The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-01-29
THE NEW IRISH BILL.
Gives a Legislature Like Those
Of the United States.
WITH A GOOD MANY CHECKS.
Peers Are to Have seats, the Queen Can
Veto, and Land IL . Subject That
Cannot Be Dealt With.

LONDON, AN. S-Followingi is ~ nopslS
OF the new Irish home rule bill:
1t declares tha. there shall be established in
Ireland legislature consisting of the queen and
an Irish legislative body empowered to
make. amend and repeal laws for the
peace, order and good government of Ire
land. The power to enact laws on a number
OF subjects concerning the Kingdom at
large is retained by the imperial parliament A
sub-clause retains to the imperial parliament
control for FIVE years over land legislation. The
Irish legislature is restricted from passing any
laws respecting the establishment OF religion or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or impos-
ing any privilege or comforting any disability on
account of religious belief or impairing
without either the leave OF her majesty
in council or consent of the corpora.
ton Interested the rights OF property or privi-
ieges OF any existing corporation incorporated
by royal charter or a local or general act OF
parliament; or from enacting any legislation
changing the terms of the home rule act except
80 far as the act is declared to be alterable by
the Irish legislature. The queen re-
tains the same prerogatives with respect
to che Irish legislative body as to the imperial
parliament. The Irish legislative body can con-
tinue five years and no longer from the day 1t
is appointed to meet The executive govern.
ment of Ireland shall continue vested in her
majesty and be carried on by the lord lieuten.
ant with the aid of such officers and councils
as her majesty may from time to time see fit.
The ninth clause of the bill, relating to the
con stitution of the Irish legislative body, differs
in one impor .ant respect from the bill of 1886.
Ii provides that the legislative body shall con-
sist of first and second order, but instead OF de.
liberating together, as in the bill of 1856, pro-
vides that they shall sit and vote separately,
thus constituting two distinct houses
of the legislature. II the result of
no hrin hn fHn aida {nfn
collision, then the question at issue shall be
referred to joint committee of both houses, and
If it can not agree the question may be referred
to the people. The new bill thus provides for
popular reference. The upper house, or first
order. includes l03 members-75 elective and IS
peerage me mbers The elective members are to
be possessed OF property bringing in an income
OF at least f200 year. The term of the
elective members of the first order shall be
en- years, thirty-seven or thirty-eight to retire
every fifth wear. The peers shall be the twenty
eight Irish representatives in the peerage, their
representation in the first order to last for not
longer than thirty years from the appointed day
of organization, and the places of all the peer
age members shall be vacated or filed by elect
i've members. The dissolution OF the legislative
body does not vacste the offices of members OF
the first order.
The second legislative body shall consist of
20i members, to be chosed by the existing con-
stituencies in Ireland, two by each constituency,
with the exception OF the city of Cork, which 10
divided into two divisions, ana two members
chosen by each division. An important clause
provides that the 103 members of the imperial
parliament may also Sit in the Irish legislative
body. ii elected thereto, as well as in imperial
parliament.
The annual contribution of Ireland on &C.
count of the national debt, army and navy. inn
peral civil expenditure. royal Irish constabu-
larry, Dublin metropolitan police and reduction
of the national debt is reduced to
f2,30l, 900. This is reduction of exactly
half from the bill OF 1886, which pro-
vided that Ireland should pay fi,6o2, coo
1t is made the duty of the Irish legislature to
impose all such taxes, duties and imposts as
may be necessary to raise sufficient revenue to
meet all sums charged for the time being on the
Irish consolidated fund" This fund is to
meet advances toward the expenses of
the Irish government, debts incurred
by the Irish government. salaries OF the
judges OF any court and all payments
for Irish services except the salary of the lord
lieutenant The Irish land commission shall
remain in existence until the charges payable
out OF the church property in Ireland and guar
anteed by the treasury are fully paid. Subject
10 any existing charges on church property, such
property shall belong to the Irish legislative
government
Ii the queen signifies to the Irish legislature
that state OF war exists the Irish legislature
may make extra appropriations for the army and
navy to aid in defense of the realm. 1t shall not
be lawful Tor the Irish legislative body to adopt
or pass any measure for raising or appropriating
for any purpose any part of the pub
lie revenues of Ireland or any tax
duty or impost except in pursuance of a
recommendation from her majesty, signifed
through the lord lieutenant The excheauer
division of the high court of justice is to con-
tinue to be the court of excheQuer for revenue
purposes, and any vacancy that may occur in
the court shall be filed by her majesty on Joint
accommodation of the lord lieutenant of Ire
land and the lord high chancellor of Great
Britain.
The Dublin metropolitan police shall continue
subject to the lord lieutenant for five years. or
until the Irish administration will guarantee
that ansadeQuate legal police system has
been organized. The royal Irish con-
stabulary while 1t exists is to continue
subject 10 the control of the lord lieutenant but
the Irish legislature may provide for the estab.
hshment and maintenance of a police force in
counties and ooroughs In Ireland, under control
OF the local authorities, and arrangements NAV
be made between the treasury and the Irish
government for the establishment and mainta-
nance of police reserves.
There Is an entirely new clause, No D. which
gives the crown the right TO veto all bills OF the
Irish legislature and gives the Irish representa-
tive peers the right TO Sit in the house OF lords
at Westminster and vote on all imperia. cues.
TORS. The Judiciary should remain for five
years under control OF the imperial government
and then pass under control o! the Irish govern
inent