The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-08-09
4 POLICY OF SILENCE
Gladstone's Methods Puzzle Brit
ish Tory Leaders.
NUARTHY's ANSWER TO aosoHEN.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer
Hints That Present Victory Map
Not Mean Final Triumph, aud Mo.
Carthy Compares the Government
to Captured Footpad.
LONDON, Aug. 9.-When the house Of
commons met yesterday the members
were summoned to the house of lords,
where the speech from the throne open
ing the session of the twenty-fifth i'm.
perial parliament of Queen Victoria was
read. The speech informed her majesty's
lords and gentlemen that previous to the
recent dissolution the business Of the
session had been practically completed,
therefore it is not necessary for parlia-
ment now to continue its session at an
unusual period of the year for the trans
action of financial or legislative busi-
ness. Her majesty expressed the hone
that when parliament meets again at
the customary season it will again di.
rect attention to measures of social and
domestic improvement, and that it will
continue to advance in thefpath of usual
and beneticent legislation which has
been SO judiciously followed at previous
sessions. After the speech was read both
houses took recess until o'clock.
Groans for the Queens Speech.
At o'clock the house of commons re-
assembled. Nearly all the members
were present and the galleries were
crowded. The queens speech was
again read to the members. When the
last portion of the speech was read it
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erals, Mr.. Dunbar Plunket Barton,
Conservative member for Mid Armagh,
moved the address in reply to the
queens speech.
MIR. Burt's speech in seconding a mo-
ton Of mo confidence" was followed by
an attack on the opposition by Mr..
Goschen, chancellor Of the excheuuer.
Mr.. Goschen began by expressing the
hope that the opposition would realize
that the time had come for setting forth
their mysterious policy toward Ireland,
He then reviewed the course of the gem
eral election, maintaining that the
voters had been hoodwinked by the
Gladstonians with minor issues adapted
to local consumption, and that therefore
no fair return of popular opinion on
home rule had been obtained. After
claiming for the government credit for
bers, Mr.. Goschen closed with the pro-
phetic remark that the recent victory of
the opposition might not mean their
final triumph.
MCCARTHY Replies to Goschen.
Justin Mccarthy, the anti -Parnellite
leader, answered Mr.. Goschen from the
Irish benches. He reviewed Mr. Cos
chen's attack upon the opposition and
compared the government with cap
tured footpad, asking that he might fire
the last shot from his blunderbuss. The
Unionist policy, he said, might be
summed up in one word, coercion" F"
Mr.. Mccarthy admitted that he wished
to be well assused what the successor of
the present government would do for
Ireland. If the home rule bill, when
explained, should prove acceptable to
tina Irish people, the Irish members
would support it; if it should be I'M
satisfactory, the Irish members would
be against it, If the house of lords
should reject the home rule bill the
Liberals ought to consider themselves
pledged to exert all their energies until
such bill should bo passed.
George Wyndhain, Conservative, said
that. all parties were agreed in suspect
ing Mr.. Gladstone and his mysterious
policy. Jesse Ceilings, Liberal, said
that when the details of Mr.. Gladstones
home rule scheme should become known
Unionism would become stronger than
ever, especially in Scotland.
John Redmond. Parnellite for Water
ford city spoke of the interest Of every
Nationalist in facilitating the eviction
of the present government and ex-
pressed his regret that the house must
be kept in ignorance of the home rule
bill until next February. The Irish
parliament to lie granted by the bill, he
said, must not be subject to revision or
repeal, He demanded the release of the
lrishmen imprisoned at the time of the
dynamite panic, and the reinstatement
of eYicted tenants. Were these de-
mands not granted by the bill he would
not support it.
Viscount Wolmer, Liberal Unionist,
closed the debate, the motion for reply
to the address was agreed to and the
house adjourned.
The lords Puzzled.
In the house of lords the Earl of
Caniperdown complained that parlia-
ment and the country were in the dark
as to the parliamentary programme. 1t
was not right, he said, that the people
and their representatives should remain
in ignorance as to the home rule policy
to be pursued, and the present conspir-
acy of silence should be broken at the
earliest possible moment.
Lord Salisbury said that there was no
precedent for the present situation.
Since there was no measure before the
house it had been thought best to leave
all reference as to the future policy out
of the queens speech. he did not in
tend at present TO vindicate the past
policy Of the government In conclusion
Lord Salisbury expressed great surprise
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