The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-05-21
IRISH HOME RuLE.

u01Su TUNE MULE
NJ. Gladstone Moves the second RsaAlnR
Of the Irish HoMe-Rule Measure In the
House Of Commons-He Appeals to HIS
tory to Support E1is Posltion-Whst Have
the Conservatives 10 OAsr II This Failsf
LONDON, May ll.-Mr. Gladstone's
voice at the beginning OF his speech was
feeble and mar-ed by hoarseness, but as
he proceeded it cleared, and toward the
close of his remarks he seemed t. have
regained all his old time vigor and effect
iveness. He desired, he said, in opening,
to make statement in regard to his per-
sOnal position. He had never, at any Pc
Rod, described home rule "a incompatible
with imperial unity. lCries of oh! oh!
The contradiction came from some mem.
bers of Parliament who had visited Mid.
lothian, making speeches which were full
Of totally untrue assertions. Renewed
cries of oh! oh!1 In 1871 he ex.
pressed the great satisfaction with
which he had heard the statements
OF the supporters of the hOme-rule move
ment, as those statements contemplated
nothing leading to q severance of the
empire. CCheers from Parnellites.1 Two
questions had Away presented them
selves to his mind regarding home rule:
Firstly, 1t must he shown to be desired
by the mass Of population Of Ireland;
secondly, was home rule compatible with
unity of the Empire? These questions
had been answered ny Mr.. Parneli, who
declared that what people of Ireland
sought was simply autonomy. AL
ternate cocrcive and reform measures
had been tried in the government Of
Ireland and had equally fail
ed. The medicine of coercion had
especially been medicine continually APP
Piled in increasing doses with diminish
ing results. Mr.. Gladstone reviewed the
history of the past as proving that only
q thorough measure having the effect
of satisfying Ireland was now feasible.
In regard to the idea of the autonomy of
Ireland being menace to the unity OF
the Empire, ne reminded the House that
the same argument was used against
granting independence to Canada when
it was determined to cOncede home
rule to that part of the British Dominion.
! sat, said Mr.. Gladstone, in Parliament
when the people Of Canada were de-
nounccd as rebels, and some Of them were
Protestants Of English and Scotch birth,
but the majority Of them were Catholics
of French extraction. Was the cry against
them raised because they were Catholics
of French descent? No, sir. The English
people in Upper Canada did precisely the
same thing that French Canadians did.
They rebelled. The Canadian rebels were
but ut the moment of mill
tary victory the political difficulty began,
and the victOrs were vanquished. If We
were the military victOrs, Canadians were
the victOrs in the field of reason. Here
Mr.. Gladstone referred to the significant
of opinion which had come
across the Atlantic approving
the vital principles Of the bill
[cheers], and asked gentlemen who
appeared to think the manifestations
Of opinion from America were worthless,
would they have considered them WORTH
less had these manifestations condemned
The bill? History had shown us that in
foreign affairs the Irish do not stand in
the same relation as the people of England
md Scotland. (Hear! Hear! and cries
Of No! nOD Is it wonder that in q
with woes so great and whose |
hopes have SO often been doomed to dis |
the mind of the people |
should be confined to the position of their |
,wn country? An essential principle to |
he Irish people has become the control |
If their own affairs. The bill provides, |
aid the Premier, that Ireland shall not be |
entirely excluded from voice in imperial |
lffairs. Clause 90 provides for the recall |
VI Irish representatives from both houses |
'efOre Parliament can proceed to the al
GRAFTON of any statute upon which the two
disagree. Another clause says
hat under certain conditions, the Irish
may vote sums for purposes
in it's ordinary cOgniZant. He
rusted that should Great Britain become
involved in a great war, when Ireland
would also be exposed to the common
LANCER, the Irish Assembly would re-
pond to the message of the Crown by
'Oting money to prosecute the war.
Laughter from the opposition benches. ]
Though it was al abiding principle that
he Irish members should not sit in the
imperial Parliament, the Government was
Wiling to meet the difficulty by providing
hat when it should be proposed
0 alter the taxation of Ireland
elating to- customs and excise, the
IRISH members would be enabled to
ppear i'm Westminster Parliament and
axe part in the debate. The Govern
nent, he said, was also willing to con.
ent to the formation of joint commits
ion composed of members of the British
nd Irish Parliaments to meet from time
o time to consider certain questions of
imperial and common interest. No such
rcat question as succession to the crown
ught to fall under the discussion of this
authority, however, but there
'ere many other questions, such as
reaties of commerce., that might re-
uire direct communication with both
arliaMentS, and he would there
IRE propose on behalf of the Gov
rnment that some plan of
MS kind be adopted. He proceeded
D explain that the government had not
ct decided upon what condition, either
rish members or Irish commissioners,
hOuld appear in the Imperial Parlia-
lent, but considered that this point
as not vital one. His own opinion
as II the Irish members came back
! any considerable mum bers it would be
to devise some new scheme of
ectiOns. If Lord Randolph Churchill
lould undertake the task of settling the {
ash question and serpetuating peace ,
I'd prosperity in Ireland, what did he
ran to do? Was it his pan that was
IMPOSED by the loyalists in Belfast last ,
dtember? In conclusion Mr.. Gladstone i.
lii:
The members of the House of Com :
Oss have before them great OppOrtun- ,,
= 10 close strife of 700 years, aye! and
Uniting by bonds firmer and higher !
character than heretofore the hearts
nd affections of the Irish people and the
m. nting of the noble fabric of the q