The Irish standard., 1894-03-17
SPEECH FROM THE THRONE.

Rosebery Will st ck to Home Rule and
Garry Out Gladstone Program.
Ii the Queen speech read to DO !
houses st the British parliament last
Monday no reference aas made to Irish
Home Rule. The part OF it relating to
ireland is as follows:
my lords and gentlemen, the recent
Improvement in the state Of Ireland has
been continuous and marked. Agrarian
crime has been reduced under the adj
ministration Of ordinary law to the lowest
point that has been reached for the last
fifteen years. The condition, however,
of considerable body Of the evicted ten
ants Of that country requires early atten-
ton. A measure will be submitted to
you with the view Of reasonable settle.
:ment Of this question, deeply affecting
the well-being Of Ireland
At q Liberal meeting presided over by
Lord Rosebery, the new minister, be said
amidst great applause: 1T was thought
that in the high Office to which have
been called there should be declaration
of policy. That is not necessary, as we
stand where we did. [Cheers.] There
will be no change OF measures, and al
though there has been disastrous
change of men, they are all pledged to
the same policy. [Cheers.] The same
measures remain as they are the pro-
gram of the Liberal party, and it is not
intended to recede from any one of them.
The honor of England and the peace OF
Europe are safe in the hands Of the pres.
emit government. The Welsh church
question will be pressed to definite and
successful conclusion" Cheers.
In regard to the Irish question, we are
bound to it by ties of honor and atfec-
ton. My speech in the House OF Lords
in 1898 seems to have raised some doubt
as to my own position in regard to Home
Rule. Those who have these doubts can
only have read the speech in cursory'
manner. The policy Of Home Rule will
not be- less definitely pursued. It there
is any doubt on the subject, one pledge
which the & vernment has given in this
connection is the continuance in his pres
emit office of Right Honorable John Nor
Icy, chief secretary for Ireland. [Oheers.]
Mr.. Morley has been offered a higher
office, but he thought it his duty not to
sever his career from the cause OF Ire
land. Cheers.] .A.
Our late illustrious leader, in his last
speech delivered in the House of Com
mons. made declaration with which the
present government have entirely identi-
fed themselves. Cheers The convic-
ton has long been forcing itself upon me-
that with the democratic suffrage which
we now enjoy second chamber, consti-
tuted like the House of Lords, is an
anomaly. This conviction has been
strengthened by the unhappy chapter OF
accidents which has turned the House OF
Lords from a body of hereditary law
eivers, more or less equally divided, into
one great Tory organization entirely at
the beck and call of single party leader.
Cheers.
When the Tories were in Office the
power Of veto was not exercised, but
when the Liberals are in power the veto
is exercised at the dictates of the Tory
leader. That is danger to the consti-
tuition to which the Liberal government
is not blind and they will not lose sight
Of any measure which is constitutionally
presented to the country in this great
anomaly peril to which it is exposed.
[Cheers.
I will not 60 so far as some OF my
friends. do not think that the peers
should be treated as pariahs. [ do not
think that the fact that man was born
in particular position should debar him
from the higher opportunities of serving
the state, and I do not sympathize with
the views of certain deputation which
recently visited the Right Honorable Ed
ward Majoribanks Baron Tweedmouth]
though agree that there'is great :incon'
venience when the premier is not in the
House of Commons.
[ am not one of those who think that
the peerage should be considered 8
Stigma and q bar. But while l remain
premier you may be assured that no Lib
eral in the ranks will endeavor more
steadfastly to do his duty to the party
Loud cheering
GLADsroNE's SPEECH AN INHERITANCE.
Sir William Vernon Harcourt, chancel
lor Of the excbequer, followed. He sale
that the enemy tlattered themselves that
the Liberal party was going to droI
Home Rule. But the language OF thu
premier and the presence Of the Right
Honorable John Morley, as chief secre
tary for Ireland, was the best answer
they could give to this superstition. Con
tinuing, Sir William remarked that Mr.
| Gladstone's last speech in regard to thu