The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-03-12
OUTRAGED JUSTICE.
Lord Randolph Churchill De-
nounces the Government for
ITS TREATMENT OF pARNELL.
vigorous Speech In Which tho Ac.
tion Is Pronounced Unprcccdcnt.
cd, Unconstitutional and Ty.
'gs ranlcal 80 Foreign News.

LONDON, March 1l.-In tho IIouse OF
Commons this evening Lord Randolph
Churchill resumed the debate on tho
report Of the Parnell Commission. Ho
said that from the inception Of tho Com.
mission he had watched the proceedings
with feeling OF sorrow and apprehen.
SION which had grown deeper and
stronger us the proceedings developed.
From beginning to end these proceed.
lnss were yitiated by their thoroughly
unconstitutional character [cheers from
the oppositionl. When the Government
decided to got aside tho ordinary tribu.
mails 1t must have held that the cliarres
against the Parnellites constituted n
prima Jacie case against the accused.
When Government held that there
was a prima .facie case It was its duty 10
prosecute criminally Parnellite cheers1,
II this was a prima .tacie case to justify
IN extraordinary tribunal, was there n
pr,nd tacte case to proceed by a criminal
prosecution Hear, hear]. y T""''
In the first place, the Government, in
order to ascertain tho truth OF criminal
charges against its political opponents.
discarded and set aside the ordinary law
OF the land Parnellite cheers1, :,
Secondly, tho Government constitu.
TED under a special act n Commission
consisting Of three Judges to fulfil The
functions OF judge and jury for the pur
pose Of trying n criminal conspiracy,
1t decided to place political opponents
on the trial on criminal charges without
tue protection which Jury would give.
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Thirdly, the Government nominated
the tribunal so the accused, unlike tho
meanest criminal, would have no voice
IN selecting and challenging the iury.
II 1t was argued that the Commission
was Court Of Arbitration, where in the
whole history OF arbitration was ono
party to suit left voiceless in the selec.
ton of.the arbitration? [Cheers1, ss
fourthly, the Government inflicted n
heavy penalty in the shape of large
pecnniary fine on its opponents, amounts
ing to nearly 10000 pounds. He argued
inc matter on constitutional grounds
and defied any lawyer to show prece-
dent or parallel for anything approach
ing the Governments action. Tparnellite.
caeers.l he appealed to the House to
vote against proceedings go utterly uu-
Never within n century
and a half had any public man been ex-
posed to such tests and trials as Mr.
Parnell. [Parnellite cheers.l When
certain persons imagined Mr.. Parnell
qualled before the proposed INQUIRY. he
put such pressure on the Government
that the free gift character Of the pro-
posal disappeared and it became
measure forced upon the House at any
lSs2 resisted closure now ap
pied it. A Nemesis attended the
Government for adopting such
methods. What had been the result Of
this-a reptile monster-Pigott. TPar.
nellite cheers]. What had been the de.
livery with all their skill and parliament.
tary instruments? A ghostly, bloody.
rotten ioetus [Pigott, Pigott, Pigott.i
! Iarheillte checrs]. In appointing the
Commission the Government violated
the constitution. In making the motion
law. ~ :. o"A
= MIR. Chamberlain said It was on the
invitation Of the Parnellites that the
matter was made subject OF inquiry.
DO denied that the Commission was the
result 'Et OF his personal suggestion.