St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-17
TIM HEALY USES UNPARLIAMEN-
TARY LANGUAGE IN THE
COMMONS.
IRISH MOTIONS DEFEATED.
ALLEGED UNFAIRNESS OF THE
AUTHORITIES IN LAND
CASES.
HEALY,s CONDUCT AT oMAGu.
Called to Account for 1t at a
Meeting of the Irish
Party.

LONDON, Aug. 16.-In the COM
mons today Thomas Lough, Liberal
member of the West division of ISL
ington, resumed the debate on John
D11lon'S motion for an amendment to
the address in reply to the queens
speech, declaring the necessity of
immediate legislation on the land
question in Ireland, in accordance
With the recommendations of last
years committee. Mr.. Lough said
it was a great mistake on the part
of successive governments to ignore
the poverty of Ireland, when taxa
tion had been increased one and one
half at times during the last half
century, while the population had
decreased.
Sir Albert Rollitt, member for the
South division of Islington. and pres
ident of the Associated Chambers of
Commerce of the United Kingdom.
progressive Conservative, remarked
that he did not see any reason WHY
the government should not settle the
evicted tenant difficulty this session.
L. M. Healy criticised the action
of Gerald Balfour in obtaining an
engagement from Judge Bewlay. one
of the land commissioners, to defer
judgments in the land cases before
him pending the governments Irish
land legislation. Mr.. Healy said that
any English judge would have been
removed from the bench for making
such an agreement, and described
the sub-land commissioners as not
being judges, but day laborers. The
speaker was compelled frequently
to call Mr.. Healy to order. The lat
ter concluded with remarking that
the big government majority repre-
sented fluctuations in English DO
litical feeling, while the Nationalists
represented the permanent element
of Irish nationality.
BOTH REJECTED.
Mr.. Dillon's amendment was final
ly negatived by vote of 257 to 123,
and John Redmond's amendment.
calling upon the government to de-
clare their policy in regard to home
rule, reform of the land law, compul-
sorry purchase Of land, evicted ten
ants and the industrial condition of
Ireland, was rejected by vote of
243 to 113.
John j. Clancy, Irish Nationalist
member for Dublin county, moved
an amendment in favor of reconsid-
ering the sentence of the Irish DO
litical prisoners. He hoped the gov
ernment would do something to close
this old sore and to promote a bet
ter feeling between the two countries
by granting them amnesty.
Sir Matthew White Ridley. secre-
tary of state for hmoe affairs, said
in reply that it was his duty to sat
isfy himself whether there had been
any miscarriage of justice. At pres
ent he was engaged in research to
ascertain this. If the accused were
guilty, their crimes were atrocious.
and deserved severe punishment. He
was unable to promise general am
nesty.
Mr.. Clancy thereupon withdrew
his amendment.
HEALY'S CASE.
The Irish party met again today
in Committee Room 15 for the cleo
ton of a consultative committee. /
Mr.. Healy's supporters appeared to
be apathetic and several of them re-
mained in the house of commons
while the meeting was proceeding.
After three hours discussion of Mr..
Healy's conduct in the Omagh af-
fair the meeting, adjourned, but it
was resumed at 9 o'clock and sat un-
til midnight. According to report
of the meeting given out for publi-
cation, John Dillon read the cor
respondence in connection with the