The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-11-29
CAUSTIC SPEECH BY GLADSTONE.

Salisbury and His Policy Scored-A Plea
for the British worixingman.
LONDON, Nov. 28-Mr. Gladstone was to-
day participant in the exercises attend
ing the formal opening of a recreation hall
at Port Sunlight. near Birkenhead. The
antiquities of the position of the so-called
Liberal Unionists" were now lifted, he
said; the last shred of their pretext of lib
eralism has been removed by Lord Harting-
toms frankness- This left the battle to
be manfully ana goOd-humoredly, he
hoped. fought out between Liberals and
Tories. And now that the field was cleared
for action. he might say that the Liberals
had no reason to shrink from the fight
Referring to Lord Salisbury, Mr.. Glad
stone said that while affecting sympathetic
consideration for the Newcastle pro-
gramme, he had tried to swamp the
''one-man vote" question in the larger
separate question of woman suffrage. He
condemned parish councils altogether.
That was his sympathetic consideration of
the programme. Then he cited the tend
ency of nations to centralize an argument
against granting home rule TO Ireland. He
said the unity OF Spain was four hundred
years old. Lord Sale bury might Just as well
have cited the unlon of the seven Kingdoms
to France, continued Mr.. Gladstone. every
wise man thought that that country was
over centralized. Lord Salisbury had
better ground In the case of Italy, but the
Liberals did not dare ask for Ireland what
every state in the German empire now en-
ioyed.
Mr. Gladstone declared that Lord Sails
bury seemed ignorant OF what was going
on IN the British empire. When he was 9
young man all the colonies were governed
In Downing street Since then all The
colonies had been given local autonomy
and infinitely more than Ireland had asked
for yet their hearts beat warmly in unison
with the mother country. LORD Salisbury
had called home rule capsuled medicine.
Doubtless he was an authority on
physic, as he had bad to take several
nasty doses In recent years-like that of
the South Motion election. But he could
not persuade them the Conservativesl OF
what they knew was contrary to the facts.
Possibly Lord Salisbury was TOO busy In
the Foreign Office 10 pay attention to the
sublunary affairs OF this country. The
the van of the Liberal policy were
Justice to Ireland and the necessity
for clearing the road for other
legislation. Having no hope IN the
present. Lord Salisbury had occupied him.
self by predicting what would happen
when a home-rule bill was passed. He had
talked OF coming massacres and cruelty IN
Ireland. Did such predictions proceed
from the brain of the Premier or did he
hear them in bedlami They were certainly
much worthier of the latter than the form
er lie was like a silly nurse-maid wh4
when unable 10 pacify child by rationaa
means tried TO frighten 1t by stories of
hobgoblins. Laughter and cheers. Let
the people dismiss such imaginatioDs. They
were engaged in the cause of Justice. They
must be patient till Lord Salisbury gave
them an opportunity OF deciding the ques-
tion. Then they would see such bubbles
blown into the air. and the reign of Justice
aud good sense would be restored in the
politics of the country
Speaking later, Mr.. Gladstone dealt at
length with the labor question. lie said
that idle wealth was tar worse than heavy
labor The laborer had a legitimate place
in Gods creation. but no place had been ap-
pointed for the idle wealthy man. To his
Gladstones mind there was no cause for
alarm IA TO the future of the workingma
He did not believe that there
would be permanent tight be-
tween capital aud labor. because
he believed in the good sense and good feel
Ing of both parties. The problem could be
solved. not by magic or mathematics. bus