Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-04-15
GLADSTONE'S SCHEME.
He Announces His Plan for Home
Rule in Ireland.

Ihe enthusiasm Of the people all the way
from the door Of his house TO the Commons
entrance was spontaneous and vented itself
IN one tremendous long, Old fash onei cheer
The like of VIII CHI was never before heard
in London, and which was plainly audible
IN the House. The cheering continued unit
long after Gladstone had entered the Parla
lnent building. His entrance was followed
ny loud and prolonged cheers, which contin.
ued Tor several minutes Among the Liner
ais and Parnellites great enthusiasm pre-.
Falied, and 1T Is safe to say such a scene
was ever witnessed before in the House OF
commons. As soon az the cheering subs dcd,
anu alter few rreliminaries. Gladstone
arose ana moved for permission to introduce
DiH 10 amend previous legislation and
maze provision for the future government
OF Ireland.
After reviewing the condition and crime
EXISTING in ireland since lS;s3, Mr.. Gladstone
uc:crioed the coercvc leg slat; on enforced
sutihg the same period ne not except onal
Dut naDltual. He compared Ireland during
al thIs period to n man trying to find susie.
nance IN medicine only meant fer cure.
ooercion never had" he said, proved q
cure and serious disaTcc:ion cOntinncd to
preva IN ireland, and If England and Scot
land had suffered similar hardship he be-
ncvcd the people OF those countries would
resort TO means similar To those the Jfis., had
employed, to vcntilate their grievances !"
tPaTneite checrsl
something must be done" continued Mr..
ntadstone, something is imperatively de-
1nai,dcd from US to restore in Ireland the
nrs. conditi2n- of civil fc, the free course
"a Jaw, INC liberty Of every individual in the
SHo,cisc of every legal right, their confidence
l., .dcir law and their sympathy with the
law, apart from which no country can be
culed civilized country.
The Government therefore felt that the
retirement OF the question was to be found
ny establlshing parliament in Dubl n
tlrlsh cheers for the conduct of business
OF both leg slaiive and an administrative
nature. The political economy of the three
countries must tie reconciled. There should
be an equitable distribution Of imperial
purdens. Next, there must be a reasonable
safeguard Tor the minority; and why could
not THIS minority in Ireland TAKE care of it,
self He had no doubt about its ability to
90 that when it had passed through the pres
ent Crucial period and had been diSarnyu of
the Jealousies with which any change was an
preached, but for the present there were
thrce classes OF people whom they were
pound 10 considers
firSt-The class connected with the land.
Ireland.
Third--The Protestant minority.
The speaker said he would now pass to the
plan how to give Ireland q Legislature to
zeal with the Irish as stinguished from i'm
perial affairs. He was confronted at the out
set with what he felt to be a formidable di-
lemma.
Ireland was to have domestic Legislature
Tor Irish affairs. That was his postulate from
which he set out. Were the Irish members
ana the Irish representative peers In the
other. House to continue 20 form part of the
representative r. semblies? The speaker
ireland was to ha domestic Legislature
the irish peers an'i The Irish representatives
Gouia not come to Parliament to control
English and Scotch affairs.
lhen, WITH regard to the question whether
.r!sh representatives should come to the
iioasc OF Commons for the settlement of
llnpcrlai affairs he thought that could not
be d5ne. He had, therefore, arrived at the
CONCLUSION that Irish members and Irish
peers ought not TO sit in the palace of West
minister. ION, oh, and cheers. If Irish
OF Commons, Irish peers ought not to sit in
the other House of Parliament. Hear, hear,
ANA oh How were the Irish people to he
taxed if they had legislators i'm both coun-
tries? He believed that Great Britain
would never impose upon Ireland taxation
without representation, and added: "If we
were to have taxat on without representa-
ton then there would come another question
which would ria Sc a practical difficulty. and
the Empire?" He did not think that 10y Civ
ing up the fiscal unity of the Empire they
were giving up the unity of the Empire. He,
however stood upon the substantial ground
that 10 give up the fiscal unity of the Empire
Wonld be great misfortune for Great
Brtain and greater III efortune for
ireland; He conceived that one escape
from that dilemma would be such an
arrangement as would give the Imperial Gov
ernmcnt authority to levy customs duties
and such excise duties as were Immediately
connected with the customs. The conditions
OF such an arrangement were:
FirSt-That the general power Of taxation
over ana above These particular Gut
should pass into the hands of domestic
Legislature in Ireland.
Second-Ihat the proceeds of the customs
pnd excise should be held for the benefit of
ireland and for the discharge of the Obliga.
icons of Ireland, and the payment OF the
balance, after these obligations were dis
charged, should be entered into the Irish
e1chequer, aud be at the free disposal of the
Irish lcgisiat We body.
The Government bill provided for this and
the bill then provided that representatives
OF ireland should no longer sit in the House
of Commons, or Irish peers in the House of
Lords; but at the same time they would have
tho right of addressing the Crown, and so
possess all the constitutional rights they held
now. [Oh. and cheers.l 1t would. therefore,
relieve Irish members from attendance ut
Westminster.
The administrative power would pass with
the Legislative power. The duration OF the /
proposed legislative body should not exceed !
five years. The functions which il was pro- |
posed 10 withdraw from the cognizancc of
the legislative body were three grand and |
principal functions, Viz, every thing which |
feIated to the Crown. all that VIII CHI belonged !
TO the defense, the army, the navy, the en- |
tire organization OF the armed force. and |
foreign and colonial relations. 1t would not |
be competent to pass laws fer the establish |
lnent or endowment of any particular re- |
ligion.
As to trade and navigation, ii would he a |
misfortune to Ireland to be separai eG from |
England. The Irish Parliament would have |
nothing to DO with coinage or the creation OF |
legal tender. The subject of the post-qI'ice !
would he left TO the Judgment of P,t1la- |
,nent, though the Government inclined to the |
View that it would be more convenient To /
leave the pOst-Oiiicc matters i'm the hands of /
the Postmaster General Quarantine and |
one or two other subjects were left in the !
same category.
The next subject to approach was that of |
the composition of the proposed lcr;siat We |
body. The bill proposed to introduce two !
orders who would sit and del !5eratc together,
with the right OF voting separately en- any |
occasion and on the demand OF either body, |
which should be able to intcrpose vote upon
any measure for a limited time, either until !
the dissolution or for three years. The or
dcrs would be constituted as follows:
First-Thcrc were twenty-cig representa-
tive Peers, who could not continue TO SIT i'm
The House of Lords after the representatives
of the Irish people left the House of Com
mons. They would.haye the option of sitting
as n portion of the first order in the Irish
Parliament, with power of sitting for re.
Some people thought that option was rot
likely TO be largely used, but the speaker
with the twenty e ght peers now in
the House of Lords there should SIT
sevent,-fve representatives elected by
the Irish people. with regard to
would be composed of occupierS of the valIe
of .ss2.5 and upward, and they would be elected
these representatives would be tJ0 annual
value on a capital value of 4i0ou.
Mr. Gladstone said he proposed that the l01
Irish members in the House of Commons
should be members of the Irish Parliament
and while the first order of the legislative
body would consist oc lB members, the Sec
ond order would consist of rus.
Ii was proposed TO retain the Viceroy. but
he would not be the representative of party
or QUIT Office with an outgoing government. |
The religious disability now existing which
makes Roman Catholics Ineligible to the
office, would he removed.
The constabulary would remain under the
present term of service and under the present
authority. The Government had no desire TO
exempt the peace of Ireland in reference to
its final position. from the ultimate control of
the Irish legislative body. The speaker had
no jealousy upon that subject. as the care of