St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-25
Salisbury, Balfour and an In
ksineere Bill Numerically
Scored.
Gladstone Crates Like an
Archangel, but the Celts
Were Absent.
Extension of Franchise and
Referendum Proposed in
Belgium.

commons today against the Irish local
government bill Ihe Liberal leader
was received with loud and prolonged
cheering as he arose to speak. His ad-
dress occupied an hour and ten min
utes in its delivery, and was frequently
interrupted by bursts of applause. 1t
was one of the grand old mans most
eloquent efforts and had an electric eff
feet upon the house. The Liberals
seemed frantic with delight at the fire
and energy displayed by their octogen-
arian chief, while the Conservatives
listened with keen interest to every
point made by the orator.
Gladstone began by saying that the
bill stamped Ireland and lrlshmen with
the brand of a most ignOminiOuS inc
quality as compared with England and
Engiishmen. The bill falsifed even the
miserable and contracted relics OF SOL
emn pledges by which the present ma
jority was obtained by the government
in 1856. The bill was one which its pro-
moters found it eXpedient to press upon
the people of Ireland for their accept
ance by menacing them with the horrors
Of civil war if they refused it. What,
he asked, was Lord SaliSbury's speech
at Covent Garden but ali incltement to
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| political literature it would be impoSSi-
bic to find an utterance displaying more
reckless contempt for the dictates OF
wisdom, prudence and sagacity.
An Odious Combination.
The government, Mr.. Gladstone said,
had apparently ransacked the past for
all the most odious legislative prece-
dents and combined them all in the
on IubjOh Frncanfo6 fn
/ the people of Ireland as generous full
fllment of promises made. No self
respecting man could serve on the Irish
county councils under this bill, in view
af IFS monstrous restrictions upon their
liberty of action. To sum up, the bill
was branded III every clause with the
stamp of inequality; every evil preee-
delfta0 the past had been utilized by its
trainers in order to find provisions bad
eseHga for=it. Everything good IN pre-,
yiof,s legislation had 'been~sleft- 4etftrand-
everything bad inserted. The bill en-
bodied the refuse of political legislation.
1t was a measure that no self-respectlng
nation cenld accept. s.
/ Mr.. Gladstone said definite explana-
tions ought to be given the house and
to some others who desired to know
whether the cabinet was generally of
Did the ministers believe, he asked,
that the people of Ulster would rebel
against the decision of parliament, or
that the employment of the forces of
the crown to suppress such rebellion
would be such an outrage as would reno
society in two? TCries of Hear, hear'']
If Lord Salisbury'S language meant
anything, it was plain ipcitement OF
a few misguided men to resort to vio-
lence to resist the authority OF parlia-
nIent. These were the conditions the
Irish members had offered them i'll the
stinted gift OF the present bill.
A Cutting Analysis.
Mr.. Gladstone then proceeded to eX-
anime the leading provisions of the bill,
contending that the power it was pro-
posed to confer upon the viceroy OF Ire
land concerning the divisions of coun-
cilS and the power of dissolution would
place the councils completely at the
mercy ef the vicerOy, who would thus
be enabled to destroy the effect of the
whole bill. This proposal alone con-
stituted radical difference between the
Irish local government bill, and the
English and Scotch measures.
Mr. Gladstone next analyZed the joint.
committees proposal, showing that it
was destitute of the popular element
and favored the landlords. helping
them to nullify all the acts
of the county councils. No such
provision exists in the English or
Scotch acts. What was good for Eng
lrnd and Scotland was omitted for Ire
land, while much that was bad was re-
tanned. The bill stamped Ireland with
inequality and infeTiority by withhold
ing from her the powers and privileges
that obtained in her sister countries.
Could it be possible, Mr.. Gladstone
asked, TO conceive greater contempt for
history, and disregard of sound political
principle?
Was Ireland wrong, Mr.. Gladstone
asked. in rejecting the measure? No.
The stamp of inequality was the brand
of degradation. [Cheers. If Ireland
was capable of accepting measure SO
stamped she was unworthy of the great
men who had led her in times of adverS-
fty, unworthy of that happy. better
destiny he trusted and believed she was
about to accomplish. [Cheers.]
The speech created profound i'm
preston. which Mr.. Balfour. first lord
of the treasury, who Immediately rose
to reply. endeayored to disslpate by
launching into a speech full of the sar-
casm and bitterness of attack for which
hesis noted.
Irish Members Blamed.
Mr.. Dillon described the bill as a
mockery and violation of pledges,
tending to confirm the Irish in their
placing no trust IN British faith.
A division was then taken and the
bill passed to its second reading by
vote of 830 to PAT. The result of the
division was received with prolonged
Conservative cheers. The debate
Greatly increased in interest when Mr..
Gladstone rose to speak. The members
benches and the visitors gallery were
crowded. The Irish members especially
were aroused for several minutes after
Mr.. Gladstone had resumed his seat.
Mr.. Balfour's challenge to MIR. Glad
stone to disclose his home rule scheme
to the electors evoked cheers from both
the UuiOnists and the Parnellites.
A lumber of irish members were
absent, including j. Redmond and JUS
tin Mccarthy. Several Radicals voted
with the government. The Conserva-
tiyes are delighted at the solid majority
they obtained. The only GladstOnians
who voted with the government were
Messrs. Storey and VillierS. The Lib
erals did not conceal their disappoint-
ment at the result of the division, the
BLAINE for witch, they say, was the alb
sence of so many Irish members. Out
of 30 Parnellites only sixteen voted, and
out of 5s McCarthyites only 5S votei.
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