The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-08-09
Great Britain's Twenty-Fifth Parlia-
ment Opened in Due Form Yesterday.
Usual Speech from the Throne Read to the
Lords and Gentlemen Who Afterwards Dis
cussed 1t in Their Respective Chambers.
Gladstone Greeted with Cheers on His
Appearance in the House of Commons.
The Latter Body Urged by Mr.. Asquith 10
Speedily Gust the Tory Cabinet-fhs Cob
den Club and So isbury's Recent Speech.
PARLIAMENT OPENED.

PARLIAMENT OPENED.
Address by Queen Victoria In Which the
Members Are Told There ia Nothing 60 DO.
LONDON. Aug. 6-Parliament was opened
to-day. When the House Of Commons met
this morning the members were summoned
TO the House of Lords, where the speech
from the throne. opening the session of the
Twenty-tifth Imperial Parliament OF
Qneen Victoria was read. The speech in
formed her Msiesty's lords and gentlemen
that. by command Of her Majesty, the pres
ent Parliament has been assembled lin
obedience to the terms of her Majesty's
procla nation of June 2s. by which the late
Parliament. was dissolved. Previous
to that dissolution, the speech
added. the business of the session
was completed; therefore. it Is not neces-
sary for Parliament now TO continue its
session at an unusual period of the year for
the tran saction of financial or legislative
business. Her Majesty expressed the hope
that when Parliament meets again, at the
customary season. 1t Will give direct atten-
tion to measures of social and domes tic inn
provemeDt, and that it will continue to
advance In the path of useful and benef-
cent legislation which has been so judi
ciously followed at previous sessions.
After the speech was read both houses took
o recess.
At o'clock the House of Commons reas-
sembled. Nearly all the members were
present and the galleries were crowded
with visitors. The Queens speech was
portion was read it was greeted with groans
by the Liberals. Before the opening of the
debate on the address IN reply TO the speech
Mr.. Gladstone entered the House and took
the usual oath administered to the mem
bers. lie was the recipient of hearty
cheers from his supporters. Neither the
speech of Mr.. Barton in moving the adj
dress. nor that of Mr.. Cross, who seconded
the address. attracted any attention.
WANTS THE TORIES oUsTED,
The House was listless until Mr.. Herbert
Henry Asquitb. Gladstonian member fol
the east division of Fifeshire. rose to move
the amendment. declaring that the House
had no confidence in the government. He
was greeted with loud and prolonged cheer
ing by the Liberals. Mr.. Asquith declared
that ParlIemont had met for the obsequies
of dead majority. The House ought not
to daily over practical question. Dut
should, as speedily as possible, place IN
power q government representing the de-
cision of the country as expressed at the
polls.
Mr.. Thomas Burt. Gladstonian member
for Morpeth and secretary OF the Northum-
berland Miners Mutual Association, sec-
Onded the no-contidence amendment. He
rule for Ireland must dominate all other
questions to which the Liberal party was
pledged.
The Right Hon. George j. Goschen, Chan
cellor of the Exchequer, said he hoped
the House would at last hear something
definite about home rufe. Mr.. Glad
stone. be declared, could no longer shIrk
explaining his home-rule scheme. nor
could Sir William Vernon Harcourt
evade unpleasant questions by going out
of the house instead of responding TO them.
After claiming for the governments credit
tor preventing the exclusion of Irish men,
bers. Mr.. Goschen closed with the prophetic
remark that the recent victory of the op-
position might not mean their final tri-
umph.
Justin Mccarthy. the ar"~Parnellite
leader, answered Mr.. Gosct from the
Irish benches. lie reviewed ioschen's
attack on the opposition, and pared the
government with captured foJt-pad ask
ing that he MI ght fire the last shot from his
blunderbus. The whole Unionist policy,
he said. might be summed up IN one word,
coercion" Mr.. Mccarthy admitted that
he wished to be well assured what the sno-
cessOr of the present government would do
for Ireland. If the present BILL when
explained, should prove acceptable TO
would support 1t; if it should be unsat,s-
factory, the Irish members woald be
against it, Ii the House of Lords should
reject the bome-rnle bill, the Liberals
ought still consider themselves pledged TO
exert ell their energies until such bill
should be passed.
George Wyndham, Conservative, said
that all parties were agreed IN suspectlng
Mr.. Gladstone and his mysterious policy.
Jesse Collins. Liberal said that when
the details of Mr.. Gladstone's home rule
should become known, unionism would be-
come stronger than than ever. especially In
Scotland.
John Redmond, ParnellIte, spoke of the
interest of every Nationalist In facilitating
the eviction of the present government.
and expressed his regret that the House
must be kept In ignorance of q home-rule
bill until next February. He demanded
the release of the Irishmen imprisoned at
the time of the dynamite panic and the re-
lnstatement OF evicted tenants. Were
these demands not granted by the bill he
would not eupportlt.
Viscount. Wolmer. Liberal Unionist.
closed the debate and the House adjourned.
IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS.
In the House of Lords the Earl of Dem
bigh moved. and the Earl of Powis second
ed, the address In reply to the speech from
the throne. The Earl of Kimberly COM
planned that this was the first occasion
that no policy had been shadowed In the
speech from the throne. There was MOTH
ing In the speech, he declared. that could
be criticised. lie hoped that IL the chances
of political life reversed the position of the
parties the Liberal government would re-
ceIve the generous assistance in its for.
eign policy that the Liberals had accord
the Conservative government
Lord Salisbury admitted that the speech
was like . sealed envelope In the hands Of
preacher going into q pulpit, and when
opened found to contain nothing. The
government had no measure to present TO
Parliament He confessed that he had
hnAr nh d.r. eIaa - al
together They had now arrived at stage
cising q prerogative pecullarily its own,
Of selecting men whose measures would
come afterwards. LauRhter.l When
these men were adopted by the House
OF Commons then the House OF Peers
would share with the other house the
responsibility for their measures. When
those measures are presented TO them there
Will be no difficulty in criticsing them.
Perhaps then the Liberal lords would
abandon their present conspiracy ofsilence.
Then also the peers would perform their
duty with that wisdom of decision upon
which the House established its right and
reputation in days past. tCries of Hear,
hear" In the duty thus cast upon them
they would have TO pay regard 60 the COM
posi te nature of the majority supporting
those measures Most important most
vital of all. they would have TO consider
tho fundamental nature of tho changes
shadowed forth for their acceptance, and
which would be the most momentuous
ever made in the history of the country.
ICheers.
The Duke of Devonshire ssid that the
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