Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-03-31
LIVELY DEBATE IN THE HOUSE
OF COMMONS.
N1DNIST WANTS THE, IRISH
EXECUTIVE CENSURED.
He Dcl;lortS The Present State of Ire
land-Morley Rebuts Balfour's Asser
lions in Detail and Gladstone Wakes
Eloquent III Defending the tiovel1t-
N MT Government Sustained

London, March 21.-In the commons
tonight Baifour, leader Of the unionistS,
spoke at length on his motion that the
Irish executive be senSured for condon-
the law into s neral contempt. He
made an attack upon the government
with yigor and evoked repeatedly loud
cheers from the opposition benches.
The present deplorabta state of af-
fairs i'll Ireland, Balfour said, was large
" Ill consequence of a compact be
tween the government and the forces
of disorder According to the rms of
an unWritten concordant, the govern
ment coquetted with amnesty.
The government had fomented out
RACES by SuSpending the crimes act and
instigated crimes by the release Of dy
namiterS. The government had not hes
itated to take steps which were in Iii
rect antagoniSm to the decisions of the
courts. A new reign of terror had been
established. The recent outrages in the
counties of Mayo, Clare, Limerick and
Kerry had shown plainly how remark
able has been the re-eStabliSllmcnt of
crime in Ireland under the present gov
eminent
In one of these counties the intlmiA:l-
ton was carried so far that all Wl.tS
were sent through the post, us the bail
ifs did not dare deliver them in per
son. he practice Of boycotting was
revived in all its pristine ugiincss and
vigor. The government knowing, per
hapS. the uScleSSnesS of prosecuting the
offenders, had taken no steps to protect
the victims.
Iii answering Balfour, Morley. chief
Spcret;H., for ireland, directed attention
to the fact that his was the fifth vote
Of tenSurc moved within eight weeks.
The leading charge against the govern
menI was that tl:y had concorded with
the Irish party lie would not deny
dat the present administration had
tried to govern Ireland in sympathy
with the Irish people. (Cheers.)
AS to the specific charge that ne had
refused police protection to those who
Enforced the law, he would say that
he declined to protect night seizures
and felt justified in this action. The
law on this subject is far from clear and
the highest authorities differed in their
Interpretation Of it.
Morley then rebutted in detail Bal
tours assertion that agrarian crime in
Ireland had increased under LIBERAL
government. With multiplicity Of sta
~ hnf
cnt executive this class of crime had
decreased eleven per cent
7. ". Russell, member from South
Tyrone, and Arthur Hugh Smith-Barry
conservative for South Huntington
spoke i'll support of Balfour's motion.
Gladstone reproached the opposition
with resorting to q license of language
they could not possibly Justify Will
facts. The present government he
said, had as great desire and strong in
tcrCsts us ang Of its predecessors il
Ifrt serving law and order in Ireland
The present government had, however
Il different view as to the best manner
Of dealing with the people. Results are
already apparent that prove how sue
NN''SL III 'ilI INV l'olA'S Ii'tS ol'SIGtStL
| The liberal party refused to believe
the Irish people afflicted with some pc
cilliar curse which prevented then
frCm approaching the blessings OF civ
iliZation. The liberal party believed Tx
Irish people were as capable of beins
{ governed on approved principles as tht
peoples Of other countries.
! Lord Randolph Churchill defended tn,
y Judges against charge Of hayin-
passed too harsh sentences. His owl
experience had been that one conces
sion to the Irish people was followed
invariably by another. He charged The
government with having set aside il
legally an act of parliament when they
abandoned the two clauses of the crime:
act. The unioniSts, Lord Randolph said
founded their hopes on the truth OF
their principles and looked to the Eng
fish people for justice and judgment
! A division on BalfOurs motion re
suited in a majority Of II for the gov
eminent.
! RAIDED THE POOL ROOM.