The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-04-16
ssSTRANGE BED-FELLOWS
BETWEEN THE SHEETS OF THE BRIT
ISH POLITICAL COUCH.
salisbury and Harrington and Churchill
and Chamberlain Lie Down Together
and Dream of a Triumph Over the G,
.. nj. and Irish Home Rule.

LONDON, April 16-The meeting of the
Loyal Patriotic union Wednesday to pro.
test against Mr.. Gladstone's home rule bill
was an immense affair Her Majestv's
opera house, III which the affair was held.
was crowded to sutfocation and thousands
OF people who sought admission and were
unab'e 10 enter, crowed the streets in the
vicinity. The stage was overhung with
Union Jacks and armorial shields, and a
large uuion crown occupied central posi-
ton. The marquis of Harrington, Lord
Randolph Churchill, and the marquis of
Salisbury were received with enthusiastic
cheers as they entered and made
their way to seats upon tie
stage. "Rule Britannia was sung
by the entire audience, and lett RS were
read from the earl of Derby and the duke of
Argyll denouncing home rule or any other
measure contemplating the leosening of the
bonds which now held Ireland in her place
as an integral art of the empire A voice
in the body of the house called for cheers
for the queen and groans for Gladstone and
Parnell, and these personages were accord
ingly che red and groaned in a manner al
most defening.
for fully five minutes upon taking the chair.
Addressing tie meeting, he said he felt
glad to be surrounded by representatives of
all parties who had assembled for the COM
mon purpose Of expressing their determined
opposition to home-rule. We are, he sail
facing great national calamity, and the
people who are assembled here to night have
come to unite their efforts to avert it. He
a f..rta,
lieutenant of ireland that a large ma ;ority
OF the people of that country did not desire
home-ruie To be sure, the priests were
mainly IN favor of homerule but
homerule was not their chief object
They had joinel the Nationalists as they
would Join any other party that promised
TO drive out of Ireland every other religion
than their own lie warned his hearers
that if the bill should pass this year wouli
be remembered for all time as a year of dis
aster and the epoch of the decline of the
British empire
The marquis of harrington moved that
Mr Gladstone's proposals, tending as they
did to nullify the legislative union, would
work disaster to both England
and Ireland He reviewed the chief
points of his recent speech in the house of
commons, and said that the country had not
yet given any evidence of its approval of
the scheme. Ae commended the honesty of
Mr.. GladStone's motives and thought the
premier honestly believed that the country
needed the change proposed, but he did not
entertain the opinion that the premier's col
leagues shared that belief
The marquis of Salisbury was greeted
with tremendous cheers as he arose to speak.
He moved that petition embodying the
sentiments of the meeting be presented to
parliament The question with which they
were now dealing was unneasurably beyond
party differences The country now faced
the greatest danger it had ever encoun
tered. He agreed with Lord Harrington in
his estimate of the powers of Mr. Gladstone,
but said if eioluence so great and experience
so thorough as his could not produce a
measure for home rule that could lie ever
tolerated he Salisbury felt convinced
that such measure was impossible While
Ireland was refused a voice in the imperial
par. lament she could not be asked
to contribute e+,o00,000 toward the
imperial expenditure at the same time.
being refused control of her customs and
excise affairs; that would be servitude. The
country was a ked to trust the Irish people. |
He did not contend that tho Irish were |
worse than other leoplc, but he did hold |
that a Ireland was centuries Old the Irish |
would not forget the animojties of centuries |
when they became free For generations |
there had beea a contest between England |
and disaiiected lrishmen, and now England |
Is asked to surrender ANONYMOUSLY.
The motions of Lord Harrington and Sal |
Isbury were seconded by Mr.. George !. |
'oscher, NJ T., and unanimously carried |
Although MIR. Chamberlain was not present |
1t Is IN ierstooi he is in cordial SYM athy
with the objects of the meeting and heartily |
tn,lorses the resolutions adopted