The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-25
OVERTHROW OF THE LIBERALS.
THE NEW UNIONIsT MINISTRY NOT
ANNOUNCED YET.

the Liberals before He Consents
10 Accept the PremierShip-GIad-
stone Returns to London.
London, June 1.-THE House Of Com
mons was crowded with members and Wis
itors at the opening of to-day's sitting.
Upon the appearance of Hon. II. Z.
Campbell-Bannerman, secretary of state
for war, the liberals gave him an ovation.
rising TO their feet and cheering, waving
their hats, etc. The Irish members sat si-
lent
The peers gallery was filed with men,
bers Of the upper house.
Sir William Harcourt made a brief
statement saying that as the adjourn
vote on Friday was in effect a vote Of want
OF confidence in the secretary of state for
war; with whom the government had as
ISOLATED themselves, they had therefore
placed their designations in the hands of
the queen. who had accepted them.
Mr.. Balfour expressed regret that the
government had not dissolved parliament
instead of resigning.
Referring to Mr.. Campbell l-Bannerman,
Sir William said he would take it upon
himself to say that no ADLER, more re-
spected or popular minister CHEERS from
both sides) had ever filled office. The
course of the opposition, he declared. had
disabled the war minister from proceeding
with the army estimates and had made it
impossible for the government to obtain
votes Of supply absolutely necessary to the
service of the country. The government,
no said would hold Office only until their
successors had been appointed and he,
therefore. would move that the House ad-
journ, but 1t was Indispensable before this
was done that the Bering Sea bill be
passed in order that 1t might receive the
royal assent.
In quitting office, Sir William said he
Telinquished a post which he had always
regarded as a great responsibility. and as
carrying with ii higher obligations than
that of any other position. Under the
crown, and he had always desired, unequal
10 the task as he felt himself, (cries OF no,
no) TO maintain the ascendant dignity of
this famous assembly in the performance
of the duties of that arduous Office. Under
circumstances of no ordinary difficulty, he
had had great assistance and he desired
TO tender to the gentlemen with whom he
had had the honor of acting, his grateful
thanks for their constant ana unfailing
support. lie also uesTeu TO dCknONiSuBc
the courtesy which had invariably been
shown to him by his political opponents,
and if 1t were not regarded as too pre-
sumptious in him to adopt the words of his
predecessor, he would say that for every
man who had taken part in the noble con-
flicts of parliamentary life, the chietest
OF all his ambitions had been TO stand well
with the house.
Mr.. Balfour said that everybody in the
House had heard with sympathy and emo
ton the touching words with which Sir
William Harcourts had concluded. Ali
must feel, he said, in retrospect of the
labors of the chancellor of the exchequer
that the work he had done in the House
had not been in vain.
Mr.. Balfour then appealed to the men,
bers of the opposition for an expression OF
their sympathy with what he had said.
Whatever they might think of the policy
which had been pursued by the govern
ment, all of their political opponents rec
ognized the chancellor of the eXchequer
as one of the greatest ornaments of the
House and one who ever kept the dignity
of the assembly in view.
While he (Mr. Balfour) recognized the
fact that the members of the government
were the best judges of the question.
whether to continue to be responsible for
the conduct of public affairs. he thought,
himself, that the proper constitutional
course to adopt would have been to dis
solve parliament. For a government in
the position of the present one to resign It
was practically equivalent to determina-
ton on their part to put the burden OF
office upon the opposition. 1t was not in
accord with the best traditions of the
House.
At the conclusion of the remarks of Mr.
Balfour, the Behring sea bill passed its
third reading, DR.. Tanner, member for
Mid Cork, alone objecting, on the ground
that he would object to the passage of any
bill by the House while the Irish land bill
was dormant.
The House then adjourned until to-mor-
row.
In the House of Lords Lord Rosebery
said that after the vote in the House of
Commons on Friday, practically censuring
Mr. H. Campbell-Bannerman, secretary cf
state for war, upon the question of ma
tional defense after he had foreshadowed
the governments great scheme of military
reorganization, the ministry felt it to be
their duty to resign. They would, there
fore, hold office only until their successors
were appointed. The House then adjourn
ed after passing the Behring sea bill
The representative of the United Press
in London learns that Lord Salisbury will
accept the premiership only on condition
that the liberal leaders agree not to OPP
pose his governments getting the neces-
sary estimates before the dissolution or
parliament, and also that no member OF
the cabinet which he forms shall be OPP
posed for. reelection upon taking office.
Lord Rosebery. upon consultation with his
colleagues, found that several of them
We're unwilling to make these concessions,
but negotiations are in progress which, it
Is believed, will tend to an agreement on
the part of the liberals.
Mr. Gladstone arrived in London to-day.
Immediately on his arrival in London
yesterday from the cruise he had been
making to Kiel and elsewhere, Mr.. Glad
stone communicated with Lord Rosebery
and accepted the latter's invitation to dine
with him in Downing street. During the
evening Herbert Asquith, the home secre-
tary, was summoned to conference. Mr..
Gladstone remained with Lord Rosebery
until after II o'clock, breaking his rules.
He then walked with Lord Tweedmouth,
lord privy seal, to the residence of Lord
Rendel, in Carlton Gardens, where he is
staying.
The political clubs were thronged until
the small hours with members and their
friends discussing the situation. The
ofhcers of the conservative and liberal
whips were busy until midnight.