The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-07-12
THE LORDS IN PERIL.
They Dare Not Oppose Glad
stones Home Rule Bill.
WILL THE QUEEN INTERFERE
She Il sare to Veto the Appointmens
erals Making Satisfactory GaiaS-


cess they anticipated. taey feel that the-e
IS certainly some majority, and The as-
su-e3 prospect Of o.Hoe has = soothing in
I0e2ce- Groups a. The National Liberal
Club are nOs discussing the composition
OF the Gladstone ninlsgxr. 4 home -1se
bill viii be expedited inme3i2te.y, and
the house o. lords Dc challenged under
menace o. extinction Il IL throws the 2cs
OFT.
The temper Of the Liberals plainly points
10 fierce sgitagioa against ;he house Of
lords shoal6 Ao1ne--1Ge bill De passed
Or the commons. Or even by 81 lEsIgnI1-
can't majority be rejected. The Glad
stonisn whip, Arnold Morley. Speaking g.
Mansfield socsy, said Il The lords were
foolish enough 70 run counter 20 The vote
OF the house Of commons they would
either De U.ende3 Or ended No prominent
member OF either side has yet veut1-ed %
a.lu1s 10 the power behind the lords
rarely exercising the constitutional right
20 interfere. yet known 70 be ready TO
repel Gladstone Il he endeavors 70 al.er
the constitution Of the upper house with
ont an express mandate from decisive
majority OF the nation The Conserve
tlves EnoE thar thev can Absolutely rely
Upo, the queen 20 support the lords n re-
jecting home rule bsIi IS passed by any
majority Gladstone can nos obtain
Gladstone viii and the opening trouble
with the queen If he offe-s post 20
Lsoouchere. yet the radicals hold that
Gladstone has pledged pace 10 him II
Laoo-chere does not get sa Office he Vii
Be thorn IN the side o. 1he Liberal
ministry, and nothing 5 more certain than
thai the Queen xii refuse 20 receive him
s. E minister. j section O. the Liberals
oppose Eae reelection Of Speaker Pee,
and unless Gladstone upse.s the project
there viii 5e 3 party contest for The
speakersh!p. Arrangements have been
made 70 give the defeated minister,
Richie, seat By giving Gainsford Bruce,
the new member fo- He.oo-n, yac2n.
iudseship.
The Elections in the counties, though
not fulfilling the most sang1iae LIBERAL
expectations, give them confidence Of
having such ! majority IS viii oolige Lord
Salisbury 10 place his resignation n the
hands OF the queen IS soon Is parliament
assemblies. According 10 Liberal esIi-
mate the highest conceivable majority Is
ninety-eight and the lowest forEy-dve.
Officials OF the literal executive tonight
admit II. Il viii be UNEXPECTED good I1ck
If they appear n the house win sixty
majority.
At midnight total returns showed that
the Conservatives lad isS members. Lib
erals 1f.5. McCa-ghyites 81, Liberal [ Mon
lists -, and Parneliites ).
Conservative papers concur in conceiins
tina. Gladstone will have small majority
n the next parliament, enabling him 70
force the government 20 resign. bat offer
ing no guarantee shat The Liberals vii Dc
able 10 carry on business.
An exciting scene occurred 81 3 Liberal
meeting IN the Forest OF Dean division Of
Gloucester. where SIR Charles Dixie Is
standing as Liberal candidate sga!ns.
Colchester Wemyss. 4 resolution Was o.
ierei declaring against q man OF such
character 10 represent them IN parliament.
The wife Of Sir Charles was on the plat
form when the resolution was put. and
wept bitterly. There was great excite
ment during the voting which was height
eaed when il Was declared that the reso-
luton had been carried. The friends OF
Sir Charles demanded recount This
was done, only 20 confirm the previous re-
sui
Lard Salisbury has gone 10 Windsor
castle 20 explain 20 the queen the political
situation
Gladstone addressed q final meeting Of
the electors OF Midlothian a. Pen.cuics to-
day He said that next 10 home rule the
labor question should be the sub
ject for the attention OF statesmen,
and then replied az considerable
length 10 criticisms On the foreign policy
OF the last Liberal government He crit
ciSsd me financial policy OF the present
government, saying they had 50
complicated the couDtry's finances
sha; i was impossible % tell what
their condition was. Referring -
church Establishment. Gladstone sai3 il
vas sQaject on which Sco,land's opin-
ion shoIld assert itself ana should
rot be governed by English opinion.
He concluded vigorous speech
which lasted an hour with IN
eloquent appeal. l1l0ressing upon che en-
tire nation ami upon every voter the fac:
that : pom them rested the -espOQs. 5iiity.
Gladstone resumed Ms seat and the chair
man announced tAa. :he electors desired
70 pat : series n questions 70
the literal leader. These were written
our 81 mach length. and rerno-Se ess.y
read ~ he chairman. Gladstone briefly
replied % t2e is: OF interroSa,.Qns. Reply
ing % 3 unanimous vote Of mistaken con-
..Ge2ce. Gladstone SAID the speech wound
Dp me proceedings before election. which
scG.i release ne voters from further 20
E..cAl duty, but wA.cl woG.d entail upon
HIM seve-er exe-t.ons tAaa usually fell
even - men II les advanced years. TT. %
yhe hest Of his powers these services would
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