The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-12-06

cOnstabularY control and judiciary ap-
pointments left either under imperial
control or totally unprovided for, ii
would be the height Of madness for any
Irish leader to initiate Grattan's ex.
ample and consent to disband an army
which had cleared the way to victory.
| / further undertook to use every Iegiti-
mate influence to reconcile Irish public
! opinion to the gradual coming into
force of new privileges, and to the post
ponement necessary for English Opin-
ion with regard to cOnstabulary control
and judicial appointment, but strong
~ dissented from the proposed reduc-
| tiOn of the number OF members during
the interval OF probation, and pointed
to the absence of any suitable prospect
of land settlement by either parliament,
as constitutional and overwhelming
drag upon the prospects Of permanent
peace and prosperity in Ireland, At
the conclusion Of the interview I was
| Informed that MIR, Gladstone and all his
colleagues were entirely agreed that
pending a general election, silence
should be absolutely preserved with re
gard to any points of difference on the
| question Of the retention OF the Irish
members. / have dwelt at some length
upon these subjects, out not, / think,
disnroportiouately to their importance.
Let me say in addition that if and when
| full powers are conceded to Ireland
over her own domestic affairs. the in
tegritv, number and independence OF
tho Irish party will be matter Of NO
| IMPORTANCE. But until this ideal is
reached it Is your duty and mlne to hold
| fast to every safeguard. need NOT say
that the question, the vital question, OF
the retention OF the Irish members on
one hand and indefinite delay in grant
ing full powers to an Irish legislature
on The other, gave me great concern.
The absence of any PROVISION for the
settlement of the agrarian question~-cf
any policy-on the part Of the leaders,
filled me with concern and apprehen-
sion. On the introduction Of the land
purchase bill by the government at the
commencement Of the last session. MI.
Morley communicated with me as to the
course to be adopted. Having regard
to the avowed absence of any policy on
the part of the Liberal leaders and
| party with regard to the matter OF the
land bill, / strongly advised Mr.. Morley
against any direct challenge Of the prln-
clple of state-aided land purchase, and
finding that the fears and alarm of the
English taxpayers as to state aid by
| hYpothecation of grains for local pur.
| poses in Ireland as counter guarantee
had been assuaged, that the hopeless
| struggle against the principle of the
measure should not be maintained, and
that we should direct our sole efforts,
on the second reading Of the bill, to the
assertion of the principle OF local con-
troll. In this, I am bound tO say, Mr.
Morley entirely agreed with me, but he
was at tbe same time much hamDered,
and expressed his sense Of his position
in that direction by the attitude of the
extreme section of his party, led by Mr.
l4abouchere and in a subsequent inter-
view he impressed upon me the neces-
sity of meeting the second reading Of
the bill with direct negative, and
asked me to undertake the motion. /
agreed to this, but simply on condition
that [ was not to attack the principle of
the measure, but to confiue myself to
criticism Of the details. think his
was false strategy, but it was the
strategy adopted out of regard to Eng
lish peculiarities. / did the best possi-
BILE under the circumstances, and the
several days debate on the second read
ing contrasts fayorably with Mr.. La
bouchere's recent abortive attempt to
interpose direct negative to the first
reading of a similar bill Yesterday.
Time went on, the government allowed
it's attention to be distracted from the
question of land purchase by a bill COM
pensating English pubicans. and the
agrarian difficulty in Ireland was again
relegated to the future of another ses-
sion. Just before the commencement
OF this session was again favored with
another interview with Mr. Morley. I
impressed upon him the pollcY Of an
oblique method Of procedure with re-
ference to land purchase, and the neces
sity and Importance of providing for the
question Of local control and of limlta.
tion in the application of funds. He
agreed with me, and offered to move
on the first reading Of the bin an
amendment in favor OF this local con-
troll. advising that If this were rejected
it might be left to the Radicals on the
second reading to oppose the principle
Of the measure. This appeared to be
the proper course. and left Mr., Morley
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