The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-02-07

own way IN every proposition and i
: every particular. would therefore eithe
throw overheard the chance Of goo
flsettlement or refuse when they had go
it to accept it as final, and to work i
Honestly and fairly. (Hear.) / will sa
this, that in my judgment that th
|fWlder your measure to Ireland is, th
fuller it is. the safer 1t will be. (Cheers.
a wide and full measure of self govern
ment for ireland will be- far safer thar
Ia narrow. jealous, or. grudging one
IlCheers.) We are told that the violen
and extreme men are force in ireland
4 THAT We are overlooking. Gentlemen
do not admit that we are overlooking
them at all. The extremists in ireland
are OF course force, out they are no,
the dominant force. Kilkenny election
ia one sign that the violent men are not
the dominant men, and more than that
IT you want to turn the extreme men--
the violent men---in Ireland into vast
force, [ will tell you how to do it~-re
fuse them, as the Unionists want TO do.
refuse them fair and constitutional al
settlement. (Cheers.) The other day
at Birmingham some questions were
put to me, and don't doubt, as the
speaker said, ''in good faith;'' and [
| propose to answer two Of the most
important OF these questions, because |
have not come here to perform any egg
dance. UAaughter.l [ am going to
tell you plainly what NV answer to
those two questions is, What would
| do about the poiicef" In 1856 what
we proposed and what we provided for
was the creation or a ciy1l force under
fhe control Of local authorities civil
police under the control OF the local
;,uthOrlties-an MIR. Gladstone express
" said In the speech in which he intro
duoad the Home Knie bill that we had
no desire to exempt the police OF Ireland
from the control of the Irish legislative
body. (Oheers,) TIA conlmunity is not
tit to have control of it's own police it ia
certainly not fit to have home rule at
all. (Cheers,) But until the Irish
parliament had organized ciyll police,
the lord lieutenant was to- obtain con-
troll OF the present armed and semi
military f0rcs as a temporary and tram
ss5Sory measure, first to make sure Of
the observance Of certain engagements
made by the imperial government with
tbs royal Irish constabularY, aud sec
ondly, to bridge Gver the inCerregnum
before the Irish government had SET
tied the question OF its own police il
towns and counties, Well, that seems
TO me an arrangement that rational
lrishmen and rational Englishmen
might both agree upon. (Hear, hear. J
The whole story OF the arrangement for
police told by MIR. Parnell at Limerick
on Sunday was remarkably inaccurate.
While protesting to quote Mr.. Glad
stones words as to the amount Of charge
the speaker grossly miscalcuiated it to
the tune of so per cent. The speaker
treated tha civil police as existing in
addition to the thirteen Thousand or
fourteen thousand armed police, though
be ought to have known that the civil
police were proposed anG designated as
a substitution for, and not as an addi~
tiOn TO, the armed police. have heard
wonder expressed whether [ had come
here to say that we were going to drop
home rule. Gentlemen, we have enter
ed, we Liberals have entered, into a
solemn engagement With Ireland. We
are bound bv every consideration of
honor and policy to redeem that engage.
meet. (Cheers.] We have bound our
selves to do what2 We have bound
ourselves to take the very first oppor-
tunity-aYe, and not only 20 take the
first opportunity, bat to do the very
best we can to create and make thaG
opp0rtunity-(c (cheers)-of once more
pressing upon parliament such a
scheme for the better government of
ireland as we. believe will be safe for
the British empire, will be just and
wise for Ireland, and will be rightly
calculated to secure the free assent
both of England and Ireland. Do they
suppose when they come to US and talk
of dropping home rule, do they sup
pose that all that we have said during
the last five years has been mere smoke
III the air and foam upon the wave2
No; we meant what We said, and [ for
one believe, and you, as the first
audience that / have addressed since
these distractions came upon us, will
tell me whether am wrong Or not, [
believe that the Liberal party stand as
firm as they ever did--(loud eheers)-
stand as firm as they eyer did to the
convictions. to the principles, and to
the professions which have been grow
ing and strengthening for five years in
their hearts, their minds, and their
conssiences. Hear, hear.) When the
Obscuring smoke has rolled aWay, let
Irishmen know that they will see the
beacon of friendship and sympathy