The herald., 1893-02-19
GLADSTONE'S HOME RULE PLAN.
First Reading of the Bill in
the Commons.
ASynopsis of the Measure Giving Its
Salient Features.
what the Irish Legislature May and
May Not Do-McCarthy and
Other Nattonalists Endorse
the Scheme.
By the Associated Press.

the scheme.
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Feb. 18.-Gladstone's home
rule bill was read today for the first time
In the house of commons. Following il
summary Of its provisions:
THE IRISH LEGISLATURE.
There shall be established in Ireland
legislature consisting Of her majesty
the queen and two houses-legislative
council and legislative assembly. The
Irish legislature is given power to make
lswe for the government of Ireland with
respect to matters exclusively relating to
that country. 1t shall not have power
TO make laws respecting the following
matters: The status or dignity of the
crown or succession to the crown or re.
gency; the lord lieutenant, as the repre-.
sentative of the crown; making peace
or war; matters arising from state
Of war; naval or military forces or de.
tense of the realm; treaties or other
relations with foreign states, or rela-
items between different parts of her ma
jesty's dominions, or offenses connected
with such treaties; dignities or titles OF
honor; treason or treason felony alien
age or naturalization: trade outside OF
Ireland; quarantine or navigation, ex-
cept on inland waters; local health or
harbor regulations; beacons, light
houses or sea marks, except where con-
sistently with the general act Of parlia-
ment they may be constructed
or maintained by local author
ity; coinage, legal tender, standard
weights or measures, trade marks,
merchandise marks, copyrights
or patent right; making any law respect.
ing the establishment or endowment of
religion or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; of imposing any disability or
comforting any privileges on account of
religious belief, or abrogating or preju-
dicislly affecting the right to establish
Or maintain any place OF denominations
education or any denominational insti-
tuition or charity, or prejudicially affect
ing the right of any child to attend a
school receiving public money without
religious instructions at the
school, or whereby any person may
be deprived of life, liberty or
property without due process of law, or
denied equal protection of the laws, or
private property is taken with
out just compensation, or whereby any
existing corporation, incorporated by
royal charter or an act of parliament,
not corporation raising for public
purposes taxes, rates, cess, dues or
tolls, or administering funds so raised,
may, unless the consent or leave of
her majesty is first obtained,
on address from the Irish legislature,
be deprived OF its rights, privileges or
without due process of law,
or whereby any inhabitant be deprived
of equal rights in the public sea fish
cries.
All laws made in contravention of the
above shall be void.
THE EXECUTIVE POWER.
The executive power shall continue to
be vested In the queen, through lord
with power to summon, pro-
rogue and dissolve the Irish legislature.
There shall be an executive committee
or privy council in Ireland to aid and
advise the government, to be named by
the queen. The lord lieutenant shall
have power to veto acts of the legisla-
tuEe.
THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
The Legislative council shall consist OF
48 councillors, elected from constituent
cies according to the schedule accompa-
nying the act. Every person shall be
entitled to vote for members of the
council who owns or occupies land or
tenement of the value of more than 920.
The term of Office of the councillors,
eight years, is not affected by dissolu-
tion ;,half Of the councillors to retire
every fourth year.
THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.
The legislative assembly shall consist
Of members returned by the existing
parliamentary constituencies, to con-
tinue In Office for five years, unless
sooner dissolved. After six years from
che passage Of the act, the Irish legisla-
Aure may alter the qualifications of
electors and constituencies. If the leg
islative assembly passes any bill and
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two years the legislative assembly again
passes it, then it shall be submitted to
q joint vote Of the two houses, and be
adopted or rejected by a majority of
such joint votes.
REPRESENTATION IN PARLIAMENT.
q The present parliamentary constituent
cies, until otherwise provided, shall
continue to elect members to parlia-
ment, but Dublin university shall cease
TO, return member.
The existing divisions of constituent
cieH, save as provided by the schedule,
are abolished. The Irish peers, lords
and members of the commons for Irish
constituencies are not entitled to de-
1iberate or vote on any bill or motion
the operation of which is confined to
Great Britain, or raising any tax not to
be raised in Ireland.
The election laws and laws relating to
the qualifications Of parliamentary elec-
tors, so far as they relate to parliament
ary elections, shall not be altered by the
Irish legislature, though that body may
deal with any officers concerned with
the issue OF writs of election, though the
queen may in council arrange for the
issue of such writH.
AN IRISH ExCHEQUER.
There shall be an Irish exchequer
and consolidated fund separate from
the United Kingdom. Customs duties
and excise and postage shall be imposed
by paEliament. Subject to the provis-
sons of this act, the Irish legislature
may impose other Ssxss and all matters
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