Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-07-21
THE BRITISH HOUSE
NOT LIKELY TO BEGIN WORK BE-
FORE A MONTH.
Ob3tnclcs in the Way Which May Prove
Dinlcult for the Government to Sur
NOTWITHSTANDING Pays tho Queen a
Hasty yisit-Eieo Returns Nearly
All In,


Thursday next. Mr.. Balfour, arriving in
town Saturday, proceeded to Hatfield
House to see Lord Salisbury. Lord Sails
bury went TO Windsor yesterday to meet
the Duke of ovonshire, who has been
staying at the castle for some time Here
he had a conference with her majesty,
and returned to London last evening ac-
companied by the Duke of Devonshire
under excitement. 1t is expected that
some developments of an unwonted char
acter are Impending
A number of members of the Carleton
club came into town yesterday to watch
events The political clubs generally are
crowded. A rumor Is rife that the Garlic
ton club men state that section of the
cabinet want Lord Salisbury to resign
forthwith in order to force Mr. Gladstone
to meet the house of commons with full
disclosure of his home rule and general
policy, and to prccipitate the crisis
The Liberal leaders are prepared to
take Office Immediately or to await the
defeat of the government on the amend
ment to the address. No tactics that
the present government can adopt will
force the hands of Mr. Gladstone. If Lord
Salisbury does not await a formal eXpul-
sion, the Liberal government policy, as
outlined by the queens speech, can be so
couched as to reveal nothing that the Con-
scrvatives do not already know. If the
Conservatives rely upon forcing Mr.. Glad
stone to declare himself fully in the de-
bate on the amendment, that depends
upon his pleasure. The course that Mr.
Gladstone adopts will not in the slightest
be influenced by the views of the opposi-
ton, but will be rather
Directed to Baflle Them.
A conference of Mr.. Gladstone and his
colleagues is expected to take place ON
Thursday. The difficulties of working
the house with a majority dependent on
the Irish members are fully appreciated
at the Liberal headquarters Among the
troubles menscing the new government is
the habit tho Irish members have of irreg-
ular attendance. Many of them have had
business affairs to look after hitherto, and
only appeared In the house when they were
summoned there by the eXisency of Irish
affairs. The special business being fin
ished they vanished again. If this prac-
tice is continued under the new govern
ment, the absence of some forty Irish
members will render tho government liza
bic to defeat at any moment, Parnell
kept his men together when the party
purse was full by personal payments at
regular intervals, enabling them to disre-
| gard the claims of private affairs.
The Liberals might have recourse to sub
sidizing the McCarthyites, but this would
place the party under obligations which it
is almost impossible to accept. If the
American subscriptions freely continue
during the final crisis the home rule party
Will be wonderfully
Heartered and Strengthened.
All sides recognize the fact that the
present elections, costing as they have
about 90, 800 coo, are the only prelude to a
more decisive electoral campaign when
more money must be expended and the
local organizations everywhere must be
maintained in full vigor The resources
of the Unionist5 are ineXhaustiblo as com
pared with those Of the Liberals, though
assurances have been obtained by the
Liberal executive that wealthy Glad
stonians are ready to respond to demands.
As to the coming crisis in parliament, Il
month must elupse before the actual bust
ness Of the house begins. The swearing
in of members takes fortnight; then the
election of the speaker and of the chair
man of committees proceeds, involving
possibly debate, and next comes the dis
cussiOn of the amendment to the addres.
in reply TO the speech from the throne. II
this is followed by a change of govern
meat Mr.. Gladstone may take a fortnight
to form IL ministry, Il number OF which
may require reelection. The Liberals
thus calculate that it will be October be
fore the new government can be called
upon to present to parliament its pro
gram. 1t is probable therefore that Mr.
Gladstone may not begin the work o
| lo,r lot in ,a int hut ,,,i1
postpone it until next spring.
y section Of this Conservatives cherish
the delu,ion that Lord Salisbury, st il
holding a majority Of the British votes
can refuse to resign until another appea
has been made to the country. SOM
! Tory papers seek TO deny that such
, course would be uucons titutional, though
the bulk Of them admit that the govern
ment must vacate Office on the first ad
, verse vote.
An Analysis
of the latest returns show the value of tn
British vote on which the Conservative
now rely as the bulwark for the rejection
: of home rule. The number Of member
, thus far returned is Gl2. This leave
only IS results yet undeclarcd Englan,
, has sent 2S4 Conservatives, 1913 Liberals
, including members Of the labor party: 3
, Unionists and l McCarthyite (Tou
! O'Connor) Scotland sends II Consorva
:, tives 50 Liberals anG IL Uniouists VALE
sends , Conservatives and . Liberals AM
Ireland II Conservatives, 3 UuiOnists, 4
McCarthytiss and 0 Parnelltes.
The opposition combined thus aggrC
= gates 343, and the Unonists $40. OF tn
IS seats yet unreturned, Irish and Brit
ish in the late parliament We're held b