The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1893-03-04
GLApSTONE'S IRISH BILL.
Features OF tho PremIcr's Plan for Sc
curing Home Rule.

Mr. Gladstone's home rule bill, which was
read for the first time in the house OF com
mons last week, is prcfaced with a "whereas'
clause declaring 1t .cNpcdicnt that without
impsirlng or restricting the supreme author
ity of the parliament an Irish legislature BE-
enacted" The legislature is TO consist OF
two houses-a council and an assembly
both OF course. subject to the queen. With
certain exceptions this body Is to be granted
power "to make laws for the peace, order and
good government of Ireland in respect to
matters relating exclusively TO that country
Among the subjects with which the Irish
legislature will not be allowed 10 tampcr urc
these: Matters relating TO the status dignity
or succession OF the crown; the making Of
peace or war, or the management of inHttor-
pertaining thereto; dignitics or titles Of
honor; treason, felony, or naturalization;
trade with any place out of Ireland; coinage.
copyright or patent rights. All matters Of
religion are also withheld from the power Of
the home legislature.
The executive power will continue To bC
vested in the queen. The lord lieutenant
Will exercise any prcrocatives, other than the
executive power OF the queen, which shall be
delegated to him by her majesty, among
which will be that OF summoning, proroguin.
and dissolving the Legislature and vcto!ng
bills.
The council of this proposed legislature Is
to consist of forty eight councillors. Ireland
Is divided into constituencies, among which
tut EihEt 10 tItct COuHclIuEs Il hprofllCHtu
according to the number Of voters in each
Councillors will hold Office for term OF eight
year., half the number retiring every fourth
year.
The legislative assembly is 10 consist OF
members returned by the voters in the exist
Ing parliamentary constituencies. This body,
when 1t meets, may continue in session five
years unless dissolved sooner by the lord
lieutenant
Until parliament shall see 1T to make u
change Ireland is TO he represented by mem
bers In the house Of commons and the house
of lords elected by Irish constituencies as ar
ranged for by schedule sumbtted with the
bill. These Irish peers and members of the
house shall not be entitled to deliberate or
vote on any bill relating exclusively to Great
Britain.
After detailing the Jurisdiction of the Irish
courts and fixing the salaries and pensions of
the judges, the remainder of the bill covers,
on the lines indicated by Gladstone in his
great speech and summary OF the act, these
points and features: The postal and telegraph
service shall be turned over TO the Irish gov
ernment; appeal from the courts of Ireland
to the house of lords shall cease, the queen
In counsel being the appellate power; rel!s-
ious belief SHALL not enter Into the choice of
lord-lieutenant Of Ireland, who shall hold Of
fee six years; the royal constabulary aud
Dublin police forces are to die ont by lack
OF new appointments; the Gladstone act is
made subject to restricted amendment By the
Irish legislature; Supreme court judges are
for six years, to be created by royal warrant !;
the Irish legislature shall meet on the frs,
Tuesday in September, 1894; the act shall be-
come fully operative not more than seven
months after that date.