Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-20
ON THE PRIMROSE PATH.
SALISBURY FACES A SEA OF
PRETTY FACES.

With Counter DEMONSTRATIONS Pro
Rress of the Debates.
LONDON, May 49, Messrs. Johnston
and Waring, members of Parliament for
Ulster, have decided, with the approval
of the Conservative leaders, to abandon
their opposition to the renewal OF the
arms act.
Earl of Ranfurly, President ofthe Ulster
AntI-repeal Union, says that he has re-
ceived many offers of support in the event
OF civil war. He adds that the union Will
fight its battles on the platform and says
he knows nothing about advertisements
for arms.
Premier Gladstone has written to the
! Ulster workingmen in which he expresses
regret that he has no time in which to
grant their interview, but says he will be
! glad to receive any written communlca-
| ton from them.
! The Morning Post says the government
| does not intend to renew the arms act,
! but to hasten the second reading OF the
new bill relating to the possession OF
arms in Ulster and elsewhere.
LABOUCHERE's TELLING SPEECH.
After Mr.. Labouchere's speech in the
House OF Commons last night several
mem bers, hitherto hesitant, promised in
the lobby to vote for the second readingOf
the home rule bill if pledge should be
given that the bill would then be with
drawn until the next session.
Lord Salisbury, since the union of Lord
Harrington and Mr.. Chamberlain. has
shown symptoms OF abandoning Lord
Harrington to support MIR. Bright. He
has informed the Radicals that if the home
rule bill be passed he will insist upon the
removal ofthe Irish Representatives from
Westminster as an essential principle of
home rule.
Mr.. Chamberlain publishes a letter
stringently criticising the recent action
of the London Radical Council in adopt
ing resolutions favorable to Mr.. Glad
stones Irish bill. Mr.. Chamberlain says
that probably very few OF the men who
took part in the proceedings have ever
read the PremIer's bills, and that proba
bly, hardly one of the gentlemen
would have given the measures mo-
ments consideration if they had been pro-
posed by any person less eminent than
Mr.. Gladstone.
THE PRIMROSE LEAGUE.
At meeting of Conservatives in Her
Majesty's Theatre, Lord Salisbury said
that the objects of the Primrose League
were in the highest sense catholic, being
to secure united opposition to the flood of
intidelitY and Socialism, which at present
was menacing the world. Similar leagues,
he added, were beng formed in the Brit
ish colonies, and even on the continent of
Europe. Cheers. The audience num-
bered at least 5000, and included very
large representation OF the aristocracy of
England. The Duchess OF Marlboro, Lady
Randolph Churchill, Lady Manners and
Lady Hicks-Beach were conspicuous
among the host of social celebrities In the
boxes. The theatre was profusely deco.
rated with flags.
GREETED WITH AN OVATION.
Lord Salisbury was accorded perfect
ovation when he appeared on the stage.
Tue meeting was under the auspices of
the Primrose League. All the auditors
wore Lord Beaconsfeld's favorite flower.
In his address Lord Salisbury declared
that Toryism was growing rapidly among
| all classes in the empire. He said he felt
il to be his duty in these critical times to
urge all loyal men TO combine for the
support of religion and the empire.
He denied that he had recommended as
the best means OF governing the Irish
people the adoption of a twenty-year's
coercion policy. He had only advised the
maintenance of law and order in Ireland.
He reiterated his advice to the Irish to
emigrate from Ireland If they could not
prosper anu DE CO0Le0iGu uuuGT
rule, and urged the Conservatives to sup
port the Liberal Unionist candidates in
the coming election where Conservatives
could not certainly be chosen.
IRELAND's POOR LAW GUARDIANS.
In the House of Commons this evening
Timothy Harrington, Home Rule member
for Dublin, moved second reading of the
bill providing for the election by ballot
of poor law guardians in Ireland; abol-
fishing proxies and reducing the number
| of eX-Ofhcio members of poor boards
The Orange members bitterly opposed the
motion.
John Merely supported the motion, and
after hot debate it was carried by vote
! of POT to 100. The announcement of the
| result was received with cheers.
The Conservatives arranged to hold a
monster LOyalist demonstration against
the Home Rule bill in the city of Gains
! borough, Lincolnshire, tonight. Mr..
| Parnell organized a counter demOnstra-
tion in the same place and sent T. NJ.
| Healy thither to take charge of 1t and
make the principal speech.
LoYALIsT MEETINGS.
A Loyalist meeting was held tonight at
| WolverhamptOn. A number of Irish
| Radicals were present and frequently in
| terrupted the proceedings, creating con-
siderable disorder. r. j. Sanderson,
Member of Parliament tor North Armagh,
denied that the Irish LOyalists had APP
pealed to the English army for assistance,
but he hoped that if a struggle occurred
| the army would hold alOOt and see fair
play. A resolution was adopted by the
meeting condemning Mr.. Gladstone's
Irish policy.
DIR. Evans, President of the Irish Wes-
leyan Conference. addressing a meeting
Of Loyallsts at Bristol tonight, asked
whether, In the event of a rising in Ulster,
the Scottish and other Wesleyan regi-
ments would be sent to shoot down the
Presbyterians OF Ulster because the lat
ter had loyal love tor the Queen.
The government will give the arms bill
precedence over the home rule measure
in the House of Commons tomorrow. Mr..
Biggar will move rejection OF the arms
| bill.
PROPOSALS OF THE RADICALS.
LONDON, May 20, A. MIR. Cham.
berlain will not participate in the home
rule debate until next week.
MIR. Schnadnorst visited Mr.. Gladstone
Yesterday aud had a long conversation
with him on the subject of the Irish bills.
The Radical dlssidents propose, as a
basis Tor negotiations, the withdrawal OF
the home rule measure and the substitu-
tion OF a resolution in favor Of granting
autonomy 10 Ireland, subject TO condi-