The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-03
BRIGHT At BIRMINGHAM.
A FRIEND or GLADSTONE, But
NOT A FOLLOWER.

He Is Enthusiastically Received by the
Populaee Gladstone. Parneii, and
ili's ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS at Bristol
Political Points from Britain.
BIRMINGHAM, July 3.e-John Bright made
his final speech Of the campaign Thursday
to an immense audience which wildly
,beered him when he appeared on the plat
10 IN. He said he had long been friend
of Gladstone but not follower. Some in
innate friends of his mad no notion of any
hing but following where Gladstone le
They reminded him of Cooks tourists, who
.njoy ed great security because they were
lers nnally conducted. Laughter Re
ferring to Gladstone's illusions to the his
tory Of Ireland Bright said the old story of
Ireland had nothing 10 do with the question
Cheers 1t was unbecoining IN the pre-.
nier to make long speech, telling what
had happened in Ireland century ago
4 heerSl Going back would show the enor-
nous progress of Ireland during tie past
nifty, and even twenty years The, whole
tone of parliament toward ireland had al
tereG The church had been disestablished
The land laws had been reformed, the ar
rears act had been passed, and other legisla-
ton had been enacted, ending last year with
the widest household suffrage. Could any
government in the same length of time have
done more for the peoplet After adducing
data to prove that the Irish malady is not
political, but altogether economic, Bright
said he was unalterably opposed to any
thing in any shape called a parliament al
Dublin, and also to the proposition to pur-
chase the land, which latter was necessary
part of Gladstone scheme The home rule
bill would create government in ireland
which would be untrustworthy as regard:
the first duties Of government-namely, tins
preservation of property and the security Of
public order. They We're told that the land
bill was dead The country had right tc
complain of the singular want of frankness
on the part of the premier. He was con
cealing from the public that definite, opel
| declaration he ought to make Ifrolonget
| cheers. Probably, even in the premier
view to openly adhere to the land bill nigh
lose the election, while to abandon it nigh
| shake the allegiance of some of his col
leagues. Cheers
LII iA6ht ouih VIC loooie,C VI tuo Aitdsul
would leave ireland a prey to growing
calamities, and wanted to know why tn
| 1000, 900 people OF Ireland who opposed tht
bills were to be ignored and why the 5000,
tO0 of Irish land leaguers were to force tn
S3, ,00o, 900 people OF the United Kingdom t.
adopt their views The land bill woul,
make the English treasury a universal alb
sentee landlord over all the land in Ireland
and an absentee whose rents it would b
most difficult to collect CHEERS Woul
| that general decentralization which had oc
CURED over three parts of Ireland cease
or would the people not be told: "You hav
| got free from the burdens of the local pro
prietors of the soil. will you pay rents nov
to foreign government sending a collecto
| in foreign garbs" tCries of "Hear
hear"1
He referred to the fact that the Iris
members of parliament were now SUPPORTS
by contributions from foreign countr
and asked if there were 800 members of a.
Irish parliament and GO Irish members O
an English parliament, the contribution
whould not have to be perpetual He de
clared that Gladstone suggestion to hav
the Irish people represented in the imperia
parliament occasionally would create a sor
of Intermittent Irish fever, and that it wa
a proposal that made him doubt Gladstone
sanity. He would never consent to put owe
the 2,010,000 10y alists OF Ireland to an Iris
parliament half the members of which ha'
dollars in their pockets subscribed by enc
mics of England in the United States
| Loud cheeriugl
Bright concluded 10y proposing that Iris
| LEGISLATION should ba suhmitted tn a commit
tee of Irish members of parliament, who's
decision should be final as to what meas
ures should be presented for consideration