St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-11
DOWN WITH THE LORDS
POPULAR CAMPAIGN CRY IF AN
ELECTION rs HELD
IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS.
Queen Victoria Wants an appeal
to the Country at Once, but
Gladstone Hesitates Many
Peers Voted Against the Irish
Bill Who Were Never in Par
lament Before.
from the SUNDAY GLOBE.

LONDON, Sept. 9.--Sir Henry POM
sonby, the queens private secretary.
passed last night at Black Craig castle,
where Mr. Gladstone is taking holt
day with Mrs. Gladstone and party of
friends. This morning he and the
prime minister had an interview, and
before morning Sir Henry left with
special dispatch from Mr.. Gladstone TO
the Queen concerning the governments
attitude toward the defeat of the home
rule bill in the house of lords last even
ing. Sir Henry was conveyed in all
haste fIom Black Craig castle to the rail-
way station at Coupar Angus, where
an express train was stopped to
take him on board and carry him
10 Balmoral. 1t is significant
That Sir Henry'S mission was
not undertaken at the queens
instance, but at the suggestion OF Mr..
Gladstone two days ago. The queen is
known to have awaited with unwonted
anxiety Mr.. Gladstone'S decision as to
his course after the rejection of the bill
by the house of lords. The royal idea
Is that Mr.. Gladstone should appeal at
once to the country. and the determine
lion which is understood to have been
expressed by Mr.. Gladstone in his spe
cial dispatch to hold on indefinitely will
not suit her majesty at all. According
10 constitutional precedents the queen
certainly had some reason to expect
that, after the overwhelming majority
of lords spiritual aad temporal had con-
demned him, the aged prime minister
would resign, or ask the electors again
10
JUSTIFY HIS POLICY.
1t is surmised that Mr.. Gladstone init
mated in the dispatch carried to Balmo-
raj today the readiness of the cabinet to
submit to the queens perogative to dis
miss her present ministers. This init !
nation would mean little, however. and
he knows he can rely OH the queens dis
erection to take no step involving the
crown in the popular cutlery against the
house of lords. A large and influential
part of the ultra-1ory party expect such
in the Intervention of the queen. but
their expectation will hardly be real
lied. On the other hand, the queens
opinion ds to the proper course for Mr..
Gladstone will weigh with him I'M
doubtedlv in fastening the appeal to the
country. Before last nights sitting of
the lords, the highest vote recorded i'll
the upper house was 375. This was
gived on the question of repeating the
corn taws of 1916, and increased the
proxies of absent members. The attend
ance and vote last evening. therefore,
were quite beyond precedent. No such
gathering of hereditary legislators has
been seen previously in London. Many
of the peers who came to the town to
vote against the bill had never seen the
interior of the house before, and fifty
of them were obliged to sign the roll for
the first time before voting. To render
the duty of attendance less irksome
some fifty or sixty peers lurked in the
refreshing and smoking rooms during
the debate. Several finding the cuisine
in the restaurant of the house insult
able to their tastes,
had THEIR OWN COOKS,
wines and meals brought in for the oc-
easIon. One peer. for instance. gave a
dinner, prepared by his own chef, served
on his own plate by his own servants.
In neither its public nor lis private
aspects did the house reveal any charac-
teTistIcS likely 10 strengthen its chances
of a long existence. The Radicals will
raise again the question of the Duke of
Connaughs appointment to the Alder
shot command. The debate will follow
motion, TO be made probably by Mr..
Lab0uchere. for the reduction of the
f1Nn
salary drawn by the Duke of Cambridge
as COMMUNICATIVE chief Several Con-
servatives and some LIBERAL nionists
will support the motion with the pur-
pose of defeating the government. If
they rally a majority, the consequences
for the government Will be serious. Mr..
Campbell-Bannerman, secretary of state
for war, would resign, and general re-
organization of the cabinet would be
necessary. As such vote might result
in the Duke of Cambrdge's retirement,
the Radical leaders privately talk of
Withdrawing the motion in case they
obtain public assurance that the gov
eminent does not design the Duke of
Connaught's Aldershot appointment as
prelude to his succession 10 the COM
mander-in-chief. This offer from the
Radicals. however, would not help the
minister much.
The queen and the Prince of Wales
hold that the chief command belongs to
member Of the royal family. and any
effort by the ministry to shun the Duke
of COnnaught would result in an open
rupture between court and cabinet. The
proposed motion and the suggested bar.
gain are therefore the two horns OF a
serious government dilemma. The
dispute among the Anti-Parnellites over
the disposition of the Paris fund seems
to be nearing a settlement. Michael
Davitt and John Dillon. who were APP
pointed to confer with Joseph Kenny,
representing the Psrnellites, as to the