Widnes Examiner. — 1888-06-30 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

THE VOTE OF CENSURE.  At half-past four, Mr. W. O'BRIEN resumed the debate on the motion of censure, which was on Monday night submitted to the House by Mr. John Morley. When Mr. O'Brien rose he was •received with tremendous cheers from the Opposition benches; and he spoke in an exceedingly full House, considerably over 500 members being present. The strangers' galleries were densely crowded while some 30 noble lords were in the seats set aside for peers. Mr. O'BRIEN, who spoke with great emotion and immense oratorical force, commenced by some words of criticism on the speech delivered by Mr. T. W. Russell, who, said he, was in a large measure responsible for the institution of the plan of campaign, because of his opposition to legislation on ehalf of the Irish tenants. The hon. gentleman next tannted the Government with inability to produce any Irish horrors with which to terrify the English public, except the murder of Fitzmaurice in county Kerry. which. as • fact, was the only county in which the Man of Campaign had no hold on the people. While he listened to the references to Fitzinaurice and his daughter, he could not help thinking of the thousands of Norah Fitzmaurices who had been thrown out on to the road side to die, or had been driven from home to meet a worse fate in the streets of New York. (Loud Opposition cheers. Mr. O'Brien averred that the "brave work" of the Chief Secretary consisted in endeavouring to crush a parcel of poor Irish tenants, because they were more than a naatch for him, but lie had failed, and he would continue to fail, notwithstanding, that his Government had skulked over to , Borne, and invoked the aid of the Holy Inquisition to strengthen the arm oflmperialEngland. (Great Opposition cheering.) This disgusting claptrap about crime in Ireland was what was known in America as "the policy of the bloody shirt." It was a policy of war and hatred between peoples who desired to live together at peace, and, thank God, the policy both here and in America was seen through, discredited, and played out. (Cheers.) The hon. gentleman proceeded to defend the Plan of Campaign, and defied the Chief Secretary to show that it, was being used to extort fresh concessions. The hon. gentleman 11 ealt with the particulars of the ease of I ;he tenants of Lord Massetene, and in conclusion said the Irish people had confidence in God and in the great human heart of the British masses, and believed they had only to know the working of coercion to loathe it and discard it for ever. (Loud Opposition cheers.) Mr. CTIAPLIN, who commenced his speech amid cries of " Balfour," expressed his sunrise that Mr. O'Brien had not attempted to redly to the charges made on the previous night by Cal. Saundersan. He proceeded to denounce the Plan of Campaign and the conduct of the National League, saying that their real object was to prevent the payment of rent even by those who were well able to do so. He quoted from Mr. Gladstone's speeches to show that he had contradicted himself in regard to what was the policy of the present Government, sa7,-ine that he laid the blame for these contradictions on Mr. Gladstone's memory, which seemed to be failing latterly, (Cheers and hisses.) Mr. GLADSTONE, who was received with great cheering from the Opposition benches, said he did not feel his temper to be severely tried by the rather violent attacks of Kr. Chaplin. While he was sensible that the lapse of I