The Somerset reporter., 1886-04-14
cladstone's Great Effort.


The great and important event Of tin .
past week VA Giad,tauc'> speech the Iii /
INST announcing hi~ measure for the GOV
eminent Of Ireland. No >ueh interest in +.
an, event ha> been manifest for many
years Many members came AT An early
hour in ORDER "a he >Hrr Of their at.
All available space ia fhe honsc VA filled
early in the mornu. AMI the crowd ont
side Wa immense. II Hon. Arthur We'll
e-lcy Peel speaker Of the llon>c took the
chair promptly al four O'Clock. The
chamber Al the time Wa packed to thc
very extreme limit Of it. capacity and
every doorway showed tn Railways
crammrd with people.
Mr.. Gladstone went ~ the House in an
open carriage aud bis appearance w.
greeted with deafening cheers. The en-
thu,ia>m Of the people all The way from
the door Of hi, house "a the Commons cH-
trance was spontaneous and thrilling. II
vented itself at the beginning of the jour
ncy in roar Of applause aud when thel
whole immense multitude caught the sig-
nal one tremendous long sustained cheer
was set up. the like Of which Was never hc-
fore heard IN London and " hicli wa> plainly
audible in The llou>c The cheering coll
tinued long after Mr. Gladstone had enter
ed the Parliament building Within thu
building the prime ministers reception.
though les dem0nStratiye. was equally
enthusiastic with that he ju~t received
without. ~ >oon a. thr usual furmalitie~
attending the opening Of Parliament were
over il was voted to postpone the reading.
and answering OF all questions un the no
tire paper. Hardly had TIM, been DOM
+ when Gladstone entered the HOUSE. Hi
entrance was followed hy loud and pro-
+ longed cheers, which were continued Tor
several moments Among the Liberals
and Parnellitc> the widest enthusiasm
prevailed and it i safe to >aY that no such
scene was ever Witnessed before in the
i House Of Commons
y soon A. the cheering had ceased
i Gladstone rose and moved for permission
To introduce a hill to amend previous lce-
i islation and to make provision for the
i future government Of Ireland.
Mr.. Gladstone : speech was. H. usual. a
MASTERPIECES of clear aud cogcnt staten mt.
He cleared the way for the disclosure ri
the government propositions by de
monstrating the inadeqnacH Of coercion.
which has been tried almost without in
PERMISSION for more than nifty years and
j. an admitted failure, andby an argument
to show that imperial unity Is not menaced
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l. to strip the law of thu foreign aspect
by which it i di>crcditcI in the eyes of
the people and to give it "A domestic ASPECT:
and to this end Parliament must be e.
tabi>hcd in Dublin for the conduct both
of legislative and administrative business.
The composition, functions and limitations
Of the proposed Irish Parliament he de-
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