The Blackpool Herald. — 1890-10-17 (Blackpool, Lancashire, England)

AAN %ILI/ HAND AT THE 'GAIIE.—JOEOph Mul- fact they knew that this evil element was increasing He had seen crowds waiting intelligent, moderate, and unselfish leader it was I holland, husband of the defendant in the last marvellouslyaround the newspaper offices on Saturday night scarcely possible to have. His brother, Lord I ease, appeared in answer to an oft - repeated Edward Cavendish, was the able chairman of 1 charge—that of drunkenbess and disorderly at Blackburn for the result of a football match, the Lancaster Division of the Liberal Unionists' ' behaviour.—P.S. Pattinson stated that on the and the language that greeted his ears was dreadful Association, and the efforts of this aasocia- 26th September he saw the defendant turned out to listen to, and all because the utterer of such I tion were for the express purpose of uniting of the King's Arms Hotel drank. Mulholland language had lost money on the event. Such men ' with the Conservative party in maintaining would insist on being in Owl house, and be struck never used their tongues in praise to Him who the union of Great Britain and Irelandlthe landlord besides.—The defendant said he had msde them and called them to Himself. The and the integrity of the British Empire.— " only had a bottle of ginger beer—(laughter);---he gambler gave no value in return for the money he Mr. Owen then proceeded to give his lecture, hadn't touched a drop of beer since he was "up" won, and on Sunday his betting book did not give Place to the Bible, nor did he give up his Sunday pointing out that the Gladstoniaus themselves were not agreed as to what Home Rule was, some 1 the last time. (Renewed laughter.) He denied that he was drunk, adding "They'll summons Chronicle to reverence the Sabbath day and keep it holy. The preacher then proceeded to show being for Mr. Gladstone's old scheme of sending me now whether I am drunk or sober."— the Irish M.P.'s sway, some for retaining them inThe chairman said there was s "bad record" against how gamblers were led to forsake fathers and the Imperial Parliament, others for a federal 1 Mulholland, whereupon tket worthy remarked mothers, to the committal of self and other of H Rule all . round, givi-- Parlia- ' job it mill - - -- - murders, also to embezzlement and forgery and ' . . _ . . •• .. .  system _ .ring.. ments to Scotland and Wales as well as Ireland, whilst lately; earl 52encer and Others had been Baying Home Rule only meant Local Closfernment. Whilst Mr. Gladstone's followers were thus disputing amongst themselves as to what Home Rule really was and now and then asking Mr. Gladstone to tell them what scheme he was going t) adopt out of all these, he resolutely refused to tell them, they were left to vote in the dark for Home Rule without knowing what it really meant. He urged his hearers that voting in the dark merely for a name however great, was uot true Liberalism. If Home Rule now only meant Local Government really the Gladstonians had become in fact, if not in name, Liberal Unionists, and the best way of giving Local Government was the plan pursued in England, Scotland, and Wales, to give it by means of local councils rather than a central Parliament at Dublin, unwieldy for the purpose of managing the local affairs of Ireland, but powerful as an engine for the use of the separatist action. He also pointed out very forcibly that the Nonconformists of Ireland and also the artisan and commercial classes, were almost to a man, opposed to Home Rule, in the shape of a central Parliament in Dublin, as disastrous to the trade and commerce of Ireland.  [ome  that it