The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-05-16
Opposition 1t Is Now
Meeting With. O.
A GREAT MEETING IN LONDON.
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Opposed to Home Rule.


L oNDos, May ia great meeting
of the opponents OF home rule vas beld
in st. James Hall tonight. Mr.. f. Ash
mead Bartlett presiding. The side gal
leries were crowded with ladies' The
ball was profusely decorated with the
national colors, and screens bearing
names OF the Conservative leaders, past
and present were displayed. Lord
Salisbury, George Hamilton, Lewis
Ham, Limerick, Bufey, Sidnouth anu
Brabourne and many members of the
House OF Commons were on the plat
form. Tie chairman announced thai
new scheme OF organization al been
ratified to-day making the Conse rva-
tive party more a party o. the people
Than II had heretofore been. rr'
Mr.. A. 3, Coward, member for Law
renshire; introduced series of reSolu-
tons to the effect that the meeting rep
resented the Conservative Associations
OF the Kingdom. and that il had conf
dence in the ability Of Lord Salisbury.
10 maintain Great Britain and Ireland
as one united kingdom, and TO guard
safely the union and greatness OF the
Empire. The resolutions were carried
amid cheers. no rlI ln1
Lord Salisbury said that the policy
on the burning question of the day, was
the traditional policy of the Tory party
to maintain the union. This was the
unbroken tradition of the Tor
les. He would simply try, as
humbly instrument, to hand
over burning Tories 10 his success
sors. He denounced the abominable
insinuation that the Conservatives con
cealed their policy. There was fair
ground for hoping that to-day week the
proposals OF the government would be
matter of history, but the question
would survive. The Loyal party had a
fight before il. It would take a long
time to root out the poisonous weed,
because its seed had been soWn with an
unsparing hand. In regard to the
guarantees alleged to,have been made by
theIrish members that they would accept
this bill with an amendment providing
for Irish representation at Westminster,
the speaker sad, that the very attitude
Of the Parnellites showed that they did
English Parliament. That would in
volve the criticism of their treat
ment of their Protestant countrymen,
and that was what they did not desire.
After criticising Mr.. Gladstone's action
toward Ireland since the passage OF the
Irish bill, Lord Salisbury said he did
not wish his audience 10 infer that Mr..
Gladstone was not an honest man, but
he said the premier could not be trus-
ted. The speaker contended that Ire
land was not a nation becau e il con-
tanned two different, deeply divided
races. 1t depends, he said, on the
habits of the people whether self-gov-
eminent should be conferred upon
them. The habits OF the Irish were
very bad. They had become habituated
TO the use of knives and slugs. The
question of religion divided them
The peculiar influence of the
Catholic clergy and the manner
in which that influence had
been used must be considered before
placing such a weapon as home rule IN
the hands of the Irish. There would |
be no necessity for a coercion If the |
Irish abandoned their habits of mutila |
ton, murder and robbery, and OF pre-
venting the men who are attached to |
England from earning a living. Eng |
land wanted firm, consistent policy, |
a tirm government; that was the policy |
of the Tory party. Lord Salisbury |
recommended that portion OF the !
money with which Il was intended 10 |
helping the Irisc to emigrate. This, he |
said, would be the best remedy for Ire
land. He urged unity and action,
and said that the time for US
ing both was close at hand. 1t !
remained with the Conservatives to say |
what would be the result of the present |
Lord George Hamilton moved vote
Of thanks to Lord Salisbury. The mo-
ton was seconded by Edward James |
M. P, and was carried |
with great enthusiasm.