The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-04
BTHEREALMOF THE QUEEN
The Parish Councils Bill Mangled by
the Lords.

scter That the Liberals Cannot Ac-
cant Them-A Possibility That the
sn1it will Precipitate Dissolution.
New Facts About the Rumor of Glad
.+one,s Resignation-A Doodle Bub-
BILE Bursts.
,cracial Cable Letter, copyrighted, 1894, by
the United Press.)
london. Feb. 3.-In dealing with the
rorish councils bill, the House of Lords
have destroyed in two nights the con-
.trnctive labors of the House of Commons
IN forty sittings. The measure is now
AZ mangled that it is impossible for
the government to accept it. Nor is there
any hope of a compromise unless the tory
neers abandon their leading amend
ments-a course which would brand them
with greater imbecility and vacillation
than they have yet shown. Lord Sails
hurry has been described as lath, painted
IN look like iron, but he would show him
self to be a mere reed if he should bow to
the government, who will not accede to
sny one of the principal conservative
amendments.
AsYNoPsIs OF THE CHANGES.
The crucial character Of the tory
changes in the bill is evident at first
glance One new provision is that, in
stead of creating a council in every
parish of 200 inhabitants or more,
the bills operation shall be
limited to parishes of 500
or more. Such a change would make
councils impossible in some 4, 500 parishes
contemplated by the bill. The mass of
the agricultural laborers would be dis
franchised, moreover, by the creation of
rate paying qualification. The use of
school rooms for meeting to dis
would be forbidden according
to the decision Of the peers, and the pub
lie houses would, therefore, be made the
centers of political activity in rural life.
The acquisition of allotments would be
hampered by the transfer of the control
from the district to the county councils,
where the influence of the landlords
is much stronger The public chart
ties would be removed from the
control of the parish councils.
and it is said Lord Salisbury intends to
put the apex on this pyramid of folly by
Gliding the. clauses reforming London s
yestry system. The peers seem blind to
the fate which their incessant provoca-
ton of trouble with the commons must
eventually prepare for them. Some
unionist journals express establishment at
the faulty of the upper house,
and the only CLEAN of common sense
shown in that body came from
the liberal unionist leader, the
Duke of Devonshire, and q few of his
colleagues who voted with the govern
ment against the proposal to deprive the
bulk Of agricultural laborers of their
franchise. The most discreditable ex-
-, l.,lN, 81.
bishops, thirty-two of whom voted to ex-
clude parish meetings from school rooms
ID the face of proof that such course
would drive the men to the public houses
on all political occasions
MAY PRECIPITATE DISSOLUTION.
Will the conflict between the two
houses IN parliament preclpitate the dis
solutlon} The conservatives are confident
That 1t will. They are already in furry
Of campaign activity, and the liberals
also have quickened their preparations
tor an appeal to the country. Premier
Gladstones nebulous denial that
regarded as leaving the cabi-
net free to dissolve Immediately
alter the action of the peers renders
hopeless the passage of the parish coun-
CHS and EMPLOYERS liability bills. Never
tneless Edward Maloribanks, the leading
government whip, declared in a speech to
ms constituents last evening, that the
tSSoinet would not dissolve before passing
thelr programme of reforms through
the House of Commons, no matter
%hat might become of the bills
elsewhere. If the House of Lords should
chauenge the government to deadly con-
.es! ne said, the government would not
shrink The majority in the Commons
. would light it out, Campbell Zimmerman,
secretary OF state for war, exclaimed in a
speech last evening: 1.-THE House of Lords
are mad. The patience of the people is
exhausted, How long is this to last9"
THE RUMoR ABOUT GLADSTONE.
Inc report that Mr.. Gladstone was
SUo9t TO resign is understood to have
SGtiisinated IN conversation between Mrs.
GjtauStone and an intimate friend in Biar-
NV Mrs, Gladstone spoke with much
iieelihg OF the desirability of freeing her
husband husband from his public burdens. Just
toeuIore gong to Biarritz, Mr.. Gladstone
o .qIheu with several cabinet ministers
t tLoout MS growing infirmities and. despite
n MI earnest protestations, insisted en-
pnaledlly that he had lost much of his
p 1--WE, as a leader. The Pail Mall Ga,
fo ouVe mad, without doubt, sound reason
Oi'cuIdtlng Its report concerning him.
DOODLE BUBBLE.
Inc proceedings in bankruptcy of the
South American and Mexican company
c onoW loss of more than 9l,OOO, 600. The
CoSels tuIl OF transactions in doodle" The
az Pahy was started by the trustees OF
ri Vic insurance corporation, and the Muir
o LAS and on the stock exchange was called
iTSa the Murrietas relief fund y
m me- evidence has proven that Galindez
noatdnager for the Murrieta, was allowed a
oS Inns mission of 100000 on a loan
la @IOO, OOO. Several directors borrowed
ana f. IAN amounts from the company's funds,
one one ,l made bogus disposition of shares
s oIS man ar giving II 900 worth to his house
co con, T. r. Powers, chief promoter of the
cTsspp 55hy, admitted candidly that he dis
dis+S;It with another director a plan to
0 00iS'r3 ,M doodle" amounting to ei65.-
enio.4 Az the men involved in the scandal
city ~ soou repuDauohs IN the
An ne great missionary conference Of the
ASluGiau church will open on May 30
nec llelican and colonial bishops are ex-
Twelve sessions P"i' Al AVS