Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-02-11

The temper o: the House OF Commons Is pretty
wei shown by the notices which have already
been given OF motions soon TO be made. Lord
RanjO ph Churchiii Indicates that DO has cut
loose from his recent Affiliations by a proposal 10
Investigate the charges OF corruption against the
Metropolitan Board OF Works, and Gen. Gold
worthy, elected as a conservative. Is about de-
m1nd the abolition Of the Office OF lord lieutenant
OF Ireland
IL would De strange II the most prejudlced Eng
Eshman could, with the fair-play-loving spirit OF
his ancestors Still alive within hin, witness I'M
moved the spectacle OF despotic rule presented in
Ireland to-iay. The Judges who sit in Ireland TO
try cases under the coercion act are not magfs-
trates chosen by the people, or even appointed by
the crown directly. They are the immediate choice
of the authorities in Dublin Castle, and their
tenure depends wholly on their creators satisfac
ton with their work. few weeks ago an Irish
coroner's Jury holding theinquest required by law
upon the body OF hanger convict made the de-
nand, which they were authorized by statute TO
make for the presence OF the executioner. but the
detectives had spirited the man away somewhere
and refused 70 produce him; and, when the coro-
ner retaliated, as In duty bound. by refusing to
grant q permit for burial special order covering
the case was procured from the lord Lieutenant
and the corpse seized and carried on In tn
umph In Cork two little girls lodged complaint
with the mayor against high officer OF the crown
any notice Of it. when the lord mayor OF Dublin
was arrested for encouraging seditlon ne was car
ried all the wsy 10 Tullamore Jail In order that he
should be ont Of the reach OF his friends who
might show him some kindness When Mr. Sheehy
Mp, had been imprisoned a common malefac-
tor 90 long. and subjected to 30 harsh treatment,
that his condition evoked reproachful comments
even from a prejudiced magistrate. the only
change made for his greater comfort was the sub
sttution OF chair for three-legged stool In his
cell The foreman OF the composing room OF the
Cork Examiner. who was no more responsible for
the matter which appeared IN the paper than the
engine that runs the press was condemned to two
months imprisonment because the Examiner pub
nshed accounts OF prescribed meetings
A clerk In the Office OF the Kerry Sentinel In
making out a certificate OF registration TO- the
pnst-Orrice, stupidity put down the name OF Mr.. T.
Harrington as one OF the proprietors, although
That gentleman has had nothing whatever to do
with the paper for years. and IN spite OF an over
wheiming volume OF proof that this Was mere
clerical blunder. Mr.. Harrington was sentenced TO
SIX weeks Imprisonment for the so-called sedI-
uJus utt RANGES OF the editor
These abuses, and Others like them which occur
daily. nav be merely incidents OF a 's5trony gov
ernnent,- IN the sense In which tyranny Is always
strong. but they not calculated TO produce the
speedy paci1catiOn OF IrelInd AMI, II Lord Sails
bury lends them his cOIntenance regard es5 OF the
protests they are calling forth from al. sides he
must not be surprised when conservative England
decides that the limit Of Is patience Is reached,
and that blind force In the Insuryent isle must
give way 10 a conc lIatnry policy founded on a de-
cent regard for popular rights