Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-07
GOVERNMENT EDUCATION BILL
IL IL Holly Denounced by the English
Liberals.

IL is Holly Denounced by the English
Liberals.
Copyright 1897, by the Associated Presso
LONDON, Feb 6.-The government edu-
cation bill is hotly denounced by the liberals
as being a sop to the sectarian and distinctly
unjust to the board schools. The defeat OF
the conservative candidate, Mr. Dewar, by
Mr. Woods, liberal in the election in the
Wathamstow division of Essex, was largely
due to the education proposals. During the
debate on this measure in the House OF
Commons a significant fact that the govern
ment. whose supporters number 4S9 only
received votes of 296, 325 and 2S3 on the
principal divisions.
Joseph Chamberlain, the secretary OF state
for the colonies, still further enhanced his
reputation in splendid fighting speech In
reply to Sir William Vernon Harcourt, the
liberal leader in the House OF Commons,
who Jared very badly at Mr. chamberlain
hands. The newspapers generally were COM
plimentary upon his speech, which undoupt-
edly greatly strengthened his position among
| the conservatives.
The second reading Of the woman's fran
chise bill in nowise means its adoption
| this session. The vote only places 1t In a
| favorable position and after Whitsuntide 1t
will be strenuously opposed and has no
chance of being law. During the debate
| the ladies gallery was packed and the re-
marks of the supporters of the measure were
punctuated by the waving Of white hand
| kerchiefs, while the speeches of the opponents
of the bill were greeted with loud expressions
| of feminine disgust. The lobbies were in
vaded by strong minded females and there
| were some amusing scenes OF buttonholing
members until the latter were actually afraid
to pass through.
| The governments proposal to increase the
number of battalions of the guards and sta
| ton a part of this force at Gibraltar has
| caused great outcry. 1t is declared that
| the step virtually means the ruin of the
! guards, whose present strength is only main
| tanned by decreasing their standard OF
| physique. The officers predict the guards
| will cease to be crack corps and that they
| will be reduced 10 the level of a line regi-
| ment 1t is also asserted that there is 10
! space at Gibraltar for training the guards,
and moreover it is limited that the smartest
officers will resign If they are compelled to
go abroad, as many OF them are now able
to supervise their property and estates IN
England without interfering with their mill
tary duties; but they would be unable TO
continue so doing II sent to the Mediter-
ranean Society is also opposed to the trans
fer, as the absence Of the young guardsmen
would deprive the season of much OF its
eclat The proposal to add another bat
talon to the Cameron Hlghanders Is also
received with little favor among the
Cameronans who pride themselves upon
being recruited from the heather, and the
proposed addition would, they claim, simply
mean the enlistment of a host OF East End
cockneys who have already made other
Highland regiments the butt of consider
able chaff 1t is stated that on the occasion
of the celebration of the queens jubilee the
marquis of Salisbury will be raised to q
dukedom, which honor has several times
been offered him and declined.
The United States ambassador, Thomas F.
Bayard. has arranged to go 10 Italy for q
short visit early in March. He delivered
a speech at the dinner of the SINNERS com
pany on Thursday and dwelt upon the fact
that there was no just difference between
Great Britain and the United States.
Dr. Nansen the Arctic explorer, is already
launched in the vortex of social engage
ments He is over his ears In invitations Il
receptions, dinners, ETC., and promises Il
| be the lion of the season, much as Henry
NJ Stanley was on his return from Africa
The prince of Wales met Dr. Nansen anc
/, Mrs. Nansen at a small lunch party giver
Yesterday at the house OF General Stanley
| CLARK