Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-10-05
THE nav m EUROPE,
Gladstone MeesA . NumbeE
ef Krlah ladies.
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Investigated.

Gla9Aeone a18 hFlaA Aaaleas
HAwAnnKN. Oet. A.--aladsaana and
his wifa sOday received Mrs. 4. ID. SolIi.
van, wife q The Lord Mayor of Duhlin,
and depntation of lrigh ladies appeina-
e b the uonen of Ireland 30 prsssal
the AZ Premier with q mammoth pafi-
ton IN favor of HoHe knia. Sap1eU her
2isi bad been appointed e. TIE date az
the reception. bui Il had necessariiy %
Be postponed hacauaa Of the asriozs III
nnaa Of Giadstona'a daughter, Who is a.
present almost xeooFsred. Ths petition
bears The signatures of 5000 Irish Wo-
men. Great oroWdA have hoekod hithaE
al day Ia vieW og The event. Aoooupa-
nVing tae depatatian Of Irish ladies.
we're dapntaliona represantinR the Mu-
nioipal Counoilg Of Cork, Limerick, Wa
tarfoFd and Olonmel tbs place was
perlestly alive with visitars, Who we're
accorded the freedom 81 tha town.
During the formal eeremonisEs Glad
stone. MFa. 0ladslona. HsFbeEi Glad
stone. Rev. Hlephen Gladatona, Miss
Helena Gladstone and Rev. Henry Drew,
the ex-pFemier's sonia law, met the
and oonduoled them into the library.
cd from the house % Feosige the dapu-
tations. be was greeted with hearty and
prolonged cheering By the mnltitade Of
visitors on the ground when they ar
rived IN the library Mrs Sullivan read
the address Of the Irish Weman,
the Mayor Of Cork, the Mayor Of
Of LimeFisk. The mayor Of Waterford
and tAe mayor Of olonmel then pro
sented Mr.. Gladstons wilh the freedom
Of these cities snd thanked him for bis
ohivalrous and splendid saoria % restore
Ireland's parliament, expressing the
hops that be would soon visit Ireland 10
receive from the Irish people at their
homes the thanks they all felt toward
him. when aladatone replied his voice
wee somewhat husky. he aaid that be
believed that the dep1tations and the
Nationalist membtEa Of the House Of
Commons truly represented the Iriah
people. SAT my ace, however, said
Gladstone, ''the question Of visiting
Ireland 4 beset with unosEtainties.
Whatever mag be my condition, whether
Of bodily presence or abaenl from
among them, the Irish people viii
aiwaya largely share my interest and
my adection."
Mr.. Gladstone added that be must de-
ny the statement that he had renouneed
hia former attitude BY supporting the
proposal 20 restore the Irish Pariiament.
he aaid also that he vas thankful for
the share he took 10 passing the Irish
measuFes that had bsen made laws dur
ing bis public career. he continued
that the whole character Of the Irish
controversy had altered. We do not
nov contemplate the dreadful aliaFna-
tivea thai our fathers faced centuries
aeo, nor the alternative that Wellington
posed Catholic emancipation a. the
faced when be saidthat be pro
TO civil var. ID vas
necessary that the Governments
fgiah proposals should have been put
forward with the desires Of the Irish
nation, and also 10 make it evident that
lie proposals stood within the limits Of
lhe tmpsrial honor, safety and welfare.
These aims we're compietely Attained
and they have been sustained by the
singular miidness and temperance Of
which have 90 far character.
ICED the oOnduot OF the Igishmen al
svsry stage Of the agitation till nov.
CheeFs The cause represented By
lheae deputafiuns u the eause Of order,
Of pesoe. Of legality. u is the hops Of
conducting 10 the settlement Of thta
great question in political affairs.
II am quite prepared 70 withdraw
from public life, II could believe that
It we're better for Ireland; but am IN
willing 10 arrive at that oonoluaion.
Enoland's interest Is aa muoh involved
as IFeland's. On the lowest ground Of
sivil and military economy, ft is Eng
land'a interest 20 change in some way
The present civil government in Ireland,
which costa the British taxpayers yearly
Is ahillines per Bapila, while the civil
zovernment In Engiani and Scotland
sosts yearly bat eight shillinRs per head
Of population. On far higher grounds.
England ought 10 oonoede lrelAnd's 3 re-
quest. EnQland's character ia con
6erned. There is q stain upon England
Ia respect 70 hir relasiona towards Ire
land. / deny that the term "sepaRa-
tion,n which our opponents aasorupu-
lously use 20 describe the meaning Of
ihe late Government's proposals, ig osr
reotly applied 10 the case. The pro
moters Of She bill never theught OF
We e0urted 9 careful con-
pariaon Of Grattanis Parliament With
Tie Parliament the bill proposed. The
sphsFe within which Ireland desires
free action, and which IL specially the
sphere Of leoal government, would have
6esu attained under our bill better
far than it was possessed under the
9fattan parliament 1hs present Gov
afnmsnk encourages land occupants 70
believe that the opponents % Judicial
rents viii be reduced. and this vas 70
be embodied In the appointment % the
present land commission. and also IN
Marquis ealisbnFy's speech as TIE con-
menoement Of the Parliamentary &c.
sion.
/ do not asospt his statement 10 any
great extent regarding the legislation
Which be said bis Government proposed
f0g the next eassion. I reserve iudQ-
ment also ca the wondsrfaI enryol0ps-
dia delivered on Saturday BY Lard
uhurchfIl. whose perforrnaacea are les
known lhan his promises. / Am unable
- oafhar from either AZ thana oaata.
mants 4 dsoiaration Of Irish o0noes-
SONS. ! do net wish 10 Gloss the psa@i-
bility for future sto1as rireafi, bat an
unabls 10 gather that anythina remains
10 BE- done 10 that direction. It would
uG VIII WI94 % GaUI4rf taa Nt94Mlaty
terms Of tha lata 0ovarnmeAt bill pro-
p0asd Fali justice 10 Ireland requires
: careful Investigation of her fnaneial
history before We Fsaeh oonoiusl8ns as
% What ahoald be accorded her.
hops that lFeIand's triumph viii oome
Win promptitads. With ehserfalness,
with hope, aud I hspe there viii b no
period Of RlOom-
ghe Pope InteFvsainG
RaNE. Osf THE Pope. through tie
Pspai Nuneio e Madrid. hss ssked the
oasen Of Spain 30 pardon Gen. Villa.
campa. who led The Feoent revolt, and
lhe oiaoafs Who we're associated With
him 10 she uprisinR, frsm the sentences
of deafh Wkioh have besn passsd %
themL
Belfast EavestiEntlsa.
nrrEAsT. Oof. 4.-The osmmissiun ap-
pointed % Investigate the osroumstances
saasinR and atie1dina TIE Fecent Fiots
maa taday. an the baFKistars e1gaRed
q atasad the investigltien, exesps1Hz
two. insisted on an adjoufumsnf Tor .
a. ,,snataa Hffean A fna9t Ia nr1RF %