Los Angeles herald., 1890-09-30
A CLUMSY BLUNDER.
The Recent Proceedings at
Tipperary.
John Morley's Version of the
Affair.
The RiOting Was All on the Side of
the Authorities.
A Strong Arraignment of Balfour's Brutal
System of Government in Ireland.
A Strong Arraignment of Balfour's Brutal
System of Government in Ireland.
Gable Flashes.
Associated Press Dispatches.

Associated Press Dispatches
LONDON, Sept. 29.-John Morley spoke
at st. Helen's tonight, to large
audience. He gave graphic account
OF his experiences during his recent
tour OF Ireland. He gave instances IL
lustrating arbitrary and tyrannical
methods Of the Irish authorities. He
said week ago John Dillon went to ad
dress his continents in East Mayo.
Dillon found the platform OF the station
surrounded by police and military and
was told if he used illegal language, it
would be the magistrates duty to dis
perse the meeting. Now this simply
meant that the magistrate would be the
judge as to whether Dillon's language
would be legal or illegal, and in the
second place what appeared almost in
credible, it meant that if Dillon used
language that the magistrate considered
illegal, it was the magistrates duty to
disperse the meeting with baton and
rifle.
The Tipperary prosecutions had cruel
ly blighted the hopes Of the Unionists,
and given the lie to their rose-colored
fortnight in Tipperary would have the
inevitable effect of rallying every Nation
alist, lay and clerical, and once more
closing the Nationalist's ranks. He
(Morley) has been criticised for going to
Ireland. Balfour would neither go to
Ireland himself nor let any one else go.
He (Morley) went to Tipperary because
he felt that the proceedings there mark
ed the turning point in a great battle,
and because he felt the government was
going to drive nail into it's coffin, and
he wanted to see the first blow OF the
hammer.
When he arrived at Tipperary, the
gathering people we're few in number,
and no obstruction was offered He
never saw such an act of folly as the at
titude Of the authorities. Colonel Cad
del stated in the court room that it was
one OF the most disorderly gatherings he
had ever witnessed. Three or four Eng
lish ladies who occupied front seats in
the court room laughed at the absurdity
of Caddell's statement. 1t had been as
serted that he (Morley) and his COM
panions were followed to the court en-
trance by an immense multitude. This
he absolutely denied. At no time did
the armed men defending the court
house number less than three to one
against the civilians. 1t was as insignif-
icant and harmless a crowd as he ever
saw in his life.
The police refused admission to the
townsmen, and he saw solicitor flung
violently from the gates and assaulted.
O'Brien went out with Dillon and Harri-
son and protested against the exclusion
of the people. 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 couple of English constables
would have done everything necessary
to guard the access to the court. Harri-
son went out to the constables and ex-
postulated, but the only reply was
blow on his head, causing the blood to
flow freely. He (Morley) saw a constable
strike Reporter Keating a murderous
blow on the mouth, drawing blood and
knocking him from avail.
used their batons ferociously upon
the heads and bodies OF the
defenceless townsmen, several of
whom were brought in dripping with
blood. He (Morley) went to Col. Cad
dell and told him he ought to open the
gates and admit the people. Then he
went into the court room, but found no.
body there except two resident magis-
trates and a few reporters. After the
gates were opened and everybody who
wished to enter was admitted, the court
room was not filled, while the "tumul-
tuous' throng of which Col. Caddell had
spoken, was as quiet and orderly as if
in church. The rioting was wholly on
one side. If Colonel Caddell had acted
in the first place as he did in Difference
to his (Morley's) wishes, there would
not have been little Of disorder.
The whole thing was a clumsy
blunder, but to commit blunder when
dealing with armed men, was crime.
II Balfour produced in the commons
what was published as the official yer,
sion of the affair, he (Morley) would
TIE resort to batons was deplorable,
las.less and cowardly outrage. m
Balfour's system was responsible for
these scenes. Through three and half
years Balfour defended every act of the
executive, through thick or thin,
right or wrong; from the odious
and wicked slaughter at Mitchellstown
onward. Balfour always refused to
institute an effective public inquiry. He
always denied the truth of the charges
made against the police. He 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 authorities, 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!
Russian Conspirators.