St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-03
SALISBURY Is SASSY.
He COMMANDS EVERY .Y0RY TO BE
PRESENT AVID VOTE
AGAINST THE HOME RULE BILL.

Over Four Hundred Lords Have
Promised to Support the Mar
quis-The Peers Will Tolerate
Very Little Debate-Hot Fight
or British Democracy Against
the lords.
LONDON, Sept. 2.-The Marquis of
Salisbury plans to make the decisive
! division Oh the home rule bill in the
house of lords the occasion of great
Tory rally. Not content with the nor
NAL majority of the lords against the
government, he will insist that every
Tory who can be reached by the
whip shall be present to record his
| opposition to the Giadstonian policy.
AT his instance the Tory whips have
sent exceptionally urgent notices to all
members of their party in the upper
mouse. The prospect is that, despite
the unfaVoraDleness OF the season.
almost the full strength of the oppo-
sition will be brought out for the vote
The most of the peers, who usually
neglect parliamentary duties at
tins time of year, are showing
obedience to the party whips which
they evinced before. and dozens are.
preparing to leave the race courses, the
moorS and the summer resorts of the
continent to join in the demonstration
against the bill. Some of them will re-
turn to take part in the first division of
thelf parliamentary careers.
More than 400 lords have already
promised to support the Marquis of
Salisbury in throwing out the bill. The
Earl of Kimberly, leader of the govern
ments f0rlorn hope, can muster at most
fOrty-two votes. For every peer sup
porting the bill, therefore there will be
ten opposing it. There will be little de-
bate on the bill among the lords. For
three nights they will devote most of
their time to dividing against it. The
peers have not shown any appreciation
of
Fine OratOry
in recent years. They could not tolerate
speeches of the class delivered by Mr.
Chamberlain, Mr. Balfour and Mr. Nor
ley i'll the house OF commons in the last
two days. They do not care for any
new views of. home rule, and i'll fact
there are among them but two or three
who are able to elucidate further any
subject already debated in the lower
house.
On Tuesday Earl Spencer, first lord of
the admiralty, will move the second
reading. The Duke of Deyonshire,
Liberal Unionist, will respond with
motion for the rejection of the bill.
Both are dull, ponderous speakers, and
little general interest is felt iii what
they may say. The Duke of
Argyll, Liberal Unionist, and
Lord RerscheIl, Gladstonian, and
Lord Halsbury, Conservative, who will
speak to the motions, are fairly effective.
Whatever freshness and yigor may be
shown in the well-worn theme, will
come from The Marquis of Salisbury and
the Earl of Rosebery, secretary of state
of foreign affairs. 1t is said the forty
rather inexperienced Unlonist speakers
have intlmated their desire to make brief
speeches against the bill. but in defer
ence to the wish of the great Unionist
majority, have agreed to hold their
peace. The Unionist whips feared that
these gentlemen would expose them
selves and their party TO ridcule by
their unaccustomed efforts to express
their ideas on a great question.
Not all UniOnistS look with favor on
the Salisbury plan of rallying an over
whelming majority of lords to vote
against the bill Such course. they
feel, must direct general attention to
the
FsrOadened Chasm
between the lords and the commons,
and in the end precipitate the fight OF
British democracy against the upper
house. For many years the British
people have watched with increasing
jealousy the interference of the people
with the work of the popular repre-
sentatiyes in the lower house. The as
Sembling of the plutocrats to defeat a
measure approved by commons afterthe
most exhaustive debate in parliamentary
history will not only aggravate this
Jealousy, but will also excite more in |
terest in the passage OF the bill than
has been felt before in the United King |
dom. There is no doubt that the great |
mass of Liberal voters in Great Britain !!
have felt only lukewarm favor |
towards home rule. They have
supported the policy more for |
the sake of Mr.. Gladstone than |
from any deep conviction. Upon this |
mood the course OF the Tory and |
LIBERAL nionist lords is likely to react |
in way not desired by them. A keen |
sense of antagonism will be felt gener- |
ally against the opponents of the govern |
ment. AS if to hasten the joining Of /
the issue, the house of lords this week !
placed itself in direct opposition to the |
popular demands by rejecting the bet !
terment clauses inserted by the house |