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The author analyzes the Home Rule Bill of 1893 as effectively proposing a new constitution for the United Kingdom, examining how it alters parliamentary supremacy, introduces federal features in Ireland, and retains Irish representation at Westminster. He evaluates the practical powers of the proposed Irish executive and legislature, the intended safeguards and their enforcement, and predicts that the scheme will fail to settle the Irish question. The work critiques arguments in favor of Home Rule and proposes an alternative path of safety, concluding with the bill text and schedules for reference.

Index

American Commonwealth, by Rt. Hon. James Bryce, 37 n

American History, Critical Period of, by Fiske, 103

Andrews, Mr. Justice, a Unitarian, 71 n

Appeals under Irish Government Act, 209

Asquith, Rt. Hon. H.H., on the policy of Home Rule, 26, 74 n

Balfour, Rt. Hon. Arthur, on Ireland, 71

Beaumont, Gustave de, 142

Bright, John, on Free Trade, 134

Bryce, Rt. Hon. James, 26, American Commonwealth, 37, 169

Burke, Edmund, Reflections on the Revolution in France, 134

Cambray, Mr., Irish Affairs and the Home Rule Question, 1, 23

Canada as a self-governing colony, 20, 25

Civil servants under Irish Government Act, 210

Clancy, Mr., M.P., and the financial clauses of the Home Rule Bill, 103

Cobden and Free Trade, 134

Coercion Act, the, 144

Colonies, self-governing, see New Zealand, Canada, Victoria

Constitution, Law of, by Professor Dicey, 6 n, 29 n, 67 n

Constitution of Legislature under Irish Government Act, 199

Constitution, old and new, 1-20, 56;

    the new, 21 et seq., 191;

    no settlement of the Irish question, 112 et seq.;

    rests on an unsound foundation and contradictory, 125;

    pleas for, 132 et seq.

Constitutional questions, decision of, under Irish Government Act, 209

Contracts, laws as to, 85, 86

Crown Lands under Irish Government Act, 210

Davitt, Michael, and the New Constitution, 115, 142, 167

Dicey, Professor A.V., Law of the Constitution, 6 n, 29 n, 67 n

Duffy, Sir Gavan, Irish Nationalist, 39, 166;

    his prediction, 128

England, present constitution of, 2 et seq.;

    retention of Irish Members at Westminster, 32 et seq., 66,

         123, 200, 218, 221;

    inducements to, 48;

    meaning of Home Rule to, 53 et seq.;

    result of helping Portugal and Spain, 116;

    opposition to Home Rule, 119 et seq.;

    Grattan's constitution, 149;

    the path of safety, 175 et seq.

England's Case against Home Rule, 59 n, 91 n, 94

         n, 97 n, 138 n, 155 n, 162 n

Executive authority under Irish Government Act, 198

Feast of Concord in France, 172

Federalism, 6;

    and Home Rule, 13 et seq., 96, 118;

    application to England, 155;

    how it works in other countries, 153 et seq.

Finance, under Irish Government Act, 27, 100, 102, 201-207, 222, 223

Fiske, Critical Period of American History, 103

Ford, Patrick, 166

France, and Italy, 116;

    Feast of Concord, 172;

    the constitution of 179, 191

Freeman, E.A., Irish Home Rule and Its Analogies, 67 n, 153 n

Germany, federalism in, 6

Girardin, M., on the French Revolution, 135

Gladstone, W.E., and Home Rule, 26, 113, 128 n, 140, 163, 175;

    on the retention of Irish Members at Westminster, 32 n, 39, 66, 123

Government, see Parliament

Government of Ireland Bill, see Home Rule Bill

Grattan's constitution, 139, 149-152

Hilty, Professor, Swiss publicist, 160

Home Rule, a new constitution for the United Kingdom, 1, 19;

    compared with the old constitution, 8 et seq.;

    four leading features of, 22;

    the supremacy of the Imperial Parliament, 22-31;

    the retention of the Irish Members in the Imperial Parliament, 32 et seq.,

         66 n, 123, 200, 218-221;

    powers of the Irish Government, 66 et seq., 197 et seq .;

    the Veto, 88;

    Finance, 100-103, 201-207, 222, 223;

    as a settlement of the Irish question, 112 et seq.;

    is federalism, 118;

    reasons for, 132 et seq.;

    necessity for, 138;

    the safeguards, 149;

    Grattan's constitution, 149;

    success of, 152 et seq.;

    the policy of trust, 163 et seq.;

    a revolutionary movement, 177, 191

Imperial Parliament, see Parliament Ireland, the old constitution, 1-8;

    the new constitution, 8 et seq.;

    the retention of Irish Members in the Imperial Parliament, 32 et seq.,

         66 n, 123, 200, 218-221;

    meaning of Home Rule to, 53;

    powers of the Irish Government under Home Rule Bill, 66 et seq.,

     197 et seq.;

    the Irish Parliament, 75;

    restrictions and obligations, 80 et seq.;

    the Veto, 88;

    the Privy Council and the Courts, 90 et seq.;

    Home Rule no settlement of the Irish question, 112 et seq.;

    arguments for the new constitution, 132 et seq.;

    her desire for parliamentary independence, 140

Irish Affairs and the Home Rule Question, by Cambray, 1, 23 n

Irish Constabulary under Home Rule Bill, 75 n, 212

Irish Executive, 66

Irish Government Act, see Home Rule Bill

Irish Home Rule and its Analysis, by E.A. Freeman, 67 n, 153 n

Irish Parliament, 75

Irish representation in the House of Commons, 32 et seq., 66, 123,

     200, 218-221

Italy and France, 116

Jackson, Andrew, President of the United States, 158

Judges under Home Rule Bill, 210

Lalor, Mr., 142

Lecky, Mr., History of England in the Eighteenth Century, 150

Legislative authority under Home Rule Bill, 197 et seq.

Local Government Bill compared with Home Rule Bill, 186

Lord Lieutenant, office of, 66, 210

McCarthy, J., on the effect of the Home Rule Bill, 112, 142, 167

Mahoney, Pierce, Irish Independent on the release of prisoners, 117

Marshall, John, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 158

Melbourne, Irish informers' reception at, 161, 162

Mill, John Stuart, Representative Government, 6 n, 118 n.

Morley, John, Chief Secretary for Ireland, on retention of Irish Members

        at Westminster, 39-43, 49, 62;

    changes in administration, 71;

    safeguards against legislation setting aside contracts, 86

New Zealand as a self-governing colony, 4, 5, 9, 20, 25, 31;

    compared with Ireland, 156

Nulty, Dr., Roman Catholic Bishop of Meath, 71 n.

O'Connell, Daniel, compared with Parnell, 139; 166

Parliament, British and Imperial, authority of, in the United Kingdom,

        2 et seq.;

    in the Colonies, 4 et seq.;

    supremacy of, 22 et seq.;

    retention of Irish Members in, 32 et seq.;

    power up to 1782, 55;

    since the Union, 56 et seq.

Parnell, 34;

    and Home Rule, 139, 142, 167

Phoenix Park murders, 146

Police under Home Rule Bill, 75 n, 212

Post Office and postal telegraphs under Home Rule Bill, 207, 208

Privy Council and the Courts, 90

Protection, 99, 198

Redmond, John, M.P., Home Rule, 26, 50, 103;

    and the imprisoned dynamiters, 117 n, 168

Referendum, Dicey on, 189, 190

Religion, restrictions on, 99

Representative Government, by John Stuart Mill, 118 n.

Restrictions and obligations in Home Rule Bill, 80 et seq.,

         197, 198, 214

Retention of Irish Members in House of Commons, 32 et seq.,

         66, 123, 200, 218-221

Russell, Lord John, 32 n

Savings banks under Home Rule Bill, 207, 208

Sexton, Thomas, on Home Rule Bill, 16 n, 26, 112, 126

Siéyès, Abbé, 19

Switzerland an example of successful federalism, 6, 159

Taxes, right to impose, 2, 3

Ticino, insurrection in, 107, 160, 161

Times Parliamentary Debates, 26 n, 32 n;

    Mr. Asquith on executive authority, 74 n;

    John Morley on legislation to set aside contracts, 86 n;

    J. McCarthy and W.E. Gladstone on Home Rule as a final settlement,

         112 n, 113 n, 142 n;

    Gladstone on the policy of trust, 163 n.

Tocqueville, Alexis de, and the French Revolution, 134, 173

Trust, the policy of, 163

Unionism, the policy for, 183 et seq.

Unionist Delusions, 62 n.

United States of America, division of parties in, 37 n;

    no law allowed to impair the obligation of a contract, 85;

    Bryce on State Legislatures in, 169, 170

Veto, the, 15, 199;

    its uselessness, 88

Victoria as a self-governing colony, 4 n.

Victoria, Government of, by Jenks, 9 n.