The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-22
ard ROsEBERY WINS.
4 Iserable Failure Of q Well
Planned Tory Assault.
3, vrRMMENT MAJORITY LARGE.
f,uposition Takes Up Indian Import
81 r-tses. In the Interest Of LAM
e.shire Cotton Manufacturers.

, II.
-xrsueraxson has passed successfully
Id storm which III opponents
<~neht would overwhesm It. and
,SeIeh many Of It's friends believed
E <rad require the most skillful states
& sruntp to weather. Despite the pre-
S,1suus Of the Conservative peers and
- more or less BADLY disguised fears
- Liberals. the government came
q the contest with flying cosors.
S with majority that surprised
- tssoss VINO would at no time adj
here was chance Tor defeat.
= motion that precipitated the dam
- situation was made by Sir Henry
-. formerly attorney general IN
- Gtadstone,s cabinet. but who alb
i S66oped the Literal party on the bring
r forward of the IRISH hor rule
esAeune. BY standing order No. - Of
s - house OF commons. d member may
*s.eose for the adjournment Of the ilossse
I - he purpose of discussing a matter
"a p,sblsc importance. Taking adyan-
16re Of this order, Sir Henry today
1eoyed adjournment In order 70 cali
ss1ention to the import duties on cot
~. recently decided upon By the gov
IS &|ISu1EDI OF tI0td. II - tsasfi<Sa Wy
Many Of the manufacturers OF Map
fkester and other cotton centers IA Lam
n6<hire that the imposition OF this duty
-. have most serious effect on their
& tasinxss. and they desire. the imperial
II rusesnment 90 interfere for their aboli-
aou. The cotton interest - strongly
! ssresented In the house. and when the
ncfice OF the motf0n was given 1t was
non.eetured, not only by many Corser-
ysive papTrs. but by some OF the
mach I.fberai organs. that the gov
Eminent. which Is bound 20 oppose the
16sired Change. would be overfhrown
III the Lancashire party, IN cosnbtna-
Ton with Conservatives and Liberals
Interested In the cotton trade. The
f4rneElitss. foo. were expected TO cast
fhelr votes against the government.
III the result did not bear out the
<<s55ssss or fears of the political parties.
~ b. a ma crsty OF 1876 the Raebc-y
nnistry triumphantIy repealed the at
lkcks of It's ASSISTANTS. This result was
+ measure due to the attitude of Mr..
foechen. who. though Liberal
rionist, dealt with the question In q
Uirlt Of great fairness toward the gov
e1melt He suggested the holding OF
6toaference iiT order 10 remedy the
tearit In India. for which purprse the
eo1an import duty and the excess duty
81 cotton were laid.
When the division came to be taken
o. The notion II was found that a large
n5rSher CT Conservatives and Liberal
usonixts. and also several members rep
roentkg Lancashire districts. went
$50 me GOV ernnianf camp In a body.
Asnsng thase who voted against the
government we're Right Hon. Joseph
Chamberlain. who. 1t il said. Vas re-
sponsble for the publishing of the mo-
ttos Baron Rothscfsld and several
GtAsr Liberal Unionists abstained from
scfiax
Il vas Sis when Sir Henry Oh
t&iuea leave TO submit his motion.
ne house was then crowded and
great exsstement prevailed in the lob
hez. In his speech Sir Henry said India
&as he greatest market Lanca shire
lsd iuT her cotton and textile goods.
Ne prosperity OF Lancashire depended
- That OF India. The cotton industry
india was fourfshig and had largely
NpP.a;slef the trade of Lancashire with
pa afsd japan. The industry I'm Lam
Ase. consequently. Was decreasing.
~ profits were made by cottonmasters.
81 working people We're throwa out of
a5seys6ent by the stoppage Of mills
tie cursaEsnient OF production. He
saarged that the secretary Of state for
mia had listened 20 the agltators In
ieaA. while he had neglected. 10 con-
nj the manufacturers in Lancashire.
Ntsxr ato~
5rdsa emphaticalty denied the existence
any agitation or conspiracy on behalf
81 any class OF persons on this subject.
ses sa'd he had taken counsel with tho
asEhest ana most distinguished servants
s = TOE crown In India The proposed du-
Us we're TO be levied on the higher class
o. goods. in which there VAS practically
y eompetition. In regard to the question
81 fee lnpor; and protective duties, they
we're not the same thing. What we have
sseanmenied 10 foreign countries was
ros the abolition OF import duties, but OF
protective duties. There Is no protection
shen customs duty il accompanied by
81 eQusaient excise duty.
Nr Gcsehsn. Chancellor OF the ex-
saeaaer in Lord Salseury's last admins
ration. admitted that the question was
: large ere. There was much 10 be said
O. both sides. and the feelings OF the Ia
usaa people ought 70 be taken into &C
eesat. Members of the house ought TO
tasgs themselves on the side % the ex-
Z sea,ive The question ought 20 be ar
sahsed by conference with a view 10
nnedying tie deficit in the Indian bud
g.
Sir William Vernon Harceurt said he
sscoagaized the lofty spirit of MIR.
stoshsn's remarks. The government had
saliy forseea the difficulties OF the aues-
tOe. hus had rot hesstatea single mo-
s. nent IL making a decision that IL be-
tsssa was necessary for she interests
fnala, II defeated. the government
saasa have the satisfaction OF knowing
eoeld net have fallen tn = more worthy
taaz@
natAsAsi Naorojt. en East Indian. who
rareseats the central division Of Fms
sasy IN The liberal interest. warmed the
ssposiisoa that Il she mosioa were adopt
~ the acsI nsB would be driven tato the
es1n o. RTitlsa rule IN India.
a Division WIS thea taken on the rs>e-
ass AHd !, was defeated nv a large ma
s0nlr the vote standing - against. ios
u favor ~ Il