Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-05-27
Gladstone Makes a Power full Attack
Upon the Government in
the House,
Claiming that the Government Also
lutely Refused to Fulfill it's
Promise.
BalfOur Responds and the Bill is
Passed to Second Reading
Amid Cheers.

LONDON, May "a, The discussion on
| the Irish local government bill was re-
sumed today in the house Of commons.
Gladstone spoke at great length. lie said
! the house was in a singular position in
| discussing bill which it was Improbable
would be proceeded witt, In 1886 Cham
berlain and Lord Harrington promised
| Ireland everything short of an indepen
| dent parliament. Now all these promises
are dissolved in the present meagre bill,
which stamped Ireland with inequality as
compared with England and Scotland, and
faIsi6ed the miserable relics of the SOL
mn pledge by which the present ma
iority was obtained by the government in
| 1886 Lord Salisbury's recent language
distinctly encouraged a civil war. Some
definite explanations ought to be given as
to whether the cabinet generally held the
same opinion as the premier. Did the
ministers believe, said Gladstone, that the
people of Ulster would rebel against de-
cision of parliament, or that the employ
ment of the powers of the crown to sup
press such rebellion would be such an
outrage as would rend society In two. If
/ Lord Salisbury's language meant any
thing it was a plain Indictment of q few
misguided men to resort TO violence and
to resist the authority of parliament.
| These were the conditions that the
Irish members had had offered to them in
a stinted gilt Of the present bill. Glad
stone then, at length, examined the lead
| ing provisions of the bill, and said that it
stamped Ireland with inequality and in
feriority 10y withholding from her the
power and privileges that obtained iii her
sister countries. Could it be possible,
asked Gladstone, to conceive of a greater
contempt for history and a greater disre-
gard Of sound political principlesp Could
| the bill be called an honest effort TO satisfy
the Irish aspirations, or a fair attempt to
! Iegisate for Ireland?
Rather might it be called refuse of
political legislation. TIE bill conferred
on the liberals one great advantage, it
gave to the people the power to measure
and determine exactly The value of the
splendid conservative promises at absolute
| equality with the laws CT Great Britain.
| Was ireland wrong in rejecting this
measure? No. Toe stamp of inequality
was brand of degradation. If Ireland
was capable of accepting the measure SO
stamped she was unworthy of the great
men who had led her in times of adver-
sity; unworthy of that happy, better des
tiny he trusted and believed she was about
| TO accomplish. (C1eerS
Balfour responded to Gladstone. He
analyized aud explained Lord Sallsbury's
remarks, putting upon them a more favor
able Interpretation than advanced by
Gladstone. Then coming down to the
matter of the bill, he urged that it was
substantially the same as the English and
Scotch bill. If there was difference it.
was due to the peculiar conditions
prevailing in Ireland. The bill was.
opposed, said he, solely because il would
not serve the purpose Of the.
Irish agitator. What was the
real aim of the home rulers ?
1t was separation. (Cheers.) The oppon-
ents of the bill saw it would not DO that for
them. The government believed that local
government would be great boon to q
population knowing how to use if, The
government desired to confer this boon on
Ireland. The issues were clear on their
side; it rested with Gladstone make bis
clear (Hear, hear) The govern
ment had shown that 1t still.
earnestly desired to accomplish what
il had aimed to do. What
Gladstone desired to do, no human being
! knew.
The bill passed to a second read
ing by a vote of 339 to 247 amid great.
ed at the solid majority. The only Glad
stoniaos who voted with the government
were Storey and VilIeIs. The liberals
were disappointed at the r, suit blaming it
on the absence Of so many Irish members.
| Dat Of 90 Paroelites ooIy is voted; and
out of So M,CdrthyItes only 38 voted