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Show I m The Efficiency of the Irish Party. In a recent article in the London Observer, Ob-server, Sir Henry Lucy pays a notable tribute to the parliamentary efficiency of the Irish party. Commenting on the little help which the opposition have had during the present parliament from "Caves" among the Ministerialists, Sir Henry pours scorn upon the Yelsh members for allowing Disestablishment to be shelved, and sharply contrasts their tactics with those of the Nationalists. Nation-alists. The. Welshmen, he says, showed themselves ready, as heretofore, to kis the rod wherewith they had been chastised. chas-tised. "That," he adds, "is not the way ?f the Irish members. They not only knew what they want, but how to get it. Their position this session has been instructively instruc-tively parallel to that of the VStUh members. Sich had in hand a mcr.nuv-: popular with their constituents, -ts passing essential to preservation of their personal influence. Everyone knows j what has happened. The Welsh Di"es- I tablishmcnt bill is dead and buried, du- I biously hopeful of resurrection next ' year. The budget bill, with all its importance im-portance and urgency, was shelved for a week in order that the Irish land bill may be passed through the commons bt fore the prorogation." |