St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-09
GIadstone,s Greatest Effort.

GIadstOne,s Greatest Effort.
LONDON. April S.-The crowd began to
assemble outside the palace yard about
O'clock this morning. 1t amused itself for
q while watching the members who came
early to secure seats. At this time the
greater number in the crowd were Irish
men. They cheered every Parnellite who
came along. As the day avanced the as
semblage increased till it filled up all the
thoroughfareS and open spaces. The ground
in the neighborhood as far as Downing
street at o'clock, was an entire mass of
people, the largest collected in one body IN
London for many years. The entire
throng was thickly dotted with individuals
wearing the Irish collars and National
league emblemS. OF course in a crowd so
immense there was great deal of noise
and pushing about, but as a whole good
order was preserved. No police inter-
ference at any time was required. Glad
stone left his residence, in Downing street,
for the house of commons precisely at
4:20 this afternoon. accompanied by Mrs.
Gladstone. At this time every inch of
roadway, except the path kept open by the
police for the premier's carriage, and every
inch of sideway, besides all points of
vantage afforded by the doorSteps, windows,
and roofs from Downing street TO West
ullllSi6I were CONGItu ny pcOJlc. luo
crowd swarming over Westminster bridge
excluded all locomOtion by vehicles. Rain
now became steady and penetrating, but
there was no break in the crowds till Glad
stones carriage passed. The tremendous
and
CONTINUED CHEERING
with which he was greeted during the whole
of his progress was accompanied by groanS
every here and there, but the i'll feeling
was not manifested with sufficient strength
either to irritate the majority of the crowd
or attract Gladstone's attention. When
the premier disappeared within the
parliament buildings the crowd melted in
the rain and it had disappeared entirely
within half an hour after he began his
speech. At this time all outside was be-
reft of excitement, while the chambers of
the house were in a perfect quiver. Before
the speaker entered the floor of the house
the lobbies. stairways and galleries were
all in possession of scattered mob of gen
tie and aristOcratic people. struggling for
places TO hear and see the orator of the
day. There were fifty times as many per-
sons engaged in the struggle as could possi-
bly, be. accommodated and in the surge,
bishops, peers and plenipotentiaries
ran foul of commonerS, reporters and
people of every sort. In one
group were seen at one time the Greek am
bassadOr, the Minister SickleS. Cardinal
Manning, Editor Bunand of Punch, the
Japanese ambassador and Michael Davitt.
These six were jammed in their struggle
about the door of the speakers gallery.
They were rescued, and after being marched
and countermarched about the lobby into
the outer lobby and back again were finally
enabled to get to places secured for them by
Is
asserted their privileges too boisterously and
had to be checked by policemen on duty.
The tall form of Earl Spencer, eX-Irish
viceroy, towering
ABOVE THE POLICE
and the diminutive figure of the Marquis
of RipOn nesting close to him as if for
protection, was conspicuous in the lobby
rushes. Such was the pressure for accom-
mediation that the authorities tolerated and
winked at the revolutionary innovation of
placing two rows of chairs on the floor
space in front of the speakers desk, trans
forming the familiar and venerable aspect
hitherto sacred as the tramping ground of
orators, into the spectacle of a place
put to good modern use. Every
square foot of space in the galleries
held a human being. The Prince of
Wales, his son, Prince Albert Victor, Duke
L
ter Phelps occupied seats during the speech
in the front row of the peers gallery,
Phelps sitting beside Prince Christian. A
large number of the members of the house
of commons, unable, because of its made
quate capacity to accommodate the whole
membership, to obtain places on the floor.
helped jam the galleries. The ladies' gal
lery was screened from open view from the
main floor by a delicate fret-work in
wood, but the sparkling diamonds
and the flash of colors through this lattice
showed that this favorite eyrie bore a
greater freight of beauty and good clothes
to-day than ever before in history AS
well-knOwn members entered the house
they were greeted with cheers. Sometimes
the cheers were genuine and hearty; some
times given in apparent mocking. John
Bright, who entered with feeble gait, was
greeted with ringing and approving cheers.
ParnelliteS gave Parnell and Morley
hearty reception, but welcomed Goschen
with deriSVe shouts.
THE MARQUIS OF HARRINGTON
drew a ringing volley of cheers from both
sides of the house. During momentary
lull in the confusion Of cheers, the house
was suddenly startled by wild cry. 1t
came from the throatS of those who were
first to catch sight of Gladstone gliding
toward his seat from behind the speakers
chair. The Irish members sprang to their
feet as one man, and for several minutes
the uproar of applause continued. The full
throated Irish cheer that T. p. O'Connor
had feared the interloping Tories might de-
prive of half its power was repeated till the
whole building seemed to reverberate with
Its triumphant peals. Gladstone seated
himself between Morley and Sir William
Vernon Harcourt. He looked very pale,
paler even than usual. The lines on his
forehead appeared to have deepened since
his recentillness, but his step as he entered
was elastic, and his bearing indicated he
felt felt full confidence in the success of
his forthcoming speech. 1t has ira lspired
that as Gladstone was driving from
Downing street to the house his
carriage came very near being upset
by the presence of the crowd. The car
rage was escorted by six mounted police
men, but they were unable to prevent the
mass of people from pressing forward and
stopping the progress of the vehicle for
some minutes. Gladstone was both pleased
and agitated by this extraordinary enthu-
siasm of the populace. The rule which
practically excludes ladies from public
sight in the house, and which on occa-
sions like that of to-day, inexcusably
r. SEPARATE HUSBAND AND WIFE,
who are fortunate enough to secure seats