Morning journal and courier., 1889-03-14
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. PARNELL's SPEECH. It is Received With Great
 Applause.
 RESTITUTION AT PANAMA. The Murderer of Captain
 Dawson is Agitated.
THE PRESIDENTS NOMINATIONS,
The Striking Weav, rs Now
 Number Ten Thousand,
PAxNELL's SPEECH.

Number Ten Thousand, PARNELL'S SPEECH.
 St. James, Hall Crowded With People -ParneIl is Received With Volleys :of Cheers-Re Asks Why she Govern mens Did Nob Investigate-Dver 2 Quarter of 8 Million People Have Signed a Protest Against the Govern ment,s Policy.
 LONDON, March 13.-St. James' hall wss crowded with people this evening anxious to hear MT. Parnell's speech. MT. Morley pre- sided. The committee in charge were com-
 pelled yesterday to suspend the issue of tick cts for the meeting. The hall was hand
 somely decorated with flags and notices. In opening the meeting the chairman, Mir.
 Morley, said he could not refuse when asked
 to preside because the meeting was of such remarkable character. He felt that If his
 was bound to attend. (Cheers.)
 Mr. Morley then proceeded to deliver a lengthy introductory speech which frequent
 ly called forth great applause. Concluding,
 MT. Morley reminded his hearers that the whole matter rested with the nation and that triumph depended upon each one's making himself center for right ideas.
 s'1f we do this," he declared, "the time is not distant when we shall see the false image with front of tory brass and feet of dissen- tient clay trampled in the dust under the feet of the honest citizens of England, Scot
 land and Ireland" Loud Cheers.)
 MT. Parnell was unable to speak for eev- eral minutes owing to volleys of cheers, the singing of "He's jolly good fellow" etc. When quiet was restored he said:
 stI cannot attempt to describe my grati6- cation and delight at the reception given me. Cr,1l, E<,nA
 than twenty centuries of the firm government
 laughter) of Salisbury and Balfour. I am
 sure my countrymen throughout the world
 will be equally honored with me by your re- ception of their cause. prefer to draw les sons from passing events. This great
 meeting is assembled to protest against the
 petty and malignant meanesses of Mir.
 Balfour's government in Ireland. The chair
 man expressed the hope that would be 8
 priyy councillor. On that point I must be
 pardoned for saying nothing. But it is le- gitimate to inquire whether there is not
 something rotten ill system of government
 which compels the ostracism from the affairs of your empire of S6 of the 103 Irish mem-
 bers. That is one of the first results of seven centuries of firm government, much frmer than we are ever likely to see again. A gov ernment under which it only ue- cessary to get up forged letters
 against man and not to prove them to en-
 able the lord lieutenant to have him behead- ed. Fortunately they cannot do such things nowadays.
 That would have been a government wor- thy of Englishmen. (Cheers) Bat no, they had refuge to every subterfuge and deed. 1n- deed, they pretended that they had estab- lished the commission to enable me to dis- prove the letters. But they so carefully framed the terms of the act that the Times was enabled to compel us to appear in court day after day for nearly six months-for fifty two actual sitting days of the com : mission-while every charge, every allega- of informers and jail-birds against every body else but ourselves was brought forward and investigated until at length they approached the letters most unwillingly and gave us for the first time an opportunity.
 The skill of Sir Charles Russell and other gentlemen was promptly used for exposing what, without disrespect to the judges, shall venture to call one of the most scandalous wastes of public time and money ever instituted under the guise of a judicial investigation. (Cheers.) Wy do our political opponents go to all this trouble to attempt to throw dis credit upon the representatives of Irelands We'll, think the plain answer is because this country being remote from Ireland, the people of England not being in contact or communication with and not understanding the real wishes, thoughts and aspirations of the people of Ireland, it is comparatively l easy to lead them astray on any political question in Ireland. (Cheers)
 The tories know they cannot humbug you on one of your own questions, so they al- | lowed their domestic and imperial policies, questions you understand full well, to be l swayed by those prudential considerations | to enable them to avoid Q vote of censure ! upon any English, Scoth or imperial mat- | ters; but not so with Ireland. They can ' .A kAA-, Anxrn In ! up to the present-and hoodwink you upon l an Irish question with the utmost facility. | So it happened that the tory party which in | 1885 by the mouth of Lord Carnavon pro- ! missed us an Irish parliament in 1886 87 | turned right around and renewed their | ters as proofs of the criminality of Irish | members.
 | What, then has been the result | of that system. That we Irish members, ! from the very necessity of our position, are unable to to take that share in the duties ot 1 government which is one of the natural and | iustifable hopes of all men entering parlia. ment. If we violated the pledges upon which we alone obtained the trust ot our con
 stituenoies. namely that we should refuse | to accept place or office for our.
 selves or others from any English govern ment as long as the just rights of Ireland were not conceded-were we so base and ! LQcdu, Wo sAUuAu lhll tO uuO n COuSt1tuoACl to re elect us. Well, then, it is not 6 matter
 for inquiry why Mr. Balfour cannot goverr
 Ireland two years, without imprisoning 24 I Irish members of parliament as common
 felons for offences unknown to your law 1T
 England-mainiy for speaking and writing
 in the newspapers (Cries of "shame.O We l now come to another question.
 I will not enter into the details of thu
 charges and allegations made by the Times
 but speaking generally, want to know why l if these charges and allegations had any l foundation, the government of the country
 did not take them up themselves and inves
 tigate them by the machinery at their com
 mand, and if they wanted special machiney
 why did not they construct it with the powe
 at their commando Why, again, did not ths
 government instead of fighting behind tn
 petticoats of thes Times say boldly: "W
 and will ourselves appoint tribunal for tn,
 purpose" We shall ourselves be responsi
 ble for the proceedings, and we shall our
 selves prosecute the parties who may b
 found in the result worthy of prosecution.
 | Is it right that the future and the libertie 1 of Ireland should be dependent upon a GAS
 ual publication of forged letter by tn l London Times or the morning of a great di
 visions (Cries of t'No.'0 It has been admit
 ted on oath by the manager of the Time
 that the publication was purposed to affec
 the division. (Cries of "Shame.D
 Mir. Parnell continuing made strong an
 lengthy speech and finally resumed his sea
 amid loud and prolonged cheers.
 Sir Charles Russell made few remark , | and was received with deafening applause.
 Mr. Morley announced that in three week
 over a quarter of a million persons ha
 signed the protest against the government