The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-26
The Details of the Arrangement Left Entirely
to Gladstone, Who at Once Calls a Meet
ing of Liberal Members of Parliament.
The Harrington Faction Refuse to Take
Fart in the Proposed Conference.
Probability that Parliament Will Not Be Dis
solved Until Autumn-The Eruption of
Mount Etna Increasing in Violence.
THE HoME-RuLE QUESTION.
Mr.. Gladstone Will Modify His Bill In Order
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LONDON May 25-The Cabinet met at noon,
and is still in session. The conference is gener
ally regarded as exceptionally important, and as
bearing directly on the political crisis When
the Cabinet had been in session half hour a
special messenger was dispatched after Baron
Herschell, Lord High Chancellor. He was at
the time engaged in a great law suit, but the
nature of the summons he received induced him
to abruptly cancel his engagement and repair at
oIce to the Cabinet meeting. The meeting lasted
an hour and twenty minutes. Five minutes
after the adjournment Mr.. Gladstone started for
Windsor Castle to the Queen. 1t is rumored
that he will advise the Queen to Immediately dis
solve Parliament.
The general opinion is that at the meeting the
Cabinet resolved on dissolution of Parliament
and an appeal to the country if the government
be defeated on the second reading of the home
rule bill. It is thought that Mr.. Giadstones
visit to Windsor Castle this afternoon was made
for the purpose of securing the Queens consent
to a dissolution before the departure of the court
tomorrow night for Balmoral Castle.
LATER.-The upshot of todays meeting of the
Cabinet is virtually move in the direction of
concession to the disaffected Liberals After
long discussion it was decided to leave the mat
ter in Mr. Gladstones hands to deal with as he
may think fit. His mind was apparently quickly
made up, for early in the evening the govern
ment whips" were instructed to summon the
rank and file of the Liberal party to general
meeting Thursday, when notifications of
the home-rule bill will be announced, in order to
preserve the government from defeat on the
second reading. Mr.. Morley was alone in con-
tinuiug to oppose the elision of Clause "a from
the home-rule bill The Harrington section
maintain their enmity to the bill. and will not
attend the Liberal conference The Ministers
are confident that, with the accession of thirty
five Radical discedents and doubtfuls, they will
have a majority of forty The bill will be
dropped after the second reading. 1t is probable
that Parliament will be dissolved in the autumn
II the Gladstone government be returned, the
winter session will be devoted exclusively to the
discussion of the home-rule bill.
Mr.. Gladstone went to Windsor to-day, in
obedience to summons from the Queen, and
conveyed to her the intention of himself and
colleagues with reference to the home-rule bill
and the proposed dissolution of Parliament. The
Queen intimated that she was willing to meet
the wishes of the Ministers.
The Liberal Unions. in spite of their new and
untried committees, are sanguine of success in
the coming elections They are receiving fnan-
cial support daily. Baron Rothschild has sent
them $500 sterling. and it is believed they have
received several larger sums. They are widely
circulating anti-home rule literature.
The government does not promise to recon
struct the homerule bill, but proposes to with
drawn it after the second reading, and to bring
it up in committee. when objection will be dealt
with open-mindedly.
The home-rule bill debate was resumed in the
House of Commons to night Viscount Lymng-
ton, Liberal, said the bill was charity measure
Ireland required social remedies. The agragrian
question was at the root of the whole difficulty
The Attornsy-general said that one rea
for the failure of recent Irish
remedial legislation was that it came
too late. Another reason was that the benefits
offered were not what the Irish wanted but
what Parliament thought they ought to have
Alluding to Mr.. Cham mberlain's views. the Attor-
ney-general said the bill would really further
and not retard federation. The religious cues
tion merely bogus bugbear, intended to
frghten the Obstetrics, whose alarm was without
foundation. The government. he SAID, sought
to substitute a real for an unreal union
Mr.. Trevelyan asked what the House would
have members do whose opinions differed from
those of their constituents. [Cres of 'Resign."l
''They could hardly resign on every such occa-
sion," replied the speaker AS for himself, he
continued, he would leave his constituents to
follow Ia wa ia
to support the bill He failed to agree
with the Attorney general that those
who favored granting autonomy to Ireland
should vote without inquiring into the nature of
the proposed autonomy Mr. Trevelyan re-
minded the House that America, when asked to
pay a tribute OF 8lc0 900, had chosen separation
What would the colonies have done if they had
been asked to pay tribute such as that de-
inanded Of Ireland? Grattan had Indignantly
refused to pay TO England the fnancia. surplus
of Ireland The speaker then quoted alleged
remark of Mr.. Parnells TO the effect that be
would not rest until the last link that connected
Ireland with England had been broken.
Mr.. Parnell here interrupted, exclamng
This is MT the first time that this calumny has
been uttered. l demand the date and place of
the speech
Mr.. Trevelyan-Cincinnati. If Mr. Parnel
considers his words derogatory, let him with
draw them and express his regret
Mr.. Parnell retorted that Mr.. Trevelvn had
not given the date aud the title of the paper
from which he quoted He [Mr. Parnell pos
sessed verbatim reports of his Cincinnati
speeches, which showed that he had not used
such words
Mr.. Trevelyan said he fully accepted Mr. Par
nell's denial, and added that the date was Feb
%, $780, and the paper was the Irish World.
Proceeding with his speech. Mr. Trevelyan said
that the chief objection to the landpurchass bill
that the measure would prove ruinous to
the country. He asked why the government
could not alter the present bill to meet the OBJ
jectons of some OF lis most faithful followers
fCries of "Ohw and cheers
Mr.. Healey taunted Mr.. Trevelyau with hav-