The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-06
HOME RULE BILL CHANGES.
Gladstone's Course as to the Finan-
cial Clauses Still Uncertain.


London, May 5,-In the House of Com
mons to-day w. l.. jackson, who sue
cccded MIR Balfour as chief secretary for
Ireland in Lord Salisburys late adminis-
tration, asked whether the government
would print and circulate forthwith the
amendments to the financial clause of the
Irish homo rule bill.
Mr., Gladstone replied that when the
house in committee should reach that
stage for the home rule bill the govern
ment intended to move to postpone the
financial clause.
Joseph Chamberlain asked: Does the
government propose any changes there
in3"
Mr.. Gladstone-None at present.
Mr.. Chamberlain--Does the govern
ment adhere to the financial clauses
as they stand
Mr.. Gladstone-I cannot say. Laughter
For instance, the possible Increase Of the
excise must be regarded as merely an as
sociation of the principle of Irelands LA
bility to certain charges. The govern
ment has not intended to depart from the
proposal to retain the customs duties
The financial clauses will remain open in
committee.
APPOINTMENT OF MAGISTRATES.
Sir Charles Dixie, radical, moved that
the power of appointing county magiS-
trates be transferred from the lords TO
the lord lioutcnants
John Dillon, auti-Pamelhte supported
| the motion. The present system of APP
pointing, he said, was Mt the root of
Irish discomfort and the agitation for
home rule. man daring to sympathize
with the politics of the majority of Ire
land was debarred from the bench. Irish
men We're looking to the government to
redress this wrong and to provide a
! foundation on which lrishmen could base
respect for the law.
! Mr.. Asquith, the home secretary, said
that since the present government came
| into power, the number of Catholics in
! the Irish magistracy had been increased.
There was no ground for suspecting the
! impartlality of a great majority Of the
magistrates, vet 1t was to be hoped that
the house would respond TO the present
| appeal to give a declaration, without
which the lord chancellor believed him
self not justified in setting aside practice
Of long standing.
Mr.. Balfour, the leader OF the unionists,
said he judged from the tone of the home
| secretary's remarks that the government
did not desire to improve the administra-
| tlon of Justice but to increase their
| patronage. The radical party did not
! have the courage to attack the magis-
tracy openly. They wished to make it
ridiculous and thus prepare for the ulti-
mate destruction of it.
Sir DilkG's notion was carried by q
vote of 293 TO 240.
A. j. Balfour asked the speaker to
| state his views upon thirteen instructions
! to the committee regarding the home
| rule bill which were standing on the
! paper.
The speaker declared that the instruc
| tiOns were all out of order, excepting that
offered by r. Gibson Bowles, conserva-
tive, proposing that the home rule bill
should be separated and the part relating
TO Irish representation in the imperial
parliament made a distinct bill.
A GREAT SURPRISE.
The election of the Instructions was a
great surprise to the house. Most OF the
thirteen had been prepared by most prac-
ticed parliamentarians, and there
as to their being in order
After the speaker made his declaration
the opposition met in committee to decide
upon a course Of action Col. Saunderson,
the Ulster royalist presided, and MIR. Bal
four, Mr. Chamberlain and Sir Randolph
! Churchill did most of the talking, AS soon
rs n decision was reached the members
returned to their places. Mr. Chamber
! lain gave notice that on Monday he would
ask Mr.. Gladstone whether or not the
government intended to adhere TO clause
. Of the home rule BILL This clause CON
Germs the Irish representation at West
minister, to be reduced to eighty mem
bers by the bill as it stands, but to be
left intact, or with 103 members, accord
ing TO the Parnellites.