The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-13
LORDS AND COMMONS MEET.
BRILLIANT SCENE At THE ASsEMB-
LING OF THE NEW PARLIAMENT.

Recollection of MIR. Gully as Speaker
without OppOsition-Readin OF
the Royal Proclamation at Open
ing of the Sessi0n-Cheers ana
GrOnns Ascend as the Leaders of
the Great Parties Make Their En-
try-AII the Galleries Packed With
Distinguished Visitors.
London. Aug. 12.-The fourteenth parlia-
ment of Queen Victoria opened with the
customary ceremonies. Prior 10 the for
NAL opening of the House there was the
usual contest among members for seats.
Mr.. Hatch was the first member to arrive.
He reached the House at O'Clock this
morning and sat in the door for an hour
before il was opened. He was followed
at $50 by Mr.. Ashcraft. Before $50 thlr-
ty seats had been reserved on the govern
ment benches by members placing their
hats in them-a custom that is always
followed. The opposition did not display
great eagerness to obtain seats, as at $3.50
they had secured only six.
The House was crowded with an ami
mated throng of members when, at 2
o'clock, the yeoman usher of the black
rod requested the attendance of the House
of Commons in the House of Lords to
hear the reading by the royal commission
OF the proclamation opening the session
of parliament. The commission consisted
of Lord Salisbury, the lord chancellor, and
Lords Coventry, Limerick, Cross and Bal
four Of Burleigh. They We're all attired In
scarlet and ermine robes and were seated
Ia u#a.T IA
usher of the black rod led in the House
of Commons TO the bar, where the proc
lamation was read. Lord Chancellor Sal
isbury said that when the legislators
were sworn in her majesty would declare
why parliament had been summoned.
The lord chancellor appointed noon to-
morrow as the time for the speaker OF
the House of Commons to present himself
at the bar Of the House of Lords TO re-
ceiVe the royal approval Of his re-elec-
tion.
Many members of the House of Com
mons went to hear the reading. After their
return to their own house, the senior clerk
arose and pointed to Sir John Mowbray,
conservative, who had been selected TO
move the reelection of Mr.. William Court
Gully as speaker Of the House.
At that moment A. J. Balfour, first lord
of the treasury and Sir William Vernon
Harcourt chancellor Of the eXchequer in
and took their seats, Mr.. Balfour on a
front government bench and Sir William
on a front bench an the opposition side of
the house. As they entered they were
greeted with cheers by their respective
followers. Immediately thereafter Joseph
Chamberlain, the leader of liberal union
lists, entered and was loudly cheered by
the government supporters, while grOans
ascended from the opposition benches.
Sir John Mowbray, in moving the re-
~Ts.-a H.. al 4 -.
that Mr. Gully would be reelected with
out a dissenting voice. He eXtoled Mr.
/ Gullys impartialty, vigilance and promp-
titude and his courtesy to every member
of the House. He asked the house to elect
Mr.. Gully who was an able and conscien-
tious man, irrespective of party consider
ations.
Mr.. John E. Ellis, first liberal whip,
/ seconded the motion, and Mr.. Gully was
then formally reelected without oppo-
siton. Mr. Gully thanked the house for
| the honor it had conferred on him, espec-
tally in being proposed by both govern
ment parties and by the opposition. Con-
/ tinuing, he said that to be impartial was
! the least difficult, though the most i'm
! portant duty of the speaker. He looked,
/ in his general conduct in the chair, to that
/ spirit of justice ana good sense which al
/ ways distinguished the house in its re
/ lations with the chair
! Upon the conclusion of Mr.. Gullys re-
/ marks, Mr. Balfour. in the name of the
house, congratulated him upon his re-
/ election. Sir William Vernon Harcourt
also congratulated Mr.. Gully, after which
/ at $3.50 O'Clock the house adjourned.
/ The scene was a brilliant one. The sun
| streamed through the windows of the
house, changing its usual dun aspect into
one of light and warmth The diplomats .
! ladies' and strangers galleries were
crowded with distinguished visitors, who
watched the proceedings with close at
tention.
Among those noticed in the galleries of
the house were the Hon. Charles Crisp,
ex-Speaker of the American House of
Representatives; the Hon. Thomas +.
Bayard. American ambassador to Great
Britain, and the Hon. Edwin f. Uhl,
American Assistant Secretary of State.
The House Of Lords adjourned after sew
eral of its members had inscribed their
names on the roll of the new parliament.