The Bottineau pioneer., 1892-08-13
SHORT SWEET
Queen Victoria's Speech to the
New Parliament Quite
Abbreviated.
She Expresses the Opinion That
the New Body Has Moth
ing to Do.

LON DON, Aug. Zine IOrmallteS OF Or
ganizng the house of commons were COM
pleted last week, and this morning when
the house met the members were sum-
moned to the house of lords, where the
speech from the throne opening the session
Of the Twenty fifth imperial parliament OF
Queen Victoria was read. The speech in
formed her illajesty's lords and gentleman
that by command of her majesty the pres
ent parliament has been assembled III obe.
dience to the,terms of her majesty's procla-
nation of June %, by which the late parlia-
ment was dissolved: Previous to that dis
solution. the speech added, the business
of the session was completed; therefore,
it is not necessary for parliament
period of the year ior the transaction Of
financial or legislative business. Her
majesty EXPIRE sed the hope that when par
Lament meets again at the customary sea-
son 1t will again direct attention toAaeas-
ures OF social and domestic improvement
and that it will continue to advance in the
path of useful and beneicient legislation
which has been so judiciously followed at
previous sessions.
Alter the speech was read both houses
took recess until 4 o'clock. AT O'Clock
the house oficommons reassembled. Near
ly all the members were present. Mr.Glad-
stone entered the house and took the usual
oath administered to members. He was
the recipient Of hearty cheers from his sup
porters. E$
THE QUEENS SPEECH
was again read to the mem bers. When the
lne$ ~ 81,
greeted with grosns by the Liberals.
Neither the speech Of Mr.. Barton, in
moving the address, nor that OF Mr.. Cross.
who seconded the address. attracted any
attention. The house was listless until
Herbert Henry Asquth Gladstonian men,
ber for the east division of Fifeshlre rose
to move the amendment declaring that the
house had no confidence in the government.
He was greeted with loud and prolonged
cheering by the Liberals. Mr.. Asquith de-
clared that parliament had met for the
obsequies of a dead majority. The house
ought not to daily over practical ques-
ton, but should speedily as possible place
in power q government representing the de-
cision of the, country as expressed at the
polls. Thomas Burt (Gladstonian), member
Tor Morpeth, secretary of the Northumber-
land Miners Mutual association, seconded
the non-confidence amendment. He con-
tended that the question OF homo rule or
Ireland must dominate all other questions
to which the Liberal party was pledged.
Right Hon. George J. Goscher. chancel-
lor OF the exchequer, said H.. hoped that
the house would at last hear something
definite about home rule. Mr.. Gladstone,
he declared, could no longer shirk explain
ing ~
HIS Ho NE RULE SCHEME
nor could Sir William Vernon Har ourt
evade any such question b. going out Of
the house instead Of r. spending to them.
After claiming for the government credit
for preventing the exclusi OH OF Irish menl-
bers, Mr.. Goschen closed with the prophetic
remark -that-tl recent sex preston OF opins
ion might not mean their final triumph.
Justin Mccarthy. the anti-Parnellite
leader, answered Mr.. Goschen from the
Irish benches. He reviewed Mr.. Goschen's
attack upon the opposition, and compared
the government with a captured iootpad
asking that he might fire the last shot from
his blunderbuss. The whole Unionist pol
icy, he said, might be summed up in one
word-''coercion." Mr.. Mccarthy admit
ted that he wished to be we'll assured what
the successor of the present government
would do :or Ireland. If the present bill
when explained should prove acceptable to
the Irish people the Irish members would
support it. If it should he unsatisfactory
the Irish members would be against it. It
the house of lords should reject the home
rule bill the Liberals ought to still con-
s;der themselves pledged to exert all their
energies until such a bill should be
passed.
Viscount .Volmer Liberal Unionist for
Edinburgh, closed the debate and the
house adjourned.