The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-06
THE LORDS MUST 60.
British Statesmen Denouncing the
House of Peers.
Bright and Chamberlain Address q
Great Ieeting-SOme Dynamite
News-Egyptian Finances
France and China.

BIRMINGHAM, Aug 6-In connection with
the great reform demonstration here Mon
day, an enthusiasiastic meeting was held at
Bingley hall, 10000 people being present.
Speeches were made by John Bright and
Joseph Chamberlain, president of the
board of uade Nh Bright said the
Tory majority in the house of lords
was actuated by the same bit
ter hatred of the Liberals as in 1892. Who
were the peers" he asked "They were the
spawn of blunders the wars and the corIup
lion of the dark ages of our history. They
had entered the temple of honor, not through
the temple Of merit, but through the sePul-
cheers of their ancestors. They were no bet
ter than their fathers; some of them were
worse, for their privileges had produced
ignorance and arrogance" The reform of
the house of lords, Mr.. Bright declared, was
urgent and inevitable The creation Of new
peers to pass the Franchise bill would only
get rid of the present difficulty What was
wanted was the limitation of the power of the
lords. Should the people submit, or should
they curb the mobiles as their fathers had
curbed the kings of Englands
Mr.. Bright then explained the manner in
which he would like TO see the power o lords
restricted; he would allow the peers to retain
their present powers during the first session
that bill should be presented them, but he
would absolutely preclude them from vetoing
the franchise bill or any bill second time.
Many persons, no doubt, would think him too
lenient to the peers, but he preferred remedies
which, while effectual, would cause the least
disturbance to existing institutions
Mr. Chamberlain read a long and powerful
attack upon the peers THE divine right of
kings, he said, had been acknowledged tobe
dangerous; the divine right of peers was
ridiculous Pigment. If the lords remained
obstinate in opposition to the popular viii
the present agitation would continue
to the bitter end. He looked forward
with eager hope to the result of this
agitation. England, the chosen home of
self-governed people, would never be sub
servient to the insolent pretensons of an
hereditary class"
The sentiments of the speakers received
enthusiastic applause A resolution was
adopted denouncing the action of the Lords
in rejecting the reform of the franchise
Looking for a Dynamiter.
IONDON, aug. kotCCldilu yaa
authorities profess to have trustworthy intel
| Iigence from America to the effect that a
priest, who is an emissary of the vigilance
| committee of the dynamiters, has left
America for England. They state
that according to their information
| the priest is baldheaded, has a fresh
| appearance, carries cane and wears an I'm
| clerical suit of clothes and could easily pass
as an ordinary gentleman of means on a tour
| for his health The officials claim that the
| reverend gentleman is the bearer of I'M
! portant letters to the dynamiters in Britain,
and that he is well supplied with money.
| When questioned as to the name
of the steamer on which the alleged vigilant
! embarked they became very reticent, hut
from the instructions telegraphed to the
police at the various ports of Great Britain
| to look out for the clerical gentleman, it is
evident that their informant failed to add
this important link to his other valuable dis
| closures