The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-18
IRISH READY TO REVOLT.
The Home Rulers Tired Of the Slow
Progress Of the Bill.

struction Tactics Of the Opposition.
Thomas Sexton satirioally Suggests
That Gladstone withdraw His Bill.
London, June 1.-THE members of the
Irish parliamentary party have become so
incensed at the tactics employed by the
opposition to delay the home rule bill that
the government must now face an open
revolt by the Irish members, or expedite
the bill and cease accepting offensive OPP
position amendments. 1t may be pointed
out that the obstructive policy followed
by the conservatives and liberal mionists
is identical with that followed by the
Irish members when they were in the op-
position and that the government
found the policy of obstruction equally
as aggravating as the Irish members
now find it. Murmurings of discomfort
were heard during the debate on clause
3 of the bill, which, after the adoption of
two or three trivial amendments and the
rejection of o dozens of frivolous ones,
was finally adopted on Tuesday last, and
now, when the next clause is under dis
cussion, the opposition proposes to submit
six printed pages of amendments to the
clause. The Irish members think 1t time
for the government to call halt in the
consideration of amendments and to push
the bill to its final passage.
STRIKING EPISODE.
A striking episode that occurred during
last nights debate disclosed the growth
of the Irish hostility toward the govern
ment An amendment was offered adding
to the words, without due process of
law, (Which occur in the provision that the
powers of the Irish Legislature shall not
extend to the making of any law affecting
liberty or property. The use of the
words is as old as magma carta, but they
have not been used for long time in
England, and are better known through
their use in American law. Therefore
Gerald Balfour, who represents the
central division of Leeds in the cOnserva-
tive interest, and who is brother of
Rt Hon. A. J. Balfour, the opposition
leader in the house, proposed to define
process Of law by adding the words "in
accordance with the settled principles and
precedents of the United Kingdom" The
clause thus amended read: "The power
of the Irish legislature shall not
extend to making any law where
by any person may be
deprived of life liberty or property with
out due process of law in connection with
the settled principles and precedents of
equal protection of the laws, or whereby
private property may be taken without
just compression"
SEXTON OBJECTS.
The government accepted the additional
words, whereupOn Thomas Sexton, anti
Parnellite, member for North Kerry and
undoubtedly the most important member
of the Irish party so far as parliamentary
knowledge is concerned, angrily opposed
the addition. In the division of the
house Mr.. Sexton was defeated, the con-
servatives combining with the liberals
who supported the amendment against
the radicals.
Then a storm burst. j. J. Clancy, Par
nellite, member of the North division of
County Dublin, denounced the govern
ment's continuous concessions to the OPP
position. The bill, he said, was already
the least the Parnellites would
accept, and he asked what was
the object of legislation if it
did not upset settled precedent.
Mr.. Sexton declared that the unac-
countable fatuity of the government had
already imperiled the measure, and it was
alternating the people of Ireland. In
savage accents Mr.. Sexton blamed Rt.
Hon. James Bryce, chancellor of the
Duchy of Lancaster for permitting the
words of the amendment to be dragged
by the heels from the constitution of the
United States and showed into the home
rule bill. Mr.. Bryce, it will be recalled, is
the author of "The American Common
wealth, y which created discussion on its
publication in 1888.
Other Irish members followed in oppo-
sition 10 the amendment and another
division was taken. The unionists and
Gladstonians continued to defeat the
radicals and Irish members.
When the result was announced Justin
Mccarthy, leader of the anti-Parnellites,
in q short and satirical address suggested
that Mr.. Gladstone ought now to with
draw the bill.
THE UNIoNIsTs DELIGHTED.
The unionists are of course, delighted
at these signs of disruption in Mr. Glad
stones slight majority. and some Of them
express confidence in the ultimate defeat
of the measure through the withdrawal
of the Irish support. An unpreiudiced
view of the situation shows, however.
that the position is not nearly so bad for
home rule as the unionists pretend TO be-
lieve, but it is said that the relations be-
tween the Irish leaders and Mr.. Glad
stone have really become strained TO the
point of a rupture. Besides the discon-
tent over the slowness of the discussion
Of the clauses of the bill, profound disa-
greement has arisen concerning Mr.. Glad
stones revised financial proposals. These
were submitted to Messrs. Sexton and
Mccarthy on Wednesday last and were at
the first glance seen by them to be
unacceptable. To cover the loss through
the mistake of e350, ,o00 in the Irish excise,
Mr. Gladstone proposes increased taxa
tion of the sources ot Irish revenue in
stead of decreasing Ireland's contribu-
ton to the imperial treasury, as de-
manded by the Irish leaders The
financial clauses so far as the continued
adhesion of the Irish party to MIR. Glad
stone is concerned have become the crux
Of the situation. Unless Mr.. Gladstone
recasts his latest proposals on fairer
terms the Irish members will withdraw
that Support which is essential
to keep Mr. Gladstone in power.
If the new financial settlement
did not involve further drain upon Irish
resources, for instance, gave the Irish
ezchequer part Of the customs revenue
which is now assigned exclusively to the
imperial exchequer, then the last real
difficulty to the passage of the bill would
be solved and the government could go
ahead and drive Che measure through the
house with no regard for the OBJ
struction tactics of its enemies. The
main cause of the slowness and
hesitancy of the government is
this financial trouble and little rushing
may be looked for until an understanding
in money matters is reached between the
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