The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-21
Though the Recognized Leader of the OppOsi-
tion Party, He Argues that the Queens Re.
quest Should Be Favorably Considered.
Parnell Presented with the Freedom of
Edinburgh, and Given an Ovation.
Turkey to Cooperate with Austria. Servia, and
Bulgaria-Socalist Gatherings at Paris
The Alleged Jack the Ripper"
THE MARRIAGE GRANTS.

MIR. Gladstones Unique Position Concerning
Them-Feeling of the Masses.
Special to the Indianapolis journal
LONDON, July 20.-The Cabinet devoted
the whole of to-day's session to the consid-
Grafton of the report of the select commit
tee on royal grants. The whole subject
with which the committee has to deal
comes naturally within the province of
MIR. Smith, First Lord of the Treasury, to en-
gineer through the House, and he finds his
chief difficulty is to formulate a proposal
acceptable to Mr.. Gladstone and his fol-
lowers. Mr.. Gladstone himself man.
ifests no disposition to be captious,
but it is extremely doubtful if the leader
of the opposition will be able to rally to
his support all the various types of po-
itical belief of which the Liberal party
is made up, even if he lend his adherance
to the most moderate proposals the govern
ment can be expected to make. That the
radical wing of the Liberal party will stand
out, no matter what Mr.. Gladstone decides,
is very certain. for their opposition to any
further grants to royalty out of the public
treasury amounts to craze: but the gov
ernment relies on Mr.. Gladstone's strength
with the country to reconcile the tax-pay-
ers of his party to their proposals.
The position of Mr.: Gladstone in this
matter is rather unique. Though the
leader of the opposition to the government,
he stands between the government and its
detractOrs; though the idol of the very
classes who take every opportunity to
show their dislike for the Queen, he stands
up boldly in defense of her privileges and
prerogatives. He argues that to refuse the
moderate demands which the Queen now
makes for her grandchildren would be
dishonOrable reputation of the solemn
compact entered into between the royal
family and Parliament He points out
that the present allowance TO members
the royal family amounts to only $4,000
year, while in the time of George Ill the
aggregate reached into the millions: He is
willing that an understanding shall be had
that the sums now asked for Prince Albert
Victor and Princess Louise shall he the
last grants made for these purposes, but he
is unwilling to insist that this prOvisO
shall be incorporated in terms in the act
making the grant. There can be no better
indication of the effect upon the public
mind of the proposal to further pension
the scions of royalty than that furnished
by yesterdays election in MarylebOne.
where the phenomenal cutting down of the
old-time Conservative majority is attributed
altogether to the agitation of the question
of the grants.
The preparations for the popular demon
stratiOn in Hyde Park, tomorrow, to pro-
test agalvSt the grants are on an enormous
scale; and itjs expected that the working
population of London will turn out en-
masse to add their voice to the howl of con-
demnation which is heard from other parts
of the kingdom. Mr.. William Randall
Cremer. the Gladstonian member for Shore
ditch, will preside.
The Tories by no means distress them
selves over the obvious differences which
the grant proposals have developed in the
Liberal ranks, and there is reason to believe
that when the question comes up in the
House on Monday ample scope will be given
the opposition to widen the breach already
existing in their ranks by q judicious en-
Trajectory views OH the subject entertained
within the party. The Conservative man
ayers hope that the approval of the gov
ernment proposals by Gladstone, Morley,
and the other milder Liberals, who favor
moderate concessions to the Queens wishes
will result in a lasting rupture in the Lib
eral party.