The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-08-24

were assisting in the evictions Of the people,
many Of whom were cast out upon tho roadside.
lrishmen could not be blamed IL they refused to
bubmit tameiy TO such treatment, but he warned
Them that disorders would only serve as an ex-
cuse for refusing homo rule and would insure
coercion.
Sir Michael Hicks Beach said it was the duty
of the government to restore order and admins
ter Ireland with the Law as it found it. The pol
icy Of the government, he said, was plain and
s0ber-to promote the social and material well
fare of Ireland and to assist the Irish people in
obtaining rest from the ceaselcss political agita
items to which they had been long subjected
The government proposed to institute an
inquiry into the development of the
material resources of Ireland The troubles in
Belfast he believed TO be due to Mr.. Gladstones
unfortunate proposals. The government pro-
posed two thines-to administer the law and to
consider carefully scheme of decentralization
In the direction of local self. government framed
upon popular basis. The scheme would be
framed. he said, as far as possible. to meet the
eXigencies of Ireland, but would also be shaped
IN accordance with the verdcs of the last cleo
tioEs. THAT, be said, sis the whole policy" "
He expressed the hope that Ireland under the
government of the Conservatives, would be more
orderly and prosperous than they had found It.
Lord Harrington maintained that the Union
lists had not forfeited their claim to be Liberals
because they were unable to accept opinions
which, until recently, were not held by any con-
siderable section Of the Liberal party. He de.
nied that he had ever spoken disrespectfully of
Mr Gladstone Certainly no Unionist had
over done as DIR. Labouchere had imputed. Mr..
Gladstone had advocated the land-pur
chase measure not because he was con-
vinced of its expediency, but as bridge
The government had responded willingly to the
opposition demand for an exposition of the gov
srnment policy affecting Ireland. The House
cCuld not be expected to commit itself to an
opinion on unproposed legislative measures, but
only In regard to immediate measures. The
government had rot asked for exceptional DOW
Brs. He failed to gather that the opposition
leader objected to the government measure,
which. naturally, Mr.. OfOonnor had disparaged,
because he did not want Q restoration of social
order
At this point the speaker was interrupted by
cries Of Shame and s'Withdraw" He replied
that perhaps ne might be allowed to finish the
sentence. He had intended to say that Mr..
OConnor had disparaged the government meas
ures because he did not want a restoration of
social order until political changes had been &C
eomplished upon which Mr.. O'Connors heart
was set and upon which he believed the perrna
nent prosperity and happiness of Ireland de-
pended. Continuing Lord Harrington said
require that better reasons be given
for the grounds on which Sir Vernon Harcourt,
IN his recent speech, covered the governments
action with contempt and ridicule Certainly
bHab speech naI auuou TO the QlllcQlJy VIII
which the government was confronted. He re-
gretted the ina putation that the government had
encouraged Irish landlords by acting other
wise than with moderation and for
bearance. It was equally disadvantageous to
urge that the Minstery should refuse to use the
powers of the law to enforce legal rights. He
lHartingtonl approved inquiring into the ma
teflal resources of Ireland He thought 1t worth
investigation whether there were not certain
classes OF public works which might with ad-
vantage be undertaken by the government.
Mr.. Morley, upon rising, was loudly cheered
by the Parnellites. He said he had never denied
that the dissidents had a perfect right to dis
cuss Mr. Gladstone's proposals freely. Lord
Harrington was amply justified in disavowing
any disrespect toward Mr.. Gladstone but the
same could not be said of other parties to the
controversy He had observed little in the Ian
Ruage of his noble friend to encourage
the hope that the difficulty would soon
end. He maintained that majority of
the Liberals with Mr.. Gladstone, must
wait and see if 1t were possible to justify their
past actions. They should certainly spare no
pains to convert the country to their way of
thinking. He admitted that it was the duty of
the government to suppress disorder, but he
feared that they would fail now as they had
failed in 1885 He said that an increase of
outrages always followed an increase of
evictions. 1t was fallacy to suppose that
social order could be restored without dealing
with the agrarian question. The government
60 encourage evIctious on the other. He doubted
II any good would be accomplished by sending
Sir Redvers Butler to Ireland because that gen
tleman would be unable to devise any new
which the public desired to con-
ceal The League bad done its utmost
TO prevent crime. and it's failure
evidence of how deep-rooted the disorder was;
but Mr.. Parnen was right when he said that If,
under homo rule, the outrages continued, the
vpoaf 7f Trata and toni m hoy
The proposals of the late government had made
she task of restoring order easier one. because
they had given the Irish people measure of
patience which they never had had before. He
was disappointed by the narrowness OF the
proposals which the government had Swallowed
forth Moreover, the land commission would be
likely to have a mischievous effect upon social
order in October and November, as the landlords
would be tempted 50 extort the utmost farthing
In order to prove that the rents were not too
high and tenants would have an equal interest
in withholding rents for the opposite reason.
If they were to have q land bill such as Lord
Salisbury had foreshadowed he believed the
country would soon wish it had accepted Mr..
Gladstones measure.
The amendments to the address in reply to the
Queens speech. proposed by the Parnelite
members, is substantially as follows: 1--WE
humbly assure your Majesty that we fear,
owing to the heavy fall in the prices of agricult
ural products, that the greatest diff
Guilty will bs experienced during the coming
winter by the Irish tenant farmers lin the pay
ment of the present rents. Many are even now
unable to pay anything. The numerous evic
tions and the confscations of the rights vested
in tenants by the land act of 1883
are causing great suffering. and extreme
danger to the maintenance of social order
will be the result We deprecate the transfer of
loss due to the inability of tenants to pay rents
from the owners of the land to the taxpayers of
Great Britain and Ireland by any extension of
state assisted purchase on the basis of rents
which were fixed when prices were higher
MIR. Gladstone, in the course of an address at
Chiselhurst. on Saturday, said: 1.-The enthusi-
Rsm of the British friends of the home-rule idea
is an incentive to me to never be beaten in it,
but to continue the struggle for the happiness of
Ireland. Although there may have been preiu-
dices between Great Britain and Ireland, the
fact that in the recent electoral contest, AGO.,
900 Englishmen and Scotchmen poed votes in
behalf of Ireland shows that that prejudice is fast
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