The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-08-10
G~LADSTONE'S SPEECH
Leads the Liberal Attack on Lord
Salisbury in the House.
OUTLINES THE COMING POLICY,
And DenounoeS tho Action Of the
government in Ignoring the Yer.
dict Of the People as Expressed at
the Polls-The Grand Old Man
Greeted With oheers-HiS Utter
ances Received with Enthusiasm.
Balfour Replies.

LONDON, Aug. a.-The house Of COM
mons was crowded to it's full capacity
before tho business of the day wa COM
menced, as it was expected Mr.. Glad
stone would resume the debate on the
address in reply to the queens spesch.
Els appearance inthe house was q signal
for ringing cheers from his adherent.
Mr.. Gladstone was greeted with loud
and prolonged applause when no arose
to speak. BE opened his address by
referring to the procedure OF the gov
ernment in departing from precedents
In not resigniug when the verdict Of the
country was against tholn.
Tho house had met, Mr.. Gladstone
said, but they did not know for what.
[Cheers1 The queens speech told
them nothing. WASH a fact, he said,
that the judgment OF the nation wa
without appeal? Was the house of
commons to fight the battles Of SIX
years over again2 Mover had there
been q great issue submitted to the
country that had been go fully dis
cussedAs the issue decided at the last
general election. The government wa
perfectly aware of that. They know
well what a majority Of the house had
come prepared to give effect to the yer.
dict of their constituents. [Cheera.
They could not do otherwise.
Turning to the matter OF home rule
amid Wild cheers, Mf. Gladstone said
that tho claims OF Ireland had been for
years at the fore front Of the battle and
that that position was now held. The
principles of his homo rule bill were
pretty we'll known. By its provisions
there would be q full and efcctual
maintenance OF imperial supremacy,
while Ireland would be given the con-
duct OF her own afEairh. Irish repre-
sentatioh in the house Of commons was
also contemplated under certain con-
ditiona. As to the form in which these
principles would be embodied 1t was
the duty OF the Liberals to select tho
bcstform, but not until they had been
placedm power.
Mr.. Gladstone said that in justice to
the government he must say that they
were entitled to credit for what they
did toward reaching the distress by
the land act OF 1887, but that came too
late. It was not associated with the
administration Of laws in harmony with
the sympathies Of the people. AS he
had been asked questions respecting
the continuance Of coercion, he would
reply at once that the coercion bill
ought not to be retained GU the statute
book longer than required by parlia-
mentary usage. (Cries Of tthear, hear.
Nj. Gladstone thenproceeded to refer
to the governments legislation. He
credited them with the conversion Of
the national debt, but complained that
they had inflicted on Ireland a gross
wrongin making her pretended repara-
ton local government bill to be
lmitedpto satisfy Irish wants, or to of
fer any solution OF the Irish troubles.
The house, said Mr.. Gladstone, would
address itself seriously to a bill giving
ireland q government. It would pass
the house Of commons and then go to
the house OF lords. He would not
argue upon the probability, OF the
house Of lords rejecting the bill. II the
measure passed the house Of commons,
never would the house of lords have
before them a question of greater inn
portance to the empire at large, never
agreater question to themselves. Top
position eheers.1 The obligations offs
Liberal government would utterly for.
bid acquiescenes in the rejection OF
those Obligations. To promote the set
Element OF a great subject 1t would re-
main unweakened and unchanged.
[Cheers.1 At the same time it would
be necessary to deal in 1893 with q sensi-
Bile portion of British wants, the de-
mand for which had been accelerated.
[Cries Of "hear, heart
Referring to the amnesty OF Irish
prisoners, Mr.. Gladstone said it was
impossible for other than responsible
ministers to give any pledge either for
revision or remission Of sentences.
In regard to eyicted tenants, he ex-
pressed the hope that during the au-
tumn q voluntary arrangement between
landlords and tenants would obviate
tho necessity for such legislation as
would become inevitable if no arrange
ments were made.
MI. Baltour followed Mr.. Gladstone in
q speech.