualities which
have made him, even to his contempo
raries," a marvel. Men say he never
fights better than when the battle is
desperate. With a courage born of the
most complete conviction, that stopped
at no risk and no labor, with an alert
ness that took in the whole field, with
an eloquence that dazzled even his ene
mies, like a very Coeur de Lion, he|||
fought almost single-handed the un
equal fight. At a distance looking at sv
him it would seem wholly beyond his1
physical powers. Close at hand his face
face is marked, indeed, with the lines .*/
and wrinkles of many campaigns, and|||
you see before you still an old man, butf§§
you see also what at a distance you|||
missi that the lines are the lines of
durance and hardy strength more thap|||
of weakness and old age. ,,
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