The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-08-13
DSWEET
Queen Victoria's Speech to the
New Parliament Quite
Abbreviated.
She Expresses the Opinion That
the New Body Has Moth
ing to Do.

RaniZing the mouse OF cOHi!AoAS "e1e CoA-
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 T%wen,y-fifth imperial parliament OF
Queen Victoria was read. The speech in
formed her 1najesty's lords and gentleman
that by command of her majesty the pres
ent parliameutAas been assembled in ODE.
dience to the terms of her majesty's procla-
nation o fJune %, 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
now to continue its session at an ni.Ssual
p...od of the years iGf the transaction of
iinanr;.. or lie islative business. Her
maies,, expressed the hope that when par
Lament meets again at the customary sea-
son 1t will again direct attention to meas
nres OF social and domestic improvement
and that it will continue to advance in the
path of useful and benefcient legislation
which has been 80 judiciously followed at
previous sessions.
After the speech was read both houses
took a recess until 4 o'clock. At o'clock
the house of commons reassembied. Near
Nv 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.
THE QUEENS sPEEcH
was again read to the members. Whenthe
last portion of the speech was read it was
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 Asquith. Gladstonian menu
Der for the east division of Fifeshlre. rose
TO move the amendment declaring thatthe
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 ola dead majority. The house
ought not to daily over q practical ques-
ton, but should speedily as possible place
in power a government representing the de-
cision OF the country as expressed at the
polls. Thomas Burt (Gladstonian), member
for Morpeth, secretary of the Northumber-
land Miners Mutual association, seconded
the non-confdence amendment. He con-
tended that the question OF home rule Tor
Ireland must dominate all other questions
to which the Liberal party was pledged.
Right Hon. George J. Goscher, chancel-
lor OF the excheQuer, said he hoped that
the house would at last hear something
definite about home rule. Mr.. Gladstone,
he declared, could no longer shirk explain
ing
uYu i, MT pity acuENF
nor could Sir William Vernon Har curt
evade any such question by going out OF
the'house instead OF responding to them.
After claiming for the government credit
for preventing the exclusi OF OF Irish men,
bers, MIR. Gosehen closed with the prophetic
remark that the recent expression Of opin-
ion might % mean their final triumph.
Justin Mccarthy. the anti Parnellite
leader, answered MI. Goschen fro", the
Irish benches. He reviewed Mr.. Goschen's
attack upon the opposition. and compared
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 ior Ireland. If the present bill
the Irish people the Irish members would
support it. II it should be unsatisfactory
the Irish members would be agains. it. If
the house of lords should reject the home
rule bill the Liberals ought to still con-
slider themselves pledged to exert all their
energies until such a bill should be
passed.
Viscount Volmer. Liberal Unionist Tor
Edinburgh, closed the debate and the
house adjourned.