Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-12
IRISH HOME RULE
BILL INTRODUCED,
Third Effort in rs Years by Liberals
To Settle the Long Quarrel Between
England and |reIand--biII Is Pre-
scented by Premier ASQuith.

| Tie cardinal principle of the present
| home rule bill was, said the premier.
| the supreme authority of the imperial
! Parliament while at the same time
| real autonomy is conferred on Ireland
| in regard to Irish concerns.
| The bill provides for the establish
| ment of an irish Parliament consist
| ing Of Il Senate and House OF Com
| mons with power to make laws for
peace. order and good government in
Ireland The bill provides that the
matters TO be excluded from the con-
troll Of the Irish Parliament are the
crown, the army and TIE navy, impe-
rial affairs, the Irish land purchase
AND tie old age pensions and national
insurance acts. the Irish constabulary,
the post effiee savings bank ard pub
lie loa rs. in addition to those exelud-
ed by the home rule bill of 1893, which
left the customs under the control of
the imperial government.
! The Irish eonstabulary is to be au-
tomaticaliy transferred to the Irish
government after six years and power
is given by the bill to the Irish par
lament to demand the transfer of the
old age pensions and insurance act to
it's control in giving years notice
to the imperial government.
The Irish Parliament is debarred
from altering the home rule bill or the
bower of appeal to the privy council.
Provision is made for the protection
of religious equality in Ireland and
stipulating that the Irish Parliament
cannot. make laws directly or indi-
-ectly to establish or to endow any
religion or TO prohibit the free exer-
Use thereof or To give preference or
privilege To any religion or 10 make
my religious ceremony condition of
yalidity of any marriage.
The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland is
70 have the power of veto or suspend
my bill on the instruction of the i'm
oerial executive.
Any question regarding the inter-
oretation of the home rule bill is to
re settled by appeal to the judicial
committee of the privy council.
The irish Senate is to consist of 40
.atives of 1914 of which Ulster is to
nave SO and the Universities two.
The Senate is to be composed of
nominated members. In the first in
stance the imperial executive is to
Gbilti VI ttiS iibliillldlloI4S Will 1t view TO
ssuring the representation of the
minority. The nominations are to be
COR fixed term and as the members
etire by rotation the vacancies will
be filed by the Irish executive.
In case of disagreement the two
houses are to sit in joint session. The
Lord Lieutenant is to be head of the
Executive. There will be no religious
I
term.
The authority of the executive is to
be co-extensive with that of the Irish
Parliament.
The 164 representatives are to be
elected by the existing constituencies
but no constituency is to have less
than $1,000 population.
The collection of all taxes is to re-
main in the imperial service and
they viii pc paid into the imperial
exchequer which is to pay over to the
Irish executive an amount equivalent
to the expenditure on Irish services
at the time of the passing of the act.
An additional sum of 81. 800. 600 is to
be paid to Ireland, the FIRST year. and
this will diminish by S250O00 yearly
until it is reduced to 81 100000
The postal services are to be hand
ed over to ireland.
The Irish Parliament is to have
power to reduce or to discontinue the
imperial taxes excepting the income
tax and the stamp and estate duties
II will also have power to alter the
excise duties but except in the case
If beer and spirits it is debarred from
adding to the customs duties any
thing which will give a greater in
crease than 10 per cent. The Irish
representation at Westminster is to
he AZ members, one for every 100000
of the population.
Sir Edward Carson, leader of the
irish Unionist party and member for
Dublin University, denounced the
| governments proposals as ridiculous
and fantastic and declared that the
safeguards in the bill We're decisions
If the government passed the meas
| ure. Sir Edward declared, it would
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