Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-04-08
I'd EDITION 4.
--latest IdlGgIamS to The Star.
GLADSTONE'S GREAT SPEECH.
An Uproar Caused by His AcknowIedg.
ment Oh the Justice Of Ireiand,s Com.
Dla1pfS.

DA0IRtSs
Special Cable Dispatch to THE EVENING STAR.
LONDON, April 8, House of Commons p.m.-
Immense crowds surround the house. In the
Hobbies every eminent person of the day
seems present, waiting his turn to enter.
Among the crowd round the entrance to the
Stranger gallery noticed struggling together
Minister Phelps, the Greek minister, the Japan
ese ambassador, Cardinal Manning. +. C. Bur.
nand, OF Punch, and Michael Davitt In the
gallery Minister Phelps is sitting between
Prince Christian and the Greek minister, with
the Duke Of Cambridge and the Prince of w ales
on his immediate lef.
Gladstone's confidential secretary tells me
that Gladstone had an excellent nights rest,
and got all his notes we'll together before lunch.
Then he went for an hours drive. Between
lunch ana appearing In the house he walked
about the garden. His voice is not quite so
GOOD as was hoped. but otherwise everything is
On Giadstone's entering. Irish members rose
as one man, and he received an overwhelming
with chairs, and there is hardly a acant SQUARE
foot under the roof.
GLADSTONE BEGINS HIS SPEECH.
Gladstone is now speaking. His voice was
painfully husky for the first few minutes, but
speedily became clear, and by this time is as
strong and resonant as at any time for six
months. He is speaking with great ease and
power, and 1t is evident already that it will be
great Grafton. Just as / am sending off this
sufficient example of the freedom and candor
Of his utterauces: "If we, the English and
scotch, were under the conviction that we had
the same grave causes of disturbances to COM
plain Of as the Irish people have had, 1t is by
no means clear that we should not resort to the
same rude and barbarous methods of attempt
Ing TO right our grievances" The sentence was
received with cheers and cries of dissent till
almost an uproar arose, which, however sub
sided In moment at the sound of his voice
again.
BY Associated Press
Before the Speech Began.
LONDON, April 8, 3 p. MIN the house of
commons the members now began to divide
speeches. fhey also induIsed in c sms
IHanering Of one ANOTHER Nj Peter Ry
had failed to secure q seat on the floor, but had
one in one of the galleries, attempted to make
greeted With voIIey Of yelfs Which rendered. enc @a
his voice tnaudible and compelled him TO re-
linauish his purpose of giving the house some
TORY PLOT FOOLED.
Soon after o'clock the Parnellite members
began to take possession OF their seats. They
arranged themselves in serried ranks on the
opposition benches in front Of the place where
M. Gladstone was ospeak. Mr.. Thomas Power
OConnor explained the haste exhibited by
his party to secure seats by saying that the
tories had organized plot to take possession of
seats in such way as to make it impossible tor
the ParnellItes to sit together, In order to rob
MIR. Gladstone of the chorus of cheers which
the full.throated Irish members would be
suretto give him If they were in a body and the
Grafton were to their liking. Mr. O'Connor said
when his colleagues discovered this conspiracy
they at onoe took steps to circumvent it by
reaching the scene in time to get the choice Of
the result, and added that the Irish chorus
would be not only full-throated, but unani-
nous,
The Right Hon. Arthur Wellesley Peel, the
speaker OF the house, took the chair promptly
ut 4 o'clock. The chamber at the time was
packed to the very extreme limit of its capacity
and every doorway showed Railways crammed
with people, all craning to see and to hear.
The weather at this time suddenly changed.
The clouds lowered and thunder WAS heard