, 1886-04-13
Lord Chnrohilrs Attack-

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LONDON. April l2.-The house of ON.
mons was again densely crowded this even
ing, as the result of an extended an
nouncement that Lord Randolph Church
i'll would attack Mr.. Gladstone's home
rule bill. Among the Conservatives and
the Wings there was intense interest in
Lord Randolph's efforts. Lord Randolph
Churchill. by virtue of his motion TO ad'
iourn at the last session having the floor,
resumed the debate on Mr.. Gladstone's
request for permission to introduce the
home rule bill. In the course of his
speech he said that after long consideration
he had come to the conclusion that the
scheme involved such a complicated and
inextricable mass of contradictions that if
anybody besides Mr.. Gladstone had pro-
posed it, it would never have been taken
seriously. fCheersl 1t was hedged
about with such f%anciful and eccentric
guarantees for the integrity Of the empire
that the speaker was aston
ished at the Parnellites az
quiescence. He had vainly searched all
the authorities, ancient and modern, for a
precedent for Mr.. Gladstone's two orders
which were TO compose the proposed Irish
parliament. The first order was intended
TO specially represent property, and it was
worthy Of attention that the great leader
of the great Liberal party had chosen
such IN antiquated and discarded machine
as the property qualification for the elect
crate Of this first order. The second or
der was also elective. Both orders were
to sit together; each could demand the
exercise of the right to vote separately,
and one order could veto any measure
brought in by the other. Take the simple
illustration of how this would work in
practice. Suppose the new parliament
should proceed to the election of a speaker.
Assume that the popular party carried the
election for their candidate, the property
party, by voting separately, could veto the
and then, in consequence, for three
or four years the election Of the
would be suspended. Laughter.
The same thing would happen in all those
cases in which one order should choose to
veto the action of the other, such as Tor
instance. questions of rules of procedure
or budget proposals. The premier, CON
tinued Lord Randolph Churchill, labored
Thursday last TO show that the fiscal
unity of the kingdom would not be af-
fected by retention in the hands of the
British parliament of the power of col
customs and excise duties. Now,
if this were done what would become of
that ancient British right of taxation and
representation going together? lCheers.
The speaker then went on to analyze the
and disbursements of an 'imag-
mary Irish budget" for the purpose. as
he said, of showing that Mr. Gladstone's
disposal to maintain the fiscal unity Of the
while giving Ireland home rule,
was altogether Enthusiastically. He then
out that the amount which
the premier had named as
hat which Ireland would every
year contribute under home rule
10 the imperial treasury as the
contribution for the benefit Of imperial
unity was Of an extremely missionary
and precarious character. On the quest
ION of Ulster he asked if an Irish govern
could pay its way if Ulster was
withdrawn. That the English govern
.ent could not make up its mind TO us
ter was almost insoluble to the character
Of the home rule project The premier
his proposals on the ground that
there were eighty-six home rule members
in the house. But why should the voices of
six Irish members prevail over the
voices Of 5s4 other members2 Mr. Glad
proposals had given the Nation
an enormous advantage. He had
listened to many of Mr.. Gladstone's
speeches, the charms Of which were des-
cribed as being like the effects OF morphia.
The sensation under the operation was
transcendent, the awakening was bitterly
In conclusion, the speaker said
that the effect of the bill would be to free
Ireland from the supremacy of p%arlia-
mentand the sovereignty Of the queen.
He regretted that it had not been deemed
consistent with the customs Of the house
to take a division on Mr.. Gladstone's mo-
ton for leave to introduce the bill, but
the day of decision would speedily arrive,
when the house would vote against pro
posals which were desperate, unconstitu-
tional and misleading. Loud cheers
Mr.. Russell, attorney general, tainted
Lord Churchill with infusing into his
speech prejudice and passion. He wen
on to contend that the bill does not attack
the imperial parliament or the crown. AS
to Ulster. the bill gave Protestants and
Catholics the same rights. 1t was nov
time for Ireland to try to govern itself.
lCheers.
To-night's speech in the house Of com
mons caused disappointment lord
Randolph Churchill's speech lacked the
wanted point and energy of the orator,
while that Of Mr.. Russell was a labored
effort and fell fat Sir Michael Hicks
Beach will close the debate tomorrow.
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