St. Paul daily globe., 1886-05-16
A PARTY OF THE PEOPLE.
The New Scheme Announced at st.
James Hall.
Huge Mass Meeting in Opposition t
Home Rule.
&sord Salisbury's Opinion the
Irish Race.
Against Home Rule.


LONDON, May IA great meeting OF
the opponents of home rule was held at 81
James hall tonight, Mr.. E. Ashmead Bart
lett presiding The side galleries were
crowded with ladies. The hall was pro
fusely draped with the national colors, ana
scrolls bearing the names of Conservative
leaders, past and present, were displayed.
Lords Salisbury, George, Hamilton, Lewis
Ham. Limerick. Bury, Sidmouth and Bra
bourne, and many members of the house of
commons were on the platform. The chair
man announced that a new scheme or Or
ganiZation had been ratified to-day, making
the Conservative party more party or the
people than it haG heretofore been. Mr..
a. B. Forward, member for Lancashire, in
troduced a series of resolutions to the
effect that the meeting represented the con-
seryative associations of the kingdom and
that it had confidence in the ability of Lord
Salisbury to maintain Great Britain and Ire
land as one united kingdom and to guard
safely the union and the greatness of the
empire. The resolutions were carried amid
cheers. Lord Salisbury said that his policy
on the burning question of the day was the
traditional policy of the tory party to MAIN
tain the union. This was the unbroken
TRADITION OF THE TORIES.
day week. the proposals of the government
would be matter of history, but the Ques-
ton would survive. The loyal party had a
fight before it. 1t would take long time
to root out the poisoned weed because its
seed had been Sown with an unSparing hand.
In regard 10 guarantees alleged TO have been
made by the Irish members that they
could accept this bill with an amendment
providing for Irish representation at West
minister, the speaker said that the very
attitude of the Parnellites showed that they
did not desire to come to the English par
lament That would involve criticism of
their treatment of their Protestant coun-
trymen and that was what they did not de-
sire. After critjcsing Mr.. Gladstone's
action toward Ireland since the passage of
the Irish church bill, Lord Salisbury said
he did not wish his audience TO infer that
Mr.. Gladstone was not an honest man, but
he said the premier could not be trusted.
The speaker contended that Ireland was
not a nation. because it contained two
different and
DEEPLY DIVIDED RACES.
1t depended, he said on the habits of a
people whether self-government should be
conferred upon them. The habits of the
Irish were very bad. They had become
habtuated to the use of knives and slugs
The question of religion divided them. The
peculiar influence of the Catholic clergy and
the manner in which that influence had
been used, must be considered before plac-
ing such a weapon as home rule in the
hands of the Irish. There would be no
necessity for coercion if the Irish aban-
doned their habits of mutilation. murder
and robbery, and of preventing men who
were attached to England from earning a
livelihood. Ireland wanted a firm, con-
sistent policy-a firm government. That
was the policy of the tory party. Lord
Salisbury recommended that portion of
the money, with which 1t was intended to
buy Irish landlords, be spent in helping the
Irish to emigrate. This, he said. would be
the best remedy for Ireland. Heurged unity
and actioh, and said that the time for using
both was close at hand. 1t remained
with the Conservatives to say what would
be the result of the present discussion.
Lord George Hamilton moved a vote of
thanks to Lord Salisbury. the motion was
seconded by Edward James Sanderson,
NJ. p, and was carried with great enthusi-
a5m.