Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-02-26
BASTING BALFOUR.
Morley Criticizes the Irish
Secretary.
PLEADS FOR IRELAND's WRONGS
And DenOunces the Governments
Policy as Harsh, Unjust and
Oppressive.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD

| Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD
LONDON, February 25.-In the Com.
mons, this afternoon, Morley moved the
adoption of an amendment to the address
in reply to the Queens speech condemn
ing the administration in Ireland as
harsh, unjust and oppressive, and asking
that measures to content the Irish and
re-establish q real union of Great Britain
and Ireland be adopted. Morley asked
| why, if the condition of Ireland was bet
ter, as claimed by the Government, pro-
ceedings against Irish members of the
House of Commons were more frequent.
These proceedings to him seemed sign
of alarm and dismay instead of conf
dence.
Morley strongly condemned the sim
gular lack of prudence, foresight and care
that had been shown by the Administra-
ton in Ireland during the last few
months. The time was swiftly coming
when an irresistible appeal would ascend
from the nation, asking her Majesty to
recur to the sense of the people, so they
might decide the great issues now divid-
ing the Government and the Opposition.
The Opposition required the fullest ex-
planation regarding the employment of
Irish magistrates, Crown solicitors
and the police in framing the
Times case. They demanded to
know why documents were handed
to the Times for the purpose of plot to
which it might be proved that the Gov
ernment had infatuatedly become dupes
and accessories. Referring to the case
OF Father McFadden, Morley said Bal
four had admitted that the police had
tactically erred in arresting the priest. |
Balfour had sent doctor to O'Brien for
the sake of the credit of the gov
ernment, and not on the ground of |
He quoted from speech |
in which Balfour had said that he did |
not think he should allow O'Brien to |
ruin his constitution for the purpose of
the government. Balfour had
asserted that he (Balfour) had no power
to relax the prison rules, but he did re-
lax them in the cases of the Catholic |
clergymen for fear of wounding or insult
ing the religious sentiment Of the people.
Balfour, upon rising to reply, was
greeted with cries of "Piggott." Balfour
LWltboU MOTloy Will dlluulub " Ulo dI-
nell Commission and ignoring the most
horrible charges of cruelty, inhumanity
and cynical savageness with which his
(Balfour's) wastebasket had been flooded
during recess. Possibly, it began to
dawn upon the minds of the Opposition
that they had been duped in imaginary
reports concerning the treatment OF
O'Brien. (Cries Of ooh, oh.") He ed
mitted that the prison rules had been re-
laxed in the cases of the priests, but the
House knew he had always been doubt
full whether, in relaxing the rules, he
was not straining the Crimes Act.
Balfour defended the treatment of the
prisoners under the Grimes act. He
contended that the state of Ireland was
wherever the plan of campaign |
had not penetrated. Ii the object of
punishment was to prevent crime. never
bad 80 great a result been attained at the
cost of so little suffering. The statistics |
of agrarian crime showed marvellous |
in the condition of the |!
since the Crimes act passed |
Balfour spoke in cynical vein through |
out, and was subjected to running fire
of laughter, ironical cheers. and cries of
"Piggott," and "the Times"