The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-03-18
GLADSTONE SPEAKS
On Home Rule and Parnells
Leadership.
WHAT THE LIBERAL POLICY is
Nothing in Salisbury's Foreign Policy to Gen.
sure-Gr0schens Financial Budgets
Denounced.


tremendous spontaneous ovation to-day.
He was leaving Charing Cross railway
station for Hastings when an immense
crowd gathered at the depot. the crowd
cheering itself hoarse. After Gladstone
appeared, they broke down the barriers
and made a rush for the "grand old man."
cheering, waving hats and handkerchiefs.
number of extra enthusiastic admirers
scramb led on top Of the cars, yelled,
cheered and waved their hats until the
train, starting suddenly, threw several
upon the tracks and platform. Two were
so seriously injured they had to be taken
to the hospital. Several others were badly
cut and bruised.
Previous to the departure of the train
the executive committee of the Radical as
ISOLATION presented an address to Glad
stone, in which it was stated the associa
ton was hopeful of brilliant triumph for
Gladstone and his followers in the coming
election, but the turmoil prevailing in the
depot was SO great Gladstone was utterly
unable to say word.
When the train in which Gladstone was
travelling stopped at Tunbridge, Kent, q
large crowe0 was assembled there. Glad
stone replied to addresses presented him.
He assured them that whatever measure
OF home rule was proposed its spirit and
basis would be unchanged from those of
the former times, one that would be COM
patible with English honor and would
bring peace and contentment to Ireland
and life to the union. Upon his arrival at
Hastings Gladstone received another ova-
ton. The streets were brilliantly deco
rated with bunting and the veteran parlia-
mentarian WAS welcomed in truly royal
style.
In reply to an address at Hastings, Glad
stone said he found little to blame in Lord
Salisbury's foreign policy during recent
years, but added he condemned the policy
of Goschen, chancellor of the exchequer,
in concocting fictitious SURPRISES and con-
cealing real expenditures from parliament
in order to manufacture a satisfactory
budget.
Abiding to the Irish parliamen tary party,
Gladstone said Parnelrs speech in which
he said he had opposed the claims of labor
candidates in England in consequence of
the obligation he was under to Liberal
leaders, was absolutely untrue so far as he
(Gladstone) was concerned. He always
had been ready to support the claims of
labor candidates.
Touching upon the painful disclosures of
the divorce court, Gladstone said it was
not his place to judge the amount
of delinquency, but it was the part
of the Liberals to consider upon what
principles they should be guided in the dis
posal of their votes. The Liberals know
that the cause of home rule depended upon
them. The Liberals, added the veteran
statesman, had arrived at a definite con-
clusion in regard to Parnell. He GLAD
stone) was aware of the general conviction
that the party vas against Parnell. The
Liberals were ready to face defeat, exclu-
sion, misfortune, but they were not pre-
pared to create constitutional leadership
tor Ireland under such guidance as Par
ellis. Cheers +.
In conclusion, Gladstone expressed
The opinion that it was the duty Of
the Liberals to prosecute this great and
patriotic purpose, and to obtain justice for
ireland knowing that by courageous ap-
plication of Liberal principles they would
secure union of the classes, the dominion
of the law and stability of the crown.
[Cheers
Gladstone also made an address in the
the Gaiety theatre. He expressed entire
confidence in the future of Liberalism. He
pointed out with regard to the Irish mem
bers, that each had entered parliament
subject to the pledge that, on every ques-
ton affecting Ireland, the minority should
sacrifice its own opinions and cooperate
with the majority. Every member of the
Irish party from the leader downward was
bound by this pledge. 1t was true that in
October. 1881, he denounced Parnell in the
seyerest terms, whereas for several years
past he has been in active co operation with
him. He had denounced him because Par
nell before then, on more occasions than
one, had used language dangerous to the
empire respecting the total separation of
ireland, and also because Parnell bitterly
opposed the land act upon which the Lib |
erals relied as the great instrument for Irish
grievances. When home rule was intro
1uced in the house it as,frankly an0 mag
unanimously adopted by the Irish party |
The plan was based on the twin ideas of,
first, handing over to Ireland full and eff |
cacious control of her local affairs; and,
second, maintaining equally full effcacious
imperial control of those affairs. If any
fresh plan of home rule is proposed, as /
trust it may be-" continued Gladstone, ~
nope it will be founded on rigid fidelity |
10 those bases, neither of which can be |
ustiiaoly separated from the other. Par
nell recently said it may be time to think of |
Tory allies. They played that game once |
and it did not answer. The Tory con-
science does not care much about home |
rule; it il not in the Tory intellect"
"After the divorce revelatiOns,n said |
"the Liberals decided they could |
lot place the constitutional leadership in |
Parnell's hands. That is final. They are |
'eady to face defeat, exclusion from power |
and political misfortune, but we will not |
create constitutional leadership for Ire |
and under such guidance. No considera-
ion will make US assent to that"
In conclusion, Gladstone said the election |
n Hartlepool showed that the Liberals |
WOULD never be more solid, self-possessed |
,r determined to prosecute the march as |
United house toward the attainment of
great object.
Meeting of Irish men In Cincinnati.
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