Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-04-12
MIR, GiadstOne's Bill.
CoNDENsEB DIGEST OF Mr.. GLADsToNE's
MEASURE TO GIVE HOME RULE TO IRE

MEASURE TO GIVE HOME RULE TO IRE
LAND.
The following digest gives the outline of
the bill in condensed form:
|. On and after the day when the home
rule act comes into effect the Irish peers will
cease to attend the House of Lords. Irish
members will not have a voice or vote in the
deliberations of the House of Commons.
| The provisions of the home rule act are
only to be altered on an address to the crown
from the Irish legislature, or by the -estora-
ton of the imperial character of Parliament
| by readmitting the Irish members to West
minister
3 Ireland is to remain within the empire,
under the imperial crown, and liable to i'm
perial debts, subject to the vicissitudss of
peace, war and a tariff identical with that of
Great Britain but in all matters pertaining
to the crown. succession to the crown, armv
and navy, the organization of armed forces,
foreign and colonial relations, imposition of
duties, customs and excise, Ireland is to have
no voice in the imperial legislature. The
control of the executive of the empire is
served t. representatives of England, Scot
land and Wales.
Ireland is to contribute e. pa, 900 per An
mum MS a tribute to the imperial exchtquer
and 1850 900 towards the repayment of the
national debt.
8. The viceroy. who NAV henceforth be q
Ronan Catholic, will be clothed with many
of the prerogstives of the crown. Mr. Glad
stone said 1--WE propose to leave the vice.
roy without interference bv act of Parlia-
ment, except iE the particulars am about to
name His Office would be altered by statute,
only he would not be a representative of any
party; he would not quit Office with the out
hN In.,A
him. MS now, in some certain form, privy
council, TO aid and advise him; within the
prvy council there would be an executive
body, which would form itself under the ac-
ton of the principle OF responsible govern
ment for the purpose of administering the
various offices of the State the Queen
would be employed to delegate authority to
him in case his office should be permanently
continued; finally, his present office is
still affected almost only by solitary out
standing religious disability, after every
thing else has been DESTROYED this disability
we propose by our bill TO remove. These are
the six postulates which the bill sets out -
g. ireland is to have a domestic legsla-
ture for the conducting of business both leg
islative and administrative. possessing, among
other things, the general power of taxation.
\ I The Irish parliament is to consist of
one chamber consisting of two orders, each
of which shall have the right of voting separ-
atelv on occasion. and each of which can
bring matters to deadlock for three years,
or until dissolution, by vetoing the decision
of the other.
s. The Irish parliament would be constitu-
ted "a follows: There will be single cham
Der composed of two orders, namely, a first
order of twenty-eight representative peers,
removed from the House of Lords, as life
members with a property qualification of
f200 per annum, elected by f25 pounds suf-
frage for 10 years, total number of 1903
The second order to be composed of 206 Irish
members elected. The total membership Of
the Irish Parliament is to be 800. The max
imum duration of office not to exceed five
years.
8 The customs excise will continue to be
raised by authority of the imperial psrlia-
ment but the entire proceeds of the customs
excise of Ireland will be held for the benefit
of ireland for the discharge of her obliga-
tons. The balance will be paid, after the
discharge of those obligations, into the Irish
exchcauer, to remain At the disposal of the
Irish legislative body.
10. The coustablery for the present will
remaln under its present terms of service and
under the present authority; $500 900 will
be, for the time being, contributed from the
consolidated fund toward its msint. nance, the
other 100000 being borne by the Irish ex-
chequer. The constabery will ultimately
come under the control of the Irish chamber,
IL. The power will he given to the crow
to sntedate the pensions OF judges who have
been concerned in the administration of Grim
inal law in Ireland. The present civil ser
wants are To be allowed to claim the usual
gratuity. or pensions payable to them On alb
clifton of their office. They will remain on
duty for two wears, at the end of which time
the legislative body themselves will be free
to negotiate fresh body The civil servants
are not to be bound to remain. The legislative
body is not to be bound to employ them.
-. The amount of the irish contribution
will be as follows One fifteenth of the snnu-
al debt charge OF f22 600 600. which will be
fl, +66, 900 One fifteenth of the army and
navy charge. excluding war votes, also ex-
GLIDING charges for volunteers and yoeman-
~ These would be 81 ,666 900. the amount
of civil charges, which will entail upon Ire
land fll0 000.-or a total charge, properly
imperial. of f3. 2420OO.
The Irish budget will be as follows
Customs, flSS,000; excise, f4 800, 900;
stamps. 100000; income tax, f550, 900 !;
, non-tsxed revenue. including post office, fl,-
020,oo0; total, fs. $4,000. Against that the
imperial contribution is f3, 242, 900; consta-
blery, 81 100000; civil charges. &C., $40 900.
Finally the collection of revenue il fS34, 900,
making total charge of G. ,5SS, 900 !
per cent sinking fund amounts TO f36o. 0OO
giving the total charge of f7,946, 600, against
the total income of fS.35o,000. The surplus
remaining to the good of Ireland will be
f404 900.
Rondout man of small stature gives as a
3 reason for his stunted growth that he was
brought up, when baby, on condensed milk
/ Kingston Freeman