Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-13
Mr.. Gladstone Begins the Fight for
Irish Autonomy.
MAD RUSH OF MEMBERS FOR SEATS
Crowds Gather Early About the
Houses of Parliament.
OPENING raE FIGHT.
Mr.. Gladstone Introduces ms. BIiI for Nome
Rule IN ireland.

street TINS morning il was asoertained that Mr.
Gladstone was in admirable form and looking
Forward With pleasure 90 the exertion Of the
day the introduction Of the homo rule hill
ne slept well during the night and began work
~ ESQ clock this morning. assisted BY bis
From early morning the scene in the r.l.oe
YARD. Westminster. was Of the most anirlsted
description, groups Of peorle as-embli-,s In
watch the arrival OF member.
Mr.. i. J. Foley, the nationalist m-mh,r f,r
commentary; was the first 90 make hs app..r-
snce, closely followed by DAVID slie,hs' sec
reiary OF the Irish National Federation aud
brother of Father Shcehv one OF the nersecuted
patriots Of the Forster regime
Mf. Sheehy ~ nember for south Galway ana
Is grateful 20 Mr.. Gladstone for havns Ae
nounced the magistrate who refused hmm han
when his wife was daneerously ILL.,
Honest John Roche nationalist NJ r for
Fast tiaiway, was Also among the first arrivsls
as well as DIR. Charles Tanner. NJ T. for Cord
one OF the most fierce. popular and nd-heArted
OF the nationalist leaders
AZ o'clock these Representatives Of tb.
iflsh cSnse were ai the door Of the house and
before 10 clock sixty members were waiting
for admission.
MEMBERS sTKroGIINs pom sEArs.
when noon arrived the inner iobbv wa.
packed with members aud the Approneb.-
crowded and when the doors opened ther. w.-
disorderly rush for seats the netnl.r. shout
ing and struggling like a mob OF eacur.ioni.,s
hoor In the excitement
The veteran Caleb Wright liberal tnen,,,cr a,
parliament FOR Southwest Lancashire. Who a.
eightF-two years OF age. was unable 90 hold hi.
oNo % IN the crush, and ioli down in the doorwAv
others we're pushed upon him by the eager.
needless throng. and be WAS trAmpl.a upon
more than once before the vigorous ana reso-
lutte labor representative John Rurus cam. A.,
his rescue ' ~
The melee settled down at last aud all got
safely IN their seats. Every seat IN the house.
except The government bench. was occupied.
Mr. uiadstone entered the house Of COM
mons a. haf-past three O clock. Every liberal
and Irish nationalist in the house stood up aud
greeted MN with prolonged cheers.
NR. GLADSTONE BEGINS
When Mr.. Gladstone arose at 3.Gs O'Clock to
introduce the bill for home rule in ireland
there was another demonstration SO earnest. 90
enthusi astic and irreprcssible that Il VA. sew
raj minutes before he could be heard
Mr. Gladstone spoke follows IN a clear.
strong and resonant voice: II NAV without i'm
propriety remind the house that the voices
whieh usually pleaded the cause of Irish SELF
government in Irish affairs have within thes.
walls during the last seven wears, been
almost entirely mute. I return. therefore 20
the period Of 1856. when n proposition Of tins
KIND Was submitted on the part of the govern
ment OF the day and beg TO remind the hou..
OF me version then taken by all the promoter.
of their measures.
I'VE said that we had arrived at a point in
our transactions with Ireland where the two
roads parted. You have We said. 10 choo..
one or the other. One is the way Of Irish
autonomy according 20 the construction h.v.
Just referred TO; the other 10 the way OF
coercion. That is our contention
IL VIII be the recollection OF the house how
That contention was most stoutly and largely
denied. IL was said over and over again bv
many members opposite. We are not Coercion
lists; we do not adopt that alternative and
neither can We adopt it,. Ministerial cheers
CONSERVATIVES AND IRrLaND.
'Ihat assertion of theirs was undouht-
edIy sustained by the proposals. esps.
cisLy from the disseutient liberals. of
various plans dealing with Irish affair,
Those pians. though they fell entirely short
in principle and in scope OF Irish self lf-govern-
ment, yet were OF trivial or mean import
ance. They went fan beyond what L.s
heretofore been usually proposed. IN tho
way ot local seif-goyernment Tor Irt-
land. Well. what has been In. result
of the dilemma as it was then put forward on
this side of the house aud repelled by the
other? Has our contention that the choice laV
between autonomy and coercion been justified
or not! Liberal cheers.
What has become OF each aud all OF tho~s
important schemes for giving ireland selt-yoy-
eminent in provinces and giving her even .
central establishment in Dublin with limited
powers!
PROMISES BROKEN.
"AH vanished into thin air hut the reality re-
maius. The roads were still then autonomy or
coercion. The choice lay between them ard
the choice made was TO repel autonomy and
embrace coercion You csunot always follow
coercion IN an absolutely uniform method
Tin 1856 for the first Time coercion WAS i'm
posed on ireland in the shape OF q permanent
law added 10 the statute book 1hI.
state OF things constituted an offending
against the harmony and traditions 81
self-governmenl. II was a distinct and
violent breach OF the promise on the faith of
which union was obtained. hat permanent
system Of repression Inflicted upon the country
n state Of things which could not continue 20
exist. Ii was impossible to bring the inhAbi-
tants of the country under coercion into sym
pathy with the coercion power"
NO HoNoRs foE iEisHMEx.
Mr.. Gladstone proceeded TO diiAte at length
upon the circumstances under which the act of
union Was passed. the promise OF equality IN the
laws and Of commercial equality ander whlch
union wasenected ltwas then pTophesied conf
IDENTITY, he said. that lrisbmen would take their
places the cabinet of the united king dom butit
had been his honored destiny to cit ln cabinet.
with no less than sixty 60 seventy state-men Of .
whom only one, the Duke 90 Wellington.
was an lrishman. while Castlereagh was the
only other lrishman who had sat an the cabinet
since union.
Pitt promised equal laws when the union wa-
formed, but the broken promises made TO Ire
land were unhsppily written in indeiibls
characters and the history OF the coun-
try. Coming 90 1882, when the rssurrec-
tion OF the people began and thence down to
1850 Ire land could present only a small minor
ity in favor Of restoring 30 her something in
the nature OF constitutional rights and prscu-
cal self-goyernment
1t is astonishing" said Mr.. Gladstone. chat
80 little weight is attached by many o. the fact
that before lsS6-before 1856, indeed J.
Irish wishes OF sef-goyernmeut were repre-
sented only by small majority. Since les5.
when the wide extension of the frsncb bise xH.
protected By the secret ballot, Ireland Position
has been improved in parliament. In 1860 there
were 65 nationailsts or more than hye-eight..
Cheers. They have been reduced from IS 10 30
under circumstances somew hat peculiar Hear,
hearl, 1 must own frankly 10 myself among
others. for reasons totally and absolutely unin-
telligible. loud cheen.
Let US look at the state Of the case rs il now
stands. There are but eighty out OF IeI-.h.t
ID to say-the wishes Of ireland for IRISH self
government in Irish meters are repre<entsd
only by four-ffths. Laughter and ministerial
cheers
Honorable gentlemen seem TO have no rs-
spect for such u majority that. Do they
recollect, sir, that never In England has there
been such a majority" lcheers.