The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-08-24
THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT
DEBATE IN THE COMMONS ON
THE IRISH QUESTION.
Speeches by John Morley, Lord Hart
ingtOn and Others The Bel
fast Riots.

Hicks-B Beech, Chief Secretary for Ire
land, replying to Mr.. Sexton, raid
that the commission appointed TO in.
qulre into the Belfast los consisted
Of Gen. Sir Redvest Butler and two
Irish barris,ers, Me-srs. French ar d
Adams. He also said that the govern
ment proposed to add to the commits
zion an officer of experience, viz,
Chief Constable McHsrdy, OF Lanark-
shire.
The Right Honorable + lward Stan
hope, Colonial Secratsry, in Ieply to
Mr.. Howarth, said tUat the report
that the govern nent had anne xed the
Ellice Islands WAS unfounded.
Mr.. Labouchere, resuming the de-
bate on the address in reply to the
Queens speech, sad that Lord Ran
dolph Churchill's recent G ectoral man
ifesto was an insult to the Radical
party. He Labouchere) was sur
prlsed that the HaItingtonians had
never repudialed the language applied
by Churchill to Gladstone. He taunt-
ed the Wings with being disguised
TOTES. Besides the Whirs, he con-
tinued, there was the Bnmineham
gang under the leadership of Cham
berlain. The family Of the lat.
ter had doubtless done efficient
municipal service, and Blrming.
ham, therefore, out Of sheer graf
itude, had subordiusted imperial
interests to municipal gratitude. Out
side OF Birmingham the Chamber
laini;es had no influence whatever,
Chamberlain thought that no scheme
could be GOOD one unless he himself
Was the author Of it. laughter
Chsmberlin would continue in his
downward career until he should be
gazetted ~ Lord Chamberlain. Laugh
ter. The speaker urged Irishmen TO
continue their efforts by legitimate
msaos to obtain their rights as nation
struggling to be free. Cheers. The
followers OF PARCEL had a right
to be proud of their leader. The
accusation that they were mercenary
in receiving aid from America came
with i'll grace from English members
who were not above receiving pecuni-
airy aid from ducal houses in the last
election. Continuing, he said that
winter YVES approaching and the mil.
tary were assisting in the evictions of
toe people, many OF whom were Gus
out upon the roadside. Irishmen
could not be blamed If they refused to
submit tamely to such treatment, but
he warned them that disorders would
onl " serve as excuse for refusing home
rule, and would ineure coercion
The Rt. Hon. W. Ii. Smith, Secre-
tary of War, in answer to an inquiry
made in the Houae of Commons this
evening by Sir Julian Goldsmid, Lib
eral member for South Pancreas,
in relation TO the charges made by
Col. Thorpe in military publication
that corrupt ring existed for the
control OF the ordnance disbursement,
and that this ring was composed OF
eminent officials OF the government
and members OF the Sir William Arm
strong Arms Manu- C. uriEg Com.
psDy, ssid that he lad care.
fully considered the charges, and
so far had seen none which amount
cd to a specific charge Of corruption,
rnalvelsaiion in Office or disgracefn
conduct in any particular department
or officer. Mr.. Smith added that be
had invited Col. Thorpe to privately
impart to the War Department any
facts he had in bis possession or con-
troll impuRping in any way the conduct
of affairs in either the ordnance or
any other branch, promising to lay
the information before the crown law
yers with q view to submitting the
matter to competent tribunal for
trial il material could even be obtained
for prima facie case.
Sir Michael Hicks-Besch said it Yves
the duty of the government TO restore
order and administer the government
in Ireland with the law as they found
it. Why, he asked, did not Sir
William Harcourt move an amend
ment to the address instead OF at
tempting to sab the government be-
hind the back. II it was true that the
government had encouraged outrage
aud promoted disOrder in Ireland it
ought to be impesched. The policy
OF the government wac plain a1d
sober one; it was to promote the
social and material welfare of Ireland
and to assist the Irish in obtaining
rest from the ceaseless political egita-
ton to which they had 80 long been
subjected. Laughter and cheers
The government, therefore, prop sed
to institute az inquiry into the devel-
opment OF the material resources OF
Ireland. Sir William Hercourt's the
DRY that the social disorders could not
be treated with success unless the
causes were treated as OF modern in
vention, he (the speaker) could le-
member when Sir William Harcoult
denounced the land league doctrine
as a doctrine OF assassination, and
took An active part in the adoption Of
measures for the repression OF the
league without considering remedial
measures. He (the speaker) believed
that the troubles in Belfast were
due to the unfortunate proposals of
the late government. Cheers. Were
the disorders in Belfast and Kerry
to be allowed to continue until the
electorate changed the minds aud re-
turned Parliament pledged to Glad
stones policy? If not, why did Sir Will
liam HrrCourt sueer at the present gov
eminent for trying TO do their duty to
suppress crimeP Wherever the gov
eminent should find the laws harsh or
unjust they would remedy them.
[Cheers. Sir William Hsrcourt was
afraid to attack the government openly
and move an amendment to the ,ad.
dress, but he cbalked the wall with
the motto mo Rent and then ran
away. Loud cheers.1 The govern
ment proposed two things-to
administer the law and to con-
slider carefully scheme of decentral-
ization in the direction of local self
government formed upon a popular
basis. lParnellite laughter. The lat.
ter scheme would be framed as far as
possible to meet the exigencies OF Ire
land tcheersl, but in accordance with
the verdict of the last elections.
lCheers That was their whole policy.
The government hoped that when
their tenure of Office closed they would
leave Ireland more peaceful, orderly
and prosperous than they had found it.
[CheeTs.
Lord Harrington maintained that
the Unionists had not forfeited their