SAN FANCISCO MAIL NEWS [PER ALAMEDA.]

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 168, 4 September 1886, Page 2

SAN FANCISCO MAIL NEWS [PER ALAMEDA.]

;p >f If if ;i !-, ! ; Long. before* the titqo £ppointed jot %ik s Con6e||ftt^ m&ting V°n^ Jtftyl 27th, the GarloCSn Club-building ww •ur- ; rounded by a large crowd. The people were evidently strong sympathiser* with the dominant party, and oheered each leader as he appeared. Lord Idoesleigh, "Lord John Msrtners:aijd' Lord Charles Bores* lord Were"VelcohieliHwth* rfppfauße' -'tnafcwas specially— enthusiastic. , »Kight_Uon, WilliainH. Smith, who /ras Chief Secretary for Ifeiandfdf'** fortnight preceding the close of >Lord £altabury|a last govern. menti was cheered heartily \fhen he arrived, and the' > applause; which, greeted the Marquis of Salisbury when he smade-hi* appearance amounted.to.an ovation, v This, new Premier ,was, even more, heartily .received by the meeting 'inside,; ; - M s ,) * , t? {^ j -b j u ' Lord Salicbury, having 'formally : announced that' h6 had accepted: the 1 office;, of Prime Minister, said that he had, on behalf of the CoheerVatiVevpkrtyr/oflfered €He' Premiership to Lord Hat ting ton, add that the Queen had approved the proffer.'* Lord Hariogton, .however,, caw fit to decline the task of forming a Goverament, buVlib promised' J f or Himßdf apd ; colleaguee that' they, v^ould ,'loyally feuripor't'd' Oove^nment formed 'by the Conservatiy'es.- ' Concerni^ the nature 6f this promised support, the Premier eaid that ;Lord Hartin'Rton had given assurances that theLiberal-Unioniate wo&d , su pp o'rt 1 ' the 'Conservative G6 veirn- " nient 'dn'" eveiry' question "concerhiriR 1 the maintenance and integrity of the empire. So far as the Irish policy of the Government was 'concerned, Lord Hartin'gton' had promised that the 1 Liberal- Unionists would, give any measure proposed by the Govern-, ment for redress of Irieh grievances most careful c6ueideration. ; ' " ' !'! ' "Concerning this ' subject,' o eaid the Premier,, "I would inform the meeting that, in any scheme oi reform contemplated in machinery bf the Irish question, I will, "do my' b'est £o obtain the co-operation of the "Marquis of fiartingtpn. (Utieers.) The Liberal - ttriibnis'ts ' reserve 'tb (< th'em'selvea freedomj)f ACtiojgi.Oijt^ide. these limits, but I need fairly say that we can reckon ont their .support; against f -vaxatious and Iractious opposition or obstruction, without giving distinct pledgep. " Reverting to the Irish question ; at 'the 'Bon6lusidn of his speech, the Marquis'said-:— "l might say l al'Bo' ;that the Miniatry, will > forth-* witK/pi'epare a : bill to M graple" with* i the. Irish "difficuilty in the direction of extended local eelf-^bvernmeht.'"' 1 4> -" >]> •' '■ '• r .- ' Arthur •L6ftuB'Tott^hham', v *m§mber for 'Winchester,' here* as£ed' what r protection would 1 be in tWi'teeari 'time afforded, toloyalists in Ireland whoaV lives were becom*ifip a burden to them. *"- • J 7> ' , r*. 1 Tho-Marciai9"'*of* Salisbury replied that--the Gdverhnierit x nieant to vigorously an?forcethe existing laws «ndapply for; addi« tionaV powers', if rie'cespary j ""but it/ie uni'> 'wlaeVhe^said' "to-discu^sthese mat^rg be-: f ore^he^stimates' are fini&hedi " Parliament wbuld* Be; at c'tlce-' and Lord SaliBbury^annou'nced- that * he' would sit Continiioualy during" August',- -for the pur'-J pose' f of "passing-jth'e estimates.' 'He then asked tliose ' present to ' observe absolute 1 secrecy concerning' 'air the statements 'of« the Gpverffment'spolicV he had made, and 1 requested a meeting of hig colleagues, respecting a line of' proposed mutual action between the Conservatives and "LiberalUnioriists. The Request' was received with deafening applause.' , "' The new Irish bill, the intention to in troduce which' was announced " by T ( ord Salisbury to day, is to be eesentially a local government bill, but goin^'aVfar in the direction of home rule as the Unionists are likely to sanction. The bill will abolish the title of Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, and substitute the office of Viceroy.