The Irish standard., 1886-05-29
SATURDAY.. NAY 20, 1886
AGENTS FOR The The IRISH STANDARD.
MIR, l$I,ADsIOMn'S CONCESSION

The Liberal meeting called by Mr..
Gladstone assembled Thursday at the
foreign Office and was attended by the
Fremier's supporters, but none OF the
Chamberlain OF: Harrington deserters
were present. The object of Tie meet
Inu was To consi,lt:1 :he making Of sno-
staatial concessions III oltte1 to save the
Home Nsyla bill from defeat on the second
resaliue, 1t was! decided to modify clause
az oi The measure ii by such action the
sacont| reading could BE- carried, The
exact nature OF tiaa moaldcation has not
yet been made Known, but Mn Glad-
.stnne stated positively that iits had de-
ciilel to modify ths clause, provided the
bill passes its second reading and was
referred *, & select ,onl2nittee during
the autumn session Of Parliament. The
clause III question proposes the eNclu'
sion Of Irisl, Representatives SGo1n the
Imperial Parliament anl reads as fol-
lows:
''Cn and after rlin appointed Say ireland
shall cease, except in the event hereafter in
tb, act mentioned. to return representative
peers 70 the Houst of Lords or members TO the
Ac.ise of Colnmons and the persons who ON
:I,e e:liI day are such representative peers and
gacnI,ers shall cease a. such TO be members OF
ihe House OF Lords autl House OF Commons re-
sl,actively.''
& is this provision in the bill against
which Mr.. Chamberlain AID his radical
followers have made their chief fight,
Although they have urged many objec~
tions to tue Home Rule scheme gener-
ally, the only one they have declared 20
be irsurmo1lntahie is this clause, and
it augurs well for the success Of t':e bill
bhat MI, Gladstone has at last felt con
strained to modify while Lot eliminating
it SO as to meet the approval Of tlais sec
tion OF his opponents. The objection
was based. Mr., Cham berlain insisted,
upon the ground that the exclusion Of
Irish members from the British Par
lianent amounted to a denial Of the
fundamental principle of popular gov
erument. that taxation and representa-
zion arc inseparable. The proposed
modification of the bill will, it is under
stood, leave t'lis principle intact, and
MIR. Chamberlain and his associates can
now consistently vote for its second
reading. They will no doubt do 80,
as it is only reasonable 10 pre-
su,ne that the Premier had assurances to
this effect ere he laid the matter before
the cabinet council, IF they do not vote
for it in It's modified form their incon-
sistent and arbitrary course Of dealing
with the Irish question will have the ef-
feet of exposing their hypocrisy in re]a-
ttion to Irish affairs. and it will leave
no Liberal, not aotuated by personal
motives, any further ground for hostile
afhliation. The cable dispatches state
tIlat number Of the Liboral d;ssidents
uho did not care to risk: compromising
themselves in attending the 1neeting,
hail with unaisguised satisfaction the
attitude Of apparent conciliation adopted
by the Premier, and now openly pro-
claim their intention to return to their
party allegiance and 9yote with the
government. Mr.. Gladstone freely adj
naits that he is willing TO submit to Par
Lament plan emitting Irish represen-
tatlves to be invited to attend the Impe-
rial Parliament whenever proposals Of
taxations affecting Ireland are up for
consideration, and moreover that Ire
! land might have q voice in the Imperial
Parliament ON Imperial or parliament
Z;s1 ary questions, but to accomplish these
results the bill would require to be en-. n
] ttirely structed.
i,s'H vi Il is understood that the Home Rule.