New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-15
J. z. REDMOND

OF MESsRs. BRYCE AND
J. E. REDMOND.
,.rdon. Feb. 14-In the House OF commons
..S.v A. ]. Balfour, the Conservative leader,
.'s.d Mr.. Gladstone whether, under the pro'l-
80. of the Home Rule bill. the contributions
,.sn the Imperial EXchequer to local purposes
Ireland would he continued and II they were
.o he continued then he desired to ask what
".,,tv British taxpayers would have for ad-
.ss under the Land Purchase act.
=, Gladstone answered that contributions from
.'iuneral EXchequcr for Irish local purposes
la cease. and that the bill created a first
.... On the Irish Consolidated Fund in favor
:, IN. British Exchequcr for repayments under
y. land Purchase act. 1t further provided
nuarv method 70 recover from the Irish
r.huou.r without the direct intervention Of
I-,.h authority, any sums due to the British Ex-
chequer ~,
rb.n he proposed TO Introduce bill dealing with
tho Irish land tenure
Mr. Gladstone declined to commit the Govern
uant "a any pledge to introduce Land bill. lie
..;d the Government certainly did not intend TO
nm Land bill alongside of the Home Rule bill
n. administration of the land laws would mean
,re follow the usual course in the hands Of the
local authorities.
MR.. GLADSTONE IN 1885 AND IN 1898
Mr. Bafour then rose amid loud Unionist
cheers, and began his reply TO Mr.. Gladstones
mech of last evening. lie said in substance:
IN. House first Of all has the right 10 inquire, Why
I. ,ut BILL good lad, required1 This Is question
~sth the Prime Minister has tried TO answer on two
nnaus occasons-once 1885, and again last evening
seven years ago he laid the whole ues Of his argument
u,oa the absence OF social order from Ireland lie tsd
IA House then jres IN Ireland coulG not be trusted
"a sa th., duty and evctions Just or unjust were
.ssa 90 with suspicion by the agraian population The
vt2e tendency Of his argument was TO snow that tne
,,S-n,tv. before the House Home Rule drastic
coercion
Seven years have now elapsed. Is there drastic
coercion sl in Irelandl II 1t is in operation do YOU
zee the consequences which the Prime Minister then FORE
,h.cowedI Has il been Impossible preserve social
od.rl Does the Prime Minister still find that IRISH
es cannot do duty, that the agraan question Is
beyond solution. that the landlords are not getting their
rshxf Why. you all know that the present Chief
secry for Ireland you recently that there
has been a time when rents were better paid So great
Is the confidence in manner in which Irish Iuries do
ts duty that the Chief Secretary would not even retain
In The bills provision for change Of venue which his
csaxuss declared was limitation liberty Of the
subject, ~Hea, ~ ('lear"') Therefore the dilemma
which The Prime Minister placed before the House In
1855 has proved be dilemma at all and we are re-
tued 10 the conclusion that IL is deemed necessary 10
shake foundations Of the ancient constitution OF the
esuny, not coercion is in active operation In
Ireland. bet because have the statute boz per-
nanent for coercion, which may or may not be re-
eui,ed. t"Hearro ('Hear!')
The Prime Minister see that bill Of this nagni
tuds Is hardly iasafed by any condition OF affairs like
hs; from which the necessity Of the Crimes sct arose
rnltaraa sdrtSsion there two causes OF trouble
70 irlsof One. the asrarian condition OF the country;
6e oher the fact that it possible, owing 70 the un-
hsppy history land question. for persons with
political object TO servo to criminal agitation
throughout ireland do not which Of these aterna
rs 10 chosen. Whichever is chosen, it does point
% The necessity Of Home Rule rather iniposs
hity o. Its adoption.
The SETTLEMENT OF THE AGRARIAN QUESTION.
Nne Prime Minister tskes tn. view t'at the condition
the asrarsn question l. really block IN the way OF
seM order In Ireland how can he possibly expect the
tncuty 70 put out Of the way BY the action OF an
Insh Parliament, unless are prepared 70 see the
tf,Ksn question settled BY destruction Of tire
spular minority possess the land II the agrarian
trouble ere the only real trouble how could IL be settled
thervtee ty Imperial Paamcntl 1t is criminal
attempts up in Ireland Legislature piacticay IN
tseaaent Imperial Parliament Under these cehdl-
tsnS Tie Prime Minister tried found his accommodation
q the Home Ruie bl upon the Irish majority Ia favor
Of the measure. When the Reform bill OF 1884 was
brought In the present Prime Minister fairly warned
what consequences might be upon Irish representation
but with ell that knowledge, he declared that English
mas,es not likely 10 be moved by lrelands sending
hsfsly augmented number Of Home Rulers to Paflis
unt
Perhaps the only sound constitutional way OF
sSurins public opinion upon this point. Mr. Bal
tour continued would be to take the votes OF
he House, without too curiously inquiring from
What country they came If they were going to
ADOPT any prircple, let them adopt it In It's
entirety Why were they TO look TO Nationalist
majority IN Ireland without looking 10 loyalist
majority in Ulster? (Cres of Hear :" Hear ~
Is what right were they TO proceed to cut on
lfelssI from the rest of the United Kingdom
soNuse a ma jOrity from an arbitrarily selected
area wanted Home Rule? Conservative cheers
and Irish laughter When Protestant Ulster
with an absolutely unanimous voice declared
against the measure with aversion and abhor'
renee, then najoiites ought not 10 count; they
became local ebullitons Of feeling {" Hear ~
Hear" and laughter Ulster, at least, deserved
exceptional treatment, for which no provisions
appeared in the bill placed before the House.
Proceeding TO discuss the proposals OF the bill
10 DETAIL Mr.. Balfour contended that the plan
outlined for dealing with the consta abulary and
"Nn the civil servants of the Government would
certainly lead to the infection of great hard
M& He had been able to gather only some
the points regarding the treatment Of these
encials from the speech delivered by Mr.. Glad
zone yesterday, though the speech had been sup
pNo'ented by a statement from Mr.. Sexton who
T'Sred not less INFINITELY familiar with the
man tie author. conservative cheers
fhE IRISH JUDICIARY UNDER HOME RULE
70 the position of the judges, what chance
~la there be under the proposed Irish ParIa-
er their executing justice? If the eXisen-
law made il necessary for them 10 render
~ ~ppular decision some agragrian que,
n. motion would Immediately be made in
49, ash Parliament to reduce the salaries OF the
~ h"ihs judges. The consequences were PAIN
a" contemplate Every time a judge rendered
,Aon which did not find favor with the
"ce' he would become poorer man, until
~, "s last he might be paid by the job laugh
| 49, "e exact amount of his compensation to nc