The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1886-04-17

oladsaons's Irish Home.fsale Measure
When the great English CommOner
entered the Parliament House on the
9Th instant, TO make known his scheme
fer Home Rule for Ireland, as he
previously had announced he uld
do, the greatest enthusiasm prevailed
among the Liberals and Parnelites,
and no such scene was ever witnessed
before in the Commons. As soon as
the cheering had ceased Gladstone rose
and moved for permission to introduce
3 6ill to amend previous Legislation
and to make provisions for the future
government of Ireland. On making
this motion Gladstone said that the
time had arrived when both honor and
duty required Parliament to come 10
q decisive resolution. 1T should de
the endeavor of the members to liber-
ate Parliament from the restraints
under which, during late years. it had
Intellectually struggled TO restore legis-
lation to its unimpeded COURSE" said
the Premier. 1t is our duty to estab-
lish harmonious relations between
Great Britain aud Ireland on footing
oT free institutions, in which English
men, Scotchmen and Irishmen have d
live interest This sentiment was
greeted with prolonged cheers. As
soon as quiet was restored Gladstone
entered upon brief review of the
general failure of past legislation for
Ireland. He dwelt upon the coercive
and regressiye measures which had
been put in force from time to time,
and deprecated any further resort to
the rude remedies of intimidation.
"Since 1885," he said, "only two years
have passed without coerciye legisla
ton for Ireland, and in spite of all this
the law continues to be disregarded
because il is invested 10 the eyes OF the
Irish with foreign aspect. We're
further coercion to be successful, IL
would require two conditions-autoc-
racy of government and secrecy of
public transactions. The handspring
of the law in England is felt to he
English; in Scotland to be SCOTCH. but
in Ireland it is not felt to be Irish
The first condition of civilized life in
Ireland demands that the people have
confidence in the lay and sympathy
Herewith. The problem, therefore,
before Parliament at the present time
is to reconcile imperial unity with
diversity of legislation" He (Glad
stone) believed that the Government
had found solution to this problem
in the establishment of Parliament
at Dublin for the conduct of business,
both legislative and administrative.
The bill introduced in the House of
Commons by Gladstone, granting
home rule to Ireland, provides that
the proposed Parliament at Dublin
shall be dual body. 1t is to be com
posed of two orders. each of which
shall have power to veto the acts of the
other. The first order will be composed
Of l03 members, and the second of 206
members. Twenty-eight ofthe present
Irish Peers will continue to sit In the
House of Lords, with the option OF life
seats in the first order of the Irish
Parliament. The Office of Viceroy Of
Ireland will not be abolished, but will
be non-political, and the incumbent
will not be expected TO retire when
a change occurs in the British Minis
try.
As we understand it, the Home Rule
measure means nothing more than that
Ireland shall have Legislative body,
one branch Of which shall be elected
and the other, perhaps, appointed,
with powers similar to Territorial
Legislature in the limited States