, 1890-09-30
JOHN MORLEY TALKS.
He Tells of Things He Has
Seen in Ireland.
Speakers Held in Check With
Rifle and Club.
Recent Proceedings Will Help
the Nationalist.

SPOKE AZ OF. heieub uODlBuI 70 a lAlke
audience. He gave a graphic account Of
his experiences during his recent tour Of
Ireland. He gave instances illustrating
the arbitrary and tyrannical methods Of
the Irish authorities and also said that
when John Dillon went to address his
constituents he found the platform of the
station surrounded by police and military
and was told that if he used illegal Ian
guage it would be the magistrates duty
to dispeTse the meeting. This simply
meant that the magistrate would be the
judge as to whether Dllon's language was
legal or Illegal. and in the second place,
what appeared almost Incredible, it
meant that it Dillon used language that
the magistrate considered illegal it was
the magistrates duty to disper Sc the
meeting with the baton and rifle.
The Tipperary prosecutions bad cruelty
blighted the hopes of the Unionists and
given the lie to their rose colored pictures.
The proceedings o the last fortnight in
Tipperary would haye the inevitable effect
of rallying every Nationalist, lay and cler-
ical, and once more closing the National
ist ranks. He Morley had been crili-
cised for going TO Ireland. Balfour would
neither 90 to Ireland himself or let any
one else. He (MorleY) vent to TIpperarY
because he felt that the proceedings there
marked the turning point in the great
battle and because he felt that the govern
ment was going to drive a nail into its
coffin and he wanted-to see the first blow.
When he arrived at Tipperary the gather
ings of the people were Few in number and
no obstruction was offered. he never
saw such an act OF folly as the attitude Of
the authorities. Colonel Caddell stated in
the court room that it was one Of the most
disorderly gatherings he ever witnessed.
Three or four English ladies who Occur
pied front seats in the court room laughed
at the absurditY OF Caddells statement.
1t had been asserted hat he (Morley)
and his companions we're followed to the
court entrance by an immense multitude.
This was emphatically denied. At no
time did the armed men defending the
court house number less than from three
to one against the civilians, 1t was as in
significant and harmless a crowd as he
ever saw 10 his life. The police refused
Abundance to the townsmen, and he saw
a solicitor flung violently from the gates
and assaulted. OBrien went out with
Dillon aud Harrison and protested against
the exclusion of the people. The police
drew their batons without the shadow Of
provocation aud blood began to flow free
ly. BE saw no stones thrown. He would
undertake to say that a couple OF English
constablcs would have done everything
necessary to guard access TO the court.
Harrison went out to the constables Inc
expostulnted, but the only reply was a
blow on his head, causing blood to flow.
Morley saw a constablf strike Reporter
Heating a murderous blow on his mouth,
drawing blood and knocking him from
the wall.
Outside the gate the police used their
batons ferociouslY upon the heads and
bodies OF the defenseless townsmen, sew
eral of whom we're brought in dripping
with blood. He (Morley) went to Col.
Coddell and told him he ought to open
the gates and admit the people. Then he
ven into the court room, but found no.
body there except two resident magis-
trates and a few reporters. After the
gates we're opened and everybody who
wished to enter admitted the court room
was not filed. while the 'tumuituous'
throug of which Col. Caddell had spoken
was as quiet and orderly as il in church.
The rioting was wholly on the outside. Ii
Caddell had acted at first as he did in def
erence to his (Morley's) wishes there
would not have been the least disorder.
The whole thing was a clumsy blunder,
but to commit a blunder when dealing
with armed meu was crime. If Baliour
produced in the what was pub
lished as the official version of the ARRAY
he Morley would riddle it to pieces in
ten minutes. The resort to
batons was a ~deplorable. llwless
and cowardly outrage. The Balfour sYs-
TEN was responsible for these scenes.
Through three and a half years Baliour
defended every act of the executive,
through thick and thin, right or wrong,
from the actions and wicked slaughter at
MitchelPs town onward. Balfour always
refused to institute a public inquiry. He
always denied the truth of the charges
made against the police. He always re-
fused to believe the word of an Irish
member OF parliament and thus the Irish
people had been left wholly at the mercy
of the authorities, without anv supervision,
without help and without hope. No
wonder the Irish people did not respect
the law. No wonder they hated the
government which inspired and
shared the abuse of the executive force.