The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-05-18
GLADSTONE AND IRELAND.
Introduction in the House Of Commons
Of His Bill for the Repres-
sion of Crime.
Justice to be Tempered With Mercy and
the Innocent Not Allowed
to Suffer.

Justice to be Tempered With Mercy and
the Innocent Not Allowed
to Suffer.
LONDON Nav lin the house of commons,
! Harcourt, home secretary, introduced bill for
| the suppression of crime in Ireland He char
| acterized the prevalence Of crime there as
national disgrace. He said:
The time has arrived for the entire house TO unite
in taking steps to repress it. The case we depiore
| day isnot solitary Crime is plague-spot
on Ireland and believe the IRISH people desire its
! removal. It springs from secret societies, and
! must be cxtrpated. Tie handspring of crime is
the expectation of immunity. which is only too
! e-fouuded. The government has, therefore.
| concluded it is necessary, in those places where
ordinary law is not observed, that special court.
consisting Of three judges, be appointed by the lord
lieutenant, to try cases without a jury. The judg-
| ment Of the court must be unanimous Appeal can
| be made to the supreme court. The judgment OF
the latter will be given by ma ority Of the Judges
| The supreme may diminish, but cannot III
crease the severity Of sentences. Parliament Will
| be asked to provide special remuneration TO: spe-
| ci;l judges The bill also contains the following
| provision: It gives power to search for
! the secret apparatus of murder such as
l
| enter houses by day night, un1cr the
| warrant of the lcrG-lieutenaEt; power to arrest
persons uraWng about at night and Unable to give
an account of themselves. who to be dealt with
summary; power to arrest strangers for crimes
| committed by foreign emmissarias. the hospitality
| of England not being for such persons
| AGENTS OF oDoSovAS ROSA;
| and power to remove persons whose presence is
dangerous 10 the peace of the government aod
therefore intended to revive tie alien act Secret
societies will be dealt with summary and the NELL
berslD thereof constitute ofIense under the act
Cases OF aggravated assault will be-
| treated in summary manner Power is given to
| repress intimidation anu unlawful meetings. News
| papers containing sclitious, inhalnnatory matter.
will be suppressed and the proprietors required to
enter into recogniZances not TO repeat the "Hense.
Justices can compelthe attendance of witness about
| to abscond The lord lieutenant can appoint adj
dional police where necessary at the Cost "f the
districts concerned. Compensation for murder
| and ge will be required of the q srlcs
where they occur. Outrage will be dealt with
sumlnariiy by the courts, which are to CONSIST ct
! two stipendiary magistrates. The government re.
serves for consideration any iuTtaer alteration o.
Tie home secretary admitted that the bill
| was extraordinary, but necessary to meet e2-
| traortlinarv circumstances Inc operation OF
the bill should he liMi1ed to three years. The
government would do all Ill tleir l>ower
| to prevent innocent persons suferiE: from the
action of the bill. He added tia: t::e bill
placed almost unlimited authority III tl;e hands
of the lord lieutenant and concluded 10y saying
that the measure would shortly bc followed by
one dealing with arrears of rent
Harcourt stated the government had con-
sidered the question of ltjng military
tribunal, but had come 10 the conc.us.oA that
| a resort to such measures was undesirable.
The lord Lieutenant is to have power 10 pro-
! claim the distric: to which this act may be
applied.
THE MEASURE DISCUSSED.
Sir Stafford NoTthcote said the opposition de-
sired to give the government all the assistance
in their power, but held them responsible for
| the way in which they discharge their duty
| W. Z. Forster said III his be:ef force was
no remedy but it was often necessary,
AID was never more necessary than now:
| John Bright said the bill not aimed at
| political opponents, but against crime. Tie de-
| clared that if lie IrieAman lie should
| rather welcome a measure which would enable
the people to pursue their daily duties i'll COLI
| tdcnce that protection wouIu be afforded by
| law.
| parnell said he wished to join in the ex-
preston as to the temperate spirit shown by
England the past few days, but he
| declared that that spirit
Tot displayed il tlc proposed bill,
which lie regarded as the most stringent
ever proposed, and which he said would result
in hundredfold greater failure than what had
gone before.
John Dillon characterized Forster's speech
as bIooilthirsty, but withdrew the words on de-
mand of the speaker. He afterwards fiercely
denounced the bill.
| Harcourt, before the bill introduced,
declared that the government had no intention
Of advising the queen 10 grant full pardon to
| Michael Davitt.
Dillon pointed ont that the assassination
Saturday was the first that had tested Ireland.
| He warned the government that it lng:t
be renewed. He hal not denounced
the outrage. No cou. citectualiy de-
uounce crime in ireland until lie was able to
90 among the people a.i.! say justice had been
done to Ireland. The present bill, hc declared,
would bring disaster and destroy ali faith il,
ultimate justice. To carry out the 1rcseut
policy would be merely TO play into
| the hands of assassins. The only way 10 deal
with Ireland was to accent the aid Of himseH
| and friends as the government refused they
could only stand aside and watch the result of
| the conflict between two nations, and England
| with repression. the other Ireland with retail
| alton.
M Goschen made a vigorous denial III which
he rcpudiated the notion that the kingdom was
| to look to members stepped in treason for pro-
tcclon Of life and property in Ireland.
The phrase members stepped in treason
being challenged, Mr.. Goschen substituted
therefor s*members who have signed the no
rent manifesto"
preston Till to its first reading The MI
The feeling in the lobby of the house is that
repression bill fairly meets the grave issue
raised bv the crime of Saturday, but it is
thought that certain stringency of provision
will aleniate the Irish vote. A meeting OF
the Irish party will be held to-day to consider
The subject
The bill for the preservation of peace in
Ireland was introduced amid profound silence
in the presence Of a great crowd on the floor
and in the galleries. The measure is
regarded by the Irish as the most stringent
that could have possibly been suggested.
Mr. Healy says the Irish party has powder TO -
q second debate, and will then attack the
measure bitterly: He regards the suspension
Of jury trial as the most vlndictlve blow yet
struck at Ireland. THIS view is shared by all
land league membera
A Deacon's Fail from Grace.
IL one of the purltanic,l towns of Now
England lived Deacon Brown, dignifed
Christian model of prop1iety. Deacon
Brown had the misfortune to lose his wife,
and at the age of folty found himself with
family of four small children, and with
ont mistress to his farm house. He had
recourse to employ young woman as
housemaid. Nancy S:earns was laughing,
rompine girl, who delighted in experiment.
ing upon the deacon by way Of testing the
strength Of human nature. For long
! time the deacon was invulnerable; but at
last was led into temptation, and into con-
hitting slight indiscretion with his beau
tiful housemaid. When in his wonted
presence of mind, he was Mortified at the
enormity of his sin. Finally, at the close
of the services on the following Sunday he
rose and said: My Christian friends, you
all know that I lost my dear wife some
months ago, and that Nancy Stearns has
been keeping house 70. me; and YOU know
that have little child not year old.
Well. that child would cry in the night and
it would be long time before could qai-
ct it; and last Tuesday night-God forgive
me!-the child cried so bad that Nancy
fose and came into the room, and leaned
over the bed to hush the child; and, broth
ers and sisters, her leaning over me made
me forget Christi"
What did you do?" sternly demanded
the minister.
"I-I-ki-kissed her!" stammered out
the deacon, between sobs;" and want you