The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-15
BlLFOUR'S OPPOSITION.
The Conservative Leaders, Reply
to Premier Gladstone.
RIDIoULINa THE HOME RULE BILL
Dangers and Injustice of tho Measure "a
\ Viewed from the Opposition Standpoint.
f.. judges Would Not Dare Oppose the
/ Popular Sentiment.

Viewed from the Opposition Standpoint
judges Would Not Dare Oppose she
Popular Sentiment.
LONDON, Feb. i5-In the house OF .om
mons yesterday the Right Hon A Bal
Tour, the Conservative leader asked Mr.
Giadstons whether, under the provisions 3
OF the home rule till the contributions frem
ehs imperial exchequet to local purposes
In Ireland would be continued and II they
were not then he desired to ask what Sc
cnrity the british taxpayers would hays
Tor advances under the land purchase act
Mr.. Gladstone replied that contributions
from the imperial exchequer for Irish local
purposes would cease, and the bill creates
first charge on the Irish consolidated
fund in favor of the British eXcbeuuer for
repayments under the land purchase act
1t further provides a summary method 20
recover from the Irish exchequer without
the direct intervention of Irish auth hority
any sums due to the British excheouer
Lord George Hamilton asked Mr. Glad.
stone when he proposed to introduce bill
dealing with the Irish land teuure
Mr. Gladstone declined TO commit the
government to any pledge tc introduce n
land bill. He said the government did not
intend to run a land bill alongside Of TN.
home rule bill
Bnifour Replies to Gladstone
Mr.. Balfour then rose, amid ond Union,
Isl cheers, and began his reply 70 Mr.
Gladstones speech OF Monday evening De
said in part
The house, FIRST of all, has the right to
inquire; Why Is any bill. good or bad re.
quiredt This is question which the prime
minister has tried to answer on two former
occasions once in 1855 and az ain last even,
ing, Seven years ago he laid the whole
strength OF his argument upon the alb
ssnce of social order from lteand IL
told the house then that the iuries in Ire
land could not be trusted to do their duty
and that eyictions, just or unjust were
looked on with suspicion by the agrariau
population The whole tendency OF his
argument was to show that the alternative
before the house was home rule Of drastic
coercion.
Seven years have now elapsed. a. here
drastic coercion still in Irelnndp il Is
not in operation do you see the conse-
quences which the prime minister then fore
shRdowed Has it been impossible to
preserve social order? Does the prime
minister still find that Irish juries cannot
DO their duty, that the agrarian question
ID beyond solution; that landlords are not
getting their rights Why, You all know
thst the present chief secretary for Ireland
has told you recently that there never has
been time when rents were better paid
Therefore the dilemma which the prime
minister placed before the house In 1885
has, proved to be no dilemma at all, and
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MR. Baitour's snrensm.
Proceeding TO discuss the proposals of
ths bill in detail Mr.. Balfour contended
chat the plan outlined for dealing with the
constabulary and with the civil servants
y, sle government Wonlu certainly lead TO
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dersd n decision which lid not fn5 faynr
with the popnlace he would become a poorer
man. until at last he might he paid by the
Job
Mr. Balfonr next proceeded to critieise
the plan of creating three constituencies
Of different forms In Ireland, sending
members to the Irish assembly, to the i'm
perlal parliament and to an Irish second
chamber, The adoption of such a scheme
would, he declared, plunge affairs into a
condition of homeless piitaunlemcnt He