New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-22
GLADSTONE ON IRELAND.
ATTACKING THE CONSERVATIVE GOVERN
MENr IN A SPEECH AT EDINBURGH.
rrs,ApMINIsTRATIoN OF THE LAW WORSE THAN
THE LAW ITsELy-PEACE AND POLICE IN
1IELAND-GREAr BRITAIN WON
OVER TO HOME RULE.

OVER TO HOME RULE
rondon. Oct 2l.-Mr Gladstone addressed an
.raence of 5000 persons in the Corn EAch"hee
a. Edinburgh this evening. Ireland, ne sa"' 0ui'-
.,nued 10 eclipse all other subjects. Inc cou""s
now fully rcooonized that the Irish queSuoh H"'o
~ settled before Others. The opponents VI 'ioA'
pp,e had hoodwinked and deluded thelr co"s'''u-
cnces by pledging themselves against Wv
promisrC local government and eNPiese"s
selves against granting large advances u
money 10 buy out landlords Yet 'hei' h''' .".oi
,tc measure after gaining power was ~.
10, covornment was vanishing in thin ar ana
CO.. wos q nroposal before Parliament granting
Gao 600 600 TO buy out the landlords Inc Nof'-
servatives took credit for setting ireland rign' oS
Arm and rcsolute government lheir aunihisr"-
tion Of the law WAS worse than inc law i'Seit Inc
s.o,. ~ things was such that the Irish ought to
hate The law, thouCh he would not say they ought
~ brcak il. The Government itself was perfect
pattern Of illegality. It's methods tended to pro-
woke tie people
Mr. Gladstone then referred 10 the Tlppcrary
affair 1t was grossly illegal he sod to close the
courthouse against the people. The appointment
Of Magistrate Shannon was a gross scandal, not
merely because he was an executive officer, but
als because he had been involved in q serious
rersonal alteration with Mr.. Dillon If such
tricks were played in England by wantonness of
nover a very short way would be found to remedy
sucb abuse After the examples of police mis-
conduct at Mtchelstown and Tippcrary 1t was
impossible 10 respect the police or the admins
tration of law by the police. Their brutality
and harshness constituted the crowned insult OF
.hsentceism-the srossest that could be inflicted
on the people at such a time.
Mr. Balfour appcar red to feel that it was not
q part Of the business of the Minister for Ireland
90 live there. Besides, how many OF those present.
knew whether there was Lord Lieutenant OF
Ireland or not? Laughter Nobody heard OF
him. Absenteeism. which was among the lowest
signs of degradation in the last century, seemed
now a constant bit. the Irish Minister Haunting
his absence in the face OF the Tope. ne
Government vauntcd itself on peace IN Ireland,
yet kept six times more poilcemeh
there than in England ard Scotland
British taxpayers pay 81 100000 yearly 70 tne @
Irish police simply to assist in collecting rents Tor
the landlords English and Sc Itch landlords met
their tenants fairly and had not found II neces.
sary appeal ior the help of policemen TO co!ect
their rents Yet British landlords had lost more
on rents than Irish landlords had If !he Govern.
ment would grant general election the state OF
public opinion would prove that the country was
won over 10 Home Rue. , c,,
stone concluded, the last of the fortresses OF
bigotry and oppression would go down before tHe
Liberals attack. Justice To ireland Wouiu Iu
the Empire of an intolerable nuisance and a deep
disgrace and would Gid with q glow brighter
than that of any former period the closing years
of a glorious reign.
The speech was received with enthusiastic
cheers. =,
shortly after the close OF the speech Mr.. and
Mrs Gladstone attended concert, at which
Madame Patti sang. Dense crowds We're assem-
bled outside the concert hall as Mr.. Gladstone s
carriage drove up and he was heartily cleered
lie wa. also checred nv the concert aldlenee
After the concert Mr. Gladstone had long anu
pleasant interview with Madame Patti.