The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-02-15
How Gladstene's New Plan is Re-
eeiVed by People.
THE IRISH LEADERS EXPRESS
THEIR HEARTY SATISFAC-
TION WITH 1T.
Dillon, Davitt and Mccarthy Support the
Plan-Bitter Attack by Balfour Upon
the Measure-More Earthquakes in the
Egean.

Plan-Bitter Attack by Balfour Upon
the Measure-More Earthquakes in the
Egean.
LONDON, February 14.-Among the
distinguished auditors in the House of
Commons yesterday were the Prince of
Wales, the Duke of York and the Duke
of Teck, who seated above the clock,
listened intently to Mr.. Gladstone's
speech. On the table lay the Premier's
familiar lozenge pot-an item of all his
long speeches. The presence of a lamp
to aid his failing sight added pathos to
the scene. Mr.. Gladstone started off in
slow, measured voice, his evident in
tention being to husband his resources.
But his voice, though fine at the start,
weakened manifestly during the pre-
iminary sentences.
Many eloquent passages were wasted
upon the audience owing to impatient
curiosity to hear the details of the
scheme Indeed, the introduction suf-
fered from prolixity. Hence, by the
time the speaker arrived at the provis-
ions of the bill his voice had lowered
considerably and the financial state
ments were almost inaudible beyond the
table. He recovered his voice somewhat.
however, during the peroration which
was remarkably fine and impressive.
At the conclusion of his speech Mr..
Gladstone was overwhelmed with con-
gratulations. He took tea in the House
of Commons, and, after resting an hour,
drove home iu high spirits He dined
with his family and maintained his vi
vacious mood during the entire eve
ming.
The Prince of Wales was tie first to
congratulate Mr.. Gladstone yesterday in
private room at the House of Com
mons, after his address introducing the
home rule bill. Then the Duchess of
York and the Princesses Louise and May
of Teck congratulated the Premier.
Justice Harlan of the United States Su-
preme Court, in conversation with Glad
stones secretary in the lobby of the
House, declared that the entire speech
was matchless and that the peroration
was the most beautiful in pathos he had
ever heard.
Balfour replied to Gladstone today,
making bitter speech against tile bill.
The Irish Leaders Heartily Approve.
The following statement of the con-
tents of the Home Rule bill has been Of
fcially handed to correspondent:
s'The bill offers Irelan a Legislature,
free deal in all Irish affairs, and an ex-
ecutive government responsible to that
Legislature. In all the main principles
and in the political machinery tits much
better than the bill of 1886. The Irish
Parliamentary party, at meeting spec
tally summoned after the delivery
of Mr.. Gladstone's great speech
cordially accepted the new home rule
constitution as q satisfactory scheme of
Irish national self government, subject to
endeavors in committee to improve the
proposed financial arrangements, and to
have the time shortened wherein the
land question is to be withheld from the
purview of the Irish National Legisla-
ture. We are authorized by the party to
transmit this resolution to the friends
and supporters of Irish liberty in the
United States and Canada.
(Signed) JOHN DILLON,
MICHAEL DAvITT.' y
LT0eS CTltfClEtnS.
The Daily News saws of the new Home
R ule bill: SIT is utterly childish to call
the bi II separatist measure. AS a
whole, the bill is so cautious and moder-
ate that it will probably convert many
moderates."
The Morning Post says: 'The meas
..,,o - ,,,o f,+;lo oxd fop+oc ct;o tbo,, oyxr
before submitted to civilized assem-
bly,"
The Standard says: The measure is
impracti cable and impossible. The de-
tails are open to stronger objection than
those of the bill of S."
The Daily Graphic says: 'sThe pros
poets of the bill are not rosy. The
measure bristles with difficulties
The Daily Chronicle SAYS the bill is a
great improvement on the bill of 1886.
The Times says: Those whom Mr..
Gladstone failed to convince in 1886 will
not be converted now by q less powerful
and less persuasive appeal"
The comments of score of leading
provincial dailes show that the Union
lists have no disposition to give the bill
any quarter.
DUBLIN, Feb. IA. The Freeman S
Journal says: NWhilst open to improve
ment, the bill is altogether a good
water-tight measure"
The Irish Times says: "Ulster says
simply that she will not have it,
The Irish Independent says: "On the
points of police and finance, the bill
seems especially bad, and justifies Mr..
Parnell's account of his interview with
Mr.. Gladstone"
Cablegram From Mccarthy.
New YORK, February 1.-THE follow
ing cablegram from London was received
at the Office of the National Federation
today: II am happy to inform you Mr..
Gladstone's new home rule bill offers
Ireland a better and more democratic
constitution than that contained in his
measure of 1886. The national party has
given hearty acceptance to the constitu-
tional provisions of the bill. The feeling
here is that the Liberal government is
strong enough to carry the proposal
through parliament"
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