St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-28
It Now Goes to a First Read
ing in the House Of Com
mons.
On Labouehere's Amendment
ParneliiteS Vote v ith the
Government.
Lord Spencer Says the Voice
Of Liberals Is Against
"-"ir Leader.
Lady Conemara Secures a Di-
voree From Her Liege
Lord.


commons to-day Mr Spencer asked the
government. i'll view of the recent tinan-
ciSl crisis in London, to Introduce bill
to amend the bank act of 1914, by pro-
vidine for the issue of 81 notes. Mr..
GOschen. chancellor of the exchequer.
declii ed to make any statement on the
subject. Mr.. Baltour, chief secretary
for Ireland, then introduced the Irish
land bill. He said the governments
policy was the same as in 1889, but for
simplicity the bill was cut in half. Both
portions, however, were practically the
same as in the bill of 1889. One varia-
ton of the present bill from that of last
year was that it met in some degree Mr.
Parneils views. Mt. Parnell had sug-
gested that the privilege of purchase lie
confined to tenants whose holdings were
nder ESQ valuation. Though ne tMr.
Balfeur) could not accept exactly that
limitation, he had altered the SCOPE of
the bill by excluding all purely grazing
farms and farms whose tenants did not
reside on them. Among other changes
embodied in the new bill one had ref
erence to the objection taken at the last
y
chase then proposed. That limit did
not appear in the new bill. Further
power would be given the viceroy to ex-
tend the period Of five years during
which s per cent OF the purchase money
was payable. In regard to increasing
the powers of local authorities Mr.. Bal
four said he considered that the original
proposals therefor in the bill were the
best that could be devised.
Land Purchase
IN Ireland was not local question at
all. The government was using the
British credit to carry out this vital re-
form, not primarily for the benefit of
this country Or that, but for the benefit
of the empire as a whole. Another con-
sheraton was the fact that the land
question in Ireland was largely used for
political objects. 1t would be absurd,
therefore. to leave the communities un-
der the Indictment of agitatOrS, to de-
termine whether they should adopt a
remedy going to the root of agrarian
discomfort If they were to give local
control in any form. it ought to be
piebiscite of rate PAYERS enabling them
under the safeguard of the ballot to
contingent portion of the guarantee
fund Tor each county. Mr.. Labouchere
moved an amendment against pledg-
Ing the imperial credit for the
purchase of land until the coun-
try should have given its consent at a
general election. Mr.. Labuuchere's
amendment was rejected by ii vote of PCS
to III. Mir. Gladstone, Sir William Ver-
non Harcourt and Mr.. Morley walked
l,.,fa 81,
Parnell and all the Parnelite members
voted with the government. The bill
was then given Its first reading amid the
cheers of the government supporters.
When the ParnelliteS were hocking
into the division lobby to vote on
MIR. LabOuchere's Amendment
there was sudden, unusual movement,
which was seemingly instigated by Mr..
H~aly, who, with Air. Sexton and
large contingent, turned back and alb
stained from voting, while Mr.. Parnell,
Mr.. Power and about thirty others sup
ported the government. After the
house rose hurried meeting of the Ma
tionalists was called in the conference
room. Mr.. ParneIl was not present.
The meeting was held ostensibly for
the purpose Of arriving at an agreement
not to mention recent events publicly
oAtNA biO LICSIlDS Dut
great secrecy was observed as TO what
was really done. Mr.. Sexton emphati-
callY denies the statement that he
was aware of the existence of MIR. Glad
stances letter to Mr.. Morley at the time
the Nationalist meeting was held on
Tuesday. The whole party is annoyed
at the leaking out of the proceedings of
the meeting, as it indicates aNviUlation
of the pledge of secresy.
Sir William Marriott, Conservative.
speaking at Brighton, said that the
rumOrs of a speedy dissolution of par
lament were haseless. Lord Salisbury,
he declared. would never take advantage
of social SANDER or domestic quarrel
among his opponents.
Messrs. Tanner. Mcdonald and few
other Irish Nationalists. supported Mr..
Labuuchere's amendment to the Irish
land bill. Many of the Parnellite mem
bers of parliament declared that they
would gladly see the alliance with the
Liberal party broken so that the Irish
party could resume its independence.