Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-07-07
JOHN BRIGHT ON GLADSTONE.
His Reasons for SO Bitterly Opposing
the Home Rule Bill Before
the Country.
He Insists that England Has Dealt More
than Literally with Modern
ireland.
Latest News of the ElectiOn-The Glad.
stone Men Count on Large
Gains in Scotland.

LONDON, July 3.-Mr. Bright addressed q
large and enthusiastic audience at Birming-
ham tonight. Upon rising to speak he
was cheered for several minutes. He eald
ha had believed his time was coming to re-
tire. For Twenty-Five years he had served
| Birmingham but in the lace OF the question
| Of the greatest magnitude he considered it
| his duty to remain at thefront. He claimed
that he, more han any other man, had
implored the successive governments to
| deal with Ireland. 1t was because hissym-
patty was undiminished, Ia more power
full than ever, that he was unable to accept
the proposals OF the government. Could
anybody suppose that he would have
estranged himself from his long political
and personal IL friendship with Gladstone ii he
could have seen anything to support in the
bills. In the great speeches OF the Premier
and others, they had introduced a great
deal OF ancient history n many old
stories about Ireland, but tine history OF
nearly every country was q dismal story,
and the old story Of Ireland had moth
ing to do with the question. (Cheers).
1t was unbecoming in the Premier to make
a long speech telling what had happened in
Ireland a century ago. [Cheers.1 Going
back he would show the enormous progress
even twenty years. The whole tone OF
Parliament toward Ireland had altered.
The church had been dis-established, the
land laws had been reformed, the arrears
act had been passed and other legislation
had been enacted, ending last year with the
widest household suffrage. Could any gov
eminent in the same length Of time have
done mole for any people. After adducing
the date to prove that the Irish malady is
not political, but altogether economic Mr..
Bright proceeded. He was entirely against
anything in any shape called a Parliament
at Dublin; he was opposed to the o
strous proposition to purchase estates,
and. but for the bill to reyolutionize Ire
land nobody would have dreamed OF SO
~extravagant a proposal.
The bills proposed would create a govern
ment in Ireland which would be untrust-
worthy as regards the first duties OF the
government namely, the preservation OF
property and the security OF public order.
The legislation Mr.. Gladstone proposed
was only a step forward in the most
through rapine to the break up of the
Kingdom-and the astounding proposal
was that this conspiracy should be dignifed
by the name, form and power OF a parlia-
lClll Lucy "CAV COlu SAdO Il AoAu jail
was dead. The country had q right to-
complain OF the singular want Of frankness
on the part OF the Premier. He was con-
cealing from the public hat definite open
declaration he ought to make (cheers).
Probably even the Premiers view to open
ly adhere'to the land bin might lose the
election, while to abandon it might shake
the allegiance of some of the colleagues,
therefore there was a variation in the Ian
guage and terms that was unbecoming to a
minister spe aking on SO alarming a project.
Constituencies might be certainif they gave
the Premier a majority large enough to en-
BILE him to go on with the bill it was Glad
stone's intention also to thrust the Land
Purchase bill through Parliament (cheers].
The absurdities Of that and purchase
scheme had been amply exposed. He re.
minded his auditors that anon the com.
plants made by Ireland was one concern
ing the great evil OF absenteeism. This
land bill would make the English Treasury
a universal absentee landlord over all and
in Ireland and an absentee whose rents
it would be mostdificult to collect [cheers].
1t might be found when the landlords
the conspiracy had come. That the
garrison OF England had been driven out
and a new Irish nation left to it's growing
calamities would not think of pay
ing rents. The teaching of the ParneIlite
conspiracy during the last seven years a
against paying rent. Could it be supposed
that the Lesson learned through these years
could be Immediately unlearned; that the
general decentralization which had occurred
over three parts OF Ireland would cease, or
would the people not be told, "you have
got free from the burdens of the local pro-
prietors OF the soil, will you pay rents 10Y
~ n $ounsop ~, ca-Js,,1 <Lo o111ao
tor in a foreign garb"" [Cries, shear!
heart Referring to the government bill.
Mr.. Bright said that he concurred with
Mr.. Gladstone, that if the bill passed it
would be absolutely impossible for
the Parnellites to remain at West
minister. The proposal hat 300
members ait in Dublin and rule in West.
minister was especially monstrous. Under
this arrangement what would happen. They
knew that about hall the Irish members
o in Parliament had their expenses paid
from across the Atlantic, with donations
by avowed enemies Of England, but with
300 sitting in Dublin and 100 more at
Westminster, it would he necessary that
donations OF America become
perpetual. QLaughter).
AN AMERICANS VIEW.
BosrON, July Awkward A. Perry OF the
Herald, cables from London this afternoon
as follows: The election at Bath yester- +
day, where two Unionists, one Liberal and
other Conservative were returned, offers a /
striking example of the loyalty with which |
the Conservatives are carrying out their |
OF support to the Dissident Liber-
ais. At the last election, Bath which in |
1880 had sent Liberals to Parliament with
q rousing majority turned half way round
and elected Mr.. Blaine. Conservative and |
Mr.. Wadehouse Liberal, rejecting their re-
ticket partners, Col. Lowrie and |
Sir Arthur Hayter. Mr.. Wadehouse took
an active part in the Harrington
against Home Rule and the Conser-
vative leaders felt bound to give him a
for election. Fortunately they
had promised Col. Lowrie that he should
have another chance to run. There was a
to try their good faith. Two as.
OF their own party, with strong
claims to the double candidacy, one an old
member, the other as a promise, end every
LIKELIHOOD that both could be elected for
he Irish vote in Bath is considerable
the Liberal party was badly
'hattered, but the Tory managers
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