The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-04-10
CHKKRED BY THE CONSERVATIVES.
OPENING OF TuE HoUsE

OPENING OF THE HOUSE.
On the opening OF the House several
Conservatives presented petitions
against granting separate Parliament
TO Ireland.
MR.. GLADsToSE's ARRIVAL.
Mr.. Gladstone entered the House at
$40 o'clock. He was greeted with
loud and hearty cheers by the Parnell-
lite and Radical members.
THE DEBATE.
The House OF Commons YVES again
crowded. Among the visitors were
the Dukes of Connaught and Cam.
bridge ard many peers and ambassa.
doris. Although the attendance showed
the. intense interest that is taken in
the progress of the debate on the Irish
bill, the public excitement has abated.
Mr.. Gladstone was heartily cheered
when he arose and said that the de-
bate would be continued until Mon
day, when he hoped to close the dis
custom. He announced that the
budget would be introduced on Tues
day and the Irish land bill on Thurs
day, the latter being necessary sup.
plement to the home rule bill. He
proposed that the House adjourn for a
weeks holiday at Easter.
Mr.. CHAMBERLAIN
was received with faint cheers upon
rising TO resume the debate. He said
that he rose more for the purpose of
making q personal explanation than
with the object Of entering upon de-
tailed discussion of the speech of Mr..
Gladstone. He said that when he was
asked to join TIE government, he told
Mr.. Gladstone that he did not think it
possible to reconcile separate parlia-
ment at Dublin, as demanded by the
Irish members, with The conditions Of
full guarantees for the security of the
empire, and Mr. Gladstone informed
him that all he wanted then
was an independent inquiry into
the subject Of the government Of
Ireland. He wrote letter to
Mr.. Gladstone January Sd, in which
he explained that he: could not con
sent to the establishment Of separate
parliament in Dublin and it was on
that understanding that he consented
10 Join the Cabinet. He had pre-
sumed, from what Mr.. Gladstone told
him, that the whole Cabinet would
proceed step by step in consultation
to build a scheme OF home rule not
involving separation. 1t was not I'M
til March 10Th that MIR. Gladstone
startled the Cabinet by bringing for
ward a scheme involving the issue Of
El50,000, 000 in consols,
At this point Mr.. Gladstone re.
minded Mr.. Chamberlain that he had
not received permission of Her Mai
esiy's government to reveal the land
proposals.
Mr.. Chamberlain said that he would
reserve his explanation. He did net
resign on the land purchase proposals.
alone, but on the whole scheme. Still,
he asked, how could he explain his
position if his hands were tied [Con-
sentative cheers, He asked If he
might be permitted to read his letter
to MIR. Gladstone.
Here an angry discussion took place
between Mr.. Chamberlain and Mr..
Gladstone, The latter declared that
he could not go beyond the limits OF
the permission given Mr.. Chamberlain,
who thereupon complained that his
explanation would be lame and incom.
plete. He would never be able to
justify his conduct to the House and
to the country. He took four prin-
oipal objections to the scheme
for the government of Ireland.
The first was the proposal to exclude
Irish members from Westminster. The
second objection was to renouncing, az
proposed, the exercise of the right Of
imperial taxation. In the third place
he objected to the surrender OF the
appointments of judges and magis-
trates, and finally he objected to the
supreme authority given to the Irish
Parliament in mattersnot specially ex.
cluded from IFS authority. Since he
had left the Cabinet an important
change had been made by retaining
power over the customs and excise
duties, but the proposal now
appeared utterly inconsistent with the
principle that taxation and representa-
ton should go together. He further
objected to any scheme that laid upon
the British taxpayer tremendous lia
bility with excessive risk, as such &
project could only be looked upon IS q
bride to modify the hostility of Irish
landowners to home rule. He did no
believe the Irish people would agree tc
be deprived OF all voice in the control
Of matters and policies in which they
were deeply interested, and he asserted
that Ireland was being asked to occu,
py degrading position which the
people would never accept. The
contribution which Ireland wst
to be called on to pay to the imperial
treasury was fixed by the scheme, and
could not be increased even in case
the United Kingdom should be p aced
in position of the direst peril, and
where, then, wac the integrity OF the
empire? The financial question, he
said, divided itself into two parts,
The English taxpayer would object
to any additional burden being thrown
on him to make good Irish deficiencies,
and the Irish taxpayers, il there were
a deficiency in the budget owing to
failure OF the excise and customs du-
ties, would be called on to pay new
taxes, failing in which the government
would be OBLIGED 10 repudiate their
obligations. The scheme would be
accepted grudgingly, and in the course
OF two yeals there would be an at
tempt to reverse or alter 1t. As for
himself, rather than face the distrac-
tons and foreign complications which
would arise by having quasi indie
pendent government he would vnte