The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-01-26
PARLIAMENT TO VICTORIA
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 seated. The end of great spoch has
 come-an epoch more crowded with inn portant changes and great developments
 than any period of like length in the
 history of the world.
 The influence of the crown in the
 British constitution was not a diminish
 ing, but an increasing factor and must
 continue to increase with the growth
 and development of the self-governing
 communities over the sea, which were
 founded by Great Britain, through the person of the sovereign, who was liv-
 ing symbol of the unity of the empire. This cumulative result of great ideal, of the great example of Queen Victoria,
 was the greatest the world has ever seen. Her position threw upon the queen life of continuous labor Short as was the interval between her final sig nature of public document and her final rest, 1t was yet long enough to closing the wheels of the administra- tion, as witnessed the vast mass of un- touched documents awaiting the hand of the sovereign.
 In moving a double response of con dolence and congratulation MT. Balfour said they all had unfailing confidence that the great interests committed to the new sovereign were safe in his keep ing. They assured him of the ungrudg- ing support of his loyal subjects and wished him the honor of long life and the greatest of all blessings to reign over a happy, contented people, and that in the years of posterity his reign might fitly compare with and form an appropriate sequel to the great epoch which had just drawn to a close.
 Sir Henry Campbell Zimmerman, the liberal leader, seconded the motion, which was adopted, the members stand ing. The house then adjourned until February IA.
 Joseph H. Choate, the United States ambassador; Henry White, the secre- tary of the United States embassy, and John R. Carter, the second secretary, and their wives were in the galleries of the House of Lords, where Lord Salis- bury moved the reply to the kings mes sage in speech full of emotion. He said that In performing the saddest duty that had ever befallen him he was only echoing accounts of sorrow, deeper than he had ever seen, of this nation, which had been called forth by the singular loss which, under the dispensation of Providence, they had suffered, and their admiration of the glorious reign and splendid character of the sovereign they had lost. Being constitutional mon- arch, with restricted powers, she had reigned by sheer force of character, by the lovableness of her disposition and by her hold on the hearts of her sub- jects. The example which she set of governing by esteem and love would never be forgotten, nor how much she assisted in the elevation of her people by their simple contemplation of her brilliant qualities as wife, mother and woman.
 Her wonderful powers with absolute strlctness the limits of her powers as constitutional sovereign and at the same time maintaining steady and per sistent influence over the actions of her ministers inspired the greatest admira- tion.
 She always sustained rigorous su- pervision over public affairs, giving her ministers the benefit of her advice and warning them of dangers. No minister could disregard her views, or press her to disregard them without feeling he had incurred great danger. She had brought the country peacefully through a great change, from old to new Eng land. She possessed extraordinary knowledge of what people would think He had always said that when he knew that the queen thought he knew ] for a certainty what her subjects would i think especially the middle classes. ! The king came to the throne with the ] one great advantage of having before him the greatest example possible. He had been familiar for a generation with l political and social life. He enjoyed ! enormous popularity and was almost as much beloved in foreign courts and | countries. Congratulations could be | rendered him with earest sincerity and | in the belief that he will adorn the | throne and be no unworthy successor | of the queen.
 Lord Kimberley the liberal leader in the House of Lords, and the arch | bishop of Canterbury seconded the ad- dress. Lord Kimberly said he desired | to echo every word of the noble mar |