Assaulting a Police Sergeant.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3361, 15 November 1889, Page 2

Assaulting a Police Sergeant.

Dukems, November 14. At the Jt'olico Court John Toomey, licensee of Tho Shades, was charged with assaulting Sergeant Georin. The police had entered the house after hours, and on coming to a room where cards were strewn about the floor, the sergeant demanded the names of those in tho room. Toomey interfered and denied tho right of the police to take tho names, and according to tho police ho slapped the sergeant on the shoulder, saying, " There's the door, leave my premises; you have no business here." Haifa dozen witnesses gave evidence to the effect ttiat they had net seen Toomey lay hands on the sergeant, and the Resident Magistrate dismissed tho case, saying that he did not wish to discredit the police, but thero was considerable cvidoncc on the other side ho could not ignore. A Peculiar Religion-Wem-inton, Friday, Te Korei, a Maori prophet of tiangitikei district, who has boon a steady opponent of all Governments up to the present, yesterday waited on the Native Minister and informed him lie intended to withdraw his opposition and do his best to induce the Natives to follow his example. To Kerei's religion is a peculiar one, and takes the form of curing women of barrenness.Duriug a recent visit to his settlement Mr Mitclielsou found a collection of some hundred women fantastically adorned waiting to go throught tho mystic rites. The Native Minister was invited to stay and witness tho ceremony, but thought it prudont to retire. Nr Deasy, M.-P-, at MastertonMr Deasy, ono of the Irish delegates, addressed a public meeting at the Theatre lloyal last evening on the subject of Home liulefor Ireland. About one hundred and fifty persons were present, including about thirty of the fair sex in the reserved gallery; a goodly number, considering tho cold wet night and tho fact that a charge of one shilling was made for admission. The Mayor, Mr A. W. Renal], occupied the chair, and called upon the Rev. J. McKenna who, with the Rev. T. Moiina and Mr A, 11. Bunny, occupied the platform, to read the address of welcome to Mr Deasy presented by his sympathisers, The Rev. J. McKenna read the following address, which was signed by himsolf, and Messrs A. W. Eenall, A. W, Hojg, and A. E. Bunny ; Mil DEASY, M.l'. Siit.—On behalf of the peoplo of the Wairarapa district who sympathise with the Irish Tenants in the great' struggle in which they aro engaged, we have much pleasure in welcoming you as a visitor and especially in your capacity as a Home Rule Delegate. At this distance from the great struggle that lias for years been going on m Great Britain between the Liberal and Conservative forces, we are able to take a dispassionate view of the respective sides. Wo believe, however, we would he less than human, did we not sympathise with the people of Ireland in their battle for the freedom that as colonists we aro allowed to enjoy. We can therefore assure you that the cause for which yourself and the delegates with w|iom you are associated are fighting has our heartiest sympathy pd support; and it is our earnest desire to do all in our power to assist the leaders of the movement, who, in spite of persecution, are bravely and unflinchingly upholding the rights of the people of Ireland to self-government and emancipation from the intolerable thraldom of absentee landlordism. We trust that you and the patriotic band with which you are associated, will livo to see your uoble, dieinleroeled 'and

gonerous efforts crowned witli success —plause.) Mr. Deasy, who was loudly cheere on rising, expressed his gratitude fo tho i'eoliug which prompted to atldress presonted to him that niglil Its sentiment? must meet with tin approval of those even who tlifferei with them on other points, becausi those privileges for which the peopl of Ireland were now struggling to obtain were already possessed by th pe3ple of the colonies, and it wouli indeed be strange to deny to th people of Ireland a share in th blessings they themselvos possessed They asked nothing for Ireland tha was inimical to the true interest o the United Kingdom. They wanted a settlement of the groat question on linos somowhat similar to those laic down by Mr Gladstone for the twi islands. They did not advocate an; change that would bo unjust, but ii the interest of the people as a whole and for the elevation of the fivi million of his fellow countrymen a home. (Applause). They had beei greeted everywhere in the colonie with great kindness and sympathy because overyono was beginning t( recognise that this great question o: the rights of Ireland must be settle! at once in a nianer satisfactory t their mighty Empire, independent o nationality or creed. (Applause) They had met with vituperation am misrepresentation, and had got si accustomed to it that thoy could no get along without it. (Laughter) I hero was nothing more difficult fo them to contend against than thi question of religion. He had takei up a papor that night in tho trail which .contained an advertisomeu which was so surprisingly unique tha he must step out of his way i few minutes. It was headet "Protestant Anti-Home Rule praye meeting" and ran on. "Those of th Lord's people who regard Mr Dillon' Home Rule crusade as fraught witl peril to Protestantism in Ireland, am to the integrity of the British Empin are invited to meet m unitod praye at Room 11, Exchange Buildings Lambton-quay. on the 15th, at i o'clock, the hour the Home Ruli meeting begins, Sankoy's Hymn. 1 —(Cheers and laughter). He dii not know the time or efficacy o Sankoy's hymns as ho was no familiar with that class of nmsi (laughter). He believed mooting silled for such like purpos :ausedmoro religious descord thai ill tho speeches his party had mad throughout the colonies—(applause] He was pure the gentleman, if h iverc a gentlemen, who had insortei the advertisement had done so ii ?ood faith is its fanaticism showci out ho should first have ascertains! what their principles were befor loing so. Thoy did not want t interfere with the religious rights o my one, and could point to thei ictions and speeches of the last tor fears to prove that religious intoler nice was not their ticket. Tin Some Rule party was in reality anc -ruth mora tolerant of the rights am ipinions of others than any othei ■vas. The question of the freedom o; Ireland had never beeu one ol eligion. Every patriot loads* with iho excoption of O'Connell was a ion-Catholic, and the people had ilways returned non-Catholic representatives. When ho went into the Jouse of Parliament tbero was only me Roman Catholic there, ho rcprecnted the town of Berwick. All the ild religious strife was changed now. ii the hustings candidates were not isked, "Are you a Roman Catholic ra Protestant or like Mrßradlaugh lono at all" (laughter). The people emawl to know the political faith of ho candidates and vote accordingly, lo would ask where a non Catholic

had been prosecuted because lie was such? He believed the day ol persecution for religion's sake had gone for ever. (Applause.) They had no intrigues with Rome, and wero not like Lord Salisbury. He went in spirit and kissed the Pope's toe (laughter) when ho sent Lord Norfolk over to Borne with a bribe, and since then the rescript against tho Plan of Campaign was issued. They had no more right to accept their policy from Homo than from Balfour, They had no intention ol allowing foreign dictalion.oranyono to say how they should govern when they had ii government of their own. (Applause.) They had been charged with a desire for complete independence, with Parnell as president, and

some people said if Homo Rule was given to Ireland the two countries

would bo completely severed. If they considered they would see the folly of the charge, What could three million of people, unarmed and without financial resources do against two million of their own countrymen, backed by 250,000 English troops with tho greatest navy in the world ? They must bo the greatest cowards the Lord ever put breath into to be afraid of giving Home Rule lo

them million of men for fear thev

should, armed with shillalehs (laughter), rise against tho Imperial troops. They had no power to cast themselves adrift, and whether they liked or not must remain part and parcel ot tho British Empire, And who was it said they wanted to ? The people of Ireland would be a set of fools to oven accept, if offered them, a constitution "jf their own and have no connection with the Empire, Thej had the greatest interest in the Empire, Ireland had given its best men for the Empire, to fill the ranks of tho army, fight its battles, colonise its settlements, and had shed the blood of bor noblest sons freely fighting side by sido with the English and Bcotoh in the north south, east, and west throughout the univorse. They had therefore a just sharo in the enormous spoils of the Empire, and declinod to be sent adrift. They would have no parleying about cutting the painter, to use a colonial phrase. Their nest market was in England. Ireland was not a manufacturing country that could hope to compete against England, but they would always havo agricultural produce b sond there in exchange for articles they could not produce at home. Tho civil, military and naval departments of the Empire were open lo the young men of Ireland, and they would not be likely to part with all those advantages by separating from England. The question of separation could not be found in any speech of the Home Rulers if they searched the records of tho past ten years. Of course they might if their enemies mutilated sentences to suit their own views, as had been done by Mr Chamberlain, onco their friend but now their greatest foe, who quoted Mr John Redmond, one of tho most devoted and ablest of Mr Parnell's followers, (applause) who addressed a large meeting at Chicago. Mr Chamberlain, challenged i-i tho House of Commons, was compelled to retract, and said he was mistaken. Dan O'Connel said, " Give a lie twentyfour hours' start and you'd never overtake it" (laughter). During the

■ min»«imim■■nun «»uliiiiimmill ' progress) of bin tour ho had been con. Initially met wilb these false statements, and where ror ho went he always contradicted them._ Their enemies opposed them with lies, 'forged loiters, and false witnesses. He then referred to the London Times prosecution and Pigott'a evidence. They could not conceive in the colonies the tactics adopted at Home to destroy the Parnell party, and thus turn the sympathies of public against their cause. Times and the Government had entered into a conspiracy and used the secret service money for such purpose. Mr Balfour was as absolute in Ireland as the Czar in Russia, Three thousand men, he said, many of them occupying high positions of trust, professional men, journalists, lep (l ing farmers and storekeepers, had'flan imprisoned, and for what, ? Simply for claiming those political rights and privileges that England had been only too glad to give to her twentytwo colonies, and in Soutb Africa even going so far as to bribe therL 86fo ■■ logislato for themselves. When ikM was in Cape Colony ho had asked if tboy would give up homo rule, and found there was not one among that mixed population but would take riflo in hand rather than yield to ' tho Government of Downing Street, He then referred to the persecution of O'Brien, Dillon and others, whoso < days had been shortened by suffer ings endured in gaol for espousing* tho cause of the people (shamjjjjy ' ' The only reason they could not i govern themselves was that they i were- not allowed to do so. They were cither good or bad. If the former they ought to bo entrusted ; with the management of their own > affairs. If they were as bad as they . were painted it was tho dury of the 1 r English Government to expel overy ; man of them from tho House of i Commons, Those statements, how--1 ever, wero only made for effect. They 1 were not regarded as bad four years ago when they were on the same : platform with the Tories against , Gladstone He (the speaker) was a i " fair-haired boy ■' then. (Laughter.) ) Every single statement made by , ' Home luilers was known to 1 Government then, but it suited them f to view those expressions in afar t different light than now. He did c not think any body of men had been s offered such chances of peculation e as had been accorded their party ii during tho last ten years. Monoj e had come in to them from I, quarter of the globe. It had bee* c said they had not given a satisfactory il account of its expenditure, Ho ii would toll them why presently. But & in spite of that, when men like 1 Davitt and others wero sube mitted to cross-examination by 0 the eminent counsel in The if Times.prosecution they had never r boen asked a question about n misappropriation, And why? Bo- '■ causo it was known that there was e not a man amongst them but what d had given time, health, and money d for the cause. (Appkuso). That was ir tho time and placo for asking, but it it was not done. Notwithstanding )f there were still men and women too li who doubted their honesty. Some a oven behoved tiiat Pigottwas induced (I to make an exact copy of Parnell's !- letters, so that the result would be as e it turned out, and tho letters proved ( j y a forgery, that Parnell might be % !- whitewashed and the Government e blackened. It was asked why Parnell '. had not taken action against tlnjj t Times. Ho would ask, in repljw c could they get an unbiassd jury whp, 1 would return a verdict in favor of e Parnell, no matter what evidence was if offered ? It showed the stato of mind . they hud to meet in their campaign c through Croat Britain and tho .t Colonies, The battlo was not of il cannon but argument, audhe believed d they were winning hands down, y I hoy had secured C 8 Home Rule d seals in England. (Applause). Mr e Gladstone ill a speech said it must bo 's something more than accident when (1 07 or (JB members wero returned to p, Parliament on the Homo Rulo it ticket. He had not formerly behoved 1. in tho English Parliament, bccaiißO it he thought no good thing for Ireland n could come out of it. But the )l moment Mr Gladstono opened tho o eyes of the people, the effect was the )■ same as the disclosures over the i. Bulgarian atrocities. He told his. A fellow countrymen that the Irishmen i- were quite as deserving of justice, d ami they registered a vow thalSy ,s they would not rest inithT is they had got their rights. > y The movers in the campaign would 'T if be miscreants of the vilest character n if they rounded on such supporters. :t The right hand of fellowship was o extended to the people of England, i, and a real union would exist, not of ■s parchment, nor forced by 45,000 ? bayonets, as said by our one-timo s friend Mr Chamberlain, but it would e boa union of hearts. (Applause.) 0 The next general election would give y the lloinu Utile party a majority of :■ one hundred or one hundred and ten :. in Parliament, outside of eighty six i- Irish representatives, or lie was much 1 mistaken in his calculations. The d present peace was not due to the 0 actions of the Tory Government, but e must bo attributed only to tho change if in tho feelings of Mr Gladstono and , the people of England towards that s sullering nation. Parnell and his i, followers had not the power to keep e in check- the feelings of those peoplo , ;t who were still being wronged \m s absentee landlords. Lord ClanricardT e had evicted five or six thousand e people from lis Galway estate Ho y was a man condemned for his actions 3 on all sides. Even Balfour said m i the House that his action was unjust, 2& i- but that did not prevent him sending h il ten or twelve hundred police to :- support the work. The Jnsh tenant 1 farmers were the real owners of tho y soil, which by industry they had « improved ten-fold in valuo, whilst . the landlords had done nothing. ~ Lord Clunricarde's rents had been g placed on the improvements of the 0 tenants to wbioh he had no moralt i 1 right, although, perhaps, a legal titlc.V > The people were willing to pay so s long a3 they could keep on their 0 lands. They would rather have 8 "potatoes and point" (laughter,) e than live on roast beef in Ibe. )• Colonies. Tho tenants had agreed 1 to pay on a reductiou of ii-5 per tent, i but thonobleman demanded payment i in full of arrears which they were, f absolutely unablo to pay, Thejpe might as well be asked to pay the f national debt. It was said that i theoretically tho Irish tenants had l got tho best landlords in the world. r But, supposing that it was proved t that in this town they had got the 1 best bread iu tho world how would t that benefit a man who had not got s a penny in his pocket. (Laughter.) x Balfour- had framed a bill for the ■ Scotch Crofters, but he had added f throe or four lines which, if included , in the Irish Bill, would do away i with the need of th» campaign. I - That clause empowers the Land ' • Commilteo when dealing with the i rents to deal with arrears', If they

had had that one clause ii\ the Irish measure ho would not no if boon thai platform, lie then referred to the plan of campaign, tho cost of which, ho said, was far larger than moat of them could conceive, Ho did not know how much had nlroady beon expended, but in half a yoar or so thoy would bo prepared with a balanco-sheet showing how every item had been laid out. He explained that tho National Leagno money was a different affair, Thoy would bo prepared to publish that if the Government made a clean breast and published what had boon done with the secret service money, The present was a battle of tho purse as much as anything elso, and (boy could not continue the struggle unless supplied with the sinews of war. Ho coatjjuled (amidst cheers) his able addflss with an earnest appeUfor their sympathy and financial support, Tho Hev. V, McKcnna, in a fewappropriate words, presented Mr; tDeasy with a purso of money as n practical proof of their sympathy. , The sum amounted to close on .£7O, Mr A, W, Hogg spoke upon tho wrongs of Ireland wliich he hopo.l would soon be righted. |-'Ho made a telling speech, which was interspersed with anecdotes and frequently applauded, and moved the following resolution, which was seconded by Father MoKenna, and carried by acclamation:— ■ rr .Resolved, "That this meeting thanks Mr Daisy for his aOlo address, and expresses its sympathy with the Home Utile Party in striving to secure self-government for Iroland." A vote of thanks to the Chairman concluded the meeting, Masterton Hospital The monthly meeting of the Masterton Hospital Trustees was held ou Thursday, Present—Messrs J. C, Boddington (Chairman), J, 15. Keith, J. lorns, B. P. Perry. The minutes of the previous meeting were rend and confirmed. Tho Treasurer reported credit bal- . anceof^l2. r )Msßd, «S Correspondence was read from the Pahiatna County Council forwarding a cheque on account of a patient at present in the Hospital. Mr and Mrs Gwynne tendered their resignation as assistants to the ensto. dian, which whs accepted and it was resolved to send them a letter stating A-)hey had performed their duties in a rvery satisfactory manner whilst in the Hospital. The return of Hospital patients was then read, showing that at the last meeting there were live patients in the Hospital; during the month live had been admi'ted; discharged during the month, four; leaving six in the, Hospital. The Chairman remarked that the whole of the patients at present in the Hospital came from tho Forty Mile Dash. Tho question of patients accounts in arrears was then dealt with and i the Secretary was instructed in several cases to lake action to recover the fees, Applications for the appointment of a married cou do were considered, Several applications which had been invited in Wellington only were received, audit was ultimately tie/m C ' ( ' C( ' t0 n l'l ,omt M r llIU ' M rs E. iffl Johns to tin; position. Accounts amounting to £l7 lis 7-.1 were passed for payment. & Mr J. U, Keith was appointed vis•wing member for the month and the meeting closed.