Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1893-02-16
He Makes Clever Speech, which Is We'll
Received, and OutIiies the
Points Of His Meas


and the gallery approaches were
damned. When the doors were opened
there was an unusual rush for seats,
members and spectators shouting aud
struggling like u mob of eXcursionists.
The veteran, Caleb Wright, liberal
member Of parliament for Southwest
Lancashire, who is 81 years of age, was
unable to hold his own in the crush,
fell in the doorway and was trampled
upon until John Burns, the labor rep
resentative, opposed his shoulders to
the crowd while Wright was picked up
and borne away.
The crush ended at last and all who
could secured seats and waited for the
feast Of Gladstonian eloquence. Every
seat in the house except the govern
ment bench was occupied.
When Mr.. Gladstone entered the
house at 2:20 o'clock, every liberal and
Irish nationalist stood up and greeted
him with prolonged and enthusiastic
cheers.
When Mr.. Gladstone arose at 3.40 p.
m. TO introduce the home rule bill there
was another demonstration so earnest,
SO enthusiastic and irrepressible that IL
was seNcTal minutes DclOrc ne could ne
heard.
Mr. Gladstone spoke as follows, in u
clear, strong and resonant voice:
may without imoropriety remind the house
mat tue voices which usually pleaded the cause
Of Irish self government in Irish affairs have,
within these walls during the past seven years
been almost entirely mute. | return. therefore
10 the period OF 1870 when proposition Of this
kind was submitted ON the part OF the gov.
crnment OF today and | beg 10 romnl the
house OF the position then taken by all
lhc promoters OF ihesc measures We said
wv We hau arrived AZ u polht IN our trAhsnc-
.l.'' WIN aqua "art' inc ~" r"a"s r'rh'
,"' ''N WOO -''"' '." Zoo ''' or 100
"ih,r o." '- Zoe N'' ~ ''i-h 'rl"u"nv ro.
'orul1S 1" lA' .o'ttp''"N- "' lHti r'Irrt-'
10 the Olutr Is w. WIS OF coercion. Il SCI! O-
the fee"hecuon OF the mouse, however thll
mat contention was most s'onu and largely
uehleu' IL was Salu over ana over AGAIN nv
many members OF tue opposite sidn' we
are not cOerolohlsls. we 10 not nuolt
thnt alternative, ana neither can we adopt
II lhlnlhteflhi chccrs'l Thht assertion
OF theirs was undoubtedly suStinel ny the
proposaiS' eSpechllV from the ulssehuent
~, W p'',s WV" W., irisu w.
short in principle and in seope Of Irish seIreov.
crnment. yet were of no trivial or mean i'm.
porianee They were far beyond what had
,", oeer, usuis prEpUseS III 'he way
wen, what has been the result Of IN, dpem.
ma as 1t was then put forward on this side OF
lne mouse ana repealed by the otherf HIS our
NV and eoereon heen or ME- IJono
checrs1
What has become Of each and all Of those i'm
porlant schemes Tor giving Ireland self govern
iroi csaSi.hmcr, "T s n"it "'r vSoI leu
powcrsy All vanished into hin nir h,,t tho
reality remains
Inc roads were stu there autonomy or CO.
ena aho onoi'G Jay between lnpm anu 'he
brnce roorcinn Won rnnnot ni,,n,s ,Di
low coercion in an absolutely uniform
method In 1880 for the first time coercion
m.S ,,i' oseu Ip Ireland III tnG sh'pe OF per
statute rnnsiitmir, an orcnIin, ny, In, ,hs
harmony and traditions OF selrg1yprntoont. II
vas violent breach Of the promise on the
iai!h OF wh,eh union Ma' obtained That per.
rountrv t,t Of ihims .hicn ,lG vp'' c ,,,r
tinue to exist. 1t was Impossible 10 bring the
Inhabitants Of the country und coercion into
- mpathy win the coercion power
Mr. Gladstone proceeded to dilate at
length unon the circumstances under
,,,L;,l, an, o,,, "a It, -, - IL
""'Sn 'ho NV VI u"'on was P"saou' V"c
promise OF equhllly III the laws ana OF
commercial equality under which un-
ion ,vas efFactad IL ,yas tb., ,,r,,,l,
aai.l -, 49,. I. T. III -
e9ie" 'ohnueh'iy' ~ - 9"iu' V""V ir'sh-
men would take their places IN the
cabinet of the United Kihgdom, but
H. had been his hopored destinv 10
a. A., IT,. - - =, r'
DIV =" S"o'ne's WIN no iosS IMAM siNty
10 seventy statesmen OF whom only one,
the Duke of Wellington, WAS an Irish
man. while Castlerea,,h vvas tha onIy
o,ha. Irish,,a,, -, IA -. l. ~.
""o ""u suV III 'hc
chplnet since tine union mt promised
equal laws when the union was formed,
but the broken promises made to Ire
land ware unbanniIy yyrittan IN ,rd.Ii-
800" ."
oie characters III the history OF lhe
country. Coming to 1882, when the
resurrection Of the people began, and
,hanca do,vn 20 1850 I.oian1 oo,,IJ
$500. ''''
PrcsenI ohiy hinaIi minority IN iaVor
OF restoring to her something in the
nature of constitutional rights and
n,.nctical salf oovernnen,
mn. r. -, --.,-..,.
Inc Ncherhole leauer lhel cohtlnucu'
US 70 me astonishing mat so niue weight Is
attached oy many 10 the iact thht before lssO-
before 1850 indeed-lrish wishes OF sell govern
meht were represented only bY small minor
n.y. since 1850 When the Wlde extension OF the
franchise was protected by the secret ballot,
ireland position n mas been improved In parlia'
ists or more tban sys'ei,ntbs ic'hoors Tho,.
have been reduced from eIghty.hye TO eighty
under circumstances somewhat peculiar Hear
Hear ana must frankly own TO myself among
'emJgihio r. oud chsers 1"' "''o'u''S u"'"'
Lei us look at the state of the case AS itney