Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-26
Clad in Orange and in Green,
Into the Lords They'll Stalk.
SEVEN CENTURIES SOME HAVE
Rested in Their Graves, but Now the Specters
Stand in highlands Hall
And Call for an Accounting in Irsland's
Behalf-Salisbury Plays Upon the
Fears of England by Predicting
Fierce Religious War.
The Conservative Council.

BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 25-At yesterdays
meeting of the Conservative conference
Viscount Fielding, Conservative candidate
for Rugby. division Of WarwlckShlre
offered and the conference adopted the fol-
lowing resolution: That this conference is
OF the opir ion that when the question of
representation of the people is re-opened by
parliament. serious consideration should be
given to the claims of women to be admitted
to the franchise when otherwise entitled by
| ownership or occupation.
OMrS. Millicent Garrett Fawcett. the well
known authoress and leader in the Women S
suffrage movement, addressed the confer
ence in support of Viscount Fielding. She
said the Gladstonians had changed their
attitude on this question. They We're
afraid that the representation OF women
would powerfully reinforce the party Of
order.
MIR. H. S. Neil offered the following re,o-
luton:
That in the opinion of this conference the
attitude of the Conservative party towards
bona-fide labor candidates should be one of
sympathy and encouragement.
After debate the word ''unionist'' was in
serted before labor" and as so amended,
it was adopted.
Sir Albert Rolett, member of parliament
for the south division of Islington, mem
Der OF the Conservative council, submitted
the following:
That the conference regards with the
utmost satisfaction the improved social and
industrial condition of Ireland under the
present government and cordially indorseS
the intention of the ministers to introduce
at the next session bills for the extension of
local government and also for the promotion
of technical education in that part of the
United Kingdom.
The marquis of CRANKY cut off debate by
moving the previous question, and the mo-
ton was carried by large majority. Here
the pass age of the previous question is
tantamount to a rejection of the original
motion by postponing consideration of the
subject whereto the previous question re-
lates.
Sir Albert Rolett was not satisfied with
this vote actually rejecting his resolution
and demanded that another division be
taken This was done and again the reso-
luton was defeated.
The following resolutions by Mr.. Ernest
Spencer were adopted:
That considering the great Importance of
the labor question it is desirable that a la
Dor department shall be formed by the gov
eminent, to be presided over by minister
of the crown to be termed Labor MIN
ister"
By Mr.. J. j. Harris, secretary of the
trades congress committee: THAT the
conference desires to express its thanks to
Lord Salisbury's ministry for appoin ing so
large j number of workingmen as factory in
spectorS, but at the same time hopes that
the government may see its way to appoint
women inspectors for the employments IN
which their own sex are employed"
The movement among the Conservatives,
which resulted in the decision by the Bir-
mingham conference yesterday against the
governments continuing to maintain such
legislation as the principal feature of its
policy, has been previously described. The
main object of the movement is to apply to
England the principles of the Irish land
purchase act. By the adoption of such
measure English laborers would be enabled
to acquire small lots of land at a low figure,
and through simple methods. The state
would also assist farmers to become owners
of land after the lapse of a certain number
of years without their paying more than
customary rents.
The Standard and Globe and leading
Tory journals throughout the country con-
cur in expressing the opinion that the last
session of the present parliament ought not
to be devoted to Ireland.
Sir Albert Rolett appealed in the Birm-
ingham conference against moving the
previous question to his resolution on Irish
legislation chiefly on the ground that the
government had pledged themselves to in
troduce an Irish local government bill, and
that the minis tiers over and over again had
committed themselves to the measure.
The Globe, while admitting that the cabi-
net are pledged in this respect, suggests
that the government had simultaneously
promoted British land purchase bill and
an Irish local government bill. 1t says that
such action would checkmate the Glad
stonians, who would not dare to oppose the
former bill for fear Of the resentment of the
small farmers and agricultural laborers,
and that if the Liberals INSTRUCTED such
local government bill it could be dropped,
while the British lland-purchase bill could
be proceeded with. although the parlia- |
ment's life was prolonged till the summer
of 1898