Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-02-16
FOR IRISH HOME RULE
NEW PLAN SUBMITTED TO PAR
LAMENT.
Enthusiastlo Reception OF Prime min,
i>tcr Gladstone la tho Commons
Ills speech Advocating the Measure
n Mastery Composition.


Ills speech Advocating the Measure
II Mastery Composition.
LONDON, Feb IL Tho scenes at
tho opening OF, Parliament upon
the occasion of the beginning OF the
real tight for Irish home rule, will long
be remembered While Mr. Gladstone.
yet slept the palace yard was crowded
with members and throngs of people
eagerly awaiting the opening of the.
commons, The early arrivals were
those prominent IN the Irish cause,
Among them We're l.. j, Foley, member
for Connemara David Sheehy, Secre-'
tary 81 the Irish National Fcdcration;;
John Roche, Nationalist member fort
East Galway; and Dr. Charles Tanner,
member FOR Cork By 10 o'clock sixty,
members were at the doors await
ing admis ion, Tho inner lobby!
was packca With members ut noon,
and when the doors were opened the
members throw aside their dignity and,
rushed in u diSorderly fashion fo'
seats, shouting and struggling for the
best places, Many were thrown yioI
lently to the floor and bruised and
tramplcd upon. Tho veteran Caleb
Wright, member for southwest Ian
cashirc, 5. years of age, fell In the
crush and was severely injured, being
knocked down and trampled on, lie
was rescued by John Burns with diff.
ilcnlty. Not u few members became
angry, and there were several sharp
fights at various points, All were
finally seated and eager for tho feast
of Gladstoncan cloquencc,
Mr.. Gladstone entered the House of
Commons at $3.50, Every liberal and
Irish Nationalist stood up and greeted
him with prolonged and enthusiastic
cheers. When Mr.. Gladstone arose to
introduce the home rule bill there was
another demonstration so enthusiastic
and irropressiblc that IT was several
minutes before he could loo heard,
Mr., Gladstone spoke Ms follows In n
clear, strong and resonant voice:
may, without improperly, remind
lhc House that the voices which have
usually pleaded the cause of Irish self
government In Irish fairs within
these walls have during the last seven
years been almost entirely mute, ire
eur, therefore, To the period of 1886,
when n proposition of this kind was
submitted on the part of the govern.
ment of the day, and beg To remind
the House OF the position then taken
by all the promoters of these meas
ures We said that we had arrived at
point In our transactions with
Ireland where tho two roads
parted You have, we s ID, TO choose
one or the other. One IL the way of
Irish autonomy according to instruc-
tons ! have just referred TO; the
other Is the way of coercion. That Is
our contention. 1t will be the recol.
lection Of the House that that contcn-
ton was most stoutly and largely de-
MED 1t was said over and over again
by many members opposite: I'VE are
not coercionists; we do not adopt that
alternative, and neither can we adopt
It," Ministerial cheers That as
sertion of theirs was undoubtedly
sustained by the proposals, especially
from the dissenticnt Liberals, of various
plans dealing with Irish affairs. Those
plans, though they fell entirely short
in principle and in scope OF Irish self
government, yet We're of no trivial or
mean importance. They went far be-
yond what has heretofore been usually
proposed in the way of local self.goy-
eminent for Ireland,
Well, what has been the result of
the dilemma ms IL was then put for
ward on this side of the house and re-
pollcd by the other? Has our conten-
ton that the choice law between
autonomy and coercion been justified
or not? Liberal cheersl. What has
become of each and all OF those i'm.
portant schemes for giving Ireland
sclf-governmcnt in the provinces and
giving her even II central cstab-
lishment in Dublin with limited
powers? All vanished into thin mir. But
the reality remains, Tho roads were
still autonomy or coercion. The choice
lay between them and the choice was
to repcl autonomy and embrace coer-
coercion in an absolutely uniform
method In 1886, for the first time,
coercion was imposed on Ireland in
the shape of II permanent law added to
the statute book This state OF things
constituted an offering against the
harmony aud traditions OF sclf-govern-
ment 1t was distinct and violent
- hA I. e.. -
which union was obtained. That per-
manent system of repression inflicted
upon the country state of things
which could not continue to exist. 1t
was impossible TO bring thcoinhabit
ants of the country under coercion
into sympathy with the coercion
power.
Mr.. Gladstone proceeded to dilatc at
length upon the circumstances under
which the act of union was passed. the
promise of equality in the laws and of
commercial equality under which union
was effected. lie said:
ut was then prophcsicd confidently
that Irishmcn would take their places
in the Cabinet of the United Kingdom,
but it had been my honored destiny to
sit in Cabinets with no less than sixty
or seventy statesmen OF whom only
one, the Duke Of Wellington, was an
Irishman, while Castlereagh is
only other Irishman who
has sat in The Cabinet since
union. Pitt promised equal laws
when the union was formed, but the
broken promises made TO Ireland are
unhappily written in indelible charac-
tiers in the history of the country.
Coming to 1889, when the resurrection
of the people began, and thence down
TO 1850, Ireland can present only
small minority in favor of restoring
to her something in tina nature of con