The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-04-22
Final Contest on the Second
Reading of the Bill.
THE COMMONS CROWDED.
Speeches by Henry James and Balfour
Against 1t.
GIadstone's Appearance Is Greeted with
Prolonged Cheers-The CIoture Was
Adopted and the Bill Passed
A Second Reading.

LONDON, April 21.-The commons was
crowded today by people anxious to be
witnesses in the final contest ia the sec
ond reading OF the home rule bill. DR.. Tan
ner, Nationalist for Middle Cork, was on
hand early aud brought with him beau
tiful bouquet of flowers for Gladstone
sent from Ireland and accompanied by the
inscription:
''All blessing and power to the friend OF the
poor and distressed in Ireland. May God pros.
per you''
Sir Henry James, Liberal Unionist,
spoke in opposition to the bill, which, he
said, surpasses the ingenuity OF man in
devising proposals to bring the law into
contempt. It is simply measure to en-
able a section OF the Irish agitators to
deal as they may choose with the country.
Balfour spoke at length on the bill, he
could not believe that this childish imita-
ton of the United States constitution
would ever commend itself to the judg-
ment of the British people. He therefore
put federation aside as not immediate to
the discussion. He said the bill was a
decisive step toward separation, though
not a final one and to make it g law would
lead ultimately to the disintegration of
in the new Dublin parliament; Irishmen
would regard the imperial parliament as
foreign and defeated body. In closing
Balfour said: eff you commit this great
political crime you make yourselves
responsible for irreparible national dis
order and all hopes of peaceful and
united Ireland vanish forever.''
Prolonged cheers greeted Gladstone
when he arose to address the house. He
rUc N orllo hi nj
and full. The principal weapons of the
opposition, he said, were bold assertions,
persistent exaggeration, constant mis-
construction and copious, arbitrary and
baseles5 prophecies. True, there were
conflicting financial arrangements to be
dealt with, but among the difficulties
nothing existed which ought to abash or
terrify men DESTROYS to accomplish a
great object. The opposition evaded
steadfastly the real question of the second
reading-how must Ireland be governed?
Ii this bill was rejected when the boon
OF government was given to British
colonies was Ireland alone to be excepted
from its blessing? To deny Ireland home
rule was to say she lacked ordinary fac
ulties OF humanity. In closing Gladstone
said: "You cannot be surprised that we
have undertaken solution OF this great
question, and, as on the one hand it is
not the least of the arduous efforts of the
Liberal party; so on the other hand, it
will have its place in history, aye, and
not remote, but early history, as not the
least durable, fruitful and blessed among
its accomplishments.
Before the cheering ceased George Bart
ley, conservative for North Isllngton, rose
to continue the debate. Morley, chief
secretary for Ireland, moved a eloture and
it was adopted, and the vote was taken.
The announcement that the bill had
passed second reading by a vote of SAT
to S04 was the signal for more cheers and
hat waving. There was another demon
stration when Gladstone LETT the house.