St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-03
VERY PLAIN TALK.
The Liberal Congress Develops
Some Sensations.


Some Sensations.
busy day yesterday and busting night
the great Liberal congress reassembled
at 10 o'clock this morning.
Rt. Hon. Sir George Trevelyan intro
duced a resolution cOndemning the reg
istration laws, which the resolution
declared excluded many really qualified
voters from going to the polls. The
resolution further declared in faver of
shorter sessions of parliament; that
elections should be held upon the same
day. and recognized the principle of
paying members of the house OF COM
mons as being the only means of secur-
ing an adequate representation of the
working class in parliament. All the
proposals met with the approval of the
delegates, and as evidence of the fact
loud cheers and other forms of vigorous
applause greeted their Introduction.
In speaking to the resolutions, Sir
George pointed out some crying abuses
which now infested the electoral system
of the British isles, and added that,
while he favored the payment of mem
berS of the house of commons, he was
not advocating that they should receive
princely salaries. He thought that in
mentS stipend exceed the sum of 5000
per year. Samuel Storey, NJ. p. for Sun
derland, seconded Sir George Treve-
lyan's suggestions, and in so doing
warmly denounced the system which,
he said, imposed every difficulty be-
tween a man and his undOubted right to
share in the management of his coun-
try's affairs. The resolutions were then
passed unanimously.
The Marquis of Ripon reviewed the
present condition of the rural popula-
tion of Great Britain, paying particular
attention to the abuses from which farm
laborerS and small farmers are suffer
ing. The marquis presented a resolu-
ton to the effect that the condition of
the rural population is such as to re-
quire immediate attention upon the
part of parliament. According to the
speaker, it was OF primary Importance
that parliament should provide for the
establishment of "district and parish
councils" or local governing bodies
under some such title, to attend to the
district and parish matters of their
vicinity. The members OF these cOun-
ellis, he suggested, should be elected by
popular vote. The marquis also held
that parliament should concede full
and broad powers to local governing
authorities to acquire and to hold"
land for the purpose of making allOt-
ments of small holdings for villages, for
places of worship of all creeds and de-
nominations, for laborers' dwellings and
for other proper and public purposes.
The preamble and resolutions bearing
upon the subjects Of the Marquis of
RipOn's discourse were passed amid a
scene of enthusiasm.
Sir Wilfrid Lawson, member of par
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Cumberland, the great temperance adj
vOcate and the archenemy of the pub
licans of Great Britain, aroused cOnsid-
cradle enthusiasm among the delegates
by submitting set Of resolutions reaf-
firming the declarations of the council
of the National Liberal Federation in
favor of amending or ending the house
of lords" The resolutions also declared
in favor of ''local option" in regard to
public house regulations and advocated
thorough reform of the land laws, the
repeal of the laws of primogeniture and
entail, the entranchiSement of lease
holders, and the disestablishment and
abandonment of the Church Of Scot
land.
After introducing these resolutions,
Sir Wilfred, speaking with reference to
the section regarding the house of lords,
said: My own personal opinion is thar
the period for mending the house of
lords is past, and advise it's complete
adjustment Tremendous applause.1
Sir Henry Fowler, member of parlia-
ment for East Wolverhampton, a priVy
councillor and an ex-financial secretary
to the treasury, in supporting Sir Will
frid Lawson's resolutions, raised small
cyclones of applause by the pointed and
energetic manner in which he de-
nounced the government of Lcrd Sails
bury, the present premier. According
to this speaker, Lord Salisbury's gov