St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-11
PIGGOTT'S PAL.
Lord Salisbury Charged With Be
inc in League With the FOrger.

Lord Salisbury Charged with Be
ing in League With the FOrger.
LONDON, March 10.-The house of
commons to-day agreed to motion
made by Rt. Hon. w. Fl. Smith. the
government leader in the house. to
resume the debate on the government
motion asking the house to accept the
report of the Parnel commission. The
motion to resume the debate was rem
dered necessary by the counting out of
the house on Friday last during the de-
bate. Mr.. Sexton, resuming the
debate on the acceptance of
the commissions report, protested
against placing. upon the records
of the house the judges perverted and
distorted views Of the evidence taken.
The Tories, he declared, were bound to
accept the amendments to Mr.. Smiths
motion as an act of moral restitution.
Mr.. Sexton said he had letter marked
"private" from ~.,-.--
LORD SALISBURY TO PIGGoTT.
Mr.. BalfOur, rising, declared that a
viler calumny was never uttered than
the insinuation that Lord Salisbury was
connected with the forgeries. He had
the prime minister's authority to chal-
lenge Mr.. Sexton to publish the
letter referred to, and he dared him
to read it. Mr.. Sexton retorted that
he was ready to submit the
letter and others with it to a committee
of inquiry. Mr.. Balfour, continuing,
denied that the government assisted
the Times to procure evidence in
America. He accused the Parnellites
of withholding from the commits
sion every source of authentic evidence.
The government made no charges
against the Parnellites, and he failed
to see why the government ought to
apologize. Mr.. Parnell had obtained
damages, but had asked no apology
from the Times. He (Balfour) would
be the last to attempt to palliate the
means employed to injure Mr.. Parnell.
They naturally reacted in his favor.
But Mr.. Parnell himself was largely
responsible for their effect, because,
had the Parnellites adequately
denounced the Phoenix Park
murders, nobody would have discredited
the leaders. He denied that any Union
ist member of position had used the
forged letters to make political capital.
The Times had been guilty of culpable
credulity, but the Parnellites were not
less guilty In allowing suspicious cir
cumStances to point to their sympathy
with rather than to their
ABHORRENCE OF CRIME.
While the ParnelliteS failed to show a
single instance Of their offering re-
ward for the detection of crime, they
accepted donations from the Clan-na-
Gael and tuned their speeches to con-
cilate that organization. The leaders
of a party that did such things in
CURED personal dishonor. He con-
cluded with general attack upon the
Parnellites. Sir William VernOn-Har-
court maintained that the forged letters
helped the government to pass the
become wearied of the debate, because
it regarded the governments action
against the acquitted men as vindictive
and ungenerous. Coming to the Carn-
arvon negotiations, Mr.. Balfour inter-
posed to the effect that Lord Salisbury
had told Lord Carnarvon that he might
see Mr.. Parnell, but that he must say
nothing. TLaughter.] Sir William, con-
tinuing, asked whether Lord Harting-
ton, Sir Henry James or Mr.. Goschen
had apologized for their structures on
those negotiations. After denying the
authority of the Judges on political
questions, he asked what the govern
ment hoped to reap from this shabby
persecution, which would never injure
the Parnellite policy or assist the
government. He proposed remedial
policy. Instead of a policy of irri-
tation the government should pursue
policy of peace and generosity. MI.
GladStone's amendment was rejected by
a vote of $40 to 269. The amendment
offered by Mr.. Jennings will be taken
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