Iron County register., 1893-09-07
IRISH HOME RULE.

IRISH HOME RULE.
The Crowning Measure nj Mr.. Gladstonsss
Political Career Passed In tho British
House OF Commons Amid Scenes Of Tu-
mu1tuous Enthusiasn-Thc Vote Stood
sol to 265-The Bin Passes tho First
Reading Stage In the House Of Lords.
LONDON, Sept. THE house of COM
mons agreed this evening to suspend
the discussion at 12 o'clock tonight in
order that the third reading of the
homerule bill might be concluded be-
fore adjournment.
Justin Mccarthy, leader of the anti
Parnellites, was the speaker. He said
that although the bill did not have the
character of finality which its opponents
contended any home-rule measure must
have, it contained fnality in principle.
When Ireland should gather in ma
tional parliament it would include
fnality in the true sense of the term.
Irishmen accepted the measure as a
final adjustment of their leading griev-
ance against Great Britain.
Joseph Chamberlain, leader of the
liberal unionists, while disclaiming all
intention of questioning Mr.. McCar-
thy's sincerity, said that he could not
iorget how that another Irish leader,
after accepting a bill as complete set
t.ement of the demands of Ireland, had
recanted and had said it was only q
partial installment.
IF this bill ever be passed. continued
Mr.. Chamberlain, you will have the
Irish coming to parliament demanding
more and more aid; putting pressure
I'M of icfy. of
last some ministry will be found weak
enough or base enough to buy the
Irish vote by granting final separa-
tion. [Hear.].
The mischief that the government
had done by adopting this policy is ir-
reparable. It has made enormously
difficult the government of Ireland; it
has postponed indefinitely the hope of
the completion of q better settlement.
1.-THE bill is about to go now to an
other place. We probably never shall
see it again. Or whether we see or
not, I am convinced that the British
people well knew the policy embodied
in it, and will deal it a deathblow at
the first opportunity offered them.
This bill will vanish, but the weakness
of the liberal party, its lack of inde-
pendence, its treatment of vital inter-
ests of the country as mere incidents
of the New Castle progra mme will not
be forgotten nor forgiven by the Brit
ish democracy. prolonged unionist
cheers followed this peroration.
Mr.. Balfour, conservative leader,
said that the house had not discussed
three-fourths of the home rule bill
either in the committee or in the re-
port stage. The length of debate on
the reform act of 1882 had been quoted
to show that the discussion of the pres
ent bill had been exceedingly
long. Bat the reform bill involved
only two principles-the substitution af
genuine constituencies for rotten ones
and the settlement of the franchise
whereon the electorate should vote.
The present bill was an absolute re-
versal of the constitution. It involved
. change of every fundamental princi-
pie of the constitution. What was the
prospect of gain in Ireland? The Irish
members of parliament had indulged
in much destructive criticism of the
landlords. and their government had
never yet produced a practical pro-
posal likely to be of permanent value
anu to relieve troubles. They aspired
to rule. The present bill was a mock
cry of legislation. Everyone voting for
it knew something of its worthlessness,
and to pass it was like trying to put life
into dead carcass.
John Morley, chief secretary for
Ireland. held that the opposition to
the bill under discussion had been con-
Quoted in bao faith. If obstruction
was patriotism, he said, closure was
patriotism. In regard to the argu-
ment that there was no fnality about
the bill he had never claimed final
ity for any solution of any deep-rooted
political question. There was no such
thing.
In concluding, Mr.. Morley, said that
after seven and half years of contro-
versy this popular assembly, which was
virtually supreme, was about to pass
the homc-rule bill for Ireland. What
ever might be done elsewhere to delay,
resist or obstruct the bill, this solemn
declaration could never be Cancelled or
recalled. [Cries of Gag, gag.l
Wherever Englishmen toiled, hoped,
yearned, and wherever there was
Englishruen and Scotchmen weary of
the inveterate stain on the fame and
honor of their country, they would
presently know that this house had
taken the final steps toward the true
incorporation Of Ireland into a united
people.
At the close of his speech enthusias-
tic cheers were given for Mr.. Morley.
The time having arrived for the
s,l - tho he 1<ops
formally put the motion and ordered a
division of the house. Mr.. Gladstone
was the first to record his vote, and
Mr.. Morley was the last Each was
accorded an ovation, as was also Mr..
Balfour.
The division resulted: For the mo-
tion, S01; against it, 267.
When the figures were announced the
Irish members sprang to their feet and
cheered wildly, while the opposition
members raised counter cheers and
cries Of "Resign, resign!'
The house then adjourned, and inn
mediately after the sitting of the house
of lords was resumed, and five minutes
later the home-rule bill passed the first
reading.
The scenes outside the houses OF par
lament when the vote was announced
were of the most enthusiastic descrip-
ton among the assembled Irishmen.
Tho Trouble Between tho Louisville .
Nashville and IT'S Employees.
LoUIsvMLE, KY, Sept. 2.-The fate
of the Louisville & Nashville will soon
be determined. At q meeting of the
delegates of the several organizations