Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-17

the law into contempt and was a violation Of
the rights of citizens. When Mr.. Morley arose
the house OF commons filled from the gal
leries to the floor. Mr. Parneii sat below the
gangway between Mr.. Thomas Bayley Potter
and Mr.. Timothy NJ Healy. Mr. Thomas Sex
the same bench as Mr.. Morley.
CLIMAX OF TPPERARY PROSECUTIONS.
Mr.. Morley, amid cheers, said that the mo-
| ton, instead of being put out Of date by re-
cent events, was most opportune in view of the
fact that two prominent Irish members of par
| lament had Just passed on their way to prison.
within sight of the house. l''Hear, hear ]
| The imprisonment Of these members of parlia-
ment. continued Mr.. Morley, was the climax of
| the Tipperary prosecutions. He appealed to
| the house as to whether, until September last,
! his attitude toward the Irish police had been
hostile but, after seeing in Tipperary the work
| ing of the tremendous coercion machine. his
| moralzation, brutality and lawlessness the
agents Of Mr.. Balfour had been brought to by
Mr. Balfour's standing mp for every act of
| theirs, right or wrong [cheersl, crediting every
statement of the police and refusing
to make any inquiry, however strong
| the evidence was against them. l''Hear,
hearth
After passing ten minutes in Tipperary,
added Mr.. Morley, he saw mere cheering and
'booing" made a pretext for the violent dis
persal Of a small crowd. The police adopted a
course that occasion for which. in England
Col Caddell and every man concerned in it
would have been cashiered. The scene at the
| entrance of the court house was further evi-
dence of police lawlessness. 1t was not the
dense, savage crowd some people supposed, but
| as quiet and harmless a crowd as he ever saw.
The police used brutal, ferocious and abso-
lutely unprovoked violence. of which any dis
ciplined force in the world ought to be
ashamed Some Of the constables did seem to
be ashamed and Disguised. 1t was not that he
was unneryed by the sight Of the broken heads
brought to the surgeon. Broken heads did not
alarm him. 1t was the spectacle of agents
of the law brutally violating the law. He
was astounded that Mr.. Balfour accused
him of exaggeration. He (Mr. Morley was
ready to attest to everything in court. 1t was
no fault of his that an action had not been
brought. GCheers.l
BALFoUR SIGNIFIES dissent
At this point Mr.. Balfour signifed dissent
and Mr.. Morley asked him if he meant to say
he shrank from going into a court of evidence.
Mr. Balfour.-No; but your friends succeeded
in postponing the trial until March.
Mr. Morley. continuing. said that the Judge
held that the reasons for postponement were
adequate. When the coercion act was passed
it was not intended that cases like those in
Tipperary should be Withdrawn from the Jury.
The bench there was deliberately packed to try
a great state case to which ninety witnesses
were summoned. The selection of Magistrates
Shannon and Irwin was about the most mon
strous act that even Mr.. Baifour ever COM
mitted. lCheers.l 1t was prostitution of the
tribunal
INDEBTEDNESS OF THE IRISH EXECUTIVE.
Mr.. Morley then proceeded to denounce the
vindictiveness Of the Irish executive, whose ac-
tons, he said, which would not be for a moment
tolerated in England had alienated the people
of Ireland
Abiding to Mr.. 7. W. Russelrs amendment
alleging that the action Of the police executive
was made imperative by the activity of the
Irish conspiracy, Mr.. Morley said he concluded
that il was admission of the failure of the
coercion act and after three years the govern
ment still confessed its inability to cope with
the conspiracy. This WAS probably the last
time he would speak against the coercion act
in the present parliament.
The noiseless foot OF time was rapidly
bringing the day near when the government
would be brought to account. The country
would then require an explanation as to how
the coercion act. fraud upon the nation, had
been administered in a spirit of fraud on par
lament. lCheers.l
PARNELL LISTENS CLOSELY.
Mr.. Morley showed unwonted animus while
speaking. The memory of Mr. Baifour's con-
temptuous reference to his inaccuracies. COM
mittsd while telling of the Tipperary row. is
probably still ranking in his mind. Mr. Parnell
sat with folded arms listening to Mr.. Morley
evidently with close attention. but he did not
join in the Irish cheers. He left as soon as Mr.
Gladstone rose to speak.
MR. RUssELL's REPLY
Mr.. T. W. Russell (unionist) said that Mr.
Morley spent three hours in Tipperary and
bolted by the next train. uaughter.l He
ridiculed the statement that the crowd was
harmless. No Hpperary mob. he said had ever
before been held up to admiration as a pacific
crowd. His amendment asked the house to
vindicate the action Of the police in view of
the conspiracy of which Messrs Dillon and
o Brien had been convicted Their melting
advice turned Tipperary, which was once one
of the most prosperous towns Of Ireland into
place desolate if it had been swept bv
an avenging army. He would not contest Mr..
Morley's right TO share in the faction fight,
but why, while in Tipperary. did he not inquire
of the people the cause of the local RUM? He
would have learned that their misery was due
to boycotting, accompanied by every kind of
violence. Hear, Hear.i Thanks to the gov
eminent, honest Irishmen now had a better
chance Of pursuing lawful business Village
ruffianism had been suppressed. Dir. Morley
sough TO tic the hands of the executive and pre-.
vent the protection of friends of law and order
in Ireland.
MR.. eLADsToSEs SPEECH.
Mr.. Gladstone spoke for half an hour. He
manifested no special enthusiasm till toward
the close of his speech. Their his voice in ring
ing tones Of triumph declared that the doom
of coercion and the government was assured
In the early part of his speech Mr.. Gladstone
turned his back upon the government benches
and addressed his remarks directly to Mr. Rus
sell. On the conservatives shouting ''order,"
Nh. Gladstone asked what the noise was about
Said Sir William Vernon Harcourt: They are
bowling at YOU. Those are their good man
ners." Mr. Gladstone thereupon tnrned about
bowed and resu,ned his speech. Mrs Gladstone
occupied seat In the ladies' gallery in full
view Of her husband.
Mr.. Gladstone expressed surprise that the
government coun.enanced amendment evad-
ing the main accusation against Mr.. Balfour as
assisting 10 violate the civil rights of the peo-
pie. Assailing the authors at the plan Of cam
paign was not an answer to the charge. Mr.
R.lfour defended the officers and the executive
against the charge OF violation Of the law and
the use of illegal force against the people. That
was not a response to the charge that the
bench was packed with magistrates whose JUS
,ice was impugned. tCheers.l Counter
charges of riot were part Of the practice of he
executive who were trying to withdraw matters
from the jury. Hear! Hear,l
Mr.. B&lfour was always willing 10 accept whole
| sale statements of officials. 1t was indecorous
| Of hin, IN charge Mr. Morlev with dal{ha rolv