Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-04-17
GLADsroNE's EFFORT.
The Long Expected Speech Of the English
Premier on the irish Question.

The Long Expected Speech Of the English
Premier on the Irish Question.
Thursday, the sth, was the day which had
been fixed for the English premier to deliver
his long expected speech on the future policy
of his ministry as regarded Ireland Par
nell members OF parliament began arriving
as early as . O'Clock IN the morning. and in
8 short time every seat on the floor
Of the house OF commons had been
taken. On the outside of the building a
large crowd awaited the arrival of the pre-
mieE. They were compelled to wait, hoWsV-
CT, until p. m, when the speaker of the
house took the chair. AT this time the cham
Der was packed 70 its utmost capacity. Fin
ally at $50 Gladstone arrived and his en-
trance was the signal for profound cheers
from all sides
AS soon as the cheering subsidized Gladstone
rose and moved for permission to introduce
a bill to amend previous legislation and
make provision FOR the future government
OF Ireland. On making the motion, Glad
stone said: You could wish that It had been
possible to eEpOund to the house the whole
policy and intentions Of the government
with reference II Ireland. We should no
longer fence or fkiruaish with the question.
We should com 70 close quarters with it
We should get at tue root Of it. We should
take means not merely intended for the
wants OF to-day or tomorrow, but should
look into
THE DISTANT FUTURE,
We have arrived at a stage in our pOlitica
transactions with i Gland where the two
roads part, one from the other, not soon
probably to meet again. The time is come
when 1t is incumbent upon the duty and
the honor of parliament TO come to some de-
clsive resolution on the matter. Our inten-
ton IS, therefore, to propose to the com
mons that which, If happily accepted will,
We think, Hberate parliament from the re-
.Eaints under which of late years it has in
shectually struggled to perform, and viii
restore British legislation to Its natural an
Client, unImpeded course and above all es-
tablish harmonious relations between Great
Britain and Ireland on a footing Of those
free institutions to which Euglishm6n,
SCOtchmen and Irishmen alike are unaltera-
bly, attached.
Mr.. Gladstone then reviewed the cOudi-
ton Of Ireland since 1888, and described the
cOerclve legislation used during the same
period.
Coercion was admitted to have been a fail
ure for the past ffty-three years, only
two of which had been wholly
free from repressivs legislation
Scotland had never been denied the right TO
make her own laws. The claim of Ireland
to make laws for herself was never denied,
continued Mr.. Gladstone, until the reign Of
George III. They, (ths gOvernment), were
not about TO propose the repeal of the union.
1t was impossible TO propose the repeal Of
the union until they had settled what was
the essence OF the union. he defined the
whereas before the union there were two
separate and independent parliaments after
the union there was but one. To speak of the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF the empire, was IN this
century a misnOmer and an absurdity.
The fault OF the administrative system of
Ireland was that its spring, and source OF
action was English. The government
therefore felt thatthe settlement Of the Ques-
ton was to be found by establishing a par
lament IN Dublin for the conduct of the
business of both a legislative and an admin
istrative nature. The political economy Of
the three countries must be recOnciled.
There should be
AN EQUITABLE Distribution
OF imperial burdens. Next there must be a
reasonable safeguard Tor the minority, and
why could not this minority in Ireland take
care of itself. He had no doubt about its
ability to do that when we have passed the
present critical period and been disarmed
of the jealOusies with which any change was
approached, but for the present there WeEe
three classes of people whom they found to
consider. First, the class connected with
the land. Second, the civil servants and
officers Of the governmental Ireland. Third,
the protestant minority.
The speaker said, IN passing to the plan of
how to give ireland a legislature to deal with
the Irish as distinguished from imperial
affairs, hesWas confronted at the outset with
what he felt to be a formidable dilemma.
Ireland was to have domestic legislature
for Irish affairs, and the speaker thought it
would be perfectly clear that If Ireland was
to have a domestic legislature 1t should not
control Scotch of English affairs. But how
were the Irish to be taxed? He proposed a
plan whereby the general power Of taxation
was given TO the Irish parliament, the pro
ceeds of custom and excise to be held for
the benefit of Ireland. The Irish parliament
would have nothing to do with coinage on
creation of legal tender. The subject of the
pOstOffices would be left to the judgment
of parliament, though the government was in
cined to the view that it would be more con-
venint to leave the pOstOfice matters in the
hands of the postmaster general. Quaran-
tine and one or two others subjects were left
OF the category.
The Irish parliament, he proposed should
consist OF tWeuty-eight peers now IN the house
OF lords, with whom there should SIT seventy
hve representative elected by the Irish PEG
pie. With regard to the powers Of election, the
constituency would be composed OF OCCupl-
ers OF the value of &25 and upward, and they
would be elected for ten years. The prop
erty qualification Of these representative
would be goo, annually a capital value Of
a, 900. Mr.. Gladstone said he proposed
that the 1O1 Irish members in the house Of
commons should be members of the Irish
parliament. and the second order would con-
sist of 2O6 members. 1t was proposed to re-
tain the vicerOy, but he would not be the
representative Of a party or quit Office with
an outgoing government. The queen would
be empowered to delegate to him any per
The religious disability now existing, which
makes Roman Catholics ineligible to their
ONCE would be removed. With regard to
the judges who had been concerned IN the
administration of the criminal law in Ire
land, her majesty might, if she saw cause,
by order IN council, ante date the pensions
of these particular judges. In the future
these judges would be appointed by the Irish
governments be paid out Of the consolidated
fund, and be removable on the joint address
of the two orders. The cOustabularY would
remain under the present term OF service
and under their present authority. The
charge for the cOnstabulary was now q, 800
yuO per aLl1uIns and the speaker IelU conn
dent the charge would be reduced but for
the present he proposed 10 relieve the Irish
legislative body Of all expenditure for the
constabulary In excess OF 600, 900 per an
mum. In closing Gladstone referred TO the
Irish people as loyal and true and filed with
imperial patriotism. The delivery Of his
speech took three hours and twenty minutes.
Among the various radical WOrkngmeu
clubs of London the feeling is IN favor Of
Mr.. Gladstone. Several meetings we're held
TO discuss the project of a grand mass dem
ons1ra-1On IN support OF the home rule bill.
Dispatches from all over Great Britain and
Ireland show every where a popular interest
abroad IN the outcome Of the home rule pro
ceedlngs IN the house OF commons. Extra
editions Of the various daily newspapers
were gotten out in all the provincial towns
as rapldly as the news could be obtained
from London On the day Gladstone deliV-
cred his speech and printed, and the sales
are every where reported as being enormous.
The country people went into the towns sv-
eryWheEs in the united kingdom. Gladstone
receives general condemnation from all the
London papers
CONGRESSIONAL.
GEATE.
In the senate on April 8, George reported