St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-18
A ROUSER TO ROSEDERY.
EDINBURGH GIVES THE NEW PREMIER
A GRAND RECEPTION.
The Intimate Union OF the Irish
and Liberal Parties Is OF the
Greatest Importance, the Pre-
mier Says-He Supports the
Welsh and Scotch Disestab-
lishment Propositions.


EDINBURGH, March 17.-Lord Rose
berry arrived here at 6:30 D. IN. to make
his expected address to the delegations
from the Liberal associations from all
parts of Scotland. The premier was
received at the station by the Liberal
committees and drove to the Corn Ex
change i'll an open carriage. receiving
an ovation from the crowds gathered
along the route. between that building
and the railroad station. The Corn EX-
change, which holds 5000 people, was
packed an hour previous to the arrival.
The interval was occupied by singing
political songs, in which the premier
was described as the Scottish grand
young man."
Many members of the ariStocracy of
Scotland, a large number of parliament
and many other distinguished people,
including Sir Charles Tenant, were
upon the platform. When Lord Rose
berry entered the exchange, the vast
audience assembled rose, cheered and
stood waving their hats and cheering
for several minutes. The chairman
briefly introduced Lord Rosebery, who.
upon rising to speak. was greeted with
a renewed ovation and by the singing
of He's jolly good fellow" During
the course of his remarks the premier
said he would be made of stone if he
could stand there unmoved. HIS
thoughts went to the past rather than
the present-to th5 immortal days of
Mr.. Gladstone's first Midlothian cam
paign, the memory of which quickened
his pulse. If Mr.. Gladstone was absent
tonight, Lord Rosebery continued. his
inspiration was with them, and it was
in that inspiration that the government
intended to proceed.
LORD ROSEBERY
continued with humorous reference to
being excluded from the house of COM
mods, saying that it was called proud
position to drive chariot to the sun;
but, not beng allowed to enter the
chariot, it was difficult to explain ones
self to an assembly of which one was
not member. 1t was somewhat OF a
surprise to him to find that his speeches
were beginning to be read, but that a
great deal was being read into them.
Laughter. This attention was very
agreeable; but not when the critics
lacked benevOlence. Referring 20 his
famous hOnSe of lords speech, Lord
Rosebery said that on the first night of
the session mo man in my position
could have avoided the subject of home
rule.
81 thought l had dealt with it in alb
absolute frankness and absolute perspi-
Guilty. My critics admit that, but. un.
fortunately, the interpr citation they
place upon my words is not that which
put upon them myself [Cheers.l
What | said was that if we wanted
to carry home rule, we must carry con-
viction to the heart of England; and by
those words stand. They were tru-
ISM, platitude ill the sense | uttered
them. But, in the sense in which they
have been interpreted, they bear
meaning which as a Scotsman | should
be the first to repudiate. Why, they
would never carry anything. [Cheers.
Lord Rosebery asked if they were
really to believe that IN all great meas
ures affecting the United Kingdom they
must wait for the predominant vote Of
England. [Laughtnr.l
I'VE do not propose to sit on the banks
of the stream of time and watch the
stream pass by until it runs dry. For
the English majority, in the cause we
espoused, we shall try, as we have been
trying since 1886, TO bring conviction to
the mind of the partner having the
greatest popularity-the most votes.
That does not seem entirely an un-
natural proceeding"
Having suggested that the London
press had been muddled by remember
ing that
HE WAS A SCOTSMAN
and that Scotch rectorial elections were
sometimes decided not by the plurality
of votes, but by the majority of each
four nationalitleS composing the uni
versity.
Lord Rosebery then quoted election
figures as showing the increase of the
English minority favorlng home rule
since 1856.
This conversion was shown by the
reduction of the antihome rnle major
ity from 213 in 1856 to 60 in 1892. They
proposed to continue this reduction. He
went farther than the timid critics, for
he believed that if they asked for an
English majority they would get it. He
must, however, point that if he had
meant that an English majority was
necessary to the passage of home rule,
he would have been uttering an absurd
ity for. he supposed that his opponents
would concede that if the next parlia-
ment brought majority of 100 in favor
Of homo rifle this majority WOuld alco