The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-16
HARD RAPS AT COERCION
TORIES FAIL TO PROVE THAT THE
ACT HAS BEEN A SUCCESS.

MIR. Ellis Shows the Incompleteness Of
the Statistics on Which the Govern
ment Bases It's Cleims-Herbert Glad
stone Taunts the Government on It's
Failure TO XIII the League.
LONDON, Feb l5-The debate on the ad-
dress in reply to the Queens speech was re-
sumed in the House of Commons to-day by
John Ellis NiberaD, member for Noting
hamshire, who supported Mr.. Parnel's
amendment. He denied that the decrease
of crime in Ireland was owing to the
crimes act and asserted that
the returns submitted by the gov
ernment to support that claim were
valueloss inasmuch as they failed to give
details which would enable the identfca-
tion Of any of the cases they cited. He con-
demned the action of the Irish Magistrates,
many of whom, he said, were unqualified
for the positions they occupied, while others
had been guilty of arbitrary conduct.
He mentioned the case of one Magistrate
who had declared that ho was acting under
government orders, and refused to give anv
other reason for discision he had rendered.
PETTY MALIGNITY.
Mr.. Ellis said the administration Of the
crimes act reeked with petty malignity and
calculated tyranny. Cheers from the Irish
members,) If the government would assent
TO the appointment of select committee OF
inquiry he promised that ample evidence of
the maadministration Of the act would be
forthcoming. The National League, he de-
clared, was stronger than ever and the
spirit of the Irish people remained unbrukeN,
the reason being that they were convinced
that when the facts were made known tie
| al would he ant.
mockery called government of Ireland.
| Cheers Irish.l
Col King Harmon, Conservative men,
| ber for Isle of Thanet, division of Kent,
| argued that the events of the past two
months showed that the League was losing
power No real attempts, he said were
now made to hold meetings in the pro-
claimed districts.
Herbert Gladstone UiberaD taunted the
| Government with the utter failure of their
attempt to prevent the progress of the plan
of campaign and to suppress the National
League. Eighteen hundred branches
of the League continued to -four
ish. The Government, he said. did
not dare to try to hew down the main trunk
in Dublin. Every landlord, with one ex-
ception, TO whom the plan of campaign had
been applied had surrendered
On motion Of William O'Brien the debate
was adjourned.
w illlun " DTlen ana JOnn DILLON nldQS
their appearance in the House to-day for
the first time this session. They were
warmly greeted by their friends.
PYNE CONVICTED.
DUBLIN, Feb 15.-Mr. Pyne, NJ. P. for
| West Waterford, who was arrested near
| the House of Commons and brought to ire
| land was tried to-day on a charge of in
| citing resistance to bailiffs. He was con-
victed and sentenced to three months i'm
prisonment without hard labor Notice of
appeal was given.
Mr.. Pyne was released ON bail, and on
leaving court he was rearrested on a SINH
lar charge.
Father Stephens was to-day sentenced at
Faledragh. county Donegal, to three
months Imprisonment, without hard labor,
for incitiug tenants not to pay rents. The
clergymen appealed from the sentence. Tha
court was surrounded by excited crowds,
but there was ID disorder.
Fourteen persons, including Messrs.
O'Sullivan and OShea, members of the
municipal government, were sentenced at
Galway to-day to Imprisonment for terms
varying from two weeks TO one month for
taking part in the demonstration on the
occasion of Mr.. Blunt's arrival at Galway.
Mr.. O'Sulllvan was sentenced TO an extra
weeks Imprisonment for saying that he
would do the same again.