text:  In the first Parliament elected under the Reform Bill and after the system of registration now complained of came into operation the Irish representation consisted of Liberals 74 Conservatives 31 Now when it is borne in mind that beyond all question at least nine-tenths of the landed property of Ireland is possessed by the Conservative party and that that party was able to secure to itself little more than a fourth of the representation it must be admitted that numbers told and that the mass was represented in a ratio beyond what the constitution contemplates