The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-08-31
.HONB RUIZ FOR IRELAND.
Gladstone Moves a Third Read
ing of the Bill
He Is GIVEN AN OVATION.
An Exceptionally Large Audience Pres
ent in the House.
He Refers to the Criticisms Made By
Unionist Leaders on the Historical
Precedents He Has CITED in For
mer Speeches for Home Rule.

LONDON, Aug. 30.-The house of COM
mons met at noon to consider the home
rule bill in the last stage. There was an
unexceptionaIIy large attendance. Glad
stone and Morley were enthusiastically
cheered as they entered. After the new
amendments had been disposed of with
out debate, Gladstone arose amid storm
of cheers to move the third reading.
He began his speech with reference to
the criticisms made by the union;st
leaders on the historical presidents he
mad cited on former occasions for home
rule IN Ireland. The opposition, he said,
commended that in no other countries
could analogies be found for changing
the union between Great Britain and Ire
land. Their contention could not be sup
ported by historical facts.
In Austria, Hungary, Norway and
Sweden, in the United States and the
British colonies were to be found abund-
ant proof altogether desirable to separate
local and imperial affairs. Throughout
the European ana American literature it
was not possible to find writer entitled
to consideration, who approved OF the
conduct OF England towards Ireland, or
attempted to apologize for the grievous,
shameful history which since the union,
they had felt compelled to depIore.
Gladstone, continuing, said he chad
regarded clOture as an evil that ought to
be tolerated only for the avoidance of \
much greater evil. Those opposed to the
bill had adopted course never before
adopted, partly TO attempt deliberately to
destroy q measure by a mass of amend
ments; partly to try to take back in NOR
sells boon conferred in principle. 1t was
not the comDlexity of the bill but the
complexity of amendments which con-
sumed time. 1t was cOntended that the
bill would separate the islands, destroy
the constitution, break up the empire,
make 1riShmen supreme in British affairs.
suppose these falsehoods were true;
have they not then a terrible hold upon
ourselves? Must we not admit our 200
hundred years of British connection with
Ireland, and the result of our treatment
is we have brought her to such e state,
she cannot without danger of ruin UNDER
take responsibility which in every other
country are found to be in the capac-
ity of people, and fraught with the
richest benefits. prolonged Nation
alist cheers. We deny that the brand
of incapacity has been laid by the
Almighty upon any particular branch of
our race" Gladstone closed his address
as follows: 1--WE nave faith in national
liberty; faith in its efficacy as an instru-
ment OF national education. We believe
that experience widespread over the whole
vast field encourages US to our work at
every point. Finally we feel that TIE
passing of this great measure, after more
than eighty days. debate, does well and
must constitute the greatest among all
steps hitherto provided towards the at
tainment of certain and early triumph. -
Prolonged cheers followed from Irish
and ministerial benches.
Leonard Courtney, Unionist, then
briefly.
John Redmond, leader of the Parnel-
Iites, who followed Courtney. defined his
attitude towards the bill. The bill was
defective in some respects and disappoint-
ing in others. Nobody in his senses
could regard the bill as final and a salts
factory settlement Of the great question
at issue.