The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-03-15
THE DIE is CAST.
Laboucf1ere's Address Is
Rejected.
BUT IT'S SENTIMENT STANDS.
at Still Remains the Decision of
the Commons"
BUT IT'S SENTIMENT STANDS
THE RADICALS ARE SATISFIED.
Harcourt Says the Government Will
Stand by Gladstone's Declara-
tion on the Subject.

LONDON, March 14-When the House of
Commons met Today Chancellor Harcourt
announced that the Government had de-
cided 10 move the rejection OF the amended
address in reply to the Queens speech
looking TO the abolition of the House OF
Lords when it is put from the chair and
substitute another short address in reply.
1t was a proceeding for which the Gov
ernment held themselves en- tirely responsi-
bic. They could not present TO the sovereign
a document for which they were not pre-
pared to accept The entire responsibility.
The avowed object of the amendment was
a definite form of resistance to the Lords.
The Government fully accepted Glad
stones derlar alton on the subject Loud
cheers.] he had stated yesterday that the
Government proposed to oppose Balfour's
doctrine that the Commons are to be SUBJ
ject to the control of the Lords. IRE
newed cheerlng.l
Balfour and Chamberlain. the Con-
servatiye and Unionist leaders, assured
the Government of their support, but
Cham berlain added that yesterdays pro-
ceedDgs showed il was time the Govern
ment asked their constituencies for new
mandate.
Labouchere. the Radical leader, said the
amendment passed yesterday was not in
tended as vote of want of confidence In
the Government, but to quicken their
action in the execution of what the
minority of its supporters in the country
demanded. The Radicals are satisfied
that yesterdays majority is the best they
are likely to get, therefore they would not
oppose the substitute for it in the address
Labouchere continued by saying that
whatever the Government did the amend
ment passed yesterday would still remain
the decision of the Commons.
I'VE are representatives of the people,"
he said, ''and the Government are our rep
resentatIves. l do not recognize that the
Government are my masters. / always
regarded them as servants of the majority
of the House, ana the majority demanded
prompt, speedy, drastic action"
Finally, the House rejected the address
as amended yesterday and adopted the
address substituted By Harcourt.
The substitute address offered by Sir
William Harcourt. in reply to the Queen's
speech, was as follows:
Most Gracious Sovereign, we, your
Males US most dutiful and loyal subjects
of the House Of Commons of Great Britain
and Ireland in parliament assembled.
humbly assure your Majesty that the
measures recommended for our consdera-
tion shall receive our most careful atten-
tion, and we beg leave to thank your
Majesty for the most gracious speech
which your Majesty addressed to both
houses of Parliament"
The close of the proceedings at the adop.
tion of HarcourI's substitute were farci-
cal. the members treating the matter as a
huge joke.
SauDdersnD, Conservative for North Ar
magh. asked il it was not the immemorial
practice for the member moving an ad-
dress to wear uniform, and be moved an
adjournment for twenty minutes to allow
Sir William Harcouri to change his clothes.
Harcourt continued, occasionally inter-
ru2ted by iroDical cheers. He said the
opposition was only taking an opportunity
TO treat the speech from the throne with
levity.
The amendment of j. j. Clancy to cen.
sure the administration of the government
Of ireland as giving encouragement to
evictions, assisting in jury packing and
suppressing public meetings was rejected
351 to H. Adjourned.