Omaha daily bee., 1886-10-05
THANKS TO GLADSTONE
BY Irish " omen-A splendid Reply by
the Grand Old Man.


UAwARuEN Oct. 4.-Mrs. T. ID. Sullivan,
wife of the lord mayor of Dublin, and
deputation of Irish ladies appointed to pre-
sent the ex-premicr with mammoth petit
ton in favor of nome rule, were received
by Gladstone to-day. The petition bears the
signatures of 100000 Irish women. Great
crowds have flocked hither all day in view OF
the event. Mrs. Sullivan read the address OF
the Irish women. The mayor of Cork,
mayor of Limerick. mayor OF wat ertord,
and mayor of Clonmel then each presented
Gladstone with the freedom of their cities,
and thanked him for his chivalrous and
spcndid's efforts to restore lrelands parlla-
ment, expressing the hope that he would soon
visit Ir Gland to receive from the lrsh
people, at their homes the thanks they all
felt towards him. When Gladstone replied
his voice was somewhat husky lie said he
believed that the deputations and nationalist
members OF the house of commons truly rer-
resented the Irish as people. "At my aye,
however," Gladstone said in reference 10
the request that lac visit Ireland, the QucS-
tion of visiting Ireland is beset WIN uncer-
taintes Whatever may be my condition,
whether of bodily presence or absence from
among them, the Irish people Will always
largely share my interest and my affection.
Gladstone added that he must deny the state
ment that he had renounced ms former at.l-
tHn iii ,nrii,,nnnt IJn said also hp WAS
,ttIi pfn thc Sh,re he Look in passing
such Irish measures as had Deen inaue laws
outiWS WINE U.a ranter of the Irisn contro-
or.,t ~ Ta T',Jto tnrad Wa do not nnw contpni-
5 t,5 't1a ,%a "draodirI aternntives oI,r fathrrS
pireJ pinceJ t,'0 a cemtnrv aro, nor the alternative
WeIIin,ton faced when he said he proposed
Catholic emancipation as an alternative to
civil var If vas necessary that the late gov
eminent irsh proppSaiS i SnOe t% Ne If otf ha
ri. pi.I, ,'' mSih natinm ~ and also to make il
ior tbni thn ,rommS,ls Sto Il within tho lin.
ia, M ~ 'r"v i',eri, s hpu"r safety and welfare
| rIesa Inns were cn,nNIrteiy attained and
| thsv hnve been sI,stnineu bv singular mild
ms na1s n"h ,oI,,,'oro,,"e of nynrpsSion which
ho,o d sm for n,rferized tr conduct of irish
,men % 1 n,'nry Sta're IF the amitntion until now
fiyi niS ". ef u i Te,raSemtnd hv these
| o',ts;.i in ~ th .o,,s. ~ orjer nnoce and
in,!.iit II 10 the Tome 0t Conducnr to the
sai,nnS.rt of thiS ,rrept nneStion in noltical
affairs ! am nmite nrenared to withdraw
from nublic life if | could believe that it
iyo, or PPottnr PuH,c far iraiond hmt nm unwiiInp
Wv aTive 2ve'ot ot his hi connson EnrIands in
'r, w. ~ s',n inWII',,i nc irelnnd's On
tSn e - "S rds nf civii aud military econ
I, n,H !, - Em1IanI;s imtrr~st to change
EinS sono sC 40 i' wnv r"''' the nresent civil
ra,orSV,nrt ~ sV,1 in iyraland which costs the
Lnad nf tHa nnnniatinn While the civil goy-
, or ~. m i " in,, n,il SrntIond cnsfs Year
a. t Nh; ~ IIi nr hnnd Of Tho nonnIa
y n''' 9 f,p irhr PIrn,.,s Enpnnd onpht
tIoii. conondn @ i"' IrnIand,s rentteSt England's
ob aT ro,tor iS onnn"rnaJ There i q stain mon
Tngiond in resnprt Of her relations toward
irnio"H ii' Il ionv that the term senaratiOn,
wSich Gur onmonents tnscrnnulousIy use TO
MminH W"i nnninor Of tbe late p0ygrn
i' o,o ~ nnSrrectIv orniind in this