The Chancellor of the Exchequer elicited that Mr. Morley had
received this letter from Mr. Adams at midday on Satur- day last, but that, instead of communicating it at once to the Government, that they might take Mr. Justice Day's impres- sion of the effect this communication would have upon his relation to the Commission, Mr. Morley had handed it to the Government only at question-time on Monday, when it was, of course, quite too late either to consult Mr. Justice Day or to take it into consideration themselves; and the Chancellor of the Exchequer added that the private political views of the Commis- sioners had been no more known to the Government than they were to Mr. Gladstone's Government, by whom they were raised to the Bench for their legal and not for their political reputation. Mr. Gladstone, however, strongly supported Mr. Morley's attack on the name of Mr. Justice Day as a Commissioner, and Mr. Parnell said that with regard to the statement that the Government did not know the politics of the Commissioners, that was the statement he had uniformly heard from the legal officials who packed Irish juries. Mr. Justice Day's name was carried by 269 votes to 180 ; majority, 89.
