The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-14
IRISHMEN IN HYDE PARK.
SULLIVAN GIVEN AN OVATION ON
HIS RETURN FROM JAIL.

| He Predicts Speedy Extinction or the
| Present Reign of Terror-The Recent
Arrests of Irish Members Under
Debate In the Lower House of
Parliament.
LONDON, Feb lS-L D. Sullivan, the
Irish Member of Parliament, recently i'm
prisoned, arrived in London this morning
and received an ovation from 10000 persons
who had gathered at Euston Station to
welcome him. The weather was bright and
frosty. Mr.. Sullivan was escorted by an
immense procession to Hyde Park, where a
meeting in his honor was held. The process
sion entered the park at $500 o'clock, Forty
thousand persons were assembled there.
When the procession reached the park the
persons composing it grouped themselves
around the platform at the Reformer's tree.
Mr.. Sullivan was given an enthusiastic re-
ception aud was presented with an address.
MIR. sULLIvAN's SPEECH.
In his reply, he said the governments
| wretChed attempts at coercion had not sup
pressed or frightened anyone. Irish
patriots had been imprisoned because they
had disregarded a law which Englishmen
would have trampNd under foot The Tory
|
( speedy extinction. Words, he said, were
inadequate to express his emotions at the
glorious English welcome he had received
| 1t would cause a glow in the hearts of the
| Irish throughout the world, and assist in
the consummation of the long and grievous
| struggle. ICheers.]
| Speaking as a representative IriShman, he
pledged his word and faith that the people
| of Ireland would be glad TO be friends and
brothers of the English forevermore
| [Cheersl
At the end Of his speech cheers were
given for Messrs Sullivan Gladstone and
home rule. The crowd, though enthusiastic,
was orderly. Mr.. Sullivan was accom-
panied to the place Of meeting by Messrs.
Stuart Lawson, Howell, Pinkertou, Pick
ersgill, Stack, Hunter, Schwann, Harring
ton, Biggar, Carew and Foley, all members
of Parliament
| BANQUET AT THE CRITERION.
At the banquet at the Criterion this even
ing Mr.. Stuart presided. Many members Of
the House of Commons were present. Mr..
| Sullivan, in a speech said it would require
the inspired word Of Grattan and the
eloquence Of the Eternal to do justice to the
occasion. 1t was not merely banquet
to political prisoner; it was banquet
to the Irish nation. For the first time in
the long history of England and Ireland,
there were English political prisoners in
Irish jails, There was no feeling in their
hearts that the slightest blame should be
laid on the English people, because they
knew what occurred was the doing of a
party which had obtained office
by false pretenses. He regretted the alb
sence of Mr.. O'Brien, man whose heart
was as tender and open as a woman's and
who was ever ready when duty called.
No Irishman existed on the face of the globe
who would not be melted if he saw
the sights that had been witnessed
to-day. If their time of trial was pro
longed they should not lose heart. Mr. Sui
livan concluded by. quoting Moore's Erin,
thy winter is past, and was enthusi-
astically applauded
RECENT ARRESTS DENOUNCED,
Mr.. Picton Home Ruler, member for
Leicester, directed attention in the House
of Commons to-day to the arrests in Lon
don last week of Mr.. Pyne, Patrick O'Brien
and MIR. Gilhooly, Irish members of Parlia-
ment, which he claimed constituted breach
of privilege. The Speaker. in reply, said
that Messrs. Pyne and Gilhooly were ar
rested on a criminal warrant. In their case
no breach of privilege had been committed.
The arrest of Mr.. O'Brien, however, was a
breach of privilege.
Mr.. Matthews, Home Secretary apollo
gizad for the indignity to which Mr..
OBrien had been subjected. The occur
renee was an unfortunate one.
Sir r. E. Webster, Attorney General,
denied that any privilege existed. Ex-
plantations and apologies had been given,
and If they did not suffice to satisfy Mr..
O'Brien he could prosecute for remedy
elsewhere.
Mr. Picton was not satisfied with the At
| torney Generals opinion. Parliament, he
said must clearly vindicate its rights. He
therefore moved that ''the wrongful arrest
of Mr.. O'Brien, when leaving the House of
| Commons was breach of Parliamentary
privilege" Mr.. McLarne (RadicaD, in
secondings the motion, referred to the
to the arrest OF Messrs Gilhooly and
Pyne within the precincts OF the
| House of Commons.
The Speaker reminded Mr. McLarne that
the cases Of those gentlemen were not be-
fore the House
ANOTHER APOLOGY.
The Attorney General moved an amend
rnent to the effect that the House regretted
the indignity to Mr.. O'Brien but consider
| ing it was a mistake, did not think 1t neces-
sary to proceed further.
Mr.. Gladstone admitted that as far as an
| apology was conee ned, the Home Secre-
tary had done all that could be expected.
But Mr.. O'Brien, he said, was not only
arrested within the precincts Of the House,
but was seized by constable without n
|
sonabe grounds for referring the case 10
the Committee on Privileges. The incident
was not merely an innocent error, it was a
procedure, either careless or worse, which
demanded an inquiry If the Attorney Gen
eral persisted in his amendment, ,andif it was
carried, he would move that the matter be
referred to the Committee on Privileges.
Sir Edward Clarke, Solicitor General, an
nounced that the government could not
adopt Mr.. Gladstone's suggestion, there
being no breach Of privilege and nothing
to refer TO the committee.
Mr.. Parnell said that the government
would have taken a different course il IL
had been an English member, and would
have sent a detective who knew the member
wanted. He protested against the duties
| which government now thrust upon the
constables guarding Parliament. Surely IL
was question of privilege whether mem
bers were entitled 10 - and come from the
| House without being inolested
W. II. Smith, the Conservative leader
denied that the government imposed duties
OF espionage upon any officers Of the House.
John Morley lLiberal intimated that the
opposition would allow Mr.. Picton's motion
10 be negatiyed without division. He then
moved that the matter be referred 10 the
Committee on Privileges. The motion was
rejected by "A vote of 246 to l51.
! James G. Flynn (Natlonalist}, member for
North Cork. resumed the debate on the ad-
n.