, 1890-03-06
THE COMMONS.
Report of the Farnell
Commission.
IT'S ADOPTION MOVED.
Gladstone Moves Morley's
Announced Amendment.
A PLEA FOR THE IRISH LEADER
The Grand Old Man" Speaks Elo-
quently OF tho Injustice
Done Hicks Btash
A PLEA FOR THE IRISH LEADER.

ToNpoN, March Sin the commons
tonight Smith moved the adoption uf
the report of the Iurnuli commission
lie considered that tho course proposed
would do absolute justice to tic mem.
bcrs whose conduct had been impugned
and all persons included In the ullcga.
tiOns Of the newspaper which published
the charges. There were certain features
OF the publications which ho deeply de
plorcd, but other accusations were iusti-
fled by the report II was unique re.
port Laughter by the oppositionl, bat
the impartiality Of tho Judges had been
acknowledged by the accused members,
whose acquittal from personal charges
he thought a subject for party congratu-
lation
Regarding the commissions finding
certain of tho respondents guilty, the
government might bc nskcd why It did not
take action thereon lie held that il was
not part of the government to constitute
a commission with "A Vicw Of iuilicting
punishment upon tho Parnellites.
tGroans and laughter from the opposi-
ton.
Gladstone moved the amendment an.
nouuced by Morley declaring that the
house roprobated the charges based
upon calumny, that had been made
against members Of tho house, eN.
pressed satisfaction ut the exposure
made Of the evil ducrs. aud regretted the
wrong inflicted and tho suffering aud
loss endured through those acts vi tia.
grant iniquity.
ULApsroSr's ABDnFss.
Gladstone said that the governments
motion was utterly insufficient to do
justice to the members who wero i'm
pugned. It failed to represent the sense
OF opinion which tho house aud country
had formed upon the commissions re-
port. Was it, 20 lac asked, 'cvcr before
proposed to legislative body that they
should accept in lump report OF 100
folio pages bristling with controversial
matter2' In what respect had the Judges
OF the commission moro weight and au.
thority than other experienced men In
deciding how lar crime was due to the
league and how far iu uopprcssiyc eviction
rs an instance of their dspropOrtiou,
ate ANA unbalanced Judgment the Judge
had uncarthed Hn obscure paper, llliug
several pages OF their report with eN-
tracts thcrcirom, which had been termed
il AlANlNlNlANIN NNtAlHW Alh7I NhOllllllA
be.' Were they equally liberal in uC-
cOrliug blame for other things that
were quite as abumnablc, when
they dealt with grand capital
olcusos into which they were especially
directed to inquire. Al that was said
without one single wort oluCnunciation. ol
was that lcttcr on which the dotestablc
charges were founded was forgery.
tCrics of Hear! Heart The report
convicted the respondents of joining the
lcuguo with view TO the separation OF
Ireland and England. This had &C
Cured IN lsSn. In lsgO he rcioiced to
believe that the idea OF separation was
dead. Cheers.
The report said that the Pnrnollitcs
by speeches had melted iu-
tlmidation, which was crime,
and that they had not assisted
IN maintaining order 10y dcnouucinE the
udNocnts ot physical force. These
charges were ten years old. II was a
bad and dangerous precedent to reour to-
these long dates In order to obtain mat
ter tO hurl at tho heads of political an
taConist-. Did not the tories themselves
think somothing could be- said In behalf
ul iarnclIa policy, Mirn LORD Jarnu-
Won, under the assent oi Lord Salisbury.
asked Parncll To devise u scheme ot
government for lrcland2 Changes had
already taken place In Ireland, and re
forms would bc accomplished without
violence largely lhrough the efforts of
the Irish parry. Tie reports said moth
ing on these matters,
lie and Morley hud hcsitatol to en-
body in the amendment an expression
uf thanks to the commission, because ii
was hazardous, and Unprecedented TO
render Thanks for tho performance OF
judicial duty,
MIR. Gladstone further said, in asking
the house to rive luli effect to the ac-
qu,ttal of rarucll ON all tho serious
charges, that he would have the mem
hers recollcct tho inmmy OF
the accusations. They were not
made nt random. They were made with
the solemn assurance that they had been
subjected to the most careful scrutiny
Let mot u member hesitate to give that
acknowledgment ol regret that he could
TO this man who had suffered an enor-
nous wrong. iChcors.
stR MICHAEL niCKs BEAcu.
Sir Michael Hicks Beach said that
while there might be nothing proved to
justify an indictment for treason
lie was surprised that u gentleman who
had been, and WHO might again he,
minister, could excuse and palllate such
charges. lie cited pnrnol US authority
Tor the assertion that tID conservatives.
before coming into office, had pledged
themselves not to renew the CocrUion
act, and called upon Sir William Vernon
llnrcourt to apologize ior that calumny
HurcOurt nroso and said that hc never
had heard such . abatement. Then, de
tluriug that lie would not stay to Ue
abused, lie left the house.
Sir Michael. continuing, said that the
charges ON which the rarncliJcs hao,
been acquitted were possibly moro i'm
purtnnt to themselves add their personal
honor, but that the charges on which
they had been proved guilty were mory
important To tiu community, because
they related tU practices, thu revival ol
which would oc fatal To the liberty and
prosperity oi thc county.
Murdered by IndIsna.