Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-22
PARNELL'S BILL BEATEN.
THE CONSERVATIVES WIN BY A
VOTE OF 2O7 40 2O2.

| Roman Catholic Bloody Riots Still In
| Progress at Belfast.
LONDON, Sept. 21.-Mr. Gladstone pub
fishes letter again denying the persist
emily repeated report that he is about to
join the Catholic Church. He says: THAT
statement that l intend to become Ro-
man Catholic is a revival of a miserable
falsehood, reproduced from time to time
without the shadow of evidence for its
basis, and is unworthy Of notice until 1t
assumes a character very different from
a merely caumnious invention"
| MORLEY RESUMES THE DEBATE.
In the House of Commons to-day John
Morley resumed the debate on the second
reading OF the Parnell land bill. He
thought that Mr.. Parnell in his speech
last night had proved his case in regard
to the fall in the prices OF Irish farm pro-
ducts. He contended that the bill pro-
vided better machinery and better
method of answering the governments
| own question as to the necessity of re-
lieving the Irish tenantry in some form
than would the appointment OF any royal
commission. He believed the landlords
Of Ireland, and not for the first time In
their history, were making grIevous mis-
take in allowing the bill to be rejected.
| Irish cheers.1 Sir Michael Hicks Beach
stated that the government commission to
inquire into the working OF the land act
Of 1881 would consist of Earl Cowper,
Chairman, Earl Miltown, Sir James Card,
Judge O'Hogan and George Fottrell.
MATTHEW'S UNYIELDING FRONT.
| MIR. Morley continuing said he re-
\ gretted that Mr.. Matthews in his first
Fspeech had not offered hopes OF conciha-
tion. 1t was generally admitted that
there had been heavy fall in prices
since judicial rents were fixed. The onus
probapdi-inability opay rent-devolved
upon the tenants. II the proposed de-
pOsit of 90 per cent. was too small the
government could propose TO raise the
amount In committee. Cheers.
II 1t was true that the inability OF the
| tenants was due to excessive use Of whis-
ky or subscriptions to the league 1t
would be easy to insert au amendment
requiring tenant to show satisfactory
cause OF his inability to pay rent, render
ing dishonesty impossible. What had the
landlords to fear II their cause was just.
| lCheers. The vicious land system in
Ireland prevented tenants from reaping
the fruits Of their industry. He would
| vote for Mr.. Parnei's bill, because he be-
lieved IL would create a smooth and calm
! interval between the sessions and enable
them to consider the Irish question gen.
orally.
AN IMPUDENT PROPOSAL.
MIR. Chaplin, Conservative, opposed the
| bill. He taunted Messrs. Gladstone and
Morley with again using the argument of
fear. The Parnell bill was the most i'm
pudent proposal ever submitted to Par.
lament. 1t involved reduction Of 30 per
cent. for an indefinite period. [Cheers1.
| q Qrfi n rnnrpffQh huf ho
unable to support Mr.. Gladstone's con-
illusions. He said there was little doubt
that the time had arrived for full In
quiry into the agrarian question in Ire
land, and the government was about
to institute such an inquiry, yet
pending this investigation Mr.. Glad
stone was prepared to take action on Mr..
ParnelPs bill in a way which only last
August he Mr.. Gladstone) argued would
be unfair. [Cheers.l The existing judi
cial rents were fixed during period Of
great depression, and it had not vet been
proved that the land courts had failed to
make due allowance for the state OF
things that had arisen since that time.
Parliament would incur great RESPONSE
bility If 1t rejected the governments pro-
pOsals for the preservation OF order, as
and CommunIstio ideas in the interest of
COURSE OF THE LATE GOVERNMENT.
The late government, he continued, had
| not ventured to suggest temporary relief
measures for Ireland. lts whole action
had been entirely opposed TO the idea that
| judicial rents were not properly fixed
Lord Harrington failed to see that any
case had been made out which
would Justify interference with judicial
rents. The bill did not deserve
the assent OF the House. 1t offered
a temptation To tenants TO withhold half
their rents, and de5arred landlords from
recovering their righttul dues. IL was
without precedent. and totally dissimiIar
TO previous bills which embodied that bad
principle. Since 1880 the position of the
tenant had enormously improved, and he
now possessed every protection against
eviction or harsh action on the part OF
landlord. [Cbeers.
WANT OF REALITY.
Sir Michael Hicks Beach said he thought
| there was a certain want OF reality about
the discussion. He was puzzled 10 ac-
| count for the silence OF the Parnellites,
and contended that they could not believe
that case for the bill bad been made out.
Did tbev think the bill had any chance Of
passing2 He was afraid the reason for
their action was that the bill was simply
a measure to enable tine separatist party
10 attack the government, who were act
ing in accordance with all their
previous declarations in declining TO
consent 10 the second reading Of the
bill. he declared that the bill
! IL passed would not be received in the
south and west Of Ireland as a temporary
measure. II would permanently upset
the settlement effected by the land act Of
! 1881. Nothing had been said about the
! tall )f prices until the rejection Of the
home rule bill. Prices were rising at the
present moment. The statistics regard
| ing the evictions were misleading. The
| increase in the number Of evictions was
no proof OF the inability OF tenants TO paw
their rents. He believed that the total
number OF evctions In 1885 did
not exceed three in 1000 inhabitants.
SCOPE PoR INQUIRY.
There was scope for inquiry into the
whole matter. Upon the announcement
OF the result OF the Royal Commissions
inquiry the government would submit
proposals TO the House during the next
session. The position OF affairs In Ireland
was such that the government might he
obliged 10 ask Parliament TO deal with
the question earlier than usual cheers.
hut the government wnnld not buy peace
by doing injustice by blackmail. In con-
ciusion he said that the discussion OF Mr..
Parnell's proposal was an act OF gross In
Justice 10 the Irish landlords.
Sir William Vernon Harcourt said he
thought the House and country would
a