The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-02

II IL Fejeotsd. After speeches from Glad.
stone aud Balfour-A Pathetic Incident Of
Mr. 3lnalasnnasa AAdr...

1t IL Rejeetsd. After speeches from Glad.
stone and Balfour-A Pathetic Incident Of
Mr.. Glasls,one's Addrsss.
LONDON, Feb 17.-1n the house of com.
mons Balfour, chief secretary for Ireland,
resumed the debate on tho address in reply
to the queens speech He commented upon
the vehement character Of UBrien's attack
last evening He said:
Still 1t was nothing to what he had been
accustomed to receive from the same quar-
He had been told that he took strange pleas
ure 10 mere purposeless human suffering,
which to his lanvuid lifo impaired a deli.
cious excitement daughter There ia much
more said about him In the same strain
ne consoled himself with tho reflection that
made against O'Brien's allies United Ire.
land had compared Sir g. O. Trevelyan to
skunk, cuttletish ind hangman. O'Brien
had likewise dawn comparison between
Gladstone and Judas Iscariot, and for contin-
nous weeks United Ireland insisted that
to shield men guilty of most horrible and
namelcss crimea
O'Brien-I never did. stated that the re-.
suit OF their misguided action was to shield
those persons, but never alleged that they
did 40 wilfully.
DohoaA ocutou tuaU Guc new crimes act
created new crimes He denied that O. Brien
had been ill-treated in prison. On the con-
trary his health had improved there.
GLADsToNE's SAY.
Mr. Gladstone followed Mr. Balfour. He
said:
He found little IN the chief secretary's
speech that tended to assist them in getting
at the truth of the questions before the
mouse. There was the question whether the
Conservative leaders had communicated
with Mr.. Parnell on the subject of home rule.
Denials made by Mr.. Balfour did not get rid
Of the Irish members assertions Parnell
had stated that he found himself in entire
agreement with Lord Carnarvon on the home
rule question. That had not been denied
Il was stated that Lord Carnarvon spoke for
himself; but he was viceroy of Ireland ut
" now held that home rule
alat.on Of i Ireland fro% the ene emp shp-
The Liberals were called separatists be-
cause they wished to give effect to the ma
tional aspirations Of Ireland while having
Some of tho remarks OF Mr.. Balfour, Mr..
Gladstone said. had apparently been Ieveled
at himself His (Gladstone's) nottingham
speech had been absolutely misrepresentcd
as to the statement regarding the Irish ex-
ecutive's practice of obtaining information
He protested then as now against the prac-
tice as dangerous to society and odious in
itself. He had never uttered words over
which he felG more rejoiced than his words
about Mitchellstown. He used them for the
purpose OF preventing enormous mischief
and suffering, probably bloodshad. It. was
the agents Of the law that were the breakers
OF the law Mt MitchellstOwp. 1t was
CRUEL. wANToN, D1soRAcEFUL
bloodshed, almost without example. Mr..
OF the law, for he gave the act his authorize
tive approval, as II it were to be the model
rule for the conduct of the police. MIR.
Gladstone declined to accept as authentic
Tho government statistics of crime under the
coercion act until the cases cited were
thoroughly investigated Surprising the gov
erument had momentary appearance of
success from Tho operation OF the coercion
act, were they going 10 forever lcgisate on
the same line He had never heard the min
listers express confidence in their ability to
make permanent resistance to the policy of
home rule. He did not disguise the strength
Of the combination against home rule,
which included nearly the whole
wealth mud all the elements OF the social
strength belonging to high rank and station
In the country. But tho Irish nation and the
side of home rule. To delay the settlement
Of question OF this kind between nations
was dangerous in the extreme If the re-
sistance to the national voice of Ireland was
pushed too fur, those who now guided the
mind of that nation might love their mower
and be displaced by ruder and moro danger
GUS spirits Let the government thank
themselves and consent to legislation for
Ireland, US they did for England and Scot
land IN accordance with the constitutionally
expressed wishes and permanent convic-
tiOns of the people, and thus ut last present
to the world the blessed spectacle of truly.
and not q nominallv. united empire.
REJECTED.
Parnells amendment was rciectcd-3l7
to 279. Gladstone's speech was moro rhe-
torical than nrgumentlve. His voice ut
times had symptoms of weakness. while
reading extracts from newspapers he found
difficulty In reading passage, and
turned to Morley to help him. When
the latter whispered cue to tho extrac
Gladstone tried to resume reading, then
turned to Sir William Vernon Harcourt for
assistance, utter which he said to the house:
"This, 1 regret to say, is not the only
point on which l begin to find warn
irg thai I am not 10 young as WAS Z"
At the end of this touching allu-
sion sympathetic cheers burst forth on
both sides of the house. Gadstone's speech
is considered one of the fines. efforts of his
parliamentary life. Michael Davitt re-
marked TO Parnell: sGranG old man; good
for fifty years more" Parncll replied: sYcs;
he will live to witness the triumph of home
,ule."