San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-06-20
GLADSTONE'S PAIR.
1T WAS NOT ABSOLUTELY BROKEN.
He DIsAPPROVEDo OF SOME PORTIONS
OF THE WELSH DISESTABLISH-
MENT BILL.
The General Effect is Considered the
Same and Dissolution is Looked
For-Gladstoue Has Made no
Statement-He is More of a
Church Man Than Liberal.

to the World from London says:
"There can be no possible evasion
OF the fact that the sensational and
exclusive announcement in the
Times that Mr.. Gladstone has sur
rendered his pair in parliament on
the pending bill to disestablish the
church in Wales, is the most stag
gering blow the Rosebery govern
ment has ever received. The Lib
erai leaders are endeavoring to
mitigate its effect, but it is unques.
tIonably the most extraordinary Of
the many extraordinary acts in the
great statesman's career.",It prom
ises to withdraw in extreme con-
tumely his support from the gov
eminent which inherited his own
control Of the party.
"The truth is that Mr.. Gladstone
Is even more a church man than a
Liberal, and In his old age he can
not follow his party in what must
eventually result in the separation
OF church and state in England as
we'll as first in Ireland and then in
Wales. He had pledged himself to
disestablishment in Wales, but ap-
parently has repented OF it.
GAS he is on the steamship Tan
talon Castle, at Kiel, even his dear
est friends have apparently failed
to get an explanation from him.
But the following statement has
been made on his behalf: Since his
retirement Mr.. Gladstone has never
voted in the House Of Commons,
but his vote has been paired against
Mr.. Viller, unionist, and the
"Father OF the House," who Is too
infirm to attend its sittings. Some
few weeks ago Mr.. Gladstone told
Lord Tweed mouth, who was stay.
ing with him at Hawarden, that
there were some points in the
Welsh disestablishment bill, which
he did notapprove. He would pre-
fer not to pair in favor Of them.
1.-THE first OF these points, dealing
with the treatment of the
Welsh church endowments, was
reached and accordingly Lord
Tweedmouth informed the minis
terial whip that Mr.. Gladstone
should be relieved OF his pair. The
Liberal whip sent word in due
course to the unionist whips.
"Mr. Chamberlain heard OF 1t,
and Immediately made the fact
known to the Times. He was not
aware that Mr.. Gladstone's object
was confined to certain specific
points in the Welsh bill and the
Times said that Mr.. Gladstone
withdrew his pair in token OF gen.
eral disspproval Of the policy OF the
government.
"Your correspondent saw, in the
lobby OF the House of Commons,
Herbert Gladstone, who corrob-
Grated in every respect the fore
going explanation which had been
obtained from another ministerial
source.
AMY fathers withdrawal Of his
pair said the son, is limited eX-
pressly to some provisions Of the
w 6lSu ulll, VI WhiOn ~ huo lOhS
been known that he does not ap.
prove. 1t does not indicate any
weakening Of support on his part
to the general policy Of the govern
ment with which he Is in entire
sympathy
Enquiry among other members
of the party shows that Mr.. Glad
stones action, even accepting 1t In
this restricted sense, is sure to pre-
cipitate dissolution, which may
come now at any moment. The
Tory leaders wish to force, and I'M
doubtedly enough elderly Liberal
members would now follow Mr..
Gladstone in opposition to the
Welsh bill to defeat the govern
ment. Well informed persons say,
however, that Mr.. Balfour is as I'M
willing as Lord Rosebery himself
to 60 to the country now"