The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-15
THE HOME RULE BILL.
TIE Measure Attacked BY the Tory Leader
in the Commons.

mons today Mr.. Balfour, Conservative,
asked Mr.. Gladstone whether under the
provisions of the home rule bill, contri bu-
tions from the imperial exchequer To local
purposes in Ireland would be continued,
and if they were not, then he desired to
ask what security the British Taxpayers
would have for the advances under the
laud purchase act.
Mr.. Gladstone replied that contributions
from the imperial exchequer for Irish local
purposes would cease, and that the bill
created first charge on the Irish consoli-
dated fund in favor OF the British ex.
chequer fer repayments under the land
purchase act.
Lord Hamilton asked Mr.. Gladstone
when be proposed to introduce bill deal
Ing with the Irish land tenure.
Mr.. Gladstone declined to commit the
government to any pledge to introduce a
land till.
Mr., Balfour then, amid loud Unionist
cheers, began his reply to Mr.. Gladstoue's s
speech OF last evening. He said:
The house. first of all. has right to
inquire, Why is any bill, good or bad.
required? This is the question which
the prime minister has tried TO answer on
Two famous occasions. The dilemma
which the prime minister placed before
the house in 1856 has proved to be no di-
lemma at all, aud We are reduced to the
conclusion that it is deemed necessary to
shake the foundations OF the ancient con-
slitutlOn OF the cOuHtry-uOC because coer-
cion Is IL active operation in IRELAND, but
because we have on the statute
book a permanent act for coercion,
which may or may not be required
Hear" "Hear!'I The prime minister
must see that bill OF this magnitude is
hardly justified by any condition OF affairs
like that from which the necessity OF the
crimes act arose. BY universal admission
there are two causes of trouble in Ireland:
one, the agrariau condition of the country;
the atner, the fact that it l. posi- ble, ,oWiugto
the unhappy history of the laul question,
for persons with "a polltlca! object - serve
to arouse criminal agitation turoug hout
Ireland. Whichever alternative is chosen
it does not point to the necessity Of home
rule, but, rather, TO the mpOssibllty OF its
adoption. Ii IS criminal to attempt 10 set
up In Ireland a legislature practically in
dependent of the imperial parliament"
Proceeding to discuss the provisions Of
tue till In detail, MIR. Baifour contendei
that the plan for dealing with the caustab-
ulary and with the evil servants of the
government would certainly lead 20 the
luf1ictlOu OF great hard ships. Mr. Balfour
further declared that the plan OF creating
three constituencies of different forms in
Ireland would plunge affairs into condi-
tion OF hopeless eutanglemeuj. IL had
been said from the Irish benches that
there would be imperial supremacy on the
understanding that au honorable bargain
wss entered into between the imperial gov
erHmeuJ aud an Irish parliament. such
supremacy would ever be exercised No
such bargain was possible. The British
parliament must be preveryed by a form
OF supremacy which wouid be operative
When the IRISH legislators ask for colon
i'll legislature, they ask for what Is abso-
luteiy impossible.
The prime minister asks US TO retrace
our steps, 10 make progress towards disln-
tegrariou. In 50 doing, ne revsrses the
necessary steps OF revolution by which
great empires are built up and maintain
ed Do not let us within the United King.
dom itself end eavor u bring about state
Of things which We see viii be 20 surely
productive Of na ,ioual weakness"
john Redmond (Pdruellt-) next spoke.
While IN sympathy with tbs broad prInci-
pies of tie hill, be found IN 10 grave bt1le.
aGd felt that j. was imperative 20
press for the amendment Ot many
OF lis provisions. II they accepted the
bill, sad with i the sympathy II the i'm
perial parliament, they must have some
guarantee that the British parliament
woald not exercise its right 20 leglslats
over the head IF the lrish parliament IN
local matters.
On motion OF Lord Caurchill the debate
was adjourned.
Crest differences Of opinion prevails ia
the matter Of tue r-leutioo OF jbe ffssH
members at Westminster. Nr LabOucls-
ere declares that he intends - move, a. an
amendment -she exclusion Of the Irrzu
mem bers from the imperial parliament
Opinion among the IFi-A members of
{ b. l0uSe ot commons D. favorable an re-
CARDS sir. Gis34tDae's bin, and they wll
SUPPORT IL generally. john DHlioa s.s4
2 C u was admitted ou aii sifies tats tle
bill sg.s, -feAs sadvAuce on tae aCsae rule
bill Il 1855 II Beuce he added, 'Lhe
Trisb feel s.st, although t8-T Ctau0t ay-
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aud the provision rrgardlus tas i.L4
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tue neartiesa manner tue noble co1rsg-
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