The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-30
THE TIPPERARY TUMULT.
JOHN MORLEY TELLS GRAPH
CALLY OF THE AFFAIR


Parliament-Participa IN the AT
fray to be Prosecuted for Inciting
Riot.
LONDON, Sept. 29.-John Morley spoke at
st. Helel's tonight to q large audience. he
gave graphic account of his experiences
during his recent tour of Ireland, referring
particularly to the condition OF affairs IN
Tipperary, and 30 the scenes in which he
himself took personal part He introduced
his speech with a political argument. and
then said that he went TO Tipperary be
cause be felt that the proceedings there
marked the turning point in the great bat
tie and because he felt that the government
was going to drive a good, strong
nail into its own coffin, and
he wanted to see the first blow
of the hammer. When he arrived at Tip
perary with his political friends he walked
peaceably to a cross road without having
any fear of disorder, when suddenly he
was hustled, pushed and menaced by
constables in a state of great fury. The
gathering people were very few in number
and no kind of obstruction was offered, the
nearest approach to a riot being shrill
Tipperary cheer raised on his account.
AN ACT OF FOLLY.
He never saw such an act Of folly as the
attitude of the authorities. Two members
of the House of Commons under arrest were
in charge of a squad Of constables who had
the right of guarding the prisoners from
rescue, but throughout the day govern
ment officers put the constables in
an attitude that was calculated to
provoke breach Of the peace. Col. Cad
dell stated in the court room that this was
one OF the most disorderly gatherings that
he bad ever witnessed. Three or four
English ladies who occupied front seats in
the court room laughed at the absurdity of
of CaddelIs statement, and soon after
this the colonel withdrew his men.
ooNsTABLEs oUTNUMBERED THE CROWD.
These proceedings would have been
ridiculous if they bad not been so dangerous.
But they were nothing to what followed.
The court house was in a small inclosure
provided with strong gates. 1t had been
asserted that he and his companions
were followed to this entrance at
noon by an immense multitude. This he
absolutely denied. He believed that at no
time did the armed men defending the court
house number less than three to one against
the civilians. Il was as insignificant and as
harmless a crowd as he ever saw in his life.
Mr.. Dillon, the speaker, MIR. Harrison,
member of parliament. and others were ad-
mitted at the gates, but the police refused
He next saw Mr.. Townsman, a solicitor,
flung violently from the gates and as
saulted Mr. O'Brien went out aud pro-
tested against the exclusion Of the public.
Messrs. Dillon and Harrison Joined Mr..
OBrien and their voices grew loud. With
or without orders, the police drew their
batons without a shadow of provocation,
and blood began TO flow freely. He saw no
stones thrown. He would undertake to say
that a couple of English constables would
have done everything necessary TO guard
access TO court.
MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT.
Mr.. Harrison went out to the constables
and expostulated, but the only reply was an
attempt to strike him on the head while he
was trying to approach the constable who
was batoning the peoples heads. Another
officer then batoned Mr.. Harrison on the
head, after which Mr.. Harrison, his
mitted to the gate. He (Mr. Morley
saw a constable strike Reporter Heating
murderous blow on the mouth, knocking
him off the wall on which he was sitting,
and causing the blood to flow freely.
Outside the gates there was another scene
Of violence, the police using their batons
ferociously upon the heads and
bodies Of the defenseless towusmen,
several Of whom were brought in the gates
dripping with blood.
He Mr. Morley went to Col Caddell and
told him that he ought to open the gates
and admit the people. Then he went into
the court room, but found nobody there
except two resident magistrates and few
reporters
QUIET AND ORDERLY.
After the gates had been opened, and
everybody who wished to enter had been
admitted, the court room was not filled,
while the ''tumultuous' throng
of which Col. Caddell had spoken
was as quiet and as orderly as if
IN church. These facts proved that the
original closing of the gates was upneces-
sary that the statement that it was sneces-
sary to reserve for witnesses the space
usually allotted to spectators was mere
pretext and afterthought, and that the riot
ing was wholly on one side. II Col Caddell
had acted in the first place as he afterward
acted in Difference to his (Mr Morley's)
wishes, there would not have been title
of disorder The whole thing was clumsy
blunder But to commit a blunder when
dealing with armed men was crime.
A CowARDLY OUTRAGE.
If Mr.. Balfour produced in the House of
Commons what had been published as the
official version of the affair he (Mr. Morleyl
would riddle it to pieces in ten minutes
The resort to batons was a deplorable,
lawlesS and cowardly outrage Mr..
Balfours system was responsible for
these scenes. Through three and
half years Mr.. Balfour had defended every
act of the executive, through thick aud
thin, right or wrong. From the odious
and wicked slaughter at Mitchellstown on
ward Mr.. Balfour had always refused to
institute an effective public inquiry. He
had always denied the charges made
against the police. He had always refused
to believe the word of an Irish member of
parliament, and thus the Irish people had
been left wholly at the mercy of the author
titles, without any supervision, without help
and without hope. No wonder the Irish
people did not respect the law. No wonder
they hated the government which inspired
such an abuse of executive force.
TO BE PROSECUTED FOR INCIrING RIOT
DUBLIN, Sept. 29.-It is likely that the
last has not been heard of the collision be-
tween the police and the people in front of
the court house at Tipperary last Thursday.
1t Is reported this morning that the govern
ment intends to prosecute many of the per-
sons who were present in the crowd for
melting riot. Mr.. Harrison, member of
parliament for the middle division of Tip
perary, who received a severe blow over the
mead from pohceman's club, is mentioned
among those likely to be prosecuted. Col.
Caddell, presiding magistrate at the Tip
perary hearing, asserts that John Morley
appealed to him to exclude the crowd from
the court hO11sa