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otake steps to get up proper recep-
ton for the disting uished gentleman.
It's expected that q banquet will be
given at the Windsor In his honor. !"
THE GRAND OLD MAN AGAIN.

There was warm time in the House
of Commons last Monday night during
the debate on the motion OF w. H.
Smith. the government leader. to adopt
the report Of the Parnell Commission.
It was then that the Grand Old Man
made the Tories weep over their at
tempts to force the house into an &C
ceptance of report that condemned
the Parnellites, and practically exone-
rated the London Times from any
blame for the course it took. Mr.. Glad
stone said that the course the "Forger'
took in the case. and the result OF its
dastardly attempt to ruin Parnell and
his associates deserved the severest
condemnation at the hands OF the mem
bers present. The governments mo-
ton to exonerate Parnell, while at the
same time accepting the commissions
report which accused some of the Par
nellites with melting to crime, was not
sufficient to do justice to the members
impugned. It had failed to represent
the sense Of the opinion which the
House, as we'll as the country, had
formed Of the report. The thought that
the judges OF the commission were bet
ter able to decide how far crime was
due to the League was absurd. They
were no more competent to judge on
that point than other equally exper-
fenced men. AS Mr.. Gladstone init
mated, the wholesale evlctions that
have been carried on in Ireland were
the cause of the disorder and strife, and
not the National League. Mr.. Glad
stone continuing, accused the Tories OF
stating that the Parnellltes bv their
speeches had melted Intimidation,
which had led to crime, and that they
had not assisted in enforcing order, and
denouncing the advocates Of other
means of warfare than moral suasion.
This charge. he affirmed, was ten years
old. and had no foundation whatever;
besides it was dangerous precedent to
adopt in argument Of that kind. He
accused the Tories of having asked
Parnell through Lord Carnarvon. at
Salisbury's request. to propose scheme
of self government for Ireland, and
having got into power, trampled upon
all the promises they had made. He
praised Parnel and his gallant band OF
followers for having accomplished by
lawful and persistent agitation the
lands act which had brought much
good to ireland; to the Parnellites were
due the many reforms that have been
brought about III Ireland in the past
decade, and these reforms were accom-
plished without violence or bloodshed.
except where the police and the military
wantonly interfered. To thank the
judges for having done duty lncum-
bent upon them by reason OF their office,
Mr., Gladstone pronounced as foolish,
but instead the House owed it to Mr..
Parnell and his party to treat the report
as it deserved. He pointed Out what
would have been the result had the
charges been proven against Parnell.
and the members of the House ought
not, be said, to hesitate to give MI.
Parnell all the acknowledgment OF re-
greet they could because of the enormous
wrong he had suffered The speech set
the Tories a thinking, and many who
were present, though friends of the gov
eminent tacitly admitted that the
Grand O,d Man had given the Opposi-
tion some PLAIN facts to refute, which
they would find hard to do,