The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-14
GLADSTONES H0MERULE
THE "GRAND Old M1N" Presents
THE Bill no THE HOUSE.
Great Crowd Throngs tho Building to
Witness the Proceedlngs-Mr.
Gladstone's Speech.

with pleasure to the exertion of the
day.
From early morning the scene in the
palace yard of Westminster has been Of
a most animated description. the groups
assembling to watch the arrival of the
members. +. j. Foley. Nationalist men,
ber for Counimore. was the first to ar
rive. closely followed by David Shelby.
| Secretary Of the Irish National Fedora
ton. When noon arrived the inner lobby
was packed with members, and the ap-
| proaches we're crowded. When the doors
! were opened there was disorderly rush
| for seats, the members shouting and
| struggling like a mob Of excursionists on
| a bank holiday, several being thrown to
| the floor. Veteran Caleb Wright. eighty
| two years Of age, was knocked down and
trampled on before he was rescued by
| John Burns. the vigorous labor repre-
| sentative.
| The melee settled down at last and all
| got safely I'm their seats Every seat in the
| House. except the Government benches.
was occupied Struggle for seats produced
| the oldest mixture Of the members. The
| seating capacity OF the House Is entirely
| too small 10 accommodate even the mem-
bers and the time-honorcd custom of
the members sitting together according 10
| their political predictions was to-day
| hOnOred more in the breach than the OBJ
servance Radicals and Laborists sat
cheek by jOwl That bluest Of blue To-
ries. Colonel Saunders0n. champion Of
| FISHERMEN, TO whom Home Rule is as
a red flag flung in the face OF n hull,
found himself sitting among the warmest
| supporters Of Mr.. GladstOne's scheme
Dr. Charles Tanner. the anti-Parnellte
member. representing the Middle division
Of Cork, was mixed up with the Tory
rout below the gangway, and the whole
political appearance of the House was
changed by the commingling Of the par
ties. The rush TO get into the galleries
was equal to the struggle to enter the
legislative chamber. All the galleries
were packed to their fullest capacity.
Justice Harlan. of the United States
Supreme Court, had n seat I'm the diplo-
matte gallery, accompanied by Minister
Lincoln. Scores Of other noted strangers
were in the gallery. They were greeted
by Earl Spencer. First Lord Of the Ad
miralty. hnd the Earl of ROseberry
Secretary OF State for Foreign Affairs
both Of whom found themselves unable TO
gain access TO the peers gallery. Noise
in the House drowned initial business
which was conducted almost in dumb
show. The preliminaries to the event
OF the day were dispatched in about
half an hour.
Gladstone entered the House Of Com
mons at $780, Every Liberal and Irish
Nationalist stood up and greeted him with
prolonged cheers. When Gladstone rose
TO introduce the Home Rule bill there
was another demonstration so earnest,
so enthusiastic and mpresslble that SeV-
eral minutes elapsed before he could be
heard.
MIR. Gladstone spoke in clear. strong
and resonant voice until O'Clock. Fol-
lowing are extracts from his speech:
may witt out improperly remind the
House that the voices which usually
pleaded the cause OF Irish Sef-gOyern-
ment I'm Irish affairs have within these
walls during the last seven years, been
almost entirely mute. / return. there
lOre. to the period Cf 1856. when a pro-
position Cf this Kind WIS 81 omitted on
the part of the Government of the day,
and beg TO remind the House of the YER
sion then taken by all the promoters Of
their measures. We said that we had
arrived at a point in our transactions
with Ireland, where the two 'Oads parted
You have, We said, to choose one or the
other" ore is the way of Irish autonomy
according to the constructions / have
just referred to- the other is he way of
coercion. That is our contention. It viii
be the recollection of the House how
that contt ntiOn was most stoutly and
largely denied. 1t was said over and over
again by many members opposite. I'VE
are not cCerciOnists We do not adopt that
alternative. and neither can we adopt it,"
ministerial ch sers). That assertion Of
theirs was undoubtedly sustained by the
proposals, and especially from the dis
sentient Liberals Of various plans dealing
with Irish affairs. Those plans. Though
they fell entirely srcrt i'm principle and
In scope Of Irish seif-goverlment, yet
were Of no trivial or mean importance.
They went far beyond what mas hereto
fore been usually proposed I'm the way
Of local elf-goyernment for Ireland. Well, |
what has been the result Of the dilemma,
as it was then put forward on this side
Of the House and repeled by the other? |
Has our contention that the choice lay |
between autonomy and coercion been |
justified or not? liberal cheers). What |
has become OF each and all of those inn |
pOrtant schemes for giving Ireland self |
government I'm provinces, and giving her |
even Il central establishment in Dublin |
with limited powers? All vanished into |
thin air. but the reality remains. The |
roads are still these-autonomy or coer-
cicn The choice lay between them. and |
the choice made was TO repei autonomy /
and embrace coercion. You cannot al |
ways follow coercion in an absolutely |
uniform method. In 1886 for the first time |
coercion was imposed on Ireland In the |
shape of a permanent law added to the |
statute books. This state Of things con-
stituted an offcnse against the harmony |
and traditions Of self-gOVernment IL was |
a distinct and violent breach OF the |
promise on the faith of which union was
That permanent system of re-
preston inflicted upon the country a state
OF things which could not continue to |
exist. 1t was impossible TO bring the
inhabitants of the country under coercion
into sympathy with the coercion power.
Mr.. Gladstone proceeded TO diiate at |
length upon the circumstances under
which the act of union was pa ssed, .he
promise OF equality I'm the laws. and OF
commercial equality under which the
union was effected. The promises had all
been broken. Referring TO the division OF
sentiment in Ireland. Mr.. Gladstone said
A similar division had existed at tie close |
Df the last century through the medium
r~igiv Oi orange LODGES and tnrOugn ie-
gious animosity. but the Protestants Of
Ir eland during the period of the Inde-
pendent Irish Parliament were them
selves not only willing. but Jealous and
.tnusia-tic rre supporters II the Irish
Inasmuch as their political
lie was at that period more highly |
developed they led on the Roman Catholic
population in tine political movement
which distinguished that period. (Cheers).
This Is written broadcast upon the fis- |
ory of the time. Genuine national senti-
nent. In the sense of national unity. has