Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-04-17
IRELAND'S GREAT LAND BILL,
Premier Gladstone Introduces His Long.
Looked For Irish Land Bill
And Discusses 1t.
Mr.. Chamberlain Promptly Rises in His
Seat and Opposes the Measure
BY Sarcasm.


y BY Sarcasm.
4 Mr.. Parnell Conservatively Supports I
h ...Its Introduction Allowed and
; Second. Reading Fixed.
LONDON, April 16.-Mr. Gladstone pro
e pounded bis Irish Land bill to the Houst
/ of Commons this evening. There wal
r hardly any excitement attending the even,
l compared with the enthusiasm which at
i tended the memorable proceedings of yes
terday a week, when the Home Rule meas
ure was proposed. At noon to-day but
ninety seats on the floor of the House had
, been "hatted," and these were nearly all
taken by Irish members. At O'Clock the
House was crowded to its utmost capacity.
MIR. Gladstone rose in his place at 5:25
p. m. and was greeted with cheers. When
he began to speak his voics was low and
husky He said the aim OF the present en-
deavors OF the Government was directed
towards securing conteutment among the
people Of Ireland and permanent restora.
tion OF social order. The speakers propo-
sails wonld greatly benefit
THE TENANTS OF IRELAND
but the landlords were the principal object
OF the measure. although he thought that
many OF these landlords were most hostile
to the gOvern,nent's policy. At the outset
the speaker wished to make an emphatic
denial that it was his intention to ask the
Scotch and the English to run any pecu-
MARY risk on account of the landlords O:
Ireland. The hist ory OF Ireland was one
long Indictment against it's land owners.
Agrarian crime has originated and in.
creased under the absenteeism Of land
| lords and the raising of rents as their ex-
| pensee.
WHILE AWAY FROM IRELAND
| increased. OPPRESSION welded to misery.
| had given birth to a hideous progeny of
crime, and had been endowed with vitality |
to perpetuate itself and hand down it's mis- |
erable inheritance from generation to gen |
Grafton. England was not clear II the re- |
sponsibility for the deeds OF Irish land
lords. They were English deeds. With the |
power in our hands we have looked on and
have done nothing. After the Union absen-
teelsm became general, as national senti-
ment ceased to have q beneficial influence
on the relations between landlord and ten.
ants. The Union itself was obtained against
the sense and wish OF every class by whole.
sale bribery and
UEBLUsHING INTIMIDATION.
The Land Act Was intended to 20 into ef-
feet on the same day on which the Home
Rnl' bill would become operative. Itcould .
not 60 on without the operation >,f the
other, which would provide legislature
in Ireland to appoint statutory authority ,
to deal with the landed estates andsto act )
between vendor and purchaser. The pur-
chases would be made through the issue ,
OF f18O, ,OOO, 900 OF per cent stock issuetl 7
at par. These new Irish Consols might .
with the consent Of the Treasury he COM
muted Tor stock Of lower denomination.
II the stock could be issued forthwith.
SCRIP OF EQUAL VALUE In
would be issued for the same purpose. The
act was to give the landlords the option to
sell out unoer its actions, and itr provi-
'ions we're confined to agricultural holdings q
and did not include mansions having :.
1emesne and woods. The State authori- J.
hes acting between peasant and land u
owner would purchase the land from the q,
after, and put the peasant in possession A
az absolute proprietor, subject to an "
annual rent charge, until the total pay. et
nents equal'ed the purchase money. The 81
State would not force small occupiers to Il
become proprietors in districts where H
THE POPULATION WAS coNGEsTED IL
The estate would have the power to decide ~ !.
whether appropriation of too crowded land a
mould be compulsory. Nobody except =, :,
he immediate landlords would have the q q
option to sell to incumbrancer and then -
le must sell by forfeiture and not at an ~ ~
would have to be made by all tenants on =. ..
N estate and all these applications and =, -
a)es would be registered. Applicants n.
Fould be required to give security for costs =! ~
q certain cases. The Land Commission "
1ould be empowered to refuse applications
The bases OF prices would depend upon the
entail. For fixed prices, the judicial rental
+ 1845 would be the standard, in all cases tt
therein the rent of the land to be sold
WAS THEN FIXED.
In all other''cases, the Land Comm ission
'ould havepower to arrive at price by Gu
other judicial rentals with Grit hs
this valuations. The Land Commission Il,
'ould also be allowed to examine the state
books concerning estates for ten years
ack. Twenty years rental would b. the
ominaf purchase price. In exceptional ch
ases, twenty-five years rental would be r
lade the purchase price. Applications for tie
ale would not he received al er March l, XII
$50. Ten millions OF pounds of stock sc
ould be issued during 8S7, f2O,OOO,OOO
l 1883, f2O,OOO,OOO in 1889 and
in each Of the two 49,
acceeding years. When the pro- se ss
peaker's colleagues, he proposed to Al
aise f13O, 100000 Immediately. Cham
erlain and Trevelyn objected to this
holesale issue, which would depreciate
alues. The Speaker therefore thanked er
9th gentlemen for having given him occa- Le
ion to reconsider that original PROPOSE
ion. He now thought it was an error to Mi
SIX forthwith for anything like the out ms
de estimate and believed that ny appoint nil
lg a Receiver for General rents armed at
ith sufficient authority to collect them, m'
ut without coming into contact with the tn
ew proprietary, repayment Of the pur- OF
hase money would be amply secured. lea
THE CHARGE UPON THE IRISH ExeHEQUER a.
ould be $4,000, 900 per annum, to meet tic
hich it would be able to levy rents yo
to f2. 5000 per annunI, and ter
Ills sum would be first charged ON rents th,
nd taxes raised by the Irish government,
aded to this Imperial contribution and
le sum paid to England by Ireland would
Ot he applied tn any purpose until $780,.
90 was ,.aid into the English exchequer me-
e said the present contribution of Irish c;a
lxpayers to England was f6, $50 900, OF tra
hlch England ID back in Irish Civil Ser So
ice and in ser vice collection "a, $40 900. 90
he residue, which seemed to represent an of
nperial contribution for the army, navy, ah
ttional debt and Imperial civil charges, thu
rs f2, ,O85, 900, see
WHAT DID ENGLAND DO WITH IT? lin
As an instance, she sent an a, my OF 26 900 ne'
en- to Ireland and kept them there at IN 81,
,nual cost OF f3, ,OOO, 900, f915, 900 more SUI
ian the balance mentioned. That was wel
,eaker wanted to root nm, Nr Gladstons ing
the scheme to the strict and sof
alous and careful and unbiased examina- qu'
On of Englishmen. He was convinced it Dee
ould be recognized as a fitting part of
eat and auspicious effort to sustain the
ans OF the British Legislature for the well &
re OF whathad long been, and the Speaker vic
,ped, would ever be, under circumstances XII
r happier than heretofore, an integral no
art OF her Majesty's dominion. Mr.. Glad the