Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-11-03
NOT FOR SOME YEARS
WILL IRELAND BE FAVORED WIT r.
HOME RULE.

Impressive Speech of Hon. Edward
nlake, NJ. r.. in fremont Temple
History OF tho Home EuIe Move-
ment ched-Looal Government is
Needed for ireland.
BosyoV, Oct. 81. 1t was. striking
figure that stood behind foreground of
palms on the platform Of fremont Temple
last evening, and for an hour and hall
addressed his audience on the question
| of "Home Rule for Ireland" Hon. Ed
ward Blake, statesman, eX-leader of the
Canadian Liberals, now a member of the
British house of commons, is logical
and forceful speaker, and again and again
| the Temple runS with generous applause
at the conclusion Of one of his eloquent
and pointed sentences.
! Above the average height, a well-built
frame in a long lrock coat, locks tnged
! with gray, one of which fell in a BeacOns-
field curl on a massive forehead, features
| with no beard or mustaChe to hide their
| clear marked outlines, u sensitive mouth
| and eyes which at times glanced fire be-
! hind a pair of gold-rimmed spectacles,
| these are some of the characteristics of
!
| grand welcome
Hon. T. 4. Collins introduced Mayor
! Ma tthews, who presided. Mr.. Matthews
spoke of federal democracy as the imme-
diate outcome for the United Kingdom"
and introduced Mr.. Blake as a man to
| whom had been accorded an extraordinary
compliment, that of being taken from
one country to another to represent a
! third"
Cheer after cheer arose as the great par
| Humanitarian placed the notes of his speech
on the reading desk, and it was only after
he had smilngly touched his watch that
the people would consent to be 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-
ferred TO the words of Disr1eli, the men
ton of whose name was received with gen
eral Kisses. Lord BeaconsGeld long ago
declared that there would be
A Revolution in ireland
were it not that she was kept down by the
superior forces of a more powerful coun-
| try. Mr.. Chamberlain declared that for
40 years the condition of affairs in Ire
land had more than warranted her separa-
ton from England. Mr.. Dicay, the bit
mitted the failure Of the present system.
At this point Mr.. Blake leanel forward,
and then raising himself to his full
height declared impre,siyely, THE union
has been a failu1e.'
The connection Of Mr. Gladstone with
the observation-disclosures of tue church in
Ireland brought out tremendous applause
| for EnQland'S statesman. The aIrarian
| trouble, which was the core of the Irish
trouble, said Mr.. Blake, had to a great ex-
tent been solved, but only after coudi-
ton had been reached which narrowly APP
preached and threatened civil war
The speaker next declared that con all
sides it was tolerably well agreed that the
true way TO solve the agrui8n trouble in
! Ireland was to convert the tenant farmers
into proprietors.
Put the agrarian question WAS not all;
local government was wanted for Ireland.
Mr. Chamberlain puts rhc case az strongly
even rs those who hiss him would desire
on the
Question of Local Goycrum ont,
when he said the time has come 70 re-
form altogether the absurd arachrouism
OF the existence Of such an institution
as Dublin c3Stle.' -
Mr. Blake traced the history Of the Irish
movement through the work OF O'Con-
/ nell, the Grlutau parliament and Isaac
Butt TO the parneil movement. lie de-
fined the policy Of Parncll rs one Of com
bining the national, a&rariau and political
forces to bring about R united Ireland
This policy was the ono he (Nr Blake
D.. stood tor and its elimination came in
the conversion of Mr. Gladstone of which
Mr.. John Bowie O'Reiiiy had said: at wa.
possible for England still to win the heart