Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-04

reduced by E425,
his purpose oelnq to raise general debate
On Mr.. Bslfour's administration. He
cDsFgedlthst the government WAS using
Coercion to such an extea. tina. 1900 per-
sons had been imprisoned since the
crimes act went into operation. Bslfour,
ne SD, was seeking to conceal from the
people OF England the facts of cruelty
perpetrsted in Ireland. He had adopted
& system OF evasion and Of insccuracy of
statement within and without parliament.
In2ccuracY might ari5e from ignorance,
for Mr.. Balfour WAS generally absent
from his post at Dublin. In this he was
unlike any Of his predecessors. Seldom
or never had the Chief secretary for Ire
land left the duties to subordinstes. Bal
four's administration had been chsrac-
tered bY mslignity and calculated bru-
tally. Hear, hear.
Mr.. Bklfour replied: Mr.. Ellis
had come to dark conclusion regarding
his (Bslfour's) moral character
laughter he nal! accused the Irish
secreSf' Of evasion and ioaccurscy and
Of nslignity snd brutality IN his conduct.
Mr.. Ellis inserposed with the correc-
ton: "What I said was that your ad-
ministration is characterized by those
qualities"
Mr.. Balfour rejoined: THAT d pes not
make much difference. My ssatemsnts
regarding the situation in Ireland have
invariably been based upon Off ;ial re-
portg, those being largely statements thst
could not reasonably be impugned. Men
like Mr.. E lis go aoout England talking
Of 5000 and other fictitious numbers OF
eviction notices which hkd been served
upon tenants thereby turning them out
rights OF free Gale snd just compensation
for their improvements. II the country
understood the criminal methods by
which political objects were advocated In
Ireland, il the character OF the alliance
binding the opposition were revealed the
verdict would not be with Mr.. Glad
stone cheers Mr.. Gladstone (aho
had come from Hawarden in order to as
sist in the attack upon the government
charged to Mr.. Balfour and other Con-
servstiyes with having sought similar
alliance on the eve Of tne last election.
The ex- premier denied the Liberals had
sought party advantage in su alliance
which sroseIfrom concurrence Of opinions
with Nstionalists upon the grest lines Of
their policy toward Ireland. Cheers !
Mr.. Bslfour made him sn object of COM
ment in style that WAS without parallel.
He did not personally resent Mr.. Bal
tours invectives and would endeevor to
keep at the remotess distance possible
from connecting with such language.
He proceeded to charge Mr.. Balfour with
misrepresentlng Eirl Spencer's treatment
Of prisoners when Earl Spencer WAS vice.
roy of Irelsnd. He d. clsred that Mr..
Balfour when shown his error, ought to
have spologiz2d to Earl Spencer.
Referring Io the case OF Kinsells, Mr.
Gladstone quoted from pham-
phlet written by 9 priest
entitled, "The Murderer of Kinsells,"
IS forcing upon every man of candor and
Of humane feelings the strong conviction
that to those who administered the Isl in
Ireland life OF Nationalist WAS Of the
same value as that of . "Loyalist."
Cheers Coming to the murders 81.
Mitchellstown he told the C neervstives
that nothing but repentance would silence
the reproacn arising from that mistake.
1t would be heard sgSln and sgsiu until
the government would be obliged to
condemn what 1t had heretofore praised,
or until the time came when the solemn
verdict OF the whole country was given.
The wanton slau liter Of innocent men
remained unpublished. The murders were
never eVeDlinquired into rs they cught 10
have been, but what could be expected
OF an administration using IS its instru.
ments resident magistrates who were
totally incompetent for performing their
duties or some times convicting upon
loosest evidence. How could such
An administration claim the character
OF honorable or pure or jusi2
how could government defending 1t call
itself the champion Of law and order
coeeIsl2 Balfour, said Mr.. Gladstone,
while protesting against strong language
INDUCED in criticisms the chief feature
of which was the strength of it. Balfour
admitted he had fallen into error regarding
Earl Spencers' treatment Of the member
for Du Din harbor, bu. this mistake
arose fre m defective Information supplied
him.
In conclusion, Mr.. Bslfour asked
whether there could be better proof that
the law WAS well snd properly admin
istered in Ireland tshan Thea evidence
AFFORDED by the fact that the opposition
vas to rely on tHfee or four cases
instarced time afterAme as grievances.
The assSilapts Of theEoyernment could
not travel beyond thes narrow limit Of
charges which had often; been Iefufed
near, heaIf They still relied upon
statements which were rehashed and