Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-02-14

rights Of sovereignty equally through
QUE the entiie range Of three kingdoms.
fpen tire bill constitutes an Irish
legislature which shall consist
fifst Of n legislative council, Sec
only Of o legislative Assem-.
bly, and empowered 10 make
laws for the peace, order and goOu gov.
etnment Of Ireland, and in respect to
mat,ers .eyclusively relating 10 Ire.
lspg, That power IL subject, fifei OF
AL, 10 necespnry and obvious limitn.
tiops inpuslng ceriGln incapacllirs on
tue Itish parliament, Including NIL that
felafcsio the crown regency or the
vice royalty. The aujecis OF pesce
auu wa, public defense and foteign
reIatipns, digniilss, tlilee, law and
treason do rot belong 70 the irlsh
legislature. The law OF slicnpge does
pot belong TO II, nor anything that be.
lougs to external trade.
"rhocoinsge nnd other subsidiary
subjects are other incapGcitlcs In posed
similar " those c0ntaintd IN the bill oi
1886. These provisie for tho security
Of religious freedom, the safeguard Of
education aud the security Of pcrsonai
freedom. lhun vo retain the Vice
royalty o. Ireland bnt divest IT OF tbs
party character heretofore borne by
making appointments run six years,
subject 10 the revoking power OF the
crown, aud p0etireud from all religious
disability. tChrers.
"Then comes the clause providing
for the full revolution OF the executive
power from the sovereign upon the
vice.roynlty. Then comes tho import
ant provision for MI appropriation for
an executive committee, the privy
council Of Ireland. We propose 10
make this executive council for the
affair Of the c,binct viccroy. IL APP
pcared 10 US aiybly inconveniont 70
Alter the number Of the legislative a..
scmbly. We therefore leave the mum
Der Mt l03 anu fix the term at Ave
years."
AS 10 THE LEoisLATfvg COUNCIL,
Gladstone said they came to tho con.
ciuslon that nominated council
would DO n weak council.
GLOW do we dilerentIsto thls,oouncIl
for this popular assembly? We pro.
pose 10 FIX the number AZ forty ight
with an eight years term OF office, the
term OF the popular assembly bolng the
lesser. The bill must include proyi.
sion for the meeting what u called
uead.lock, In case where a bill IL
adopted By tho assembly more than
once, nnd where there IL an interval Of
two years between the two
adoptlons or dissolution OF
Parliament. Then, upon It's second
adoption the second assembly may
meet and the fate Of the bill II TO be
decided In joiut assembly. [Cheers.l
Appeals shall lie to this privy council
alone, not 70 tie council, ami the lords
oil Tue privy council may Try the ques.
ton o the validity Of any Irish act.
."O.her clauses provide for the .ecur.
Ivy oil the emolumant OF existing Judges
aud OH Gers generally. Thon there 10
a clause Intended 10 correspond with
the colonial validity law, the effect OF
which IN, " the irlsh Legislature should
pass any act IN any WY contrary 10
the acts lof the imperial parliament
such law shaf be good except In 80 far
az u IL contrary to Impartial Enactment.
Judges shali ~ appointed l-r eau.
thofity Of iho cfown mainly for finan.
cial bustNss, besides the exoh.quer
Judges II provides. For six yeafs all
judges shnll be appointed ~ now. We
do not reserve for the Imperial parlIa.
mont the power to Il the emoluments.
These vii be- fixed In Irelsnd anu the
effect will ibe to establish n Joint con.
troll OF these appointments.
"The month Of September will prob.
ably be tho most convenient month
for the assembly 20 meet. Therefore.
there II n clause providing that 1t ehall
meet on the ilrst Tuesday in September.
[ Prolonged Irish clters.l We propose
W graduate the election aud ultimate
lsiolution or disappearance of the
constabulary force with ihs discharge
OF every obligation towards them In
such n way Us Will not adversely M.
fect tho interests OF that honorable
force during the period Of transition.
They are 10 be under che control of the
yiccroy. II is contemplated that
they will DO
RErLACED ny A FORCE
owing existence to the Irish author
tiles.
ain local areas an important subject
the retention OF Irish member, In
the imperial pariiamcnt--is proposed,
Thero ara strong arguments which
may be- alleged Ia defense OF the pro.
position, although | do not at ali al.
init that parliamentary supremacy de.
prnus upon the retention OF the Irish.
members has great practical import.
snoc, because I exhibits supremacy In
a manner INTEL gible 10 the people.
Beeider, 1t gives Ireland n full voice n
all parliament matters. Hear, heai!I
"rhe British budget will moro or
less influence tho Irish pecunlafy hal.
ances. II IL therefore desirable for the |
purpose Of mitigating any inconyen.
fence which might ihendb arlse thai |
Ireland should have something 10 saw
about the British budget. l know no
argument agsinst the retention OF IrIsh
members at Westminster, but do NOT |
think II In the wit OF man to devise tho |
plan for their retention which would /
not bs open 10 some serious practical
difficulties. tCheersl Their rsten- |
lion Involves two points. First as to
The members, and, secondly, us to their
voting power. Now, NJ 10 the first
question: that of numbers, the popuia-
non OF Great Britain has increased
while Ireland has diminished, and Il
las now reached point that whereas
Ireland was formerly entitled TO lO3
j would according to this
lane ratio, HAYS eighty; simply that
he representation In the house from
Roland would be composed OF eighty
irish gentlemen.
"Now comes the ereat difficulty
what voting power arc thebs eighty
TO have? Ireland 10 To be
here fully, that Is my frst
,ortulate. My second postulate Ia that
A Il.