The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-04-09
LATEST KILOGRAMS.


London, SIN the House of Com
mons. to-day, Sir Stafford Northcote
conservative, stated that the leaders
of the opposition were not response
lble for Lord Elcho's motion in OPP
position to the land bill. The bill
Involved such important financial
and political questions, they did
not yet known how to attack it.
In the House of Lords, the Duke
of Argyle, lord of the privy seal, ex-
pressed his deep sorrow at leaving
the cabinet. He did so because OF
the land bill alone. Although not
opposed to the extension of owner
ship of land by peasants, he opposed
the bill which would destroy the
ownership of land by other classes.
a think" he said, "the govern
ment's scheme will tend to paralyze
the ownership of land by placing it
under limitations unknown IN any
civilized country. Under this
scheme neither landlords nor tenant
will be owner; the ownership will
be in a commission Of obeyance.
This would result injuriously TO
agricultural interests in any coun-
Try, especially Ireland. l felt that L
could not, as an honest man, be re-
sponsible in recommending the
scheme as a whole to Parliament.
l regret l have to separate from my
friends, especially from Mr.. Glad
stone, with whom l have had con-
nectiOn of ever increasing respect
during twenty-nine years"
A correspondent of the Manches-
ter Guardian, referring to the land
bill, says: The general impression Is
that no bill of such Importance has
ever been better received. Extreme
Irish members will probably take
such credit as they can for having
forced the measure on government,
and will accept the bill, which will
probably pass its second reading
about May 1st, by very large ma
jority. There is universal admlra-
ton of the skill with which the bill
has been drawn, and of the provi-
sions whereby the rights of tenants
appear to be protected in every con-
ceivable case, without injustice to
the Landlords. The cOnserVatl yes,
while not denying the magnitude OF
the proposals, do not appear ylo-
lently aYerse to the provisions of the
bill. Gladstone's speech was de-
liYered with unabated vigor and
was remarkable for the lucid eX-
PLANTATION of the details.
The Post makes a sweeping at
tack on the landlord and tenant
clauses of the bill. 1t sees no OBJ
| lection to the clauses providing fol-
The advances of money for pur-
chase. reclamation and emigration
provided proper security is taken
1t concludes: 1t is a measure which
will require most careful and jealous
consideration. 1t goes far in the
direction of the principles OF the
Land League; it proposes a change
in the principles of Irish land tenure
which Gladstone, ten years ago
would have condemned as reVolu
tionary, and which, had it been sug
gested to him, he would have re
jected as imuracticable.
The Standard says: The mos
powerful argument advanced 10y
Gladstone in favor of the land bill
is the existence of certain defects II
the land act of 1870. These imper
fections may justify the amendment
of that act, and a very considerable
portion of the present measure
That little may be given, but inf
nitely more important parts of The
Ibill will not admit of this descrip
ton, and if they are to be vindicateC
at all, they must be defended OF
pleas which Gladstone die
not particularize yesterday evening
The Standard strongly condemns
the clauses appropriating money
and says the first part OF the bill
with due revision and amendment
might be passed in the present ses
sion, but the bill, as supplemented
yesterday evening, contains ma
terialS which would require at leas
two sessions before they could b,
moulded into a serviceable act b.
arliament.