Omaha daily bee., 1885-06-09
GLADSTONE GOES.
Members of Parliament Insane
With Excits ment at tbs Result.
The English fre,s Calls n Halt ON
ent Contingencies Abroad.
GLAD sToNE oUrDoNB,
THE LIBERALS INVITED To 60.

LONDON June Sin the commons this
evening Sir Michael Hicks Beach denounced
the increased duty on spirits DE said the
receipts from spirits were alTe eady dec easing.
Ho III Jught o small Increase IN the NY on
tea would have been wiser and much more
profitable. The government, he continued,
should have raised the uty On wine, because
was no more necessity OF life than bear or
spirits. Sir Michael c'ncluded by moving
that the propo, ed i,c eass in the duty
On beer aud spirits was inequitahle in the alb
sence of acorresponding addition to the duties
on wine. I'll ,dstune sro SO to reply. he
thought the opp pJsition were creating u pre-
cedent which they would regret when they
came in power again. The present wine duty
had q beneficial effect in preventing adulter-
atins and incr, asing the tr"de many mi lions
annually 1t would be imuoitlc to In rease
the duty on wine unless ON the most extreme
pressure the government was compelled to
raise money. In view of the impending dan
ger to the empire, danger which even
now he was unaole to say had piss d away,
| ths opposition cavoled at the mode uf raising
| money without suggesting an alternative.
Tea would require an additional tax OF three
| pence per pound To pr duce the same am lunt,
thus raising the duty 70 per cent on an limo.
cent beverage The government had to choose
| between alcoholic liquors AMI tea and sugar.
| They would accept the issue OF the vote as
one of life or ueath, aud did not envy those
who, if they gainsd victory, would have to
| bear the consequences. Gatst ne's remarks
| were received with prOlons ed cheers
The government was defeated IN the second
| reading. the bud let b lug rejected i6t to 253,
| When the result was announced Lord Kan
dolph Churchill and Psrnell jumped up on
their seats and enthusiastically waved their
| hats a. d the cheering was renewed Thirty-
nine Paruellites aud all tn conserv vatives
voted with the majority. The minority included
,ir Michael Bass, tina brewer, aud aeuel al Irish
| liberals. Although strong whips had been is
| sued many government su port-rs were ap-
sent. Whsn the resulS of the division was
announced Gladstone VIII, had been leaning
forward in his seat aud cynically smiling,
started, turned lale, and clutched his
hands nervously together Ths house i'm ne
dlately became babel of CO fusion members
yelling, stamping and waving hats necktes
ano handkerchief A tumultunus cheer came
from the galleries and Speaker Pelvany
howled for order. The ParAelites pointed az
Gladstone and yelled THAT is the price Of
coercion" eDown with buckshot forster
Remember Myles Joyce!"
Gia tstone arose to move an adjournment,
but stood In his place fully minute before
he conld be heard. Tremendous excitement
was caused by the ann uocsment of the re-
suit of the division and Gladstone immedi-
ately adjourned the house
It is confidently rumored that Gladstone
will visit the queen tomorrow and tender his
resignation.
THE CABINET CALLED.
LONDON, June The cabinet has been
summoned to mset to-day.
THE PRESS OPINIONS.
The Times in an editorial says:; THE res
ignation of the cabinet in the present oondi.
tion of Affairs must not bs hastily dscided
upon 1t is the governments duty to con
slider whether sach q course would not be a
wrong to the country" Ths most OF the
other morning papers express similar senti'
ments ,.,.,,..