Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-25
Of the Resignation of the British
 Ministry Made.
HARC0URT'S WARM WORDS
Of Tribute for Secretary for War H. Campbell
 Zimmerman.
BALfouR ALSO DOES HIMSELF PROUD
Salisbury Reported as Refusing the Pre- miership Unless Under Conditions Suitable to Himself ard
 Colleagues.

London, June 24-The house of com mons was crowded with members and visitors at the opening of today's sitting. Upon the appearance of Hon. H. Camp bell Zimmerman, secretary of state for war the liberals gave him an ovation, rising to their feet, cheering, waving their hats, etc. The Irish members sat silent.The peers gallery was filled with members of the upper house. Sir Will liam Harcourt made a brief statement, saying that as the adverse vote on Fri day was in effect a vote of want of con- fidence in the secretary of state for war, with whom the government had associ- ated themselves, they had, therefore. placed their resignations in the hands of the queen, who had accepted them.
 Balfour expressed regret that the gov ernment had not dissolved parliament, instead of reslgning.
 Referring to Campbell Zimmerman, Sir William said he would take it upon himself to say that no abler. more res pected or popular minister (cheers from both sides) had ever filled the office. the course of the opposition, he declared, had disabled the war minister from pro- ceeding with the army estimates, and had made it impossible for the government to obtain vote for supply absolutely necessary to the service of the country. The government, he said, would hold of fee only until their successors had been appointed. and he. therefore, would move that the house adjourn, but it was indis- pensable before this was done that the Behrirg sea bill be passed, in order that 1t might receive royal assent
 Sir William relinquished post which he had always regarded as great re- sponsibility, as carrying with 1t higher obligations than that of any other po- sition under the crown, and he had ai- ways desired, unequal to the task as he felt himself (Cries of no, noD, to main tain the ancient dignity of this famous assembly in the performance of the du- ties of that ardous office. Under circum- stances of no ordinary difficulty he had had great assistance and he desired to tender to the gentlemen with whom ne had had the honor of acting his grateful thanks for their constant and unfmling support He also desired to acknowledge the courtesies which had invariably been shown to him by his political opponents, and if 1t were not regarded as too pre- sumptuous in him to adopt the words of his predecessor he would say that for every man who had taken part in the noble conflicts of palmy surroundings, the chiefest of all his ambitions had been to stard well with the house.
 MT 3alfour said that everybody in the house had heard with sympathy and emotion the touching words with which Sir William Hareourt had concluded All must feel, he said, in a retrospect Of the labors of the chancellor of the exchequer, that the work he had done in the house had not been in vain.
 : Mir. Balfour then appealed to the mem 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 government, all of their political oppo- nents recognized the chancellor of the exchequer as one of the greatest orna- ments of the house, and one who ever kept the dignity of the assembly invio- late.
 While he (Mr. BalfouD recognized the fact that the members of the govern ment were the best judges of the ques- tion whether to continue to be respon- sible for the conduct of public affairs, he thought himself that the proper constitu- tional course to adopt would have been to dissolve parliament. For a govern inent in the position of the present one to resign was practically equivalent to a | determination on their part to put the burden of office upon the opposition. It was not in accordance with the best tra- ditions of the house.
 At the conclusion of the remarks of MT. Balfour the Behring sea bill passed it's third reading, Dr. Tanner, member for Middle Cork, alone objecting on the ground that he would object to the pas sage of any bill by the house while the Irish land bill was dormant. The house then adjourned until tomorrow.