The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-24
ROW IN CLADSTONE'S CAMP
All the Groups Kicking on the Mis-
conduct Of Business.

AVWoAOS W tho Auh5 Ol EoAnpuIkhs
Special cable letter, copyright, 1898. by the
United Press.
London. Dec. 29.-Before the House Of
Commons adjourned last evening, the gov
ernment whips were informed by the rep
resentatives of both the liberals and radi-
Gals that il closure should not be applied
stringently after the recess to the debate
on the parish councils bill, the members
of the majority would take matters into
their own hands. Discomfort over the
misconduct of business prevails in all the
groups of the governments supporters.
On Jan. 1, men fromlall sections of the ma
jority will meet at the National Liberal
Club TO discuss the difficulties of the situ-
alton. 1t is now seen that the weakness
of Mr.. Mellor, chairman of the commit
tee of the whole house, in permitting
an infinite number of amendments to be
tabled, is not the sole cause of the sue
cess of the conservative obstruction. For
some time the government has fought the
obstruction policy of the minority only
loosely and half-heartedly. The union
lists say the reason for this is, that the
ministers are riding for fall, as they de-
sire an early dissolution. II Mr.. Glad
stone and his colleagues have any such
intention, they are likely to be thwarted
by their party, who will not permit
policy Of this sort TO mature. One of the
main objects at the meeting of the
National Liberal club. in fact, is under
stood be an announcement of a demand
that the government carry out before dis
"a Nptn al al mo "a faa1
in the Newcastle programme.
UNDUE PRoLoNGATIoN ALSO TO BE FOUGHT.
Nor will the liberals consent to the un-
due prolongation of the session on the
precedent of long parliament. The re-
port that the cabinet are considering the
expediency of two years session TO avoid
the necessity of the queens speech is not
agreeable to the bulk of the government
members. What they insist upon is a
summary disposition of the bills
before the house and then
propagation followed by resumption Of
work with royal message prom ising n
series of measures which ought to be
carried before the dissolution. What
ever Mr.. Gladstone's plans and prefer
ences in the matter, he will be forced, in
view Of the overwhelming party feeling,
to accede to these demands.
THE DUKE OF EDINBUReH's ALLOWANCE.
The Duke of Edinburgh, despite his
acceptance of the throne of Saxe-Coburg-
Gotha is to draw $4,000 annually from
the British exchequer. When Mr.. Glad
stone announced this arrangement to the
House he threw down a bone Of
contention between the government
and radicals. He knew that his
proposal would irritate Mr. Labouchere
and his colleagues, therefore, seized a
chance to take them unawares. Mr.. La
bouchere, however, will not let the sub
ject drop. He has given notice already of
a motion to the effect that, as the Duke
of Saxe-Coburg Gotha is a sovereign prince
of the German federation, his whole an
nuity from Great Britain should be
stopped. If the government attempts to
smother debate on this motion Mr.. La
bouchere will renew it during the discus
sion Of the estimates, when there will be
no way of suppressing il. The radicals
were especially irritated by the spectacle
of the Irish members voting e10, 900 to the
Duke of EdinburR. They say that this
wascarrying the agreement of the nation
alists TO support the government, little
too far
THE DUKES INCOME.
The dukes income, drawn chiefly
through his wifes dover, is known accu-
rately TO be more than E200 900 annually.
He is not liked by the classes in Great
Britain, and is utterly unknown to the
masses. Even the conservative news
papers admit that 10000 will be a heavy
price to pay merely to keep up the dukes
British connections, for which nobody
excepting the royal family cares.
The Spectator unionist deplores the
whole arrangement. In "a leader on the
subject it says: IF Germany should be
at war with England, the duke ought to
command a German feet. AS asoyereign
he is not subject TO English law, even
when residing in England as has been
shown by the case Of the sultan of JOhore.
He, therefore, should not enjoy any APP
panage as British prince. If it is true
that the duke wants money because his
predecessor wasted the Saxe-Coburg-
Gotha property let him ask for 10000
yearly from his subjects"
LIABILITY OF EMPLOYERS.
The conflict between the lords and
commons over the contracting out clause
of the employers liability bin is certain
to result in the lords asserting TO a
compromise. sIne workingmen deputa-
tions sent to Lord Salisbury to talk over
the question give an appearance of proba-
bility to the idea that the trades unions
are divided on the bill The fact Is that
all the unions OUlClally oppose ble
amendments made in the upper house.
Lord Salisbury is not likely TO Increase
the clamor against the peers by efrustra-
ting the policy of the bill.
STRENGTH OF THE NAVY.
The Globe, conservative, pretends to
know that the lords Of the admiralty
threatened to resign unless Sir William
Harcourt chancellor OF the exchequer,
should explain to the House that his opin-
ion as to the condition and requirements
of the navy differed from theirs. The
story originated from Sir William Har-
courts telling the House on Thurs
day that when in the naval debate he
spoke of the admiralty experts as
satisfied with the navy's condition, he
ought to have discovered their approval
as limited merely TO the relative force of
the various countries in frst-class battle
The truth is, that the admiralty experts
need 10 threaten their retirement from
ofiice. The cabinet has given Earl Spen-
Ger, first lord of the admiralty, a free
hand TO produce great scheme of naval
construction.
NEW CHURCH PARTY.
In view of the agitation in Great
Britain for the church establishment,
a parliamentary church party has been
formed. The object is to organize in a
coalition all the members of the House Of
Commons who oppose dis-establishment
Sir f. S. Powell, who is the most con-
spicuous in the undertaking, said yester-
day that the executive committee will