The Portland daily press., 1886-06-08
FOR EIcN.
Defeat of the Home Rule Bill,
After an Exciting Debate.
ParneIi Makes an Eloqnent Appeal
for the Bill.
An Unprecedented Scene In the
House Of Commons.
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feeted by a majority of thirty, on the secont
reading of the home rule bill.
LONDON, June 7.-The Fenian leadsr
| Thomas Clark Luby, publishes a letter il
London saying, "If GladstoDe's home rul
fails, so much the worse for England. Sh,
will be compelled later on to concede hom,
rule to Ireland and then will get no gratitud,
in return. Ireland's future is safe. Tht
| good feeling of the whole world and justice
are on her side. Personally have no objec
tion to seeing this strife between England ant
Ireland honofably ended"
Rev. Joseph Parker, d. D., pastor of tht
City Temple at London, publishes a letter or
the home rule bill in which he says: "As SEQ
eral non-conformists have delivered judg
ment on the governments Irish policy may
I venture to say how heartily and gratefully
| support the dignifed and generous attitude
assumed by Mr.. Gladstone. From what ]
hear on every hand Mr.. Gladstone has moth
ing to fear from an appeal to the country.
never knew how great the home rule Dill was
until had heard the arguments OF its most
determined opponents. | pity the Marquis
of Salisbury'S position. deplore Lord Hart
ington's, and cannot either approve or un-
derstand Mr. Chamberlain's, If the candi-
dates for membership in the House OF Com
mons expect to secure n0n-contormlst sup
port by opposing this home rule bill they
make profound mistake"
At noon today 100 seats had been secured
by Hating for the debate on the home rule
bill tsnight. Chamberlain's reply to Labou-
chere's appeal to him to abstain from voting
tonight in order to save the principle OF
Gladstone's bill has favorably affected dissi-
dents, who now claim they expect majority
of twelve against the bill.
Gladstone entered the House of Commons
at 4.50 this afternoon and proceeded straight
to his seat. When his presence was noticed
he was greeted with tremendous cheering.
The House as Commons was crowded to its
utmost capacity at the hour of the opening of
the session. Gladstone, replying to the ques-
tiOn, said the government was unable to
promise to incorporate the measures for home
rule government in England, Wales and Scot
land, in the revised Irish home rule bill when
it should be brought in during the autumn
session in the event of its passing its second
reading now TheloppoSition loudly cheered
John Bright and Lord Harrington as they
entered and took their places.
Right Hon. Mr.. George j. Goschen (Liber-
all resumed the debate on the home rule bill.
He said the sovereignty of the Imperial Par
lament demanded clauses which 1t was high
ly probable the majority of the House would
never consent to if the bill pasted. A terri
BILE struggle would be inaugurated by the
Catholic clergy of Ireland for the control of
education in that country. 1t had been elic-
tied in various letters which had passed be-
tween the Premier and his followers that re-
construance of the bill was the basis on which
many members would unite in voting with
the government on the measure which every
one admitted was the most important ever
submitted to Parliament The Premier is
now more anxious to learn from his support
ers what they will authorize him to give than
he is to insist upon knowing what Parlia-
ment will accept. (Cheers) No hope had
been rendered that clause "a would be drop
ped, and this meant disappearance perma-
nently of the Irish members 5rom the Impe-
riament. Goschen's speech was logical ar
raingment of the Premiers measures and
was enthusiastically applauded. Hereferred
to the variousIfeatureS of the home rule bill,
and among other things said; Difficulties
would arise under the foreign enlistment act,
and in cases like that of the Alabama, the
Imperial Parliament would be- responsible
for the acts of the Irish executive, and yet
be powerless to control the executive. The
Canadian executive was now in trouble with
America. England was responsible for Can
ada and had to settle the difficulty. The
Premier's friends had not condescended to
reply to that argument. Suppose discomfort
arose, eliminating in agitation, and the ulti-
mate separation, members must not forget
Morley's warning, that if discomfort arose in
Ireland Irish Americans would place mate
rial resources at Ireland'S command. If Par
lament parted with its executive power in
Ireland, and alienated its friends and made
Gll6ll DIJleT lU6S, anu pldC6u. Glt cAtCutlfC
power in new and untried hands, how would
they meet this difficulty? He urged mem
berS not to MAIN the constitution of which
they were only life trustees. No foreign
country, he said, ever had a parliament as
life trustees. They were bound to hand
over their glorious possession without detrl-
ment to those coming after them.
In conclusion he said, Il lmpl0re the
House by the tradition of which we are
heirs, by obligations of duty and honor, by
I r,rNfra hx
our duty to the Queen to look to it, that those
who shall come after us and bear witness
that we have not betrayed our trust" Loud
cheers.)
ParnelI's Eloquent Speech.
Mr.. Parnell was the next speaker. He was
loudly cheered by his followers. He said Il
| should ordinarily have lacked confidence in
| following SO able and eloquent a speaker in
this contest of giants; but think thrice is
he armed who hath his quarrel justed.
| [Cheers] And unequal, inferior as | am at
many points | hope | shall not be so far be-
| hind as usual. Hear, Hear. Without in
help thinking while listening to his speech
| that in all the lost causes wherewith have
| seen him connected during many years past
| he was never so little effective as when con-
| the second time tonight. TCheers] Goschen
| sought, think very unfairly, to cast a lurld
| light on the situation by his illusions to
| those unhappy 0utrages at Kerry. JOIN IN
| the expression of contempt for this coward
| ly, disgraceful practice. l join him to the
| fullest extent. Hear, Hear But neither dc
| say that becausesthe evictions have been
more numerous in Kerry than in all the rest
of Munston put together, during the months
| passed, that they constitute an excuse fol
though it may supply us with the cause oi
them, But when l denounce outrages | de
| nounce them in every part of Ireland, wheth
er in Ulster or in Kerry. Hear, Hear Gosch
| en- is cerrrinly free from reproach. he has
not joined Lord Randolph Churchill and
| Chamberlain in the use of reckless language
| with reference to the affairs of the country
| which is not their country. [Cheers
| Interference for which they have not the
| paltry excuse that it is any business OF
| theirs or that they had any interest there
| My colleagues have in times past been re
preached because they have not been careful
| in looking at the effect of their language, ant
a doctrine of indirect responsibility has beer
| employed against them to the extent of i'm
| prisonment. Ii that doctrine of indirect re
sponsibility were employed against Lore
Randolph Churchill or Hr. Chamberlain
Lord Randolph Churchill ought to plead a
an excuse that he believes in nothing ant
nobody but himself, so that he could not ex
| pect any great Importance to be attached t.
his declaration; Cheers and laughter) whil'
Mr.. Chamberlain might have said, and salt
very truly, that he was absolutely ignoran
of all the circumstances of Ireland, and hi
celebrated projected visit there last autumn
not having come off, he really could no
know what would be the effect of his Ian
guage. (Cheers) However, we have tn
result now in one murder already COMMITTEES
in Belfast, and | trust that all fnture mem
bers will remember the Importance an
gravity of occurrences which may follow il
| Ulster These occurrences cannot go faI
ther at the outside than outrage and assassin
alton, but they will depend very much upol
what is said on this subject and the amour
of Importance given to the doings of tn
Ulster men.
We do say and admit that these occur
rences are to be condemned and should b.
stopped. But while Lord Randolph
Churchill and Goschen say they must bel pu
an end to by resorting,to coercion, which h
and his friends had been using for the las
So syears, we would say with Gladstone
try the effect of self-government Cheers
then if Kerry men resort to outrage the
will very soon find that the rest of Irelan
will put stop to it." Renewed cheers
Raferrng to recent outrageS in BelfaS
Parnell claimed that they were due to locf
sectionalism and explained their origin
show that they were begun and ended in
local religious dispute, which had no bearin
on the imperial issues at stake.
Speaking further of the Belfast outrag
the details of which already have been pul
lished, Parnell said: Il do not attempt
Justify the occurrence because it was vel
sad one. Mr.. Goschen spoke about the so