Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-25
PARLIAMENT.
TEE DEBATE ON THE REPLY TO THE
QUEEE's SPEECH.
Parnoll Makes Strong Speech on Irish
Matters Ex-Premier Gladstone Taxes
Part In the Debate.

IVNDON. auStot ~f' "fA'~
loudly cheered in the House OF Com
mons tonight on rising to resume the
debate on the address in reply to the
Queens speech. Ho said he believed
that il the country had been g'ven
three more weeks to consider the home
rule bill the Tories would lot row be
seen installed on the Treasury bench
The Irish party had every reason to be
satisfied with the present position Inc
majority Of the Liberal party had de-
clared in favor Of Irish autonomy. The
Tories had only proftcd from tempo
rary Liberal hesitation. After the
present Government bad exhibited
themselves for year or SO, a
spectacle for God and man, in the at
tempt to govern Ireland, Liberal hesita-
ton would vanish. The Irish had
every reason to have patience. Theirs
was the winning cause. II the Govern
ment speeches were intended to exas-
perste Ireland, they would fail to have
that effect. At the same time there
would be difficulty with the rent ques-
ton. lie regretted that the Govern
ment bad not appreciated the gravity of
the occasion. The Royal Commission
would be unable to report till the piuch
Of winter was over. If the system of
dual ownership was to be replaced by
a system Of single ownership there
would be risk to the English tax.
payer. Dir. Parnell said he had only
agreed to the adoption Of the land.pur-
chase act of 1885 because he then be.
lieYed the settlement Of the national
question would come c0ucnrrently, and
because the Conservative Government
had sent to Ireland Lord CarnaryOn,
who was an avowed Home-Ruler
Now conditions were entirely changed.
Gladstene's purchase scheme would
have safely settled the land question.
Every penny Of the principal and TO-
teIest could have been collected through
the customs and excise duties, and the
money would have been as safe as the
Bank of England. IL the Government
thought Of solving the Irish question
without settling the land question it
would find it had got hold of the
wrong end of very thorny
stick. [Cheers.l The Government
must reduce rents either at the expense
of the landlords or at the expense Of
British tax. payers. Parnell denounced
the dishonesty Of attempting to stimu-
late Irish industries by liberal doses oil
English public money. He said the
Irish people utterly refused to
sell their national birthright for the
mess Of pottage which the Govern
ment offered. Parnellite cheers.
The way to develop the re-
sources of Ireland was to allow the
IIi.h to develop themselves. ICheers
They did not want an influx Of capital.
for there Was plenty Of that in Ireland
They wanted to be allowed to hell
themselves. conservative cheers and
laughter. The Government allowed The
Irish to build harbOrs, drain land, and
generally develop the resources OF thu
country, when they did not allow the
Irish to reap the profit. LCheers.l TIL,
Irish party repudiated the proposed
fraud on the British taxpayers. Lei
the Government, which obtained the
Offices by Misrepresentation, he would
not say lying, pursue their own way
and establish a wholesale system OF
bribery and corruption. IChecrs.l
Psrnell here read his amendment tC
the address, and proceeded. He said
that the judicial rents were too high
He accused the Government of eucour
aging landlords to evict by the whole
sale, knowing that grieyous crime
always followed eviction. Why die
tenants, submitting to moonlight raids
refuse to give evidence: Because, taking
Kerry as an example, the tenant:
knew that but for moonlight raid:
Lord Kenmore would not leave the roo
over the heads of his tenants. The lrisl
would be patient, but the Indictment:
beld out by landlords who tried to ex
act impossible rents would bear fruit
and might produce evaporation. Land
lords would clamor for coercion, auC
force the Government to adopt co
erciye measures. Ii is believed tina
coercion would come, and very severe
too-coercion that would not stol
at criminals, but attack political oppo
nents. If be might offer a suggestion
he would urge that judicial tenancie
should be fixed at three years, instea'
of fifteen years, and that there shonl'
be a revision Of rents in accordanc
with prevailing prices. In conclusion
he said The Irish will never submit
to government not their own
| [Cheers. The question OF an autono
nous government will always be fixe
in the hearts of the Irish people. PRO
longed cheers.l
Right Hon. David Plunket, Firs
| Commissioner Of Works, denied tina
judicial rents were too high. lie sal
they we're fixed during the period an
on the basis of falling prices. Th
tendency Of the past eighteen month
had been in the direction Of DEGREES l
the number Of evictions. The polio
of the Government was to extend tn
act of 1881, and its success largely d.
pended upon the restoration OF soci'
orders. He concluded by saying th'
the responsibility taken upon himse
by Parnell tonight was an awful an
terrible one. conservative cheers.l
Mr.. Gladstone, upon rising, wa
loudly cheered. lie began by accusin
the Government of having taken a
unusual course in going so far outsid
Of the speech from the Throne. He di
not remember an occasion in fifty yeal
when the Government thought it polit
to use the address as an opportunity ft
explaining its policy beyond the con
pass of the speech. He thought u
Government should have reserved Il
main lines Of their measures uni
the measures themselves could
presented but he was unwillir
to complain of the action OF the TO
eminent. lie intimated that he wou
take no part in the division on Parnell
amendment, because he deprecated al
attempt to force definite, prematu
! .s:o. ~ oo;nian an the noli