Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-03-12
CHURCHILL RESUMES THE DEBATE.

| CHURCHILL RESUMES THE DEBATE.
LONDON, March lin the house of
commons this evening Lord Randolph
Churchill resumed the debate on the re-
port of the Parnell commission. He said
| that from the inception Of the commission
he had watched the proceedings with feel
ings of sorrow and apprehension, which
had grown deeper and stronger
as the proceedings developed.
From beginning to end these
proceedings were vitiated by their thor
oughly unconstitutional character [cheers
from the oppositionl. When the govern
tribunals it must have held that the
charges against the Parnellites constituted
a prirna facie case against the accused.
When government held there was "A
prima facie case it was it's duty to prose-
cute Immediately. [Parnellite cheersl.
If this was prlma facie case to
justify an extraordinary tribunal a for
liter, WAS there Drima facie case to pro-
coed by a criminal prosecution ['hear,
heart. In the frst place the government
III order to ascertain the truth of criminal
charges against its political opponents dis
regarded and set aside the ordinary law of
the land [Parnellite cheersl Sec
ondly, the government constituted under
special act commission consisting
of three judges to fulfil the functions
of judge and jury for the purpose of try
Ing criminal conspiracy; thirdly the
government nominated the tribunal so the
accused, unlike the meanest criminal,
would have no voice in selecting and chal-
longing the jury: fourthly, the govern
ment inflicted heavy penalty in the
shape OF large pecuniarY fine on its oppo-
nepts amounting to nearly e4000 He ar
gued the matter On constitutional grounds
and defied any lawyer to show precedent
for anything approaching the govern
ment's action. Parnellite cheers.l He
appealed to the house to vote against pro-
ceedings so utterly unequal and unprece-
denied. Never within d century and a
half had any public man been exposed to
such tests and trials as had Mr.. Parnell.
lParnellite cheers. When certain per-
sons imagined that Mr. Parnell quailed
before the proposed inquiry, he put
such a pressure on the government that
the free gift character of the proposal dis
appeared and il became measure forced
on the house at any cost. Opposition
cheers Every clause except the first was
forced through, without debate, by use
of force not justified by the bill
In 1882 the government declared that
closure was most unconstitutional and
dangerous Innovation: in 1885 it used
closure in a most unconstitutional and
dangerous manner for the purpose OF
forcing upon its opponents an unprece-
dented, unparalleled and tremendous in
strument of oppression. A Nemesis at.
tended the government for adopting such
methods. What had been the result of
this mountainous parturition? a replete
monster-Piggott. [Parnellite cheers.
What had been the delivery with all their
skill and parliamentary instru-
ment? A CHASTITY, bloody, rotten
foetus - Piggott, Piggott. Piggott !
[Parnellite cheers In appointing |
the commission the government violated |
the constitution. IL making this motion |
the government was violating its own
law. The report condemned certain per-
sons and acquitted others. But did it |
condemn all the guilty parties? 1t con-
demned the Parneliites on GER |
tain charges. Did it condemn !
the Times? If the government |
insisted upon its motion and compelled |
the majority to assent to it ne would in |
sist upon his right TO vote to condemn not |
only the Parnellites, but also the Times, |
which had been found guilty of an afro
cious and unexampled libel and SANDER.