Morning journal and courier., 1885-11-12
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. GLADSTONE AT WORK. His First Speech In The
 Midlothian. THE SITUATION IN THE EAST. A Bloody Order By King
 TheebaW. FREE TRADERS IN COUNCIL. A Harvard Football Player
 Fatally Hurt.
FREE TRADERS IN COUNCIL,
GLADSTONE ON THE STUMP.


 He opens The Campaign In The
 Midlothian.The Liberal Policy To-
 wards Ireland And Disestablish-
 ment.
 ED1NBuRG, Nov. 1.-The first of the se- nounced to make in the Midlothian district was delivered by the ex-Premier to-day in the Free Church Assembly hall. The build ing was crowded to it's utmost capacity and the speech listened to with close attention. After few preliminary remarks the speaker launched the political ironelad into the polit- ical sea and began vigorous bombardment of the Tory forts. It was impossible he said for the next Parliament to deal satisfactorily with the Irish question unless the party hav- ing the majority were sufficiently strong ill numbers to be able to act independently of the Irish vote. Reports from both the Tory and Liberal leaders agree that only the Liber- al party can hold such position i n the next House of Commons, and this is considesa- tion of the highest importance to the stabili- ty and integrity of the empire. The Tories he continued had circulated gratuitous un- truths about himself. This mode of warfare had never been indulged in by the Liberals and he believed that the most respectable of the Tories disapproyed it. One of the untruths was that he (Mr. Gladstone) possessed large tracts of land in Russia and another wss that he was in the habit of de- voting his Sundays to felling trees. He re- counted other untruths that had been told about him, one of which was that he was op- posed to household suffrage. In point of fact he was strongly in favor of the right of suffrage.
 MT. Gladstone then referred to the question of church disestablishment. He was not aware of any intention on the part of the Liberals to make disestablishment a test question. He was confident, however, that it had been made test question by Tory influence, the Tories knowing full we'll that to raise the question at this time would be grave and heavy matter. MT. Gladstone said that he wrote the passage in his manifesto referring to disestablishment simply to recommend that in the future, more or less remote, when the controversy shall arise, it may be prosecuted equitably and without temper after overmastering the enormous difficulties connected herewith He had no intention of forcing it to an i'm mediate issue. The Tories not being pro- vided with legitimate election weapons had sought new artillery in the cry of disestab- lishment. Lord Salisbury's announcem ent that the critical time for the church had come had induced many Liberals 10 fore stall the question. 'I do not com plain," said Mr. Gladstons, "but protest against this question excluding others. There is noth- ing upon which to base just or even allow able excuse for raising the question of ehnreh se thfs ti in Scotland is a question for Scotchmen to deal with when the proper time comes, but the time has not yet come." Continuing, he said it is folly to neglect for this untimely question others which are now ripe for dis cussion and which it is necessary should be disposed of The Liberals will not exclude from Parliament those who are unfavorable to disestablishment There is no analogy between his statement in 1865 that Irish dis establishment was remote question and now that English disestablisnment is remote. In 1865 political apathy was dominant and spirit of reform universal. Attention had only to be called to the Irish church to show that it was mockery and in no sense the church of the nation; so it's disestablishment was soon brought about. But the Church of England, instead of being mockery, has, according to it's defenders, the adhesion and support of very large majority of the peo-
  tions in society and it's disestablishment would be a gigantic operation. II do not, , he said, ''envy the man who attempts it. The public mind of England is not prepared for such 8 tremendous change"
 The Liberal party, Mir. Gladstone declared, is remarkably unanimous regarding questions of prime importance such as reform in the land laws, procedure in Parliament, the com pletion of the reform bill and the settlement of the imperial relations with Ireland. The settlement of these questions would form record which would make the coming Parliament the most efectual in the history of the country. It would be 8 grand error to put aside these questions for not being mature. Mir. Glad stone declined to promise his support to Dr. Cameron's resolution to disestablish the Scotch church and said that no settlement of this question would satisfy Scotland that was not born of Scotch sentiment. He never made promises until he saw a way to fulfill them. Though he was laboring for Liberal unity, he hoped the party would become hopelessly divided rather than sacrifice its conscience. Mir. Gladstone spoke an hour and twenty minutes and upon leaving the hall the reciniant of A royal ovation.