Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-10-02
An Immense Meeting Of the Congress
Opened at New Castle.
MR.. GLADSTONE IN ATTENDANCE.
Strong Words Against the HOuss Of Lords by
the Libsral Lsadsrs-Ths House Of
Commons Represents the People
Who HaVs No Voice in
Government Affairs
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duuuOl ulCtkluS VI 1lDCl al OOAO6HNSS
from the party Association OF England,
and Wales, which opened to-day is the
last before the coming general elections
and must therefore have paramount in
fIuence upon the fortunes Of the party.
The electoral programme must be detl-
nitely declared and so formulated as to
be accepted by Liberal candidates as
Enthusiastically that of the party. Het
during the past few days, pregnant as
this great caucus may be with important
issues, it has been possible to CLEAN lit
tie from the Liberal papers and not
much from the current talk and floating
opinion of party circles as to what the
Federated delegates would do.
The party leaders of course know how
the Federation is to be guided; Mr..
Schnadhorst above all, as organizer of
the Federation and the Moltke Of the
Liberal forces, knows exactly what
their objective point is.
The Associated Press correspondent
was accorded an interview with Mr..
! Schnadhorst this incoming.
SIT is general misconception," Mr..
| Schnadhost began, "that our annual
Federation is for the discussion and set
Element of the party question. 1t is
not so. 1t is a meeting, not for dis
! cussion, but for declaration"
"But you must have set OF definite
resolutions to propose for acceptance
or rejection?"
eyes; but these have been exhaust
lively discussed by the local Associations
and decided upon by them. Th1 Coun-
/ - n haFOra Tho
annual meeting, sends out circulars to
every local Association, asking informa-
tion as to their attitude upon the ques-
tions known to be interesting the party
at large. The replies to the circulars
| are collected and compared in Council.
| When we find that the great mass OF
the party have agreed upon u certain
course of action then the Council is
ready to embody the party's wishes in
the platform. Thus we have adopted
home rule end the dis-estabishment Of
the Welch and Scotch Churches, but we
have not accepted the eight hours a
day or woman's suffrage and some other
measures. which have ardent advocates
| --.,.ag Une LIBERALS.
"But it has been announced that you
will deal with the eight hours day ques-
tion?'
II am not sure in what form that will
come up, or whether the meeting will
deal with it,"
"You said three thousand dele
gates?"
''Yes; from England and Wales. The
their own"
What number of electors to these
three thousand representa-"
Each delegate represents thousand
electors, or fraction of Thousand, and
the Congress therefore represents about
three million of electors"
"Your organization has considerable
points of contrast with the American
caucus system?"
"Well, I never could fathom that
| system. Our organization has arisen
as we felt it neceSsary-grown through
and became adapted to the needs OF
English political life. We are in per-
feet touch with the whole body
| of liberal electors, and the
existance of the Federation
serves to harmonize the action OF the
party as a whole and give it the
strength that comes from unity. Mr..
Gladstone will again declare himself on
our Irish policy when he speaks to-
morrow. The Federation will again
! declare by resolution its perfect trust
| In Mr.. Gladstone and its belief that no
wise or durable settlement of the Irish
question can be effected except by the
establishment of an Irish legislative
body for the management Of exclusively
Irish affairs. The other resolutions
will be as given in the reports Of Coun-
cil."
Extensive preparations for the recep-
tion and entertainment of the delegates
have been made. But they are small in
comparison with the enormous prepara-
tlons made to give the "Grand Old
Man" reception worthy OF that great
Liberal leader. MIR. Gladstone is ex-
pected to arrive here at 10 o'clock to-
night, and so great is the crowd gath
cred in New Castle that the full police
force is on duty and reinforcements
have been drafted in from the country
districts, in order to keep the route
clear for the carriages of Mr.. Gladstone
and the reception committee, which
will meet him at the station. 1t is
stated that nearly eighty members of
Parliament will be present at the meet
ing.
When Mr.. Morley began to speak
there were on the platform among a
number Of notable people, the Marquis
nj RiDon, Lord BrasSey, Sir Horace
Davey, NJ. P, Solicitor General in Mr..
Gladstone's Ministry OF 1886; Sir VIII
fred Lawson, NJ. P; Right Hon. Henry
Harry Fowler, Financial Secretary to
the Treasury in Mr.. Gladstone's last ad-
ministration; Mr.. Henry Broadhurst,
NJ p. Secretary 10 the Home Office IN
der Mr.. Gladstone, and Mr.. Francis
Schnadhorst. the great Liberal caucus
chief who organized the National Liberal
As each of the 1000 delegates repre-
sents a thousand voters, the congress
represents about three million electors
from England and Wales alone.
Mr.. John Morley in his opening re-
marks eongratulating the Congress
pnon the remarkable interest taken
throughout the British empire in It's
proceedings. Mr.. Morley then referred
70 the spirit Of liberalism as being in
spired by the highest motives and
stirred by the most noble impulses.
ireland, he said, had yIndicated the
confidence the Liberals had placed in
her by refusing to follow leader the
Liberals could not consctentiously work
with.
In regard to the temperance reform
question, Mr.. Morley said that 1t was
not the Liberals fault Il they had not