Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-30

London, March 2I.-m the commons
tonight Balfour, leader of the unionists,
spoke at length on his motion that the
Irish executive be sensured for condOn-
ing serious OffenseS, and thus bringing
the law into general contempt. He
made an attack upon the government
with vigor and evoked repeatedly loud
cheers from the opposition benches.
The present deplorable state of aft
fairs in Ireland, Balfour said, was large
ly in consequence of compact be-
tween the government and the forces
of disorder. According to the terms Of
an unwritten cOncordant, the govern
ment cOquetted with amnesty.
The government had fomented out
RACES by SuSpending the crimes act and
instigated crimes by the release of dy-
namiters. The government had not hes
itated to take steps which were in di-
rect antagOnism to the decisions of the
courts. A new reign of terror had been
established. The recent Outrages in the
counties Of Mayo, Glare, Limerick and
Kerry had shown plainly how remark
able has been the re-establishment of
crime in Ireland under the present gov
eminent
In one of these counties the intimida-
ton was carried so far that all writs
were sent through the post, as the bail
ifs did not dare deliver them i'll per
son. The practice of bOycotting was
revived in all its pristine ugineSS and
vigOr. The government knowing, per
haps, the useleSSnesS OF prosecuting the
offenders had taken no steps to protect
the victims
Iii answering BaifOur, Morley, chief
SGcretar, for Ireland, directed attention
to the fact that this was the fifth vote
of censure moved within eight weeks.
The leading charge against the govern
ment was that they had cOncorded with
the Irish party. He would not deny
that the present administration had
tried to govern Ireland in sympathy
with the Irish people. (Cheers.)
AS to the specific charge that he had
refused police protection to those who
enforced the law, he would say that
he declined to protect night seizures
and felt justified in this action. The
law on this subject is far from clear and
the highest authorities differed in their
Interpretation of it.
Morley then rebutted in detail Bal
tours assertion that agrarian crime in
Ireland had increased under liberal
government With a multiplicity OF sta
10 that
ent executive this class of crime had
decreased eleven per cent.
L. w. Russell, member from South
Tyrone and Arthur Hugh Smith-Barry
conservative for South huntington
spoke in support of Balfours motion.
Gladstone reprOached the opposition
with reSOrting to license of language
they could not possibly Justify with
facts. The present government, he
said, had as great desire and strong in
tereStS as amy of its predecessors in
preserving law and order i'll Ireland
The present government had, however
different view as to the best manner
of dealing with the people. Results are
already apparent that prove how sue
cessfully the new policy has operated
The liberal party refused to believe
the Irish people afflicted with some pc
cullar curse which prevented them
from approaching the blessings of civ
ilization The liberal party believed the
Irish people were as capable OF being
governed on approved principles as the
peoples Of other countries
Lord Randolph Churchill defended the
judges against charge of having
passed too harsh sentences His own
experience had been that one cOnces-
sion to the Irish people was followed
invariably by another. He charged the
government with having set aside il.
legally an act of parliament when they
abandoned the two clauses of the crimes
act. The unionists, Lord Randolph said,
founded their hopes on the truth of
their principles and looked to the Eng
hsh people for justice and judgment
A division on BalfOur'S motion re-
suited in a majority Of Al for the gov
eminent