The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-09-30
JOHN MORLEY TALKS
About What he Lately Saw in
Ireland.
THE UBRIEN AND DILLON TRIAL
Described-The People Were Peaceful, but
the Police Assaulted them-Ihe Bal
four Regime Arraigned.

LONDON, Sept. 29.-John Morley spoke at
81 Helen's tonight to q large audience.
lie gave graphic account Of his experience
during his recent tour in Ireland He gave
instances illustrating the arbitrary and
tyrannical methods of the Irish authorities.
A week ago John Dillon went to address
constituents in east Mayo. Dillon found
the platform of the station surrounded by
police and military and was told that if he
used illegal language it was the magis-
trate's duty to dispense the meeting. This
simply means that the magistrate would be
tne judge as 10 whether DilIons language
was legal or illegal, and in the second place
Wnat appeared almost lncreditable it meant
/ that II Dillon used language that the mag1s
trate considered illegal it was the magis-
trates duty to dispense the meeting with
the baton and rifle.
Inc Tlpperary prosecutions had cruelty
ollghted the hopes of the Unionists and
gwen the he TO their rose-colored pictures.
Inc proceedings OF the last fortnight in Tin
perary would have the inevitable effect Of
raliylng every Nationalist, lay and clerical.
and once more closing the Nationalist
ranks. He (Morley,) had been criticised
Tor going to Ireland. Balfour would neither
go to Ireland himself, nor let anyone else
go. He (Morley,) went to Tipperary be-
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turning point in the great battle, and be-
cause he felt the government was going to
drive nail into its coffin and he wanted
70 see the first the blow of the hammer.
When he arrived at Tipperary the gather
ing people were few in number and no obs
tructiOn was offered.
he never saw such an act of follv as the
attitude of the authorities
! Colonel Caddell stated in the
/ courtroom 1t was one of the most dis
orderly gatherings he ever Witnessed
Three or Iour English ladies who occupied
'front.' seats in the courtroom laughed at
the absurity of Caddelrs statement
1t has been asserted that he Morley
ana his companions were followed TO the
court entrance by an immense multitude.
IRIS he absolutely denied At no time did
the armed men defending the courthouse
number less than three to one against the
civilians. 1t was an insignificant and
harmless a crowd as he ever saw in his
life. The police refused admittance to
townsmen and he said the solicit
tor flung violently from the gates
and assaulted. O'Brien went out
with Dulon and Harrison and pro-
protested against the exclusion of the peo-
pie The police drew their batons without
shadow OF provocation and blood began
70 now freely. He saw no stones thrown.
he would undertake. to say that couple of
English constables would have done every
tnlng necessary TO guard. access to the
court. Harrison went out to the consta-
Dies and expostulated, but the only reply
was blow on his head, causing blood 20
flow freely. He Morley saw
constable strike Reporter Heating a
murderous blow on che mouth, drawing
blood and knocking him from the wall
Outside the gates the police used their
batons terociously upon the heads Of the
heads OF the and bodies of the defenseIess
toWnsmen. several of whom were brought
IN dripping with blood. He Morley went
TO Colonel Caddell, and told him he outiht
to open the gates and admit the people.
Then he went into the court room and
found nobody there except the two resi-
deut magistrates and a few reporters
Alter the gates were opened and every
body Who wished to enter was admitted.
the court room was not filed, while the
tumultuous throng of which Colonel Cad
dell mad spoken was as quiet and order
ly as Ii in CHURCH The rioting was wholly
on one side. If Coddell had acted in the
1rst place as he did in Difference to his
(Morley'sJ wishes, there would not been a
title of disorder. The whole thing was a
clumsy blunder but to commit blnnder
when dealing with armed men was crime.
II Balfour produced in the Commons what
he published as the official version of the
ARRAY, he Morley would riddle it to pieces
in ten minutes. A resort to baton was a
deplorable, lawless and cowardly outrage.
Baifour's system was responsible for the
scene. Through three and a half wears.
Bali our had defended every act of the ex
ecutive through thick and thin.
right or wrong from the Cd
ious and wicked slaughter at Mitchells-
town of Ward, Balfour always refused TO
institute an effective public inquiry He
always denied the truth of the charges made
against the police; he always refused to
believe the word of the Irish members OF
parliament, and thus the Irish people had
been left wholly at the mercy of the
authorities without any supervision. with
out help and without hope. No wonder the
Irish people did not respect the law. No
wonder they hated the government which
inspired such abuse of the executive force