Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-02
ALL READY TO REBEL.
lister Men Denounce Home Rule and
Threaten Civil War, but
ARE CAUTIOUS IN RESOLUTIONS
RADICAL 0nslaughts on Some Costly Re-
fneries of Royalty.
NEWS FROM THE EUROPEAN CAPITALS

gave no idea of the warlike tone of tn
speakers at that meeting. Knowing tina
their days are numbered as belonging tc
Government majority, and seeing that the
Irish Parliament is the dominant fact of tn,
near future, these advocates of constitu
tional order under the Tory regime met te
declare civil war in the event of Liberal
majority altering the Constitution. The
war drum throbbing throughout tn.
speeches was, however only family heard
in the resolutions adopted
The meeting was held at Dawnshint
House, the residence of Lord Arthur HILL
Comptroller of the Queens Household. AL
the Ulster members were present except
three. Some fiery spirits urged plain
declaration of an immediate resort to arms
when Ulster is placed under the Dublin
Parliament. But these rough menaces were
often used publicly by Colonel Suanderson
md others during the home rule crisis OF
1856, and the leaders of the group now find
il prudent to veil their threats in more
moderate language.
Gladstonians Consider 1t Buster.
The Liberal papers treat the proceedings
lion as mere vaporing. Interviews with sew
sral Ulster delegates in lobby gave the
impression of an intense hostility to home
rule, even keener than at the time when the
movement was organized. Money was
partly subscribed TO arm 5000 men, and
Colonel Saunderson boasted that he would
respond to the call of a revolt. As sh-ewd
an observer as Lord Randolph Churchill
still processes to believe tha5 Ulster will
fight, but no fear of this nature in the
slightest deters or alters the Liberal policy.
In the meantime the Ulsterite's plan of
campaign will be a vigorous agitation in
Ireland and Great Britain, working up the
constituencies to believe in their menaces.
An abundance of money enables the Chief
Committee, composed of Colopel Saunder-
son. Sir II. T. Harland and T. W. Russell, to
organize provincial committees, the first
d,velopment of whose action will be dis
closed at a convention in Belfast about
Whitsuntide.
a Cabinet Member Taken to Task.
Although National Irish members con-
slider the matter only a subject for derision,
Mr.. Sexton tonight called Mr.. Balfour's
attention to the fact that Crown Minister,
the Comptroller Of the Queens Household,
proposed a resolution inciting a section of
ing to commit himself by any statement in
reply, Mr.. Sexton intimated that he would
recur to the subject
Mr.. Balfour's reticent responses in re-
gard to the date of the dissolution of Parlia-
uent, have involved several important ques-
lions. The Liberals were anxious to settle
whether the election should take place on
The voters register of 1891 or that OF 1892.
The register is generally completed in Au-
Recent registers showing a growth OF the
Liberal vote Mr. Gladstone claimed that if
dissolution occurred in the autumn,
special bill ought to be introduced, bringing
the new register into operation then. He
declared that he did not remember a disso-
luton occurring in the latter months of the
year upon an old register.
Going for the Palace Rat-Catcher.
Mr.. Balfour fenced the demand. Unable |
10 retute Mr.. Gladstone, he simply asserted
that the Crown had full discretion to deal
with tle matter. His response put the op-
position in bad temper, and they tilted
against every vote of supply, especially at
lacking the estimates for the roval palaces.
Mr. Morton sarcastieally protested against
the vote for the Buckingham Palace rat
catcher. Mr.. Labouchere advised that the |
rat-catcher be brought to Parliament,
where he could catch something, and he |
wanted Kensington Palace to be used |
as an art gallery and Hampton Court |
as public reserve. Pat O'Brien |
urged that Kew palace be turned into a |
house for old soldiers or for the London |
poor. Mr.. Storey held that it was uncom- |
monty shabby for royal personages to take |
palaces rent free, and also to sponge the |
public to keep them in repair. There was a |
series Of similar short, sharp, democratic |
rrrrH ind haG for J.
ties in the coming radical Parliament. The |
Government members maintained discreet |
silence, carrying the votes with the usual !
majorities.
Proposing to Abolish Long Speeches.
An episode in the House of Lords this /
week was the proposal of eccentric Lord |
Denman TO limit the duration of speeches |
He said he did not intend to insult any fel-
low peers; he simply wished to protect thuse
who did not speak at unnecessary length. A
half hour was enough, he thought, for any
body except Privy Counsellor, who might
be allowed an hour.
Lord Salisbury, referring TO Lord Den
man as a usually silent member, said that
the proposal reminded him of the saints of
old, who were accustomed to infiict upon
themselves the most frightful penance on
account Of the sins from which they were
tree. Peers generally, he con-
tinued, were not guilty of making long
speeches Perhaps Lord Denman aimed at
him. lie might as well bring in bill to
prevent too much business in the Upper
House, or the attendance from being too
large. If the peers passed the bill the
House of Commons might take it as covert
criticism of their long speeches. and might
retaliate somehow. As he desired perfect
harmony between the two Houses, he must
oppose the proposal. Lord Denman Joined
il the laughter at Lord Salisbury's wit and
ried to continue the debate, but was
checked by cries of order.
A Cotton Crisis in Lancashire,
The long pending crisis in the cotton
.rade has induced spinners in Lancashire to
seize the occasion OF dispute with the
operatives TO declare a wholesale lockout.
The trade is suffering from the fall in silver
aad from an enormous decrease in profits in
yoods exported to India. The operatives
-itiged the trouble over trifling claim aris-
ng from breakage in working yarn. The
Federation OF Master Spinners, at a meet
ny held to arrange the minor question, |
ound unanimity on the greater question of
ocreased returns iustifying 10 per cent
eduction in wages, and to-day declared a
ockout in all mills, excepting those of Ger
am cotton spinners