The record-union., 1891-02-17
The Tipperary Trial Discussed at
Length.
GLADSTONE AND MORLEY DENOUNCE
BALFOURS ACTION.
\ Motion to Censurts tho Mao.ist,stes
for Refusing to Allow a Jury Trial
in the Case of Dillon ana O,Brien
Defeated by Close Vote.
Special to the REcnrn-IIN1nx

.'PeSieii W TIE eisECOED-UNI0N.
LONDON Feb. 16.-Tn tho Commons
to-day the Secretary of War. rcplying ,o
question, said that, pending the results
OF the legal proceedings taken by Sir
William Gordon Cumming in the bac-
carat scandal, tie department would not
retire any other officers.
This morning Morley, in accordance
with notice previously given. moved
the House to adopt the vote censur;ao the
irish executive for its action in the Tip
perary prosecutions. He referred to the
Incarceration of O'Brien and Dillon in
prison. and said this was the climax OF
the prosecutions. He had not been hostile
10 the pohce until after seeing what pitch
OF decentralization, brutality and Iawless-
ness the agents OF Balfour had been
brought to by Balfour's standing nm for.
their every act, right or wrong. tChoersI
Retcrrlng TO the trouble in Tippnrary.
which he witnessed, Morley said the DO
lice adopted course on that occasion for
which, Ill England, Colonel CaddelI and
every man concerned would have becn
cashiered. The police used brutal. fero-
clous, and absolutely unprovuked vio-
lencc, OF which any disciplined force i'm
the world ought to be ashamed. He was
astounded that Baltour accused him of
exaggcration. He Morley was ready to
attest to everything in court. It was no
fault OF his that action had not been
brought. When the Coercion Act passed
u was mol intended that cases like those
in Iipperary should he Withdrawn from
y jury. The bench there was deliberately
packed. fhe selection OF magistrates
Shannon and Cronin was about the jnoso
monstrous act BaliOur ever committed.
1t was prostration Of the tribunal.
Morley then proceeded to ienouucc tho
viudictiveness Of the Irish Executive.
whose actions, which would not be ior Il
moment tolerated III England, had alien
atod the people of Ireland. RusselPs
amendment, alleging that the action of
the Executive was made imperative by
the activity Of tue Irish conspiracy, was
an admission Of the failure of the Coer-
cion Act. Time was rapidly bringing tho
day near when the Government would be
brought to account
Russell (Unionist) ridiculed Morley's
statements, and upheld the action of the
Irish Executive. The inciting advice of
Dillon and O'Brien had turned Tipper-
ary, once one of the most prosperous
towns in Ireland, into place as desolate
as il swept by an avenging army
Gladstone expressed surprise that the
Government countenanced the amend
ment, evading the main accusation
against Balfour. Assailing the authors
swer to the charge. BY garbling the evil
Sence, the Government aimed to exclude
the people from the protection of the iurv
IN order to let the executive work their
Will upon their opponents. The Goyern-
ment thus effected the compulsory exclu-
sion from the House of two of the ablest
Irish members, at Il period when all sides
felt that the country had special need of
their services. Doubtless the House
would again distinguish itself by voting
confidence in the Government. This,
however, would not avert the COMING
doom, nor obscure the ever-groWinp evi-
dence that the country was determined
that fellow-subjects in ireland should
soon enjoy the same precious and invalu-
able liberties possessed by Great Britain.
Great cheers.
Gladstone left the House at the conclu-
sion of his speech being indisposed.
The debate was continued by Smith.
Government leader, Mcneil, Corbett,
Esmonde and others, but interest tagged
until Balfour arose, when the Hous efilled
up again.
Baltour attacked Morley for going to
1lpperary as wire-puller-a course
which no Prlvy Councillor ever took be-,
fore. But for his presence at Tipperarv
the riot would not have occurred Balfour
warmly defended the magistracy, and
declared that if being subject to abuse
was held to disqualify magistrate, the
II iSll stSSllfttOIS WOtilI nave raised SUCH a,
vltuperat1on that trial would have been
impossible.
Who, for example. could have been
selected to try Healey? If the Govern !
ment was defeated at the general election.
the successors must either adopt it's,
policy Of suppressing boycotting and in
dmidation, thus branding their present
speeches as hypocrisy, or Ireland must
be given over to anarchy. He believed,
in the long run, that the verdict of tho,
House tonight would be indorsed by the,
country.
Harcourt, Mccarthy and others spoke,
and Morley's motion was rejected-320
to 2i5.
RusselPs amendment was then called
up, but Healey moved an adjournment,
after long debate.
Balfour said he did not attach great inn
portance TO the vote of confidence, since
the censure motion had been rejected. and
the debate was adjourned. 1t will prob
ably never be resumed.