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The Commoner. 15 APRIL 26, 191 terpretatiori of the homo rulo bill is to he settled by appeal to the judi cial committee of the privy council. Senate to Bo Nominated "The Irish senate is to consist of forty-five members and the house of representatives of 164, of which Ulster is to have fifty-nine and the universities two. The senate is to be composed of nominated members. In the first instance the imperial ex ecutive Ib to control the nominations with a view to assuring the repre sentation of the minority. The nominations are to be for a fixed term and as the members retire by rotation vacancies will be filled by the Irish executive. t "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 bar and he will hold office for a fixed term. The authority of the executive is to be coextensive with that of the Irish parliament. "The 164 representatives are to be elected by the existing constitu encies, but no constituency is to have less than 27,000 population. "The collecting of all taxes is to remain in the imperial service and they will be paid into the imperial exchequer, which is to pay over to the Irish executive an amount equiv alent to the expenditure on Irish services at the time of the passing of the act. "An additional sum of $2,500,000 is to be paid to Ireland the first year, and this will diminish by $250,000 yearly until it is reduced to $1,000, 000. "The postal services are to be handed over to Ireland. Bpi xne iriBii yaruuiuuui ju tu uu.vw power to reduce or to discontinue the imperial taxes excepting the in come tax and the stamp and estate duties. It will also have power 'to alter the excise duties, but except in the case of beer and spirits it is de barred from adding to the customs duties anything which will give a greater increase than 10 per cent. "The Irish representation at West minster is to be 42 members, one for every 100,000 of the population." . Sir Edward Carson, the leader of the Irish unionist party, denounced the government's proposals as ridi culous and fantastic, and declared that the safeguards in the bill are delusions. Best Yet, Redmond Declares John Redmond, the leader of the nationalist party, admitted that a faction of the Irishmen are in favor of separation, but they are the small est faction, and if Ireland is given the management of its own affairs this small faction will disappear. He declared that the safeguards are adequate with a nominated senate and a veto by the imperial parlia ment, adding: "It is idle to say that the safe guard of the imperial veto is humi liating, when every one of the self governing colonies is subject to it. I consider the bill a better one on the whole than the bills of 1886 and 1893. "This is a great measure and we welcome it. The bill will be sub mitted to the Irish national con vention, and I shall without hesita tion recommend to the convention the acceptance of the bill. I believe that this bill will result in greater unity and strength to the empire, and will end suspicion and dissatis faction in Ireland and suspicion and dissatisfaction in this country with regard to Ireland." James Ramsey Macdonald wel comed the bill in behalf of the labor party, especially in view of the hint thrown out by the premier that home rule will be extended to other , sections of the country. He believed the measure would Increase the sta bility of the British empire and make Ireland one of its most peaceful and most prosperous corners. O'Brien Congratulates Government William O'Brien leader of the in dependent nationalists, thought the bill provides a large and generous measure of administrative homo rule and purely local legislative power, although it does not offer anything in the remotest degree approaching national independence. He wished that the government had taken courage with both hands and given the Irish parliament complete power over the Irish purse. He congratu lated the government on its determi nation to complete the land purchase under imperial auspices. The Rt. Rev. Hon. Eugene Wason, chairman of the Scottish liberals, welcomed the bill, while several ulster and English unionists op posed it. Mr. Balfour then moved adjourn ment of the debate, which was agreed to. A Statement by Redmond Irish Leader John Redmond made the following statement to a corres pondent of the New York World after his speech in the house of com mons on the home rule bill: Nothing could have been of more hopeful augury in Ireland than the conditions under which the prime minister unfolded his homo rulo scheme tonight. That scheme has been accepted by the Irish party as a final settlement of Ireland's national demand. It is a better scheme for Ireland financially and otherwise than either of Gladstone's bills and I feel sure that it will commend itself to the good sonse of the British people as just and fair. The opposition has so far only violent, unreasoning hostility to offer it, but when wo come to ham mering out the dctnils a more ra tional spirit may bo found to pre vail. Anyway, I feel confident that tho bill will pass into law. 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