Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-10-27
NOT FOR MANY YEARS
Will Ireland Be Favored
With Home Rule.
LOCAL RULE Is NEEDED.
A Subject Of Interest Discussed by
Hon. Edward Bake.

BosrON. oct ~ - u w0s striking
figure t at stood icnlai 90 foe lud oi
palms on the platform Of fremont Temple
last evening. and tor "A hour and half
ldressed his audiel'e on she question
of Home Rule FOX lreian1.' Hon. Ed
ward Blake, stat 'sluHn, eN-lca'er OF the
Canadian Liberals, now a member of the
British house OF commons is a logical
aud lorceful speaker, and Q .ain AMI a ain
the Temple rung with generous applause
ut the cOnCl sion OF one Of uis eloquent
and pointed GcntcnCes
Above Jue average height, a well-blilt
frame in long frock coat, locks tinged
with gray one of which fell in "a BeJcons-
field curl on massive forehead, features
with no beard or mustuche To hide their
clear marked outlines, "A sens tive mouth
aud eyes which at times glanced fire be-
hind pair Of gold-rumtd spcctaclcs,
these are some of the cuaracicr.stics OF
the statesman who was accorded such a
grand welcome.
Hon. =. a. Collins introduced Mayor
Ma tth.ws, who r,sided. Mr.. Matthews
spoke of federal democracy rs the imme-
date outcome for the United Kingdom"
and introduced Mr.. Blake rs man 10
whom had been accorded AN eNtraorI nary
COllilAll llttUls hudN VI btlIlk AhNNil AAbHi
one country to another To represent
third"
Crepr after cheer arose as the great par
liameutarian placed tie note, II his speech
Oh the reading dc X, and IL was only after
he had smilinyly touched his watch that
the people would consent To De silent.
For the cause of home rule he an
nounced himself "a new and raw recruit
enlisted for the OCCASION" and speaking
of the history Of the movement he re-
ferrei 20 the words Of Disraeli, the men
tion Of whose name WAS received " tn gem
eral Kisses. Lord Bcaconsheld long ago
declared that there would he
A Revolut on In ireland
were IL not that she was kept down by the
superior forces Of n more powerful cOun-
try Mr. Chamberlain declared that for
400 years the condition OF affairs in Ire
land had more than warranted her separH-
ton from England. Mr.. Dic"y, the Bit
terest opponent of home rule, had adj
mitted the failure Of the present system.
At this point Mr.. Blake leaue forward,
and then raising himself to his fun
height, declared impressiyely, "Ihe union
has been "A failute."
The connection Of Mr.. Gladstone with
the disestablishment of the church in
Ireland brought out tremendous applause
for England's statesmen. The ayrnri1u
trouble. which was the core of the Irish
trouble. said 'r. Blake, hl1 TO n great ,X-
rent been solve :, but only after "A coah.
tion hal been reached which narrowly ap-
preached and threatened civil war.
The speaker next declared that "On all
sides il was tolerably well agreed that t.e o
true way to solve the agrarian trouble in
Ireland was to convert the tenaut farmers
into proprietOrs.
"But the usraran question was not all;
local government was want | fpr Ireland.
Mr. Chamberlain puts the case as strongly
even "a those who hiss him would desire
on the
Question OF Local Government,
when he suid the time has come to re-
form altogether the absurd anachrouism
Of the existence of such an institution
as Dublin caStle.'"
Mr. Blake traced the history II the Irish
movement through the work of orc n
nell. the Grattan parliament and Isaac
Butt 10 the Parnell movement He de-
fined the policy OF parncll rs one of com
bning the national, 0Crarian md political
forces TO bring about a united Ireland.
This policy was the one he (Nir. Blakc)
stood for, and its elimination came in
the conversion OF Mr. Gladstone, of which
Mr. John BOYLE O'Reilly he'd sail; "It was
possible for England still TO win the heart
Of Ireland"
Mr.. Blake closed by announcing his adj
herence to the