The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-08
ERIN'S SWAY OVER ALIENS.
Another Amendment to the Home Rule
Bill Accepted.

The Irish Members Again Enter a
Protest TO Further yielding on the
Part of the Government to the Tory
Demands-Gladstone Appeals to the
Irish to Accept the Amendment.
London June An important discus
sion took place to-day In the House of
Commons in which tho Irish members Of
both factions took ground against any
further yielding to the enemies of Irish
home rule. St John BrodericlS, who was
financial secretary to the war Office in
Lord Salisbury's recent administration,
offered an amendment TO the home rule
bill, the object of which was to prevent
the Irish legislature from dealing with
the question Of immigration aud the rights
Of aliens, and from exercising the right
to expel aliens from the country. The
debate elicited curious diversity
of opinion and the govern
ment finally accepted the amend
ment, the Irish chief secretary, Mr..
Morley, suggesting that it could bemct by
inserting the word Gallons after "alion-
age in subsection 6 of clause 3, which
would then, as amended, provide that the
Irish legislature should not have power to
make laws respecting treason, felony,
alienage, aliens or naturalization. ~
ST John Broderick assented to Mr..
Morley's suggestion, wlereupon Timothy
Healey earnestly protested against the
amendment. Mr., Healey said that these
petty amendments wasted time,
the government TO some extent con
niviug. The proposed amendment, il
adopted, might result in causing great
trouble and embarrassment to the Irish
government, For instance, the work
house at Cork was constantly charged
with pauper aliens from America. With
the amendment about aliens adopted, the
Irish government could take no steps to
abate the evil.
Thomas Sexton expressed his oppOsi-
ton TO the proposed amendment being in
serted In tho clause without notice.
PUT ON BY ITS ENEMIES.
William Redmond said that any neces-
sary amendment of the home rule bill
ought to be done by its framers and not
its would-be destroyers.
james Lowthor, conservative, said
that he agreed with Mr. Sexton
that the condition of affairs under which
pauper aliens poured into Ireland from
the United States was mOnstrous. He
amounted to a bona fide grievance for the
redress of which Ireland had an un-
doubted claim on the imperial parliament.
John G. Rigby, q Scotch liberal, said
that the insertion of the amendment
would not affect the home rule bild 20 an
important extent
Sir Henry james, liberal unionist, and
Mr. Matthews, the former home secre-
tary, and others contendcd to the con-
trary.
Mr.. Gladstone appealed TO the Irish
members not TO oppose the amendment,
as it merely insured that imperial obliga-
tions should be confined within imperial
control.
The amendment was carried by Il vote
of 32S to 139.
THE DIVISION.
In the division on the amendment the
Irish nationulists and many liberals voted
against the government, while all the
conservatives and liberal uuiOnists sup
ported the government in It's acceptance
of the amendment.
Mr. Sexton moved, as he said, for the
purpose Of clarifying the amendment that
il should be made to read "aliens as
such thus prohibiting the Irish legisla-
ture from enacting laws relating TO aliens
as aliens.
The I.lsh, chief secretary, Mr.. Morley,
dCCCDitu bIe DIOpUSEu ClldiiEts UuJ NltSSEB.
Broderick Chamberlain, Matthews and
Sir Henry james spoke in opposition to
its acceptance.
Upon advice of the conservative leader,
Mr. Balfour, the motion was agreed. to
without division, and the subsection now
provides that the Irish legislature is de-
barred from legislating In respect to
treason, treasonfelony alienage, aliens
as such or ne stUralizatiOn
L. II. Courtney, liberal unionist, moved
to eXpunge the trade and quarantine re-
strction in subsection of clause 3,
which provides that the Irish legislature
should not be permitted TO legislate re-
garding trade with any place out of Ire
land, or quarantine on navigation Except
as respects inland waters and local health
or harbor regulations).
GLADsToNE's SPEECH.
Mr.. Gladstone opposed thoamendment.
He admitted that there was a large de-
mand in ireland for control of external
trade, but on the other hand. the Irish
members of parliament accepted the
clause 1t was true that Mr. Parnell
had once mentioned the prospect of Ire
land adopting the protective policy, but
he withdrew that suggestion In accepting
the home rule bill of 1886 Public opinion
in Ireland indOrsed his course. National
ist cheers
Mr.. Chan1berlain said that whether de-
sirable or otherwise, It would be the IN
evitable consequence of home rule that
Ireland would control external trade.
The discussion was brought to an end
by closure. and Mr. Courtney's amend
ment was negatived without division.