The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-26
TOQUEEN'S MEMORY
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EnsIand's Parliament Passed Appropri.
ate Resolutions.
THE SCENES WERE SORROWFUL
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When Two Members Arose to Speak OF
Departed Sovereign.
REPLIES TO The KINGS MESSAGE
REPLIES TO The KINGS MESSAGE
We're Officially Made by Both Branches oil
the Parliament.
pRtatR'S SPEECH FULL OF EMOTION
No Minister could Disregard Her
Views without Feeling thnt lie
Had Incurred Danger.

houses of parliament tlus afternoon re-
cs,ved identical ,,,s.,,,,,, sror, sh, vim,
ana voted convenience WIN ms majesty
on his horeavement and congratuiaipg
him on his acres,1on to tho throne.
Tn, -, ,,,,h,.,,tn s,t-..,.
WV 'h"'"0Vt '"'N' i'"i" """'"u' y
aud the speaNer Mr. William Court uui-
Icy read ire message in their wBpeciiye
bo,,svs II w. a.. oollous. "rtu,rl
,
i'fN we Mug 10 iuflF a. "'on 1"Al tn'
house o! commons wall shatc the deep
sorrow which has bttallen HIS maicsiy
and the nation by this lamcntablc death
or HE mother the late qneen, Hcf de
votion 10 The welfare of her country aud
her people and her wise aud aeneIcitnt
rule during tho 9iNty-four years or her
glorious reign viii ever be hold in az
feGtionate memory by her loyal and d.
voted suhicrhs tn! ough0ul the douiniunH
OF the British empire"
In both houses the galleries we're filed
with % notable gathering Of peers aud
diplomats. MI Choatc, the United states
ambassador. Mr.. White the secretary os
the United States embassy and Mr. Car
ter, the second secretary, and their wives
were IN the glUories OF the house of
lords, where Lord Salisbury moved the
reply to the kings message ia q spcoch
full OF emotion. He said thar in per-
forming the saddest duty that had ever
fallen to him he was only rehotng ac-
cents OF sorrow deeper than he had ever
known OF this nation, which had been
called forth by the singular loss, witch.
under the dispensation IL Providence
they had suffered and heir admiration
of the glorious reign and Bnlondid char
acter of the SOVEREIGN they had lost.
Being constitutional monarch with re-
stricted powers she mad reirned not by
sheer force OF character, but the low
ableness of her disposition and her hold
on the hearts of her subjects. The ex
ample which she set Of governing by love
and esteem would be never forgotten
nor how much she assisted In the eleya-
tion of her people ny their simple con
temptation OF her brilliant qualities as a
wife, mother and woman Her wonder
fu powers Of observing with absolute
strictness the limits of her powers as
constitutional sovereign and al the same
time maintaining steady and persistent
influence over the actions OF her minis
tiers, Inspired the greatest admiration.
She always maintained u rigorous super
vision over public affairs, giving her min
listers the benefit of her advice and warn
| ing them Of dangers. No minister could
disregard her views or press her to dis
regard them without feeling he had in
CURED a great danger. She brought the
country peacefully through great
change from old 70 new England. She
possessed extraordinary knowledge OF
Whist people would think.
He had always said that when he knew
what the queen thought he knew for 4
certainty what her subjects would think
and especially tho middle classes, The
king came 10 the throne with the one
great advantage OF having before him
| the greatest example possinle. He had
been familiar for o generation with po-
| Iitical and social life He enjoyed cny
nous popularity aud was almost as much
/ beloved by foreign courts and countries
1 Congratulations could be rendered him
with earnest sincerity and in the belle
/ that he would adorn the throne and Dc
no unworthy successor Of the queen.
Lord Kimberley the liberal leader Il
the house OF lords and the archbishop
OF Canterbury seconded the address. The
house then adjourned.
/ In the house of commons j. Balfour
first lord Of the treasury and government
leader in moving the address in rep3y Il
the message. said the house in all ~
long history had never met lin <<r saddle
circumstances, or with clearer duty &
exoress the universal sorrow extendin!
! from end 10 end Of the empire The sor
row was felt. not only as a natlonal bu
as an irreparable personal loss. IT wa
/ hard 10 realize the magnitude of the blow
which had fallen on the country. In tn
/ whole history Of the British monarch
there had never been case in watch IN
national grief had been so deeply seated
The end cf great epoch had come. al
epoch more crowded with importan
changes and great develorments than an
period OF like length in The history OF III
world The influence OF the crown in tn
British constitution was not dinln