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A FOR JUSTICE.
Gladstone IN Behalf OF Paraeu ana
His Associates
Al APPEAL 10 The BRITISH COMMONS
TIE EK-PrsDier DeaoGHces the RePort
II ths rSrasn C0naalssiOa A4d
Pays Tribute 70 ths
Irish Leader.

LONDoS. March 4-in the House OF
C0mmons Monday evening RLHeR- ".
Il smith, FIRST Lord Of the Treasury,
submitted his motion that the House
accept the report Of the special com
mission en- the charges against the
Irish members. thank the judges there
for and enter il upon the journals Mr.
Smith proceeded - speak IA support OF
his motion. tie said The Irish leader had
been condemned CA many grave charges
The Government dit not propose 20 pros
ecute them. A statutory CON mission lad
been employed only for the discov-
ery Of the truth lie hoped home-rule
in Ireland would never be founded on
boycotting. melting 70 crime. suffering
and misery. The tactics OF the National
League If persisted in were sure 70 end
in anarchy
Mr. Gladstone moved the amendment
announced by Mr.. Morley on February
"a. declaring that the House repr0bates
the charges, based upon calumny, tina.
have been made against mem bers of the
House, and, while expressing satlsfac-
ton at the exposure made of evil
doors. regrets the wrong inflicted and
the loss endured through those acts Of
fragrant iniquity." Mr.. GlAdstone'
speech was the greatest that be has de
vered in years Even his political op-
p 7ets speak of ii with the warmest
Aise. A synopsis is as follows:
Mr. Gladstone said the Government motion
was insufficient 10 do justice 20 the members
impugned. II failed 10 represent the sense OF
opinion which the House and the country mad
formed upon the ommissions report. Al
though he felt il 10 be his duty 10 criticise free
ly some OF the judges statements, he believed
there was not a line OF the report, FROM the be-
ginning 10 the end, that was not written in non
or and goOd faith. Cheers
In what respect had the three judges OF the
commission moro weight and authority than
other experienced men in deciding how far
crime was due TO the league and how FAR 20 op
pressive evictions. The commissions report
touched these and other questions long
debated politically by men ca
pable OF deciding thereon as the judges
who constituted the commission As in
stance Of their disproportionate and unbal
anced judgment, the judges had unearthod an
obscure pGper-the Irishman-flling several
pages O, their report with extracts there
from which had been termed by Arch
bishop Walsh most abominable.' Were
they equally liberal in according
blame for other things that were
quite as abominable, Hear, hear. Why,
when they dealt with the grand capital of
tense into which they were especially directed
10 inquire, all that was said, without one single
word OF cenunciation. was that the letter on
which the detestable charges were founded was
forgery. Cries of Hear, hear
The report convicted the respondents Of join
ing the league with view 10 the separation
of Ireland and England. This occurred in
1880. In 1890 he e,oiced 70 believe that the
! idea OF separation was dead lcheersl but We
maintained that the debate Of the MOI al
authority of the union was In Irishmen no
moral onense whatever. Cheers.l Further,
! the report said that the Parnellites, by their
speeches had melted intimidation which had
/ led TO crime and that they had not assisted
| in maintaining order by 6enOurcing the
| advocates Of physical force. These charges
| were ten years cid. 1t was a bad and
\ dangerous precedent 10 recur TO these long
/ oates in order 10 obtain matter 10 hurl at the
heads Of political antagonists. Hear. hear.
| Let the House consider what counter allegs
| tions ought TO be made in behalf OF the ParneI
| ties. Did not the Tories themselves think
something could be said in behalf Of Mr. Par
nels policy when Lord Cernsrvon, under the
assent Of Lord Salisbury, asked Mr.. Parnel to
devise scheme OF government for Irelandi
I [Cheers.
Could the conservatives now censure the
| man whose persistent agitation had led to the
land acts and other efforts that had produced
/ beneficial results in Ireland: Hear hear.
! Had they ever heard OF the great revolutionary
changes brought about in the condition Of the
/ nation without the doing OF any thing con
trary 10 law and order: Change had al
ready taken place in Ireland and reforms were
impending which owed their impetus 10 tho
| Parnellites. These reforms would be accom-
plished without violence. largely through the
wise and constitutional methods Of the Irish
party. The report said nothing OF these mat
tiers. Perhaps the judges felt that II was nc
part Of their duty TO refer 20 them.
MI Gladstone further said that in asking the
House 10 give full effect 10 the acquttal OF Mr.
Parnell or all serious charges he would have
the members recollect the infamy Of the aocu
sations. II these accusations had been proved
Parnell would have been branded as
an assassin, coward liar and a hypocrite
The charges we're not made az random, they
were made with a solemn assurance that
they had been subjected to the most
careful scrutiny. For long time Mr.. Par
nell had stood thus pilloried before Tho
| country Was not full Teparation duo him
Tn. opinion expressed in the amendment was
scant enough repsration. Let not the member,
hesitate to give what acknowledgment Of regre
they could 20 a man who had suffered an enor
nous wrong. lCheers.l
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach said the
charges on which the Parnelites had
been acquitted were possibly more i'm
portant to themselves and their person
al honor; but the charges on which they
had been proved guilty were more i'm
portant to the community, because they
related to practices the revival a which
would be fatal TO the liberty aud pros
perity OF the country.