Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-02-06
ENGLAND.
Expressions of the Cabinet
Ministers.
THE ABSORBING IRISH TOPIC.
Salisbury Thinks the Relief of
Unemployed Workmen More
Important Than the Irish
Question.

Ispecfal 10 the Herald bvthe associated Press
LONDON, February 5.-The Marquis Of
Salisbury to-day received deputation Of
unemployed workmen, who called to
urge upon him the necessity existing for
government help. Lord Salisbury told
the men that he considered the question
they presented more serious than the
Irish question. He, however. denounced
the policy in vogue among foreign gov
srnments Of fostering industries by grant
ing bounties from the public treasury,
calling Il false political economy. He
expressed the hope that the electors Of
Great Britain would give Parliament the
power to influence foreign governments
to abandon such policy. Concerning
the land question, Lord Salisbury said
the proposition to help the poor by fur
nishing them land TO reclaim vas imprac-
ticable for the reason that nobody would
invest capital In the work Of reclsiming
bad lands SO long as the good lands OF
the country do not pay. In conclusion,
the ex-Premier declared that statesmen
and Parliament must confront the ques-
;ion OF how best TO solve the problem Of
relieving the present general distress
which was growing while the population
was increasing and caused immigration.
Governmental support of private enter
prise might be good way to afford tenn
porary relief and the promotion Of public
L.. L. H..
his utmost to contribute to the sstisfac-
tory solution Of the problem.
The Earl OF Aberdeen, Lord Iieuten-
ant of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, has
been appointed viceroy Of Ireland. Ba-
ron Wolverton, ex-Paymaster- General,
has been appointed Postmaster @ General.
The new government is now completed.
all of the minor places having bstn
filled.
Mr.. Charles Russell, Liberal member
for Hackney, will be the new Attorney
General. In his address requesting q |
reelection by his constituents he pro- |
claims himself in favor OF allowing |
Irishmen to deal with the Irish ques. |
tions on Irish soil, while at the same |
time he favors maintaining all the safe |
guards Of the sovereignty Of the crown. |
He advocates ''real union founded on |
mutual good will, which he says |
would be sure to follow the abandon |
ment OF the present coercive relations |
between the countries.
Michael Davitt, speaking at Halo. |
way tonight said he believed that Mr.. |
Gladstone was the only English states |
man that had the courage and ability to |
n. - -
establish peace between England and |
Ireland. The Premier. Mr.. Davitt said,
had already settled the question of re.
ligious inequality and had made an
honest attempt to solve the land prob |
lem. H failure to deal In satisfao. |
tory manner with the latter question |
was due to the fact that he had
not gone to the root OF the matter. |
John Morley's address to his constitu-
ents makes no mention of the policy
which he will follow.
NJ Trevelyau IN his address refers to
his previous speeches, and says he hopes
the governmet will adopt such policy as
he advocated. He concurs with Mr..
Gladstone that coercive measures in Ire
land would be Of no value.
The Office Of Lord Privy Seal has not
yet been filed. 1t is reported
that Earl Granville will soon
retire from the Colonial Secretary
ship and be appointed Lord Privy Seal,
so that Earl Roseberry will be trans
fsrred to the Colonial Secretaryship and
that Sir Charles Dixie will be appointed
to the Foreign Secretaryship.
Archbishop Croke approves of the
scheme TO buy out Irish landlords. He
believes the rental OF the whole Of Ire
land is under f7, ,000, 900; further, that
as the Irish tenantry will not accept the
scheme Of giving the landlords anything
like twenty years rent purchase, that the
estimate OF fl60, OOO, 600 is too high. He
believes that the present Imperial en-
penditure in Ireland of $4,000, 900 is
ample to meet the interest on funds re-
quired for the purchase Of lands. The
1rish leaders do not ask for confisca-
tion. but only fair play. They DO
not dream of separating from England.
At the annual meeting Of the share
holders Of the Anglo American Cable
Company to-day IL was reported that
tbs receipts for 1885 bad been reduced
S93, 926 by cutting OF rates and comps-
tition OF the Mackay- Bennett Company.
The chairman OF the Anglo-American
Company predicted that there would
soon be an increase in cable tariffs. He
declared that II the Mackey Bennett
people declined 10 be Influenced by reas-
ons in favor Of higher tolls war rates
would be inevitable.
Mr.. Spurgeon has returned to London
and will soon resume his services.