The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-11
PARNELLS INQUIRY BILL
SALISBURY SPEAKS ON 1T IN THE
HOUSE OF LORDS.

HOUSE OF LORDS.
An Assertion that the Courts of Law
Were the Proper Place to Have
Sought Redress The Members of the
Proposed Commission Defended as
| Impartial.
DUBLIN, Aug 10.-The trial at Boyle,
county Roscommon, of James O'Kelly, jour
nalist and member of parliament, who was
arrested In London on a charge of making
speeches melting to intimidation and boy
cotting at Boyle, has been concluded.
O'Kelly was convicted and sentenced to
four months Imprisonment without hard
labor.
| POPULAR FUND.
| Cork, Aug 10-The Examiner proposes
that fund be raised to defray the ex-
penses of the Irish members of parliament
in connection with the inquiry of the Parnell
| commission into the charges made against
them by the London Times
| PARLIAMENT TO ADJOURN MONDAY.
| LONDON, Aug. 10.-Parliament will ad-
| journ on Monday next until Nov,.6
In the house of lords to-day Lord Sails
bury moved a second reading of the Par
nell commission bill. In recent years, he
| bdlu, une uRlbillOu III lTSiduu udu gone on
| two parallel lines. One party professed TO
act constitutionally;a and to certain extent
| SO acted The other party was connected
| with crime, violence, Intimidation, mutila-
ton and murder, which means were used
| to intimidate its constitutional opponents
and to force from England the concession
of change which England was not pre-
pared to grant.
DECLARED LINKED.
These organizations had been professedly
apart but they worked for the same ends
They had the same friends and enemies and
injured the same persons. An impression
had naturally arisen that they were really
not so far apart as they seemed to be. and
that there was completely of connection
between them. The Times had published
that opinion and supported it by an array
of apparent facts in justification. This
excited a scandal as a breach of privi-
lege of the house of commons, which
body refused to treat it as such or to enter
into a conflict with the press. Still it was
desirable that means Do provided to dissi-
pate the scandal. Ordinarily men accused
of completely in murder tried to clear them
selves legally. but the gentlemen incrimi-
mated refused to take that course, although
the government offered them every assist
ance in its power.
NOT TO HIS LIKING.
|
the gentlemeu accused proposed to refer the
matter to committee Of the house of com
mons, a course which was not approved
| either by the government or by the house
| The matter was allowed to rest until the
O'Donell trial, which changed the scandal
| from resting merely on a newspaper state
ment into a statement made by a RESPONSE
BILE counsel in a court of justice. Still the
gentlemen incriminated did not seek legal re-
dress, alleging that they distrusted British
juries. If they thought they
could not obtain justice in Eng
land they could have sued in Ireland,
but instead of adopting that course they re-
iterated their demand for a commission Of
the house of commons.
WHY 1T CHOSE A COMMISSION.
The government considered the house in
capable of furnishing an impartial tribunal
where SO much personal and political feel
ing was involved and thought it
better to again resort to an inquiry
by commission, q course which
had proved successful in the cases
Of the board of works, the Sheffield out
RACES and charges Of electoral corruption.
He believed the commission would do good
by ending controversies OF the most dan
gerous kind The government had full
confidence that justice would be done, as it
had nominated three of the ablest and most
impartial judges.
DKNoUNCING THEIR DETRACToRs.
Men who should have known better had
impugned the impartiality of the judges
selected. These charges had not left the
slightest stain on the characters of the dis
tinguished men against whom they were
directed, but they bad covered with dis
honor the lips which impugned them. The
commission would close the controversies.
IL was not we'll that members of the house
OF commons should be accused in
the most solemn manner of having
tampered with murder The truth should
be known, whatever might be the issue.
The government was convinced that it had
done good service in driving from the arena
of political discussion this foul and scandal
Gus controversy.
BARON HERSCHELL REPLIES
Baron Herschell (liberaD Indignantly re-
pudiated Lord Salsbury's insinuations
upon his (Herschellsl late col
leagues for having taken in
the house of commons, q course which,
holding the views they did, they were
bound to take. He maintained that his
friends were in no way deserving of CEN
sure The commission bill was unfortunate
incidents connected with its passage
through the house of commons. The
measure formed most novel pre-
cedent, and one that was fraught
with danger. He regretted that commit
tee of the house of commons had not been
appointed. He strongly protested against
the doctrine that if newspapers brought
charges against public man, the accused
person must be guilty il he did not imme-
diately sue for libel. If that doctrine was
to be applied, it should be APP
piled impartially, and proof that IL
was not SO applied was furnished
by the fact that two members of tho gov
ernment had gone to support before his
constituents a conservative member
against whom an allegation had been made
and never refuted and respecting which he
had never sued for libel.
The bill passed tits second reading, the
peers on the front opposition bench saying,
''Not content"
On motion of Baron Herschell the second
reading of the oaths bill was postponed