Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-27
FUN In THE COMMONS.
Monster Petition from the Saloon Men
in Favor of the Licensing Bill.
Glads tone Will Oppose the Cession Of Heligo'
land to Germany-Clergy Fearful
for the 1ithes Bill.
MONSTER PETITION.

Special to the Gazette.
LONDON, June 26.-The serious char
acter OF the proceedings in the house of
commons was relieved this evening by
an episode which afforded general
amusement. A monster petition in ia
vor of the licensing bill, to which its
originators, the publicaus, had OBJ
tanned 500, 900 signers, was carted to
the palace of St. stephen few days
ago and deposited in q cor
ner in Westminster hail, pend
ing its presentation TO parliament.
Tonight the three ponderous rolls
of paper, each measuring seven feet in
diameter, which the petition comprises,
were turned into the house with much
difficulty and placed in the center aisle.
They filled the aisle completely and it
was impossible for the members to see
or hear anything across it. The Liberals
kept up a constant stream of objections TO
the acceptance of the petition and for a
time bowls, protests, peals of laughter
and cheering, in which the members in
dulged, bereft the house of
all semblance to o deliberative body.
Order was finally restored long enough
TO reach the result of ordering the re-
moval OF the petition, aud it was tum-
bled back to its corner without being
presented.
FULL OF REVENGE.
In spite of Gladtone' IS desires that the
Liberals of Barrow-in- Furuess assist in
the return of Caine, they have fatty re-
fused to do so, aud have already selected
q candidate, Mr. Duncan, to oppose
him. The cause of their opposition
is Caine's active interference in
several parliamentary elections in Lon
don 10 the disadvantage of the Gladston-
ian candidates which the Barrow Lib
erals regard as having been gratuitously
offensive. His interference in such
matters at home would have been con-
sIdered perfectly legitimate, but he is to
be punished it possible for his meddle-
someness elsewhere.
The Star protests against the candi-
dacy of Duncan as an unwise move
which the Barrow Liberals will rue, and
for which there Is no reason. If the
Liberals will deliberately repel the return
of a Unionist to the Gladstopian ranks,
they cannot reasonably complain if dis
sidents 60 over to the Tories Dag and
baggage.
Gladstone will strongly oppose the
cession Of HeligOlaud to Germany when
the matter comes up for discussion, and
will be supported by Sir William Har-
court, Mr.. Mortre and other leading
Liberals. In any event Glnd-
stone will contend that the island
must not be fortified by Germany and
the inhabitants must be permanently ex-
empt from military duty. or service of
any charaetere whatsoever.
CLERGY UNEASY.
The English clergy have become
alarmed at the action of the government
in abandoning Goschen's licensing
clauses, fearing that the ministry may
also regard it as xpedient to withdraw
the tithes bill. They have therefore
arranged to prepare petition 10 Lord
Salisbury praying that the tithes bill be
retained and its passage expedited.
The escape of Capt. Young of the
steamship City of Rome from the loss of
his sailing certificate, is due wholly to
his seaman-like conduct and skill after
the accident to his ship. The court gave
due consideration to the point as brought
out by the testimony, and we're of the
opinion that the errors of Capt. Young
were merely errors of judgment.