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to say, cannot continue. Loud and
prolonged cheers. The issues raised be-
tween the assembly elected by the

tWCCu tiIC dSSCuUly SlcCtcu ny tu0
VOICES OF THE PEOPLE,
and the assembly occupied by many
men OF virtue and talent are of con-
siderable variety. Laughter When
once raised they must go OH the issue.
Cheers.
''No doubt there is higher authority
than the house of commons. namely, the
authority OF the nation loud cheers].
which must in last resort decide. Re-
newed cheers-loud opposition cries of
AT once."l When the Judgment is to
be invited is question which the gov
ernment alone can decide"
AT the conclusion of Mr.. GladStone'S
remarks, he asked the house to accept
the house of lords amendments to the
bill.
The Rt. Hon. A. j. Balfonr, leader of
the Conservatives in the house of CON-
mons, who was received with loud
cheers, then arose to reply to Mr.. Glad
stone, ana said, among other things,
that the premier's speech was decla-
ration OF war against the ancient con-
stitutiOn Of the realm.
Continuing. Mr.. Balfour asked why
the government did not start agitation
against the house OF lords when the lat
ter rejected the home rule bill. That
bill, according to Mr. Balfour, con-
must be controlled by chamber which
WOULD NOT BETRAY THEM.
When Mr. Balfour had finished speak
the Radicals called for a division OH the
question of agreement to the amend
ments, with the following result: For
agreeing, 273; against agreeing, 81; ma
jority for agreeing, 236.
The other amendments were then
agreed to without division, and the
house adjourned.
There was state of feverish unrest
In all sections of the house of commons
when MIR. Gladstone arrived. The pre-
mler entered hurriedly, clutching coat
tail i'll either hand. AS the cheers which
greeted him died away, Mr.. Giadstone's
expression became wistful and ab-
stracted. The strain on the rest of the
ministers was also apparent, and during
Mr. GladStOne's speech the greatest eX-
element prevailed throughout the
house. 1t was whispered on all sides
that the great Liberal leader was max
ing his last speech to the commons, and
his delayed attack upon the lords de-
lighted the Radicals and Irish.
L. t. O'Connor, commenting upon
Mr.. Giadstone'S speech, said:
"Ihe Old Man made a grand attack
on the lords"
OF the house of commons the chancellor
OF the excheQuer, Sir William Vernon
HarcOurt. announced that the govern
ment had no information which would
lead Ii TO believe that any government
desired reaSSembling of the monetary
conference. The British government,
he added, did not intend to make such
proposal, as it saw no advantage in it.
t. p. O'CONNoR,
! In the Sun, says that Encouragement
OF the cabinet will take place when the
| resignation of Mr.. Gladstone, which all
now regard as impending, takes effect.
MI. OConnor then points out the fact
that though the queen sent for Lord
Rosebery. the conflict for the PREMIER
ship is moi yet settled. The queen, con-
tinues Mr.. OConnor, has the right 10
send for whom she pleases, but Lord
Rosebefy may fail in the task.
IF, however, Lord Rosebery's pres
ent colleagues consent to act with him,
the question of the premiership may be
regarded as settled" Mr.. O'Connor
adds.
In conclusion the distinguished Irish
leader says: much opposition 10 Lord
Rosebery comes from the suspicion that
on foreign affairs he represents jingoism
instead of radicalism. This difficulty
the foreign office, and John Morley or
the Earl of Kimberly may succeed
there. The Rt. Hon. James Brice. chan
eellor of the duchy of Lancaster, or
Herbert Gladstone. parliamentary Sec
retary of the home office, may succeed
MIR. Morley as chief secretary for Ire
land"
1--WE acquiesced in the loss of an i'm
portant bill the other day, owing to an
Objectionable amendment, and because
we thought that the clause vitiated all
the work expended on the bill.
However. an amendment, no matter
how Objectionable, is limited to a par
ticular subject matter and does not in
terfere with the great extension Of
the principle of local government which
the bill effects. The amendment
is a gross mischief which will have to
he removed at the earliest op portunty,
but at the same time the mischief is
aimed to certain portion of the objects
and purposes of the bill, while it leaves
the rest untouched, and l am convinced
the large majority of those sitting op.
poslte to me do not join in the spirit of
manifestation which has escaped from
few gentlemen. The fact
is that these amendments and
the treatment of other bills
VI RTedb lEnDOTldnc6 WHICH CnlS mouse
sent the house of lords after unex-
ampled labor raises question of the
gravest character. The employers
liability and the Irish government bills
occupied the house for 100 days in hard
labor. and we meet here at the end of
session. which has almost doubled any
session OIL record in amount and in
tensity Of its labors, for the purpose OF
what we think beneficial legislation.
A small work was published in 1880
called Fifty Years in the House of
Lords" This book left in the mind of
every Liberal member a painful but
firm conviction that the lords exercise
of its legislative functions in these fifty