New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-21
MR. PARNELL'S LAND BILL.
EXPLAINING ITS PROVISIONS TO THE HOUSE
OF COMMONS.
Mr. GLADSTONE SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF IN"
wrAsuaE-A DIGNIFiED REBUKE OF LORD
..yDor CurRCIfIfv-

~" ,.y,srsr-A pIGNIFlED REBUKE or LORD
RANDOLPH CHURCHILL
,Dox Sent 20 Mr. Gladstone attended TINS
toe. ession of the House Of Commons. crown
...mh,d outside gave him an enthusiastic grec'ns
x,.n h. came and he was warmly rece''eu oy '"e
,.uhers of the House when he appeared on the noor
n, gladstone looks as il enjoying robust health
- Randolph Churchill announced that the
,.a,msn, would at the session introduce Oil
s.;li,a,s the trausfer OF land, reducing the legal
os,s This announcement was received with oheers'
Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Chief Secretary Tor ire'anu
rn,vup 10 an interrogatory by Mr. Parnei' sad tha'
.;nes June I3 1000 families. comprising o.oii
rson had been evcted in Ireland, and that OF 'heSo
e5o families. including 1926 persons. had been re-
admitted 10 their former premises as caretaRers.
Mr. parnell in moving the second reading OF his
,Dl hill explained its provisions. The first clause,
h aid was the most i'm portant, because It dealt WIN
oos urgent subject. Ii enacted that any statutory
,enant whose rent fixed prior to the lust day OF
the wear 1854 might apply for an abatement IN
accordance with the provisions OF the BILL Inc OIL
vasto he temporary measure. with the exception oil
the second clause Ii intended to provide ior
,rhat Il hoped would be only temporary emergency.
II Was intended to meet the depression In prices' ou'
no eonld not tell now whether the depression was
likely to continue. The depression began IN looo anu
had continued unabated ever since.
aTherc are no signs of a recovery, said Mr.. farne'i'
aInleed the signs for the future are growing worse,
but only ask the House to take action with regard
10 the rents falling due next November. Unth inc
House is able take action the report OF the koya
Commission We will abstain entirely from preJuuglog
the Government proposals. But we do know 'h"'
since the bulk of the judicial rents has oeen nne"
there has been great depression in prices. Inc
potato blight has spread to an alarming extent
Thereore n behooves the House TO apply temporary
,emely now and not wait for the ROYAL Commission
a, repor or for the Government TO take action thereon
w,.eh will be- impossible before November, Iso' sup
ro.inr the House adjourned until the middle oi
February similar oelay occurred IN the eonsiuefa-
ton of tue Land Act of 1881 and the Arrears Ao' oi
1852 Therefore, unless the House accedes 10 my
proposal tenants and landlords will remain :" s'a.a
r.o for a wear lchcersl. Our opponents will probably
ureo that il i'll be exceedingly difficult for the Land
Court to ascertain whether tenants are really un"oe
10 nav their rents But there similar difficulty
10 overcome in connection with the Arrears ACT OF
lss2 The court satisfied itself within hve months
Of the inability of 100000 tenants TO pay their rents
lchcers Similar qnickness and expedition VIII follow
NV bill and the work will probably be finished IN
three months | propose, further. that the tenant
shall deposit half of the amount OF his rent leaving
the court TO determine how much OF the remaining
hall the tenant shall pay and how much the landlord
shall lose Under the Arrears Act the tenant deposited
only onethird of his rent the landlord losing one
third and the State advancing the remaining third
The only practical difference make is that the State
shall be loser In regard TO the suspension OF
evictlons my bill again closely follows the lines OF the
Arrears Act which act worked Justly and satisfactorily
for all parties The costs OF eyctions frequently
exceed the amount of rent due. Therefore. 1t Is
necessary to suspend evictions TO save tenants
additional costs lcheersl. As regards the lease
holders clause it will probably be objected TO the
ground that it ought not to have place III the
ieIoporary bill. But the icasehoders have been |
waiting oas enough too long, III iaet-and would
not be party TO the horrible injustice OF their
perpetual exclusion from the benefits OF the Act OF
lss2' IChsers.l
Mr. Parne quoted at eagth from statistics to prove
that the fall in the prices OF prodnce not exagger-
aied The estimated tall sincelSs5 averaged ~ per
cent and as the average rent deductions amounted TO
IL per cent the tenants per cent to the bad
without taking INTO the Increased cost OF labor
owina 10 the emigration OF bodied men Inc |
Land Act OF 1881, therefore. did not benefit the |
tenant farmers The Land Commissioners themselves
virtually admit that the rents liked PRIOR TO 1850 wc'e
foo blpl because the rents fixed for the first six |
months of $50 greatly reduced as compared |
with the rents fixed earlier. averaging Is per cent
less. Cheers. He admitted that the eNict'ons at
the end OF 1855 and the beginning of 1856 were fewer
than those that occurred immediately after the passing
Of the Land Act This decrease lie attributed to the
act that at the end of 1883 the Earl of Carnarvon
who was then Visroy. appealed to the landlords to |
refrain from eycting tenants at the beginning OF 1856
aud to the fact that Mr. Morley, Chie Secretary Tor
Ireland had always discouraged cvic;ions. But both |
of these factors had ceased exist ana the number OF
evictons had again become alarming.
s1he present Vceroy." said Mr. Parnel. "is a
noble lord whom little is known except what is bad
lChecrsl The present Chief Secretary, Sir Michael |
le is Uoiug IN leay ten
their fate must the loss be borne by the
landlords"
The speaker disputed the accuracy of Sir Michael |
Hicks Beachs eyict on figures, aud said that the
quarter ending the present month would show higher
average of oyciions than any quarter since 1901. If
the Government By said, armed with this BILL should
stay evictons in Kerry 1t would do more to restore
peace than all the General Buffers put together |
lCheers.l lie contended that the bill essentially
moderate and calculated pull matters smoothly |
through the winter Mr.. Parnc concluded by |
rearnestly ebtreating the House 10 allow the second
sading OF the BILL which, he sald would benefit the
landlords themselves The working OF the Land Act
of lssl showed that there almost as fe" JUS
among the landlords had been found In Sodom
and Gomorrah lCres of Oh and augt ter. "lf II |
had been for the landlords you might possibly have
eonciliated the Irish people You rule III their folly
The landlords you placed there your stewards
proved false their trust and oppressed their tenants
who have the utmost confidence that, act of
,ustce, Parliament will permit the bill to be
lost lCheorsl
Mr.. Parnells speech occupied one hour and twenty |
minutes in delivery
John George Gibson. member for Liverpool arose |
and on beh M Of the Government said that after the
declarations already made it would he impossible to
undertake any new constructive legislation this ses
sion lie declared that Mr. Parners measure was one
which no Government could accept and contended |
tha, the state farming in Ireland did show any
necessity tor the BILL