St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-24
WAR AGAINST THE PEERS.
GLADSTONE WILL OPEN THE CAM
PAIGH THIS WEEK.
ADDRESS TO CONSTITUENTS.

The Prime Minister'S Attention
Will Be Directed Principally
TO Church Disestablishment,
Universal Suffrage and Retter
Relations Between Landlords
and Tenants.
LONDON, Sept. %. - The dominant
question OF the moment is whether Mr.
Gladstone will make his speech before
his Midlothian constituents in Edin-
burgh next week the opening of a
campaign against the existence of the
house Of lords. The executive commit.
tee of the National Liberal federation
keenly desires that he should declare
war against the peers at once, but they
do not expect any definite utterance
from him within the next month.
While asserting in private TO the fed
eration'S recent manifesto against the
lords, Mr.. Gladstone informed the eX-
ecutive committee two weeks ago that
be intended 10 c0ntiDe his action to the
measures flor disestablishment, zone
man, one vote" and the better regula-
tons OF the relations between landlords
and tenants in London. In ministerial
circles. therefore. no essentially hostile
reference 10 the lords is expected from
Mr.. Gladstone az Edinburgh. although
the whole statement OF his policy Will
be directed against them.
The Liberal campaign against the
peers will open in earnest ar the next
congress OF the national federation.
This congress viii adopt as a per-
manenI plank in the party platform
demand Tor the reform or abolition OF
THE UPPER HOUSE.
The Ear OF RO>tbery, secretary of
state for foreign affairs. advocates the
Creation OF single senate in which The
hereditary house OF lords shall be pre-
served as subordinate element. He
had conference on the subject with
Mi. Gladstone at BlackcTaig castle yes
tvTday. and aTteTWari went to BaImural
TO consult with the queen. Ii is not
probable thai he look 10 her the intelli-
gence Of any plaLS of Mr.. Gladstone
aEa u>t The peers. Such a declaration.
combined with the G.adstonian pro-
gramHe OF dIse>tablishment in Wales
and Scotland. would undoubtedly have
strained 10 the utmost tile relations be
tween neT majesty aud The prime min
lister.
lie approach of the campaign against
the lords has caused several English
bishops 10 propose to leaders of the
church IN Scotland that they join AN
offensive ana defensive alliance 10 fight
dlsesiablIshment and Tie reform of the
upper house. The Scotch ciiurcilmeu.
however, received The proposals SO
cUldly that the project OF all alliance
has been abandOned. The Scotch
clergy seem to regard Welsh discs
Enlistment as inevitable and almost
justiiable. They do not wish to link
The tate of the church in Wales with
that OF the Church of Scotland.
Politics are at the lowest tbb in Lon
don just now. All the cabinet ministers
are
OUT OF TOWN
and the clubs are deserted. Among the
Irish members of parliament who will
take advantage OF the recess TO make
American tours are Florence Drlscoll,
aHtI-PaTnelllIe,fO for South AioEOghan,aHd
Arthur OCOunOr, anIi-Parntllite, for
East Donegal. William Redmond, who
helps his brother lead the Parnelltes,
has gone 10 Australia. John Dillon.
Tn Il ally. I hUmas Sexton, William
q BTien and Justin Mccarthy nave been
invited To yIsIt the Chicago fair, but
lave been detained al home. partly
through the dispute over the Paris fund.
Alciarl Dayitt writes that the real diff
ficultitS III tie way OF tue release Of the
nIonry are not due TO the dispute with
tie ParueliiteS. but are caused almost
entirely by Paris bankers. Munro 4
Co. WHO mold the funds, he says, are
acting in frivolous and arbitrary man
neT. IAis statement has not as yet
ELECTED tie expected response from
AessTS. MonrO.
The Brazilian secretary Of legation
here. {. Dos Santos LisbUa, said. in an
interview this morning, that official ad-
Ylcrs from Rio JaneiTO, although mea-
grT. cOnJradicled many of the senSa-
tiOHaI reports unfavUrabIe 10 President
PeiXOto. he geographic service of
t!lt country, he said, was still in the
governments hands. / lie legation, he
added. had reason to consider the alarm
Ist cablegTamS about rebel success along
the Brazilian coast as manufactured
matter sent out by rebel agents. De-
clsiVe news is expected by the legation
to arrive IN a few days. Mr.. Corea,
when interviewed, expressed sanguine
views of President PeiXOtO'S position.
lie denied emphatically that there was
business pane III RIO.
THE BhNKS,
he said. continued To transact business,
and Brazilian securities had not de-
clined notably ON the European bourses.
Such official opinions, however, hardly
ever agree with tenor of private dis
patches. These show that business In
Rio is paralyZed. The comparative
strength of Brazilian securities is due
TO the belief of large financial houses in
Paris that the revolution will end with
the restoration of the monarchy and the
establishment of affairs OH sulid basis.
The British dailIes also incline to the