Los Angeles herald., 1891-10-03
THE GRAND OLD MAN.
GladstOne's Great Speech at
Newcastle.
The Liberal Party's Policy
Graphically Defined.
Four Thousand People Listen to the
Eloquent Address.
salisbury's Foreign Policy and the
House Of Lords Handled Without
GIOves-Home Rnle for Are- Pa
land Inevitable.
Associated Press Dispatches.

| Associated Press Dispatches.
New CAsrLH-oN-T TYNE, Oct. 2.-Over
4O00 persons we're packed in the TyTie-
side theater tonight to hear Gladstone.
The appearance of the noted statesman
and his wife was the signal for pro-
longed ovation, with which Gladstone
was obviously delighted. When quiet
was restored DR.. Watson moved and
Burt seconded resolution expressing
! affection for and undiminished conf
dence in Gladstone. The resolutions was
carried with renewed acclamation.
When the cheering had subsided Glad
stone rose to speak.
Looking back to 'S6, they saw, he
said, what was believed to be crushing
Liberal defeat. But during the years
since elapsed the horizon had bright
ened. There were many precursors OF
certain victory, and that victory could
not be far distant.
| Much had been said about the late
conversion of the public debt. All the
| saving thereon and more, he declared.
| had already been absorbed and efaced
| from the public accounts, not only by
enormous increase in charges for sup
| plies and necessary civil rates OF the
country, but also an enormous increase
| in the naval and military expenditures.
He should like to have spoken on the
governments foreign policy which had
many domestic results, but the policy Of
| the present administration had been
| we'll nigh inverse and reverse OF that OF
Lord Beaconsfield. just as the Llber4
| ais endeavored to make the work OF the
| beacJnsfeld administration difficult,
because they thought it was doing ill,
| SO had they striven to make the work of
| the present administration in its foreign
| policy easy, because they thought 80 far
| as information went it's spirit had uns
| dergone beneficial change. II
| II shall indeed rejoice" continued
| Gladstone, 'sif before the day comes for
| the present administration to give up
the ghost it will be possible for Lord
Salisbury to make an effort to relieve ns
| ofthe burdeneome Misunderstanding oc-
cupation of Egypt, which SO long as 1t
lasts, must be cause Of weakness"
| Gladstone spoke word of congratula-
! tion and hope in regard to the temper
| ance question, reviewing the work and
added: "Those approaching my period
| of life may not witness it, but many of
| You will see thorough and effective
reform of the laws connected with the
| traffic in alcohol. with acknowledgment
of the right of local populations to set
tie the question whether within their
! borders public houses shall exist
| Touching the question of the abolition
| of hereditary peers, Gladstone said it
| is at present rather in the shade, owing
| to the priority of the claims OF other
subjects. He should not be sorry if it
would remain in the shade longer, pro-
vided an extra lease were gained by its
forbearance and wisdom in dealing with
| public sentiment. He warned the house
! of lords, however, that it might make
the matter a burning question ii the
peers were tempted to listen TO the
counsel given by Lord Salisbury when
he contemplated the possibility of q
Liberal victory, and reminded them
that all would not be over, even If
the commons should pass home
rule bill; that the house of lords
might interpose itself between the judg-
ment of the nation and the incorpora-
ton of that judgment in the form of
law. The lords tried that game in '36,
throughout the proceedings on the re-
form bill, and underwent humiliation.
Gladstone said he himself, in go and
'61, had the felicity or infelicity to be in
conflict with the lords. "We had,,' he
said, "a great battle upon the repeal of
the paper duty--one OF the most diff
cult and important questions in the
whole free trade controversy. You
know what the consequences have been
in the establishment of free press,
which has done more than any other
single cause to educate the country, and
to which we mainly owe the vast extern
sion of the franchise. Should the lords
be induced to accept the deplorable
j suggestion Of Salisbury, they themselves
will be the first to repent it,
Regarding registration reform, Glad
stone said there was much in favor oi
giving it a forward place on the Liberal
platform.
Coming down to the question of labor,
he said labor representation in parlia-
ment must be extended. They, charged
with the central management of the
affairs OF the party, will exhibit the
utmost disposition to assist wherever a
constituency is found favorable to the
claims of labor candidate. The con-
stituencies must bear the cost OF the
residences of these labor representatives
in London. Nothing can be clearer than
the title of such members to receive
such aid from the public treasury as will
enable them to discharge the task inn
posed upon them for the public benefit.
Furthermore, it is among the designs oi
the Liberal party, when in power, to es-
tablish district and parish councils to
bring self-government to the door of the
laboring man throughout the country,
and enact compulsory powers, enabling
suitable bodies to acquire land in order
to place the rural population in nearer
relations to the use and profits from the
land they have so long titled for the
benefit of others. Great cheering.]
Coming down to the question of hours
of labor, Gladstone said he views with
satisfaction the large reductions in the
amount of toll exacted, which his fellow
citizens had achieved in the last twenty
years. He wished we'll to all further
reductions it may be possible to achieve
without violation of the rights of any
man. Before asserting to the principle
Of a compulsory law bidding laborers te