The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-02-13
Current Events.

Current Events.
The late tory ministry of England lei
London for Osborne House Isle OF Wight
on the 9th TO deliver their seals of Office t
the Queen, and few hours later the Glad
stone ministry proceeded to the same place
and received the seals from her majesty
The retiring ministry, as they returned Il
Portsmouth, were hooted, while their sue
cessors were applauded.
Among the new ministry mot mentioned
in our last appears the name OF Mr. Henry
Broadhursh as under secretary for the
home department His appointment has
caused sensation in political circles, the
gentleman being the first workingman
that has ever risen to the ministry. The
appointment Is taken as an indication OF
Mr.. Gladstone's intention TO rely upon the
masses against the influence of the arts
tocracy.
The decisive fact about the new cabinet
is the appointment of Morley as chief sec
Rotary for Ireland with the vice royalty OF
Aberdeen as his willing lieutenant Both
are know as ardent homerulers, and their
selection is universally understood TO sig
nifty that Gladstone has resolved 10 favor
home rIie.
Parliament adjourned from the 9Th to
Al. l,.r lao, M,
cepted office and thereby, by custom, were
compelled to resign, to secure their re cleo
ton.
The city Of London, since Monday, has
been the scene OF the most formidable
mobs that have disturbed the city in many
wears. The first outbreak occurred in Ira
tsiear Square on Monday, where about ten
thousand workingmen had mbled, IN
termixed with about 5000 socialists, ReSo-
lutions W ere presented demanding public
works to give employment and bread to
the tens of thousands deserving men in
London who are idle from no fault of their
own bu, on account of bad government.
noted socialist named Burns, defeated
candidate for parliament from Noting
ham, assembled the pedestal Of the Nelson
monument to address the crowd. The po'
lice ordered him down, and as he refused
10 do 80 and an attempt was made to re
move him by force, there was furious at
tack on the police who were smothered in
-four and dirt, Being driven from the
square, the mob, now swelled to $4,000, di
vided into four or five columns passing up
Regent, ST. James, oxford, and other
streets, attacking first the residence of Ar
mold Morley, then the club houses, then
hotels bake shops stores, &c, &c, sacking
and destroying them by hundreds. The
mob ragged until after midnight, when it
gradually died away,
Tuesday the mob re-as8embled in Ira
falgar Square, and by $ O'Clock numbered
10000; but the police being better pre-
pared succeeded in driving them out and
dividing them up in the adjacent streets,
and finally dispensing them, no outrages
being committed except on passing yehi-
cles. the shops nj having closed and being
guarded,
Wednesday another mob of about 5000
roughs, originating In Deptford, marched
five miles to the hop exchange in South. |
wark, sackinga few shops on the way and
the mammoth clothing house Of VIM Larn
Il Co. They came TO attend socialist
meeting, but at O'clock at night the
leaders decided to ad journ their meeting on
account of the dense fog and the mob scat
tered
A committee Of tho mob on Tuesday |
waited on Mr., Chamberlain president of
the local board charged with the execution
of the poor laws with the most extravagant
demands, but he had nothing to offer
them, except that an inquiry would be
made and outdoor relief given to all who
were in want and unable 10 obtain work
Yet there is no doubt that the situation is
very serious. The city is in a state of ner
vous apprehension and the authorities are
at a loss to meet the emergency.
Senator Harrison got his Dakota admis
sion bill through the senate on the 9th, but
it was like Hamlet with the part of Ham
let left out" All the work already done in
Dakota is ignored, and the preliminary or
ganizatlon of the state government, the
election Of state officers, L. S, senator's &c,
must all be done over. But there is no
danger that the bill will pass the House,
not In time at least, to add three republi
cans TO the next electoral college. If Da-
kots can be split up into two rotten Dor
oughs," so can Montana, Washington, Wy.
oming, &c, and one million of wild west"
population will have more senators than
forty millions in the middle states.
The threatened assault Of Mr. Edmunds
on Monday on the Presidents power TO |