St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-19
The Lawmakers of Great Britain Come
Together Again, and Gladstone
Outlines His Policy.
Finance to be Considered First, and Home
Rule to be Wrestled With I'm
mediately Afterwards.
The Conservatives Hope to Form q
Union With Harrington and
His Followers
Business Men Manifest a Lack OF
Confidence in the stability OF
the New Ministry.
The RattIe On Arnin.

mouse or commons that after the govern
ment had concluded the financial business
they had to place before the house. they
Wnould oe able TO state a part. if not the
whole, or the Irish measures they intend
10 introduce He expected, he said. to be
through the financial business about the
23nd of March. Mr.. Gladstone announced
further that the government has no inten-
ton of renewing coercion in Ireland. In
the house of lords. Earl Granville. secre-
tary of state for the colonies, announced
that the government would not introduce
any irish measures in parliament before
the lst of March. Abiding to the foreign
policy OF the new government in the house
OF commons, MIR. Gladstone said he would
follow the Eastern policy inaugurated by
his predecessor, Lord Salisbury. The i'm
preston is gaining ground that the present
cabinet
WILL PROVE UNwORKABLE,
and that it WI be impossible to hold it to-
gether. The Pail Mall Gazette states that
| the resignation of Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain,
president of the local government board,
from Mr.. GladStone's cabinet. is a question
of but few hours. The resignation will
be made, the Gazette states, OStensbly be-
cause Mr.. Chamberlain cannot bring himself
to acquieSce in the governments policy of
coercion towards Greece, but in reality be-
cause he is unwilling to mar what he be-
lleveS to be his political future by Identify
ing himself just now with the home rule
policy decided ON by a majority of his col
leagues. The leading members of the con-
seryative party met at Carlton club at noon
to-day to confer upon the course the party
shall pursue in regard to
IRISH AFFAIRS
on the reassembling of parliament. Lord
| Salisbury, late prime minister, presided.
|
prominent Tories were present. The
meeting was very enthusiastic. The
speeches made indicate an intention on the
| part OF Conservatives TO offer the most
strenuous opposition to any measures pre-
sented by the Liberals cOnceding home
rule in Ireland. Lord Salisbury predicteda
union with the Conservatives of the section
of the Liberal party which follows Lord
Harrington and Mr.. Gosehen. He urged
the Conservatives to do all that was possi-
bic to bring such union into effect. Some
of the speakers commented severely on
| Lord ChurchilpS attack upon Catholics and
| his intimacy with the members of the Par
nellite party. The meeting resolved to
make home rule a test question in the
house of commons, and for this purpose
will support the Parnellites in their demand
to have it precede land reform in the COM
sideration of the house.
Both houses of Parliament were crowded.
Lord Harrington took a seat behind the
treasury bench and was loudly cheered by
the Consery yatives. The crowd outside OF
the parliament building which usually gives
an enthusiastic reception to the prime min.
ister, only family cheered Mr.. Gladstone
upon his arrival. There is a general feeling
of discomfort over the meagerneSs OF the
governments statements regarding the pro.
| posed Irish measures. The fact that the
| government made no announcement of the
program for the introduction of bills affect.
ing Ireland Is taken as an indication that
| the cabinet Is still undecided as to what
| course it shall pursue. In the house Of
lords the Marquis of Salisbury said he
would wait to see what changes six weeks
would give to the policy of the government.
His remark was greeted with cheers. The
Tories vainly tried to gOad Lord Roseberry,
the foreign secretary, to speak on the situa-
! ton in the East which is very critical, In
the house of commons Mr.. Gladstone said
the desire of the government was to propose
| to the house measures of a positive and
| substantiative character, dealing with Ire
/ land respecting social order and the ques-
! tiOns of land and the future government OF
Ireland, including a method for such gov
eminent. He said that
FURTHER STATEMENT
| on the subject would be made on March %.
| The house resumed the debate on the adj
dress in reply to the queens speech. Lord
Randolph Churchill and the rank and file of
the Tories abused and worried Mr.. Glad
stone and provoked from the prime minis
| ter a dignifed speech, in which he said that
| the government had severe and difficult
| task. which it would endeavor to perform
resOlutely and as speedily as possible. Lord
Salisbury commenting Oh this afternoons
announcements in the house OF commons
and house of lords by Mr.. Gladstone and
Lord Granville respectively, complains that
the government is treating parliament and
powerful interest with singular levity."
| Mr.. Chamberlain denies that there is any
dispute or difference of opinion concerning
the government policy towards Ireland be-
| tween himself and his colleagues in the
| cabinet. A feeling of agitation prevailed
on the stock exchange to-day, owing to q
lack OF confidence among business men in
the stability of the Gladstone government.
The widest rumors have been in circula-
tiOn, one of them that Lord Roseberry, for
egn secretary. had resigned, and another
that the Greeks had crossed the Turkish
| frontier. These reports were denied, and
| towards the close recovery took place in the
market.
WILLING TO WAIT,
1 The Parnellites are content with Mr..
| GladstOne's statement and say they will
wait until April for the disclosure of his
proposals regarding Ireland. The French
| and Italian governments have asked Lord
! ROseberry, minister for foreign affairs,
/ whether he intended to order an English at
! tack upon the Greek feet. Lord Rose
berry replied that England would act only
| in concert with the other powers. The
latest orders dispatched to Suba bay are to
/ the effect that no active measures shall ba
taken by the fleet assembled there without
the special permission of all the govern
ments interested.
! A CONFERENCE.
Lord Harrington had a conference with
| Mr. Gladstone previous to the meeting OF
parliament. In the house Of commons Mr..
/ Hugh ChlderS home secretary, made
statement concerning the recent riots In
London. He said that the evidence pro-
cured by the commission appointed to in
| Quire into the cases of the outbreak dis
closed the fact that there was a state
of affairs existing in the administration OF
the police that required his serious atten-
ton. Mr.. Justin Mccarthy urged that the
discussion of home rule measure must
precede any other Irish legislation. The
| address in reply to the queens
speech was agreed to. The woman's
franchise bill was read a second time.
The Parnellites held a meeting IN the
house OF commons after Mr.. Gladstone had
presented his statement and decided TO With
draw Mr.. O'Brien's amendment to the ad-
dress. The amendment had reference TO
eyictions in Ireland.