The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-01
THE HOUSE OF LORDS.

In the house OF lords several new peers,
| including Lord Playfair, tGok the cath
! prescribed for new members of the house
| The prince of Wales and his son the duke
of YORK; were present, and remained
through part ST the debate on the reply to
the queen S speech.
Lord Brassey moved the adoption of
! the address; His motion was seconded by
Lord ThriRg. Both the never and tAs
seeoader spoke in general terms In sup
port OF the government Lord Thring
whe has drafted the bills of successive
governments, said that before receiving
instructions from Mr. Gladstone regarding
the measures he had arrived ut an inde-
dendent conclusion that home rule was
the only remedy for the troubles in Ire
land. Lord ThriRg's remarks were
greeted with cheers from the Liberals.
Lord Salisbury, who appeared in the Op-
position, passed a compliment on Lord
Thring. So far as known, in the absence
OF official papers, the policy of the new
ministry seemed to be founded on sound
principles, and to be executed with judg
ment and skill. The events in Egypt rem
dered the difficulties surrounding the
British occupation more numerous. The
govern ment must postpone the Withdraw
al OF the British troops. but this in no
wise modified the assurances that had
been given TO foreign powers concerning
L5J pG IOuCuluS uDOu bI0 question VI
home rule for Ireland, Lord Salisbury
said that one object OF the government in
the past six mouths had been to get the
support of class of men whom hitherto
no politician in England had TO conciliate
The keynote Of the Irish policy of the gov
erumeut was the desire to get the support
Of the criminal classes. Provisions neces-
sary to maintain the law had been re-
pealed and though crime was not preva-
lent everywhere in Ireland, yet in the dis
tricts where it did prevail the hands of the
law were paralyzed conservative
cheers. The prerOgative OF the crown
had been used TO shield murderers and to
release dynamiters, and the acts of the gov
erument caused the impression that it
was much more in sympathy with Grim
inals than deslrous Of vindicatiDg the
laws. [Cries of "HearW "Hearr'1 The
reference III the queens speech to home
rule was the most peculiar sentence he
had ever seen in public document. IL
seemed to indicate that the governments
opinion of the whole Irish question with
which parliament had to deal was that 1t
was right for one portion of the Irish to
place their heel upon the neck of the Pro-
testant population in Ireland.
With regard to other measures indicated
in the queens speech, Lord Salisbury de-
clared that nobody believed that they
would be undertaken. They were simply
TeptIlblOn OF bne bIOS tdii dIOpCSu Dy TIE
Liberal conference at Newcastle. Lord
alluding to the agricultural de
preston, said that agriculture suffered
most from want of confidence. Political
partisans now preached doctrines that
filed the minds of the owners of capital
with apprehension. There is no country
iu the world, Lord Salisbury added. |
where property is now so insecure as Great |
Brit ain in consequence of erroneous legis- |
Iation. ECries of "HearW "Hearv'
The earl of Kimberly lord president of /
the council and secretary of the state for |
India, arose to reply to Lord Salisbury. A /
few prelates who occupied the bishops /
bench began to move out of the house. {
The earl of Kimberly mildly demonstrated |
with Lord Salisbury for accusing the gov
erument of having sympathy for Irish |
criminals. He promised TO introduce the |
home rule bill in the house of lords as
soon as il passed the house OF commons.
The earl also promised that the home rule
bill would not be IA milk k-and-water
measure.
Adjourned.