New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-28
RALFOUR'S MOTION LOST.
roRTy. SEVEN MAJORITY AGAINST VOTE
OF CENSURE.
s,oxYsr LEADERS, BITTER ATTACK UPON
TIE GOVERNMENTS IRISH POLICY REPLIED
To BY MR.. GLADSTONE AND MR.. NOR
LEY-LoRp RANDOLPH CHURCHILL
DEFENDS OBSTRUCTl0N-THE
VOTE 40 To 90.

DEFENDS OBSTRUCTlON-ThE
VOTE si9 TO 90.
,o,don March o7-In the House Of Commons
J.. sor the motion made by Mr. Balfour, the
rn;onist leader, of which he gave notice last
Shursdav. that the Irish Executive ne censureo
-. condoning serious offences, and thus bringing
~. law into general contempt, was defeateo' 'he
vote standing 3l9 to 2'2, MAJORITY VI ioi"
.even for the Government
Mr. Balfour spoke at length. lie made MS al,
..., unon the Government with eNceptonai
-, and repeatedly evoked loud cheers from the
Opposition benches. i. ,uo
"a Mr. Balfour said. was largely the conse-
,oo Of q compT., between the Government ana
~. torces Of disc, r. The Ministry had made
=, agreement with the Irish party by which the
-,u.;nistration of the laws being defeated
feeding 70 the terms of this unwrtten Con-
oord.t the Government had cOqaetted with am
rastv and had encouraged dishonest @hah's'
,brouOh the Evicted Tenants Commission 10 us
own their obligations and TO treat Landlords as
,sw.abiding people would treat maleiactors me
C.,ornm.nt had fomented outrages by suspendlng
. .ho Cr;mcs Act. and had instGated crimes by the
.oI..so n, the dynamitcrs. The Government had
not bestated 70 take steps which were IN dlreco
sntagonism 70 the decisions of the courts. Hao
not a indge of high court of justice declared
that the Chief Secretary for Ireland had ac'eo
illegally in refusing police protection 10 those
,bose duty it was to enforce the law against
aefaultinr tenants? In certain districts the d.
700, countenancing by the Government of law
breaking had had appalling consequences. Such
a state of lawlessness prevailed in them that no
conviction could be obtained in cases OF agrarlan
crime. no matter how clear and undisputed the
evidence A new reign of terror had been es-
,ablished Witnesses refused to appear to teS-
t;fy. as they realized that the most convincing
testimony would be vain, while incurring the
vengeance of the criminal population 1he
victims Of the outrages also preferred to nold
their peace rather than render themselves marKed
men, {" Hear Ilear')
This was high price. Mr. Balfour said, for
The Government to pay for Irish support, leaV-
Ing the weak to be oppressed by the strong ana
the law-abdng to be at the mercy OF the iawiess'
but the Government had not hesitated to pay IT,
The recent Assizes in Counties Mayo, Care
Limerick and Kerry had shown plainly how re-
markable had been the recrudescence OF CRIME In
Ireland under the present Government In one
Of these counties intimidation had been carried
40 far that all the writs were sent through the
Lost. az the bailifls did not dare to deliver them
in person. The practice of boycotting had been
The Government knowing, perhaps, the useless
ness of prosecuting offenders, had taken no steps
IN protect the victims. Disgraceful as were all
these disorders, there was no sign OF an ehor' 10
SION them In fact, under the present Govern
ment, they could not be expected to cease oeiole
The Chief Secretary for Ireland should rally ms
courage, free himself from the trammcis OF ms
previous policy, and use in the defence OF the
law the powers which Parliament had 1n'rusteu
to him. Long UniOnist cheers
In answering Mr.. Balfour, Mr.. Morley Ohel
Secretary for Ireland, directed attention 70 ''e
fact that this was the fifth vote OF censure move"
within eight weeks The right honorapic seI'ie-
man, moreover, had failed 10 justify his MOTION
with one now fact or one fresh argument VIZ"
ont exception he had trodden the way which had
become so familiar TO the House in recent years
l~ Hear. Hear!") The right honorable gentleman
had sometimes been listened TO in the House with
admiration. Tonight, however, person hearing
his trivial reasons in support OF his motion could
feel for him nothing but pity. The leading charge
against the Government was that they had con-
cordat with the Irish party. He would not
deny that the present Administration tried 10
Govern Ireland in sympathy with the Irish people.
lChaersl II that was the heinOus concordat, he
would plead guilty to being party to 1t. AS 10
the specific charge that he had refused ponce
protection to those who enforced the la"' ''e
would say that he had declined TO protect nigh'
seizures, and he felt justified In this action. Inc
law ON the subject far from clear ana 'he
highest authorities differed in their Interpretation
of it,
Mr. Morley then rebutted in detail Mr. Balfours
assertion that agrarian crime in Ireland had IN
creased under the Liberal Government WIN
multiplicity of statistics he proved that under tl'e
present Executive this class OF crime had de-
creased Il per cent. lie admitted that therc haa
been three cases of boycotting under the present
Ministry 10 two cases under the last Salisbury
Administration, but added that all the cases hao
ibeen taken in hand by the Government.
"If the right honorable gentleman presented
The hest possble case for vote Of censure.' said
Mr. Morley in conclusion, the Government need
not fear the vote of the House or the Judgment
Of the country Cheers.
Il w Russell, member for South Tyrone ana
one of the chief men of Ulster, said that ai'er
hearing such declarations from the lrlsil >ccre-
tary he felt that there was no lawbreaker In
Ireland who could not rely upon the Government
to minimize his offence.
Arthur Hugh Smith-Barry, Conservative men,
ber for South Huntingdon, expressed the conviction
that the present Government soon would make
Ireland uninhabitable by persons desiring to leoa
lawful and orderly lives.
Mr. Gladstone reproached the Opposition with
resorting to license OF language which they
could not possibly justify with facts. The present
Government he said had as great desire ana as
strong an interest as had any Of their predecessors
10 preserving law and order in Ireland The
present Government had. however. different views
as to the best manner of dealing with the peo-
pie They had substituted mdness and cleinency
for coercion The results already apparent provei
how successfully the new policy operated.
The severity Of the sentences in Ireland upon
the boy Foley and other political offenders. Mr..
Gladstone continued, was feature OF the coercNe
f. eysfem Such sanfpnces never could have been