Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-18
Morley Attacks the Government on Its
Policy OF Coercion.
Rum0r Revived That Prince William
Is to Be Regent.
Balfour to Be Replaced In the Chief
Secretaryship for Ireland.


he would offer an amendment to the &C
to be informed definitely what correspond
ence hot been exchanged with Italy result
ing in binding action on the British Gov
ernment in the event of war between Ital
and France, or if any assurance has beel
given that may be communicated to tn
House. Ferguson said he was happy tt
inform the house that the
FISHERY TREATY
had been signed in Washington. The Gov
ernment believed it satisfactory, although
yet unaware of the precise terms. William
O'Brien resumed the debate on the address
in reply to the Queens speech. He said
Balfour had failed to smash the Irish Or
ganization and weaken the spirit of the
irish people or degrade them in the eyes OF
the world. Abject discontinue and disgrace
attended the crimes act, the operation OF
which proved it one of the most horrible
measures ever directed against human lib
critics. He did not feel wounded or in the
least disgraced by his own imprisonment.
While in prison he resented and felt keenly
Balfour's stealthy, loathsome insinuations
that he (O'Brien) sheltered himself under
the plea of illness. Now they were
FACE to FACE,
duce the prison doctors to prove the truth
of the insinuations. [Parnelite Cheers
It had been asserted that a distinction had
been shown between the treatment given
him and other imprisoned persons, but
there was no foundation for the assertion.
When the goverli,@it asked them volun-
tarily to acknowledge their kinship with
criminals, they had answered.: I'VE will die
first. You will have to learn the difference
between representatives of the criminal
classes and Irish political prisoners, even il
distinction"
Attorney General Webster said O 'Brien' g
speech was doubtless animated by some
real passion, but it is impossible to doubt
there was good deal OF acting about it, at
any rate If not acting it was neither more
nor less than an incitement to violations
nroiess apaproval r. Of irish remedial measures
after the contempt with which they treated
them last year. Proceeding to defend the
administration of the crimes act, Webster
said the question is not whether branches
OF the league were suppressed, but whether
they ceased to operate. It is certain they
did not now expose men to popular odium
as before. The fact that the meetings are
held secretly is a great gain Tor law and
order. Webster was interrupted many
times by the Parnellites.
Morley next took the floor, and COM
mented on Balfours silence regarding
O'Brien's charges, though he had risen
once to repel them. Amid loud cheers Of
the Parnelites Morley described Thomas
Russell. member from Tyrone, as the
spokesman of the Rump ascendency party
in Ireland, which went about beating the
Orange drum in one hand while it plucked
at the sleeve of Monsignor Persico with
the other. He reluted the statements OF
Webster regarding the Leagpe and said
that the plan Of the campaign con
tinued to be q success. Surely
it was strange doctrine to .ay
it was good tfirg to increase the tendency
of Irishmep toward secret societies, which
are the J." ne of the country. He strongly
con1e ,nned he outra.e perpetrated on the
9;.' ity If the house last Friday by the ar
reat uf two members of Parliament. The
Governm 1T professed to be contendins
$3.50 ne tyranny of the League. In
= 49,: they were contending against the
.:i.;cn CT the country, and by their coer-
II "ere driving hundreds of thousan nds OF
5:Zans OF lille classes, who have hither to
efrained from politics, to rally to the Ma
tional cause. Irshnlen would be loyal when
+, hey had institutions worth being loyal to.
In cnngra tulating himself upon the success
Of coercion, EaifOur was II the same fODi'S
paradise that Foster nd ord Spencer had
been.
The House agreed to Lord Randolph
Churchill's amendment asking Il special
com mnission to irqnire into the Board OF
PuLlic Works scandals.
The Daily News. referring to O'Bren's
speech, says his display OF "ondrors mag
na unity viii ccr tainly appeal with irr,sis-
title force to the English people. The
Tories vii! H. unable to complain Of any
bitterness On his part. although the occa-
sion justified bitterness.
THE Speakers POWER.
The Governments new rules Of procedure
provide the Commons shall sit from 3 p. IN.
until a. M, with dinner hour; that the
closure rule may be applied if there ia ma.
iority of 100 instead of 200, as at present.
The Speaker may suspend for the sitting
disorderly members. Other rules greatly
increase the Speakers power.
THE LANCET's OPINION.
LONDON, February 16,-The Lancet says:
''Dr. Mackenzie's report will do much to
allay the anxiety concerning the Crown
Prince. 1t is impossible to find in the re-
port a distinct impression OF opinion that
the disease is certainly not ca lcer. The
diagnosis has been uncertain since May and
continues to be uncertain"
MEET WITH APPROVAL.
The new Parliamentary procedure rules
in the main meet with approval. The Par
nellites will not oppose them. They are
confident that the new rules can be used in
The future to gag the Conservatives.
PRACTICAL SYMPATHY.
DUBLIN, February 16.-One hundred men
1T Lisfnny have cropped the farm of Pyne,
member OF Parliament for West Water
'ord, under arrest for offences against the
crimes act. The Court of the Queens
Bench has liberated on bail Gilhooley,
member of Parliament, arrested on the
charge OF having violated the crimes act.
COAL NINE EXPLOSION.
MUNICH, February 16.-An explosion
which occurred in the Krenzgraben coal
nine, near Kaiserslautern, Bavaria, killed
orty persons. Thirty-six men were
rescued.
HIS REST DISTURBED.
SAN RENO, February 1G.-A bulletin
ssued at noon to-day states that the Crown
Princes rest last night was much disturbed
BY coughing and raising of phlegm. Other
wise his condition is unaltered.
RUMoR OF REGENCY.
BERLIN, February 16.-There is much ex-
element in the lobby Of the Reichstag
owing to rumors that a bill is to be SUBJ
mitted TOR the purpose OF transferring the
regency to Prince William. the eldest son o!