Oxford eagle., 1893-09-14
HOME RULE DEFEATED.
rh~ british House Of Lord. ssy. -~s.-
snd Hon~ Ruie for ireland WIN Not
Tome at Present lord sAii.hary'. Ar
Eument.

LONDON, sept. p.--Although il was
gencally undcrsto,i that the house Of
lords woald reject the hosne-rnle bill
last night, the house did not fill mp un-
til after the dinner hour. popular in
icrcs' ccntcring in the speech ~ the
marquis of Salisbury. who was no; ex-
Pcctcd to ri~e until towards midnight
Lord Salisbury said he felt that there
was DO satisfaction in occupying the
position he occupied that ~ the last
Pcrson to speak against home rule in
the course Of the present session. Bu.
although il was a position of much dis
fiction. Il had many inconvenience
In particular the ground of debate had
already been ~ fully occupied that
there was little now left for him TO
say. Throughout the debate one qucS-
uon was constantly present In his mind
was; Why had the government intro
duccd such billf ON this point
the house hal received no sufficient
enlightenment The peers who had
defended the hill had made able
speeches without much reference to
the real nature Of the bill The lord
chancellor. Lord HcrSchcIl. had virtu-
ally told them that he did not quite h,.-
lieve with the government on one sub
jcct. In dealing with the retention of
Irish members at Wcstm instcr which
was an outrage ON England 50 cnor-
nous and - gro,csquc that IL was
surprise that IL had ever found place
in proposal emanating from a respon-
sible government-,he lord chancellor
had declared that he was not in
cliucd io associate himself with ~
desperate clause. but would
prefer some other arrangement Then
in dealing with the abandonment Of
landlords. the lord chancellor had adj
mitted that their fate would hc terri
bic. but said they had brought il on
themselves. Finally. the lord chan
ceilor had finished his account Of his
own intellectual position by protest
ing with viTor thoroughly severe
against anybody desiring to know the
real opinion Of ahy cabinet member
upon a cabinet bill
The secretary of foreign affairs
Lord Roscterryl also had avoided the
burning subjects underlying the gov
ernmcnt'S policy. The problem which
the foreign secretary seemed 10 have
set himself to solve was how in an
hours speech to avoid giving pledges
that might he inconvcnient in future.
and he had solved the problem with
absolute success. Laughter
Much had been said of the benefits
of autonomous government, but had
there been for century a statesmen
bold enough to propose that an auton-
omous colony should send eighty mem
bcrs to the imperial parliament reprt--
ssuting no interest in England. and
bound by no responsibility with re-
sreet "a the possible Application Of
laws that parliament passed? The alb
Surdi;y OF such a position was enough
to send a man Is Bcsilam How could
they get rid of the Irish questions in
the presence of eighty members seek
ing to make themselves market
able wares ~ negotiations with
the Minister'S Would these men. sent
by Archbishop Walsh. he qlie; on ques-
tions ~ religion md cslucatione What
appeared - shine vi>ibly through all
argmentS was that home rule was a
policy Of despair. The liberals had
said: You have failed. we do not
know how tn succeed; but we will try
something that nobody has tried be-
fore.
What moral or political right had
any government tn embark on such an
, experimental policy in Ireland. divided
to her base by party conflicts. which.
during seven centuries English rule
had rather increased than diminished.
, Representative government n..ver -four
;shed On IA soil where homeogenity
was wanting This policy would be
necessary in dealing with ordinary
men. and more than made necessary
in dealing with Il race that for CEN
lures had hated England
Lord Salisbury reminded the house
of the opinion the country held before
this terrible change occurred. when
the liberal party was healthy in the
hands of the liberal politicians and not
in the hands Of dessrters. Then. he
said, however much they might have
disagreed on local and international
questions. he felt sure that on all i'm
perial questions their hearts had
beaten true To the empire as had the
hearts OF conservatives. Macaulley.
| when he sat with the liberals, and
Gladstone when he sat with the
conservatives [laughterl. had said that
they would regard the repeal OF the
union as fatal to the empire. and would
never consent to it. II England had
told their lordships that she wanted
this horror the case might have been
different; but he believed that To be
impossible As long as England was
true To herself. she would never allow
this atrocious. this mean, this treach-
| erous revolution.
Their lordships would be untrue to
the duty devolved upon them from a
| splendid ancestry and untrue to their
highest traditions il they failed to re-
ject the bill Loud cheers.
The lord chancellor then put the mo-
tion for the second reading of the bill.
He caused some merriment by saying:
Il think the contents have it." Very
loud and determined was the rival cry:
The noncontents have it."
The house divided at midnight, and
the result was the rejection of the mo
tion by a vote of if9 to 81.
Important Nominations
WASHINGTON. Sept e.-The president
sent TO the senate the following NOM
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