Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-11
EN- CONVENED.
THE OPENING SESSION OF sRlTAlN's
LAW MAKERS.

Are Anxious to Expedite Business, but
that the Subject of Coercion Must BE
Debated in Detail.
LONDON. Feb. 10.-The opening of
parliament was attended with less excite
ment, and was in all respects a etcr
than any similar occasion in many years,
notwithstanding the peculiar and grave
character Of much of the legislation,
which will occupy the session.
Mr.. O'Brien and Mr.. Dillon are still
in France, and their absence, especially
that of the former, disappointed many
persons who are curious to observe
w ut disposition will be manifested to-
v I'd aim by government leaders when
ht III les his appearance. Gladstone, with
his wife, drove to the house in an open
carriage, and was repeatedly cheered. AS
he entered the palace Lord Harrington,
who was standing by, stepped aside to
allow him 10 pass, but gave hin no sign
Of recognition. This act was the signal
for an outburst of cheering from the adj
mirers OF the grand old man, and he
gracefully acknowledged the tribute by
bowling. Lord Salisbury was silently
saluted by a small crowd assembled near
the peers entrance, but beyond this, there
was no demonstration in his honor.
At 1870 p. M. Mr.. Gladstone opened the
ball by rising to speak on the address in
reply to the speech from the throne.
All eyes were turned upon him
at once, and his remarks were
listened to with close attention. He
confined his criticism chiefly to that por-
ton of the speech referring to Ireland,
which he denounced as altogether errone-
GUS and misleading, not to say untrue.
Unless the government shall succeed in
rigidly enforcing the gag law in the de-
bate on the address, it is quite plain that
the ministry will find it difficult to com
bat the structures of the Home Rulers
upon the patent Misrepresentation of
which the Irish portion of the queens
speech is composed,
Mr.. Gladstone, replying to Lord Sails
bury, congratulated the government OIL
some spscts of their foreign policy. He
trusted the settlement of the Afghan
question would modify the ~jealousies re-
gardiEg the extensions of Russia. He
was not aware of any other cause for mis-
understanding between the two nations.
He desired to expedite business, but the
governments Irish policy could not be
lightly passed over. The subject of the adj
I mlnistration of coercion must, through
the proposal of amendments, be debated
in detail. He could not overlook the
assertion that the Irish people had
become more reconciled to the coercion
law. When he looked back fifty years
upon the exuberahce of crime in Ireland,
with less provocation than now exists,
he was amazed at the progress made in
4 tha Gllf- nr1 IN n md aud cayf nNntr1I ~
is more and more becoming the habit Of
the Irish people. The governments, he
continued, couldnot be congratulated upon
assisting to diminish offens es under the
coercion act. He demanded that the
government prove the alleged decrease in
the number of offenses in Ireland, and
made q strong argument showing that
the coercion act had in nowise strength
ened the government, In conclusion, he
asked why the government did not re-
deem Its promise to extend self
ment to Ireland, and said that the oppo-
sltion would assist in forwarding the To-
cal government bill, and in making the
session fruitful of beneficial legislation.
YIN. Henry Smith, first lord of the
treasury, said he was unprepared, as vet,
to state what course the government
would adopt with reference to Sir Chas.
husseiis amendment arraigning the gov
ernlnents interference with meetings in
trafalgar square. The government
would oe prepared, at the proper time, to
Justify It's assertion that crime and con
splracy IN Ireland had appreciably dimin-
ished. No great change was contemplate
ed in the rules of proceeding by the gov
srnment. The government did not de-
sire to secure a party triumph by such
means. 1t wished both, sides fail liberty
o. discussion, but it was necessary to
stop ped.
LONDON, Feb. 10-patrick o,Brien.
memoer OF parliament, C~Nationalist), was
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Detectives were nnasr tba imn.assin.