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these representatives would be GOO annual
value on a capital value of f40Oc.
Mr.. Gladstone said he proposed that the lVl
irish members In the House OF commons
should be members of the Irish Parliament,
and while the first order of the legislative
body would consist OF 1903 members, the sec
ond order would consist OF 206.
II was proposed to retain the Viceroy, out
ne would not be the representative OF party
OF quit ONCE with an outgoing government.
Inc religious disability now existing, which
makes Roman Catholics ineligible to the
Office would be removed
The constabulary would remain under the
present term Of service and under the present
authority. The Government had no desire to
exempt the peace of Ireland in reference TO
Its final position, from the ultimate control OF
the Irish legislative body The speaker had
no Jealousy upon that subject ms the care OF
providing for the ordinary security o! life
and property was the first duty of local
With respect 10 the civil service. the Gov
eminent did not think their case was the
same as that of the constabulary and the
transfer Of civil service to the legislative
| nody would effect a great economy. HE.
therefore, thought 1t would be wise to au-
thorize the civil servants now serving to
claim the pensions that would be due to them
| upon the abolition of their Offices
That was all, MIR. Gladstone stated, that he
had TO say on the subject of the new consti-
| luton. The proportion of the imperial bur
dens which he had to propose that Ireland
ehoulu Oedr was as one TO fourteen. He
| thonght that the new Irish Parliament ought
TO start with balance to its credit, but the
only fund that it would have, If left alone
| would be the solitary 100000 from the Ir sh
church fund. He knew no way of provid-
ing the necessary money, except by cary
ing u out OF this years budget. and
| he proposed that in the future Ireland
should pay one.tifteenth toward the imperial
expenditures. He entered into an elaborate
| calculation of the total income and eXpendi-
ture of Ireland, in the course of which he
stated that the total charge to Ireland on
account of Imperial Government he
put at t3,i&OO per annum. He
! estimated the total expenditure
OF lreland, including payment us Il Nation
al sinking fund for the IRISH portion of the
Nat onal debt, as 47,94600O per annum.
Against that there was total income of
te,,SjO,0tO, or surplus to the good of E404 600
Mr. Gladstone then offered elaborate argu-
ments in favor OF the proposed changes, and
concluded:
81 ask that we should learn to rely less on
mere written stipuations and more on the
heart and m nd Of man. ask that we should
apply to Ireland the happy experience we
have gained in England and Scotland, where
course OF generations has now taught us,
not as a dream or as Il theory, but as q mat
surest foundation we can find to build on is
the foundat on afforded by the affections and
convictions and will of man and that il is
thus, by decree of the Almighty, far more
than by any other method, we can be enab ed
to secure at once the social happiness. the
power and the permanence of the empire"
| Mr.. Gladstone resumed his seat amid bursts
| of enthusiastic cheers which were sustained
for several minutes.