r-. *.i <


Erl©


- V ' 'v-m


'.i’ T H E C L I T H E R O E T iH E S , F R I D A Y N O V E M B E R i S ,


fe rb la l“s ^ o 7 g ^ S ^ ^ ( t o gazo ou^th^^n? ®‘ttcUtho®5’‘tpl8lJ


fatoll a glimpse |broathe‘lu T e Z : , |o o k


Iho woodbine, S l;this is true joy to 1 8 shrine. Yer i, wli„ *t«W


nako the meadow SoWek tile iu the sweet-


J t it is then, after Inter away through t f ^ ^ “t SJ


l | o opportunity o^^:??'-


I the wonderful wofkg of fi ■y their structure-th;-*'^° Great p'*’! ■true lover of Nature “.a labo^ |e away too q u i c k l y t h e ho^ I*


^ blessings he receivp?«^^^ly leuo, to e n u m e S ^ t o o 4 ^


I place alone: ITn God S| funseeu requires.^


>c receives a blessing. f , h


requires. Then „ « ali';| shrine


2?^^ is A <


f t l im e m the p u lt I l ium lovqrs 'of Natnrp'^®®'**6 b' Iv-hioh church or cha^elVt^^^® *


1


f “• “ “‘I® of worship is I s ig h t of God.


. ^


J laud, and sea. and g k f s h a j , ■ion wo -mth admiration ^


h 030 glorious works in in S h t oso i i A V DO ii ea n oli iHun ^\ho all creation wields^^^'* bus retuhLuri^ thanlSi L®


|ouu cu the flowers which c le ck ^ l« , fr rt rn o


ir® S® S !. fi'lIiilk i


Great Creator, God Wa uniWvereo wlimioh moWoves


as acce, „


> -'so, except on t-l,. e ,®S W “ thi ’^ 8^ M- R


. q /^TTT'T'TX ]V/r T> A o W U i . X XX} iiXeX • }


a t p a d i h a m .


F oreign P olicy a n d D omestic L e g i s l a t io n .


Saturday nijight iu the Wesley Sshool, faduiam, toceleuraco I


prinoipal


The Right Hon. H. H. Asquith, M.P., was the ITT 1 O 1,


that your Aember, as Secretary, -was one of the ent to a change of a deeper and more lasting ablest, the most zealous, and the most enterpris- oharaoter, and carrying willh it a long train, as ing members.—(Hear, hear.)


oer was the. head, and of which it is no secret two matters nearer home, let me refer for a mom-


POEEIGN APPAIES: OUE EELATIONS WITH PEANOE.


Well for some considerable time past the pnbli-a mind has been so concentrated and absorbed in our foreign relations and these relations develop so rapidly from week to week, I might almost say from day to day, now phases and aspects, that I shall make no apology for asking your at­ tention for a few moments to the situation which ire at present stand.—(Hear, hear.) We are en-


. . .


. • 1 cneikcr at a crowded meeting held on JeJ^Vg to-day a momentary respite from that suo- . -rrr„i


-DnaiUoT,, cession of acute crises through which we have p^ggi^g almost without interruption during


Club Sir Ughtred J. Kay-SJiuttleworth, Bart., y p . , presided, and there accomipaiiined Mr. fenititU to tho platform Sir Joseph Leese, Q.G.,


1 8 9 8


TiLin the onening of the Padiham Liberal tho lost three years, but though the latest tor” Power. I t seems pretty evident now that iincler f ^


t/CiJOlwu U1 tWULD Vlioes LiU-UUKU WUlfill \\*S JJUVB Sliaes were stepping outside their old bound ................................................


___nado has subsided the sky is still overcast, and the stress of forces with no people can resist


y p , Mr. C. S. EoundeU, Miss Eliza Orme.Mr. y" Tunstill, Mr. J. Northage, and the leaders oj'tUe Liberal Party in the district. The Chairman, after a reference to tho finan­


J tho great-loss wliich they mourned this year on the details of a controversy which happily _tUe loss of their great leader Mr.


cial position of the club, said the ol^nmg o club almost exactly coincided m pom


H,ought tho present and future members of their club could hold Derore


,u)rld courtesy wliich Mr. Gladstone ever show­ ed whether in public or in lirivate, to political


nuin i


|o Great Unseen will ne’pp i . I ever find His Presence


Id He accepts our sacrlfee SABDEN ROADS.


In Editor OF the "CLiimHOETnJ l-Iu. your issue of tha nfL • .


Vciithcroc Rural District ii-s stating tliat thn


a-s stating tliat the' Stle'^lrMf, . were not in existence in is^


_ entirely niislaken, for we hav'n tm j io were born in Hoyliousi^I!,*? t


l i qup..iioii, the one in 1810,’aud Hie\ L and they can prove tliat tho win


jv e never lieixrd of them beh^nS'^J J> different from wlmt they n S , " f ■not know what evidence the


y existed before 1823, but a l s o ^


jtrary, but if i t ig the man t lm f iH l i t tho wiiter trial some few^v^ri^i I be considered good evidence, Im objected to as worthless and incore I .


I I^alHlcn, ns they form the onlymi lo the 1 arish Church of Heyhonses, fclS


';®i-y essential to the 2


■ d roiismiable demands, as presented! ■i the l arasli Council; but they musty ■ |on ot (his road question, else a pnblie™


■lbs net Coiiiied appear to consider ■ IS loo reinote for tliem to inrcsligateL


nil surely be demamicd


■lid jioin'i out a source of'extreme dai I .H ’


| t bubdcii county bridge a stream of v ■timial ly, during ihe last few weeks', ere ■liw.ay from Clitheroo to Padiham.' IT


occur. Within a


■ns conies under the supervision eiS ■i Coancil's SiiiTcyor or the County fta ■icial, I Jeave for consideration; ' ' l io t be ioler.ated in many plo^. ■ 1 am, AToiirs truly,


-----------♦ ♦ ♦ >


fSimO:! AND INFECTED LISTRK? E ditok of


Nutfleld, Surrey. ■ I I I will cuntimie to eiijoy^ in the eyesofthJ


see from tho Press reportsof there^i l i■i.r e Plasrue Committee meettiinir that W


x L - J.


xv T Derji» ng


Jfovemier IS Lana


Jof Agriculture, tlio distinctioa of*bacgl It.s Rabies is concerned, and infected Dul Id will furthermore continue to enjoy ilr l e of being a muzzled one also. T use li^ iD is tr ic t ’'' advi.sedly, for in the Rah'^ |irj.sneil by the above Board it is the Di*! |{ tlie Individual dog which is consideRl and looked upon as a danger to tu Take your dog an inch outside thi l-irolo drawn by Mr. Long's compasij


" Clitherob TdIES.'! Tlio High Elms;


S , l i . T. LArCOCK.]


temper and '


isU


the> ever kacL evw^uu^^^^ ^*1 niSanl-^^iPukW^'w^^


tuej VVVi -• . a


olc^'had^CTidenco of'tho steero'f tlie highesti " {4]“ NUe wnCwe”heiiovc’ ho found in the long . 1 ...


««


m th e sta ^ ___Gliarman. in the Bnt- (ijear, hear);—it means a Nile the use of }rhich Libtral


' ' “^ f i r a e r c o m ^ S o n '^ ’rkinFmon mi .d work- 1”®


workiig . mg i o to , .


aud grateful recollTOtion “t '“tnt^i^ts of labour, — ' I c i S I lT te n t io n of women brought him


(Clieersj 18


that was not only Opening


the Padilmm Wo fo r r \m^ ^birseT- ::( langhte r ) •• full-recognition has been made on one side and tliey


[V


I lUtJCtUiJ,, «*•— O -u^^l c .1 „ i«ca fair ami


-sliould r® ® forces by the ti


’®® “^33 and the gentleness ivlnch ;t *? witches ( H ‘ their


they could help te lie-wii powei-s of aarkiieiw am


J nccfl not- be muzzled, and cousequentlil lijc regardctl .as in himself either inWl IcroiLS. But let any other dog, no mattal l;iltliy, step within the prescribed oi?Si| 1 is at once labelled dangerous and r""* Je in.stnimcnt of torture.


llinlicroiis interpretation of the lairs iu| p'eiiUoii of the spi'ead of (bseaso fiiidsMl J in medical annals. A medical Board oil


have cause ' ladies to 'the


streugUiening of their j.],g


the ladies could mi g ^^,^^335,5^0 !"J,aaca(dure po^vers to devise aiTangements which will.witli- ami laughter),-and It „„t ,ynunding the honour of a'tlier, reconcile ^ ^ 3^ j,„jo„gst 113 the tj,g interests of both (Cheers.) Aral nini I black blots „„t add, before I leave his topic., that the sntis- crime, with all f^otorv solution wliioh we have just witnessed


nssistane.e. They the sla'csnmiiship of two grant and friendly


that r®"P®[‘®'J’ ,""rorsLsuch horrors as that of q, situation which for a time was menacing ,,_iMmJiS^hen indeed they wonhl 3,,,,


mtemperance—-( TTpoyon for sending Liberal oJ,-onnisia.nces? In the first place, .Hie Bnlndi to thank llea^mi


therefore, „gtion has been, absolutely ...............


men and women aiiKO uum ^ oiueds


come that e « jiloerai.


■


I which <irew a circle round a cholera o|| Mlrickeu district and ftiade no attempri or suiiervise egress from that (Ustnrtl


Ipeeililv be laughed out of \ \ Public. The Board of AgncidtjKjl


J, .secs things from a difFer^t tLanenshire is on our wmd; WB t I


l .n id tiio dog who gets out of it linxiety to as.” Possibly the soluhon bI liiiary matters its large staff I


Inionliiiurv line of reasoning Ins 1 I the Bonrd of Agriculture is not a in»l livl, tlmt .-ilthoiigh it Inya down ffie la I


Ifiml i ravelling Inspectors are lay«'“ I p S ' ^ s t o n i s h i n g t e ^ ' J ^


iiot,|


lutation, rightly enjoyed bjr„Lf“„„]ii5i shrewd common sense, ’ liic.h the verdict of "rabid


h whidi t


- ’s disase is proiionncod to *1-gibiU I |(•.■l^not be loo widely known that rail. , |


: by inoculation, r^.^^'Lhftlenb-l half a dozen or_so of P®"' ..! def, oftor” i.roculation from a


i^- tnav J


las iirov.'d by the recent ca«e at o . ,as\'eiulUy ns when inomi ® ^


from a dog suffering' fro


llog.^and ;.s Eabies.lms Io n witli other canine


lc.se aro m.aucerM ui iTidvifie ail w'lio


l


Iw of proof, from the e .™ P ® ^ l l l ie rniibits, of what disease « y


Irelin expre.ssiiig tliem to g derAj m.atters of co^®n;?®“ ' t “”‘' . _g,to


fbe siipiilied gratis to all wio *■ ' Kiiiglit, Secretary at


lifuiiy Sir,


c s c . ....... ............ - “n X S i i y . > e d bv tlie "National


F R E l lB . I ^ e r . National Canine ^ ^


pj,{KtS, .


r, from NF-nVOUS&PDySKian W ,() organic (lernngenio


afstomiich medication penn*n““i and win effort « perfect »na v


>oat Free.—AddroBB. r,9 * C


O, OnAscimv I'*'’ wsoop’ ’“'5 I


(i senlative- Speeml memoriniSj.. j,,„ r lI addressed


,rill oPP'/1


raum aft .er j[, 1 1 pool


[I end woman, was Oi'ine who, 111 uu.M «i* ‘'—.5


hoar Conimmsion.^^hey lu.<^Mm Msten to


her work as Assistant


4n Rpr « 1


ting patnol sm oefore pai cent crisis, Mbicn ui 1 they alil Mr. Asquith.^who


cheers, saiu; iiig cansHtuentB,


cral electors of -the '7“ ";;,hi''hoUl water even mr Iorw,ird a claim *J'”^,„'^:gtanras and support, a moment to outside "®'®“ ’\;f3mciesg elector-


al record. YToii have no .jniibts to resolve; fess; believe J ' ® " ,


Yoii have a ®®®®*'’^“®


norjud, tlmt e v ^ th e m o s t . ^ i ^ ® ^ - ciices Rhould suffer


patby of your tlio country, and to


ami tlio fitimubiB


(liioiis duties my right lioi


mvself, hv contact vith Jour s g j nnii your


timuiuB AVJUUI. ics of political Imn. friend your To yon who


both imtiml and ngrecabte. It ne me tn speak .and for yo” .


those thing® T will venture to say of


nmselc.ssly mvaluablo bcivico


*a


future (Cheers.) ^®' „ ghpitleworth in- months ago Sir ritetl mo 1o como bound to accede to


eml you therefore stand in p_riation for the soluHon for H>®


’’‘’\ i ‘„0V slidings to coii- , m e d either of ah- “w , 'w'hen some


anil my presence fioP®/®"” !!!';; "■^mi of the sym; ami primar}' purpose


*-r5rfiioUR confititu- i t S


J , 0,1,er parts^of for


_(Hear, hear.) Of biB


*? ra their ('ratiliide for ‘“risstoier on the La-


cprxrices as a L ‘)- 5G^^u


however, „


„«(i ■.vitu ouiers m to They


would all Long r^mmber ftut ^Jfth^ftgra'hi V most with Lord _ . “ .


p!iasurc(oll.star','Uiig(Sie'e )}, and collc.'igiie, your (ihair


wiilcomed w-ith hearty


had passec away ,iqih hearty


.1 .®"f. *,'®V® JX'^ith an. oid friend presence, of


‘Prominent a member of the p„rpoce -o-iHi no uncertain voice; and. ncxLoiir ,


‘'br'pi’easod to wcl- nmf'has" expressed its corporate judgment of Mio _________ v.


the rc^ There is happily anotl ^


the Lih-


witli unwonted satisfaction. I need not toll you I refer to tho Island of Crete. Nothing in the oH.t.sido world for a long time pa.s'(, I will confess you has given me so much pleasure—ami I am suri) a great many of you Bharo my feeling--as the successivo stages of the process by whioli llie la.st traces of Ottoman rule have been bumjlccl


______(„,i cnfaFn,


bag and baggage, out of 5'5.®*®;""^(^'’®®g;jjj now, I i'liink three


eai*3 sinco Lord Sajisbiiry,


at tho Mansion House, forman.v impeached the niisgovernment of the Sultan and^pradicte^d^rt^^


i r wouhl lio' visited and punished b.v the Ven- geanco of Providence. HnluckUy. and as thoii;


ance of peace.—(Cheers.) _


rw Nuu’ perilous has b»en largely (bie ^ + .v®


iinitefl—(dicers),— nml


(liploinncy on this occasion has heen wlmr (liploin- ncy is not. alwnvs—ifi ha<5 been outspoken nnu plain-spoken.—(Cheers.) To know wliot you w.ant and sav -udinL you menu, poradoxicn! ns it may sound, is the best security for the mainten­


THE rWAKCTPATION OF CRETE.


ther spot on tho European moment


the eye can rest


„ ^ meeting, viz. that tbe


^ ty.mm, for ho was perfectly certain that ot],ar power.—(Cheers) I t is the intei;Mt. of jo putting on the Statute-book a long senes of o^nment a d J u'orking women had a lively Jjjjypt, it is our interest as .tnisteos of Egypt,


___wnrkimr men and w rk- Hep.Mmino/tion to the leeib'mato trade the aii-


bmiring states, like France. Hicmselves control­ ling great Wnterways. ami tributaries of trnffie —I su.v it is the interest', of Egypt, nml it. is our intcrast., that they should have the freest access to the Nile wliich geographical nniiditions can allow. Surely it is not open to doubt that when


......................................


it Ricans a Nile open ivitliont barrier or r imLa fi;;r to lho” l e & t o ; t r a . l e of evor.v


■\vliicli we liave incurred on liar bennlf •\ntli neigJi- . -•


4;,iVorinrr with tho Constitution ei oT sL^e-(ran7WeS


t„ be given


tigution of the work done by the HI i»uvj uuiu mu.'.«. k ix*i .fciiii ......... *'”X' ■


material and moral responsihiliiy „/„! gentlemen, what has become of it?—(A voice .......Got^ostO O’f


/carefully enumerated social Irefoms. Indies


o't a 6PM0I1 of ail extremely cintical character delivered by the Chaoellor of .Exoligqa« t® ®


„{ tj,e essential conditions of tho case „„t be found to be beyond the resonrcCT


Conservative caucus somewhere in the iar Noitli ot England, in whioli he pouiteil out—in tho most detached and dispassionate spirit, 1 am hound to snv—a number of apparently insiipei able objeci.ions to any scheme of old-age pensions which had yet been submitted to tho public, and added, by way of clinoliing his argument, ihat he did not know and certainly could not conjec­ ture from what source the expense was to be (le-


J t -wlio had filled, ___run to be an essential safeguard to the prosper-


* ^f'^M^^luEhest and most responsible offices Egyptian Nile means a Nile the enjoynient =in?p.^^^o£ the most reponsible poste at


eofonmnrrl Mm nrosner- of Fgypfc.—(Cheers.)


for a favourable recep- jg i^ampered or hindered by differential toll- aiixl particularly in a meet-


yrhich is not monopolised by Great Britain— electorate in 1895 as ihe authors ®'«\.P™’S'®i®’'? /Laughter.) There "was to bo no more i


i-ion'to point! out, as we have pointed out over and over again, and as I shall point out again to- night, that the Government who are now in pow­ er came fonvard and presented theinselves to the


of a great policy of social and domestic refoimr ” . . * \ ml_______La l^ft vi/\ lYifivo inip nun


‘ 'mi -trations from three successive years— C h r i s t m a s P r e s e n t s , a m o u n t i n g r a t o r d i n a r y R e t a i l P r i c e t o i‘Ji‘; i^ ^ ^ S in a io r i t y in the Lower


P J


^ L i b e r a l S a f 'C ® ° f g,yon. yoi•oil


j the initi'ato^oTXttegislation li®“ in the House ot Lorils.


one of these three cases, if wo hml j ’'


talk of thn House of s » i « S S > s ^ ^ into po^\ei — power.—(Clicei’s)


frayed-where tho money was to come from. A curious argument in the niouth of a ineinbev of tho present Governnienl:! They have found both time and money to subsidise the a^ieultural in­ terest and to endow tho donorainahonal schools —(hear, hear),—but when it is a question,three years after the eleoldoii.of being hroiight to boijk to fulfil that which was, as I think everybody will agree, the first plank 111 their electoral pliit- forni in 1895, you havo tho Chancellor of ihe Exchequer, revelling as ho is in the sources pro­ vided for him in advance by the fore-sight of .Sir William Haroour!^-you have him declaring tlmt, so far at any rate ns this particular prom- iso is cDiieerned, the Governiiieiit is I'lsoteent


and camiot mec. its ' s s t ' " " . ' ' liavo to pub 3 I t is an automatic ^safe-


^*S!d w h iS ’^ l n c ^ m o i T o f ^ ^ e i j l J ^ v . ,T ^ s r - S i r L


- Li beral


representa- Well


10,000 £625


WILL BE GIVEN AWAY £100 in Free Money Prizes


ALSO AS FOLLOWS:


1st Prize £ 5 0 , 2nd Prize £ 2 5 , 3rd Prize £15, 4th Prize £10 NO ENTRANCE FEE WHATEVER.


The nhoTO 10,000 preients and £100 Free Cash prizes will be given away as an adveitire- a„o lovol of ®®®f;<,i®t‘’’’^“ -thrraots or pull to


of centuries of aro tbo most


comnension. for nco’.dcuts? of US who can renieniher the florid promises of


There again theso effect to that Tortiiig


ladies


1895 know that -n'liat was then hold out to the electors was a scheme by ■winch every -ivorknian might he compensated foi' every aceideiit ho


mi<dit sustain in the coui-se of his calling. W Imt has been the result? -You Imvo a


I t 19


merits of which I do not dispute as far n.s it goes, but a measure stamped with tlm.t wine i is th r i in W in g charanteristio of all Tory legisla-


®


ilion-wldch if .stamped with t l - » riality anil di8orim.uiation.—(Cheeia) Uno set


P'S'i Hm’S W - o u c.anno!l establish any distinction dly affect: Watever. are bj'the P0®r®®t


of W W ien are entitled to the full b e l ie f of the Act-another set! of workmon.hetween 'adiom and


thi.9 oeniral^ anomaly in our cons i


in autumn I . f®[t Concert constiluted iiself the avenging instiu- j t is not right,


mont So loiiff a-s that concer!/ nonhnned ihe ILJ-energies of its members were occupied to


checkmate one another, and the Sultan coiriiii- with tho gusto of assured impumly, the


co'n^victions fUo^-ork of effective coercion began, (ration


by ii^vcir.; v/x - i„p


lie is one ot those men ;"n,icring, solid, and every day ot their


the nature and render that service 60


orient ;„d rim m ™ obbgatmn-rilearj.^^^^^


nnd.what is equally ^


j jf jg this—that rendered, and


to the Stale , lemperan 0raniciit, sT nnphtraot'^^f,, ”0^


but who, tvom


ing m tbe course ing -with sn-hsfaction ^ wbick shows that at Ibis


_i_


’ V I slmll ?■ ^ IjlanrAil^^^ Noel.-(Cliecrs.) Rare- nppo,ie,ffg have much, iiKire t( Tt would be te’ Py^^l’^j^lLieut. has the .B.ri’Ash ,im^_h®en measure,of. reibstribidi


T^^^’r u l ^ t ^ Miis salutary operation has been plajedye in


t ihink


bo p mi uiaL bg ^lutar


er


by our gallant Adn'-ra' Iv, in my jiulgmont, put to a flatter use better days. Lord


wirfful a(lmiratio^J moiit tor tile Lnro.P®®!,^


jV^lgo from his banquet, is di-


methods ot ' ’’7 ," S i t ' . f^ ^ tills helaled ac oomo slmre ot (1 m


-jje see tlmt the poop'® ’®i!:’;toyk iud ot its f®’f ;T i lv keep out ot, his imnd at Pi'®^ femlT d


“ ’"i^^'noho'lv who rands tlio newsi Vasily keep out


Mvv, in point ot conslrnet.on and^,®nrcTdl <!";;®-l’’"r.'’r r ' ’Tl,TrnU: p o X X in P®’"* -ntrbt


mess for ac.tion.hns been, bf?',? I.OQ j e«i«. ,


aBTT.rT<i!'iT<CoM.r'top^ pymderating credit.


within tlm mark when I


mid degree of effitmney " V’ „i„,,,ud epoC' Burpaeaod even in rim most .1^ „ ..rto'ditu rii h.sion -(Clmm-s)


;hio'> r r n i T " ’ bcon done.VilastisBometl in gfoi iin^ cTt'.ri(idTor o^or n n j .^ y .V ' lTm f JTlgnmid - well tte-ei®!''' to tin


...... . .


to a ^ -V ", __ i« ' hiL^ done now niigiit oif ■htooiS nionllin


{


Oflonmn Empir (l ne noiv


Y toen im'iivitf. i


Admiralty has contributed nmro ri> u than that ot which my noble fnena n


t


vL t To Board ( t fo that result


_ ,


theeliplomacy ot Europe. amkuicA as A^ -A


turn, as , j p-m do directly, to ® tlmt wlint is bo-


bave been done, oit l<m-st ’’‘ (Clieera) Tint i'


iv ‘^ v whicb we will an meffaoeahlo


1 ^ .icsirc to .cioim ihieve-


flio newspapers Tle seems to „ popidarion nn‘ , t >®


which from rimir sn P dci.^^i , ,,egree_a .pro- Jameson’s .rank a .Jont^ f« alwaj-s been m a


from thoi?susceptihilit}' to influence have But re-


Trcpoinieratiiig A > /TT.„^ 1


Concert is <fl>n«g "’i 'T .gM is t svmholo ^ Ot- ,A®5 '^TpuTniuilel}. l.ave not gol i


Lords pass rim frmeh.se ‘


?b^ f hi"' AVo, iintortuimtelj,


they aro-(llcar, lieai.j , f 188i Lord Salisbury


SibTtiTnTririfoiTasimUfieation^ ) ^^oTrfmen^e\ how


............ ,


/ j”: ,y,„ nou=c of of l i . vear inilil


’" f t e ’work


very system which Lord Salisbury had solemn } S u u c ed . It W.18 not till the, concert broke iip


}' the retirement of its ^>nnrnioii began, liiat WOrK lucli w" all hope the enmuoipntmii of Crete


and yiur sustaine.l^eirihiuiin|m . ^is need in the are P ^ ^X t i .I f ir g t iiistalmeni., W^e in this.country . T lt,TnrTm" nroud that so large and worthy


'rm.rVZdsrfriend,rappamri^^^ altegeth- "--Vo-it ”


'lldnk i t . is & s f ie d w U M h e f o r h .h e s c f . tk tlieiir^ sooiiU pro- r th M r t


s i^ t o n t that s . ^ of


8 o ^


^^a“ " ^ h ^ v " h ^ “^ t ih e ir^ e s a^eady (in Yext olratiL. , .On


to say Olilo word It if you .von w-m bear


vontnro to but I belicv


brother Lil'erals-tlmt the Liberal par'y lu s 110 gistanco the oujecriou m tuu


ohjcctKin in the world t® i^j^iigtribuition.—(Heai, bear.^


distribution on tdic bas^s^of dnviiig^tbe Inst^iluw to lose'tlmii we Imvo VoVnilicatioas sne^ ......... .


-iev® I m,speakin.g ^the^opuuon of^niy graoted, spoke P^^^^ aPgre^nment oWained by rim ' bVporfnwt 'events.


a b5»,Li am speaking only for myself. Sir Jo»®P’' ill


P”i ; l . \ r i ‘? ' me I -ni u


............ me. ■


lyho wns ontluOh'ialically ’ J ] ,, of Cliina and the ns-


J


t?it eon^tev®-''^>®-’t T ^ •*'*


1 .


ncnrl.v ns had as and rcsnUless w ai it a ri Govcrmiient. Public dcriiikBii by ‘‘‘'f®


frontier war. A ’ni’ro p u ^ ^ ^ ^


^l murders « .V T w io n f« awVv-'by the Yonezuolan


lUiirit and on rim same piinc iM,.___ ^ (,i,„«0 . r t r C C e law w i id i j


chllUgCB 111 oommou scuro


nro Hmv? You mosrU'npie


'


lion should bo nccompanicd 01 proeed.^1 Ay i'lmso Bract. on0V;^;ui; Ashmoad-Barllelt wl.ieU was tlio Iranclimc


S i i S S S S S f t


exaniimiig it. but 'it


tlm ninttor. and roleiren ,io iic^v I What (. nTicd in bho TIonso. ".Idgov," b“ n ni.d ^ i e n of Sir.Irilis Af


Yon k mw li cm ns well as 1 do, and that tlm nolioy- .ot th. h'.’r . i r r i .em Fust an 1 fme- mtogulv of Chum. 1


50- By these it could bo seen the Govermnoiit included Urn


,H„ hut whnt had been carried


out? ot rim Government, witli i-effnrdJP the open


fhoro had been n violation of the prinoiplis mill aleo oF rimTesoiution as to the uitegiil* of


the tutional 3.Y ™ ,Jris voo^-^^'®’‘o;.;e‘mffi-f v all \ ; ‘^ : ; ;


iL W eoin^wra may”be ^ f °o i


this obstacle secure


nation,


f l ^ c , i i “ X?^'Sid {ieliWely'eIccted repre- scidiativ^es,


__t ‘X ...«o olrr»nQfl AYhen


Govcrnnient


.cpie A f n ® '„„ affairs in Crete.Dr. ,1. amoomm rom .vriuoh vvna drawn


Tto ew e ra rim.hra^ Trueh wanton to China.and


?T"-''TovoigT eom^lSiouT and differeimes had these f®'®"t® gortsend to rim Governinent


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sentntivo tlio present Parliame


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fri’eud and political foe alike, there would he neater peace in Padiham in the future tlmn per- had in the past. He could not come


et reference of a somewhat similar cuarac They in Lancashire liad to mourn the loss 01 rneir T


-. „ . . gimilar character, laucosUiro vetemmtim


quarrel btween Great Britain and Itance has been averted.—(Hear, hear.) I t will nob go back


onirreCtadVou thf t


the horizon almost in every quarter presents dark and menacing signs. There are, however, I ven­ ture to think, in the more recent development of our relations ■with foreign Powers one or two features which we may view with relief and even with satisfaction. First and foremost, every pa­ triotic subject of the Queen must rejoice that a caijastropho so discreditable to the statesmanship of the age, so injurious to tlie best interests of our common civilization, as an outbreak of a


now factor of the utmost importance in the strug­ gle which has already begun, and the range and intensity of which is bound year by year to in­ crease,


the TTnited States are destined to become one of tilie great Powers of


the Far East. Hero is a ^ territories such ai Eashoda ilitiea point that w a y - if eho becomes the orroer 1^6 vome m the choice o^^^ p


11 liold before themselves no higher hu- which laj' nithin tho clear boundary lines of its of Asiatm terntory oh fifii" o™.^®°’P*'! ^® ® (Hear, hear.) Get example; and if they would mutate that old ^Ij^


Ijjjilil., IV,UU«*W(i V 4A1A V llAW W.V.W ----


of the most eminent diplomatisls and statesmen of Prance.—(Hear, hear.) Experience shows that for nations, as for individuals, there Is noth­ ing harder than to recede with dignity from an unttenahle poslition. (Hear, hear.) That diffi­


t Lancashire in the present week rvithout anoth- though it was a humiliation must havd* strange ’®


conceptions indeed of


they would be ungrateful if they did not recog­ nise the great services which Mr. Potter render­ ed especially to the cause of Free Trade. 1 had lived to see the fruit of his labours., and was now only a question oB names, hcoauso, though ave had perhaps, amongst us some prople


who might a little shrink from tho use ot the fam- iliar term


use of the term "open door” F—( -U-ear, near, i tlhie s ^tandard otf self t


cult task the French Government has accomplish­ ed, and tlio people who speak or write ^of it os


res-es­ conform. In this country, at any rate, as vptemnrihclateiAIr.T. B.Potter,and Lord Salisbury has recently said, we recognise


and tho co-operation for common purposes of tlie two great English-speaking Powers of the world must vitally affect, so fur as we arc con­ cerned, for ihe better, the whole of tho future tlevelopineut of the Far Easiu—(Hear, hear.)


A SOCIAL AND DOMESTIC FORM


I have said that a long and almost broken series ot foreign complications had to a large extent distracted public attention in this country from domestic affairs. But in my judgment that mo­ mentary ivithdrawol of attention is not to be con-


the natural resources of China shall he accessible and mviltiplies the votes of another.—(Gueers.; on equal terms to the commerce and to the cap- I t disfranchises large numbers of those who ao- ital of every countiy in the world.—(Cheers.) tually live and work in a constituency, while it And here the interests of America are identical allows others who are never seen there except on ^'th X “own.'“i f X 'b p om


portte and railways of China shall bo .opsu, t uhaat the rivers of China shall be free, V/Iimu» DU iX ww .V^CAA a >w oiVlGUVAIiLC. J.V AMVVA^ v— that


is this, the


.. xi /nl. \


, , oUl dominion we were fdiindino onrselves I not doubt that she will deal with i t m the some everyone on the same footuig, antt your jiouho admissions, but on the contentions spirit, knomng tlmt ihe presence side by side of Commons will be a really representative body.


f-nHuo- and wour House


and will ^eak with an authority that until then it can never possess.


THE HOUSE OF LOEDb.


One word, and only one word more. We of the Liberal party do not stop there. AWiat is the use, we are coustamtly obliged to ask ourselves —what is the use of a represeutative system which is constantly ah the mercy of a n^rep- resentativa aseemhly?—(Koud dheers.) People


talk of the advantages—I am not soing to dis­ cuss tho question to-night—people talk of the od- vantnges of living under two chamhers. Ladies


Great Britain do want Chinese territory. What is it that


for tho markets of Chino. We here in that wo do want? What we want


we believe, of beneficoat results. I mean the now state of feeling which has arisen during the last twelve months between our American kins­ folk and ourselves.—(Cheers.) I t found remark­ able manifestation on our side during the course of their recent conflict with Spain. I t has been exhibited no less unmistakably on their side dur­ ing the temporary tension of our relations -with h'ranc.e. Hi is not worthy, and, I think, a good omen for tho futui-e tlmt this closer and more conscious approxiiiiation. botiween peoples whom nature and liistory have joined together by snob a netu'ork of visible and .invisible ties should Imve taken place just at the moment when the United ___ „ ------- .


lunaarieies


suffrage hosed on the fac.t of residence for such time and- no longer os is sufficient to show^ that the voter is bona fide connected with mid inter­ ested in the constituency iu which he votra.— (Hear, hear.) In the second place the abolition everyivhero,. in all elections and for all puq>oscB of plurality voters—(cheers); and in the third place a measure,' which, though not less ambi­ tious in its scope, is, in my judgment, equaUly necessary, for casting the expense—the neces-


taxes or upon tlie rat.es—(H^r, hear.) could be more unfair or more injurious to iihat •which is oiie of tho supremo objeots of our rep­ resentative system—viz., tliat" of getting the best


sary legal e x p e i^ ^ f eleettons either upon ^ e


China Ho ventured to think that tho trade and commercfl of llheir country was a good ^ n y pen­ nies the worse by the conduct of foreign affairs by the present Government. ^Applause,)-.— Orme also addressed the meeting, pointing out the silent hut effective influence women could


Mies


al Association in the Clitheroe Division) propo^ ed thanks to the speakers, and tho resolution al- inolnded warm recognition of the services rm-


JNOCI^g ucxou


when you imposo upon ever .y man who stands as vM opened .1-1^® . .5 +j,n ahelition of a candidate this most unnecessary and,


man to represent us in the-Honse of Commons—


out tho least alarir a thorough-going measure of redistribuifion. AYliat is the object, what ought to ho the object'of democratic stotesmen in these (lays?—It is to make the elected body as fair and as accurate reflection and mouthpie<» of the views of the electorate as the necessities^ of a more or less rough-and-ready machinery •will al­ low. The present system lies to adequate se­ curity tliat tho elected body should correspond lu its wishes and in its views and purpose with the electorate. It i'nkes away the votes of one man


IpaHov died I ven- He expressed


and booming an economising and an imperial ture to say, this most unjust toll. Now,;suhj^t fl'® -


ed to Sir Ughtred's iuvalmble ^‘ rvices to his par^.—Sir J, Leese seconded, and Sir Ughtred made an apt* acknowledgment.


ing a similar complimOTt bo the chairman, jeferr- BlXimUri v.iwa(/a »awa ».w -V — - . aa a


-ttTV.V , , .


L A D I E S ’ C OMP A N I O N S . LADIES’ BA’GS. ALBUMS.


AUTOGRAPH ALBUMS. AT THE “TIMES” OFFICE. C L I T H E R O E


STEAM LAUNDRY Co. LD. P IM L IC O R O A D .


This Lamndry is notv in fnll 'working orde^ and is equipped with all the latest and host machinery procurable.


C U F F S - ; given


happened. To suppose that hhere is in England any desire either to impair illio power or to wound the pride of France is a emmera too^ncl-


impose upon anyone who has first- knowledge of the state of opinion and of


'Free Trade,” who slirank from the feeluig here.-(Hear, hear.) "We have then al- ■


/«Tr„„_ hear” ways Tvith u s ; wo have our .lingoes, as the French Chanvinists—sects which, I behove.


„n,l 1-iiiebter 1 "A rose by any other name would both cmmtiries are more noisy than numer- Bmi laubuvcx,/^ __i.x_„\


11 J gweeV’—(laughter),—and they were per- ons—("Hoar, hear,” and laughter).— V n-iUing. if their friends would give them blatant exaggeration and defiance may very wel iiiB siilistance of Free Trade, to accept the name he set off one against tho other.-(Hear, hear.) of "the open door.”-(Cheers.) Referring to the


.,..,.1 rfixftx-w*»TA-nor- —« tiio


Lifli Ilfs friend Mr. C. Eouudell aud hinueli, French 1 a ___— «.1 i,. -----« “ I ,nk- t, iri


lOJk pait 111 LAiv


iircsEUC® t o O


L.«, UX


c= of Sir Joseph Leese, who, ho observed a„ti <iifficnlt questions io he settled between the juso u ty


V


,, //-,i------ \ i?,vfrxt.T*ir»rr fn tiift T»..x tm-j.


i_ii __.l I.-Smcolr


in the great fight in 1808 for the discs- . . “ y ,,__ f.


in cnnrtnrr. x.v i_x _«x-...:«1 . an.d laiigliter)*—aud their igdjeg and gentleme , #*A«fiavv»on


ficnltiea relate to the Nile and are not sentimen- niifrhr 1/n hp


and ourselves, and in so far as those dif-


fin^TA fiTft dfliifiaro tnn oe 4-l»neo rllT_


there .y e elicat


space iu our speeches to that which is after natural and primary duty of an oppoai- (.j,e criticism of tho shortcomings in ad- '


iation ot tlio Government of the day. I wonder if those critics remember the example that was set by the greatest leader our party has had this oentury,or is ever likely to have—that Illustrious man to whom reforenoo has been already made


ministration and tho imfilled promises in legis- BrlHsli ufttioii.


got two'Chamhers then. TYe know thot to our cost, but.iu what a state of things are -we Uving at the present moment. I svill give you from the history of tho present Parliament in three sno-


oessive years---1896, 1897, and illustrations of what


Government


iiy threhairmanrand •'vhose'irreparable loss will .............................


,1 j.p tlio greatest of all the long fights of his great preggion and injustice,


v -.no. l" G'a Ar,'r 1othia UovernmeuE m in I mean. Take 1896- althoug .h not a very ambitious measure.


tho House of Lords and Insh Land Bill ...


in i'he House of C®™™™?,


^he ,


. _ ......t.fX.wiAoaiivA Cim X


our best attention, N.B.—All our Customers’ Goods are In­


sured in case of Fire. BLANKETS AND FLANNELS. The greatest attention is given to these, lU* which are washed under the most approv^


system, and


the powers” for injustice of the Imidlords of Ire- lanii. That hUl was sivallowed—I ^^o^t si^


experience myself. I sent up a hill to the House this mltter. because I have been


splendid struggle against the forces of op* in the Midlothian cam-


ho found dll the errors impotence main tho


cam-


witlioui a wry face—hut it was swallowed uholp I v the House of Lords. Tho next case was m


1^97^’" A Compensatmn for A Y - l -en sent up. i T p S irith some knowdedge abonk


«^® one temperature wata:


C H I P P E N D A L E ’ S CHOICEST


KIEL BUTTER HAS BECOME A HOUSEHOLD 'WOBD


C H I P P E N D A L E IS ALSO NOTED FOB


of watCT IS


always make tliis^year a sad and black year not <wum^ legislation and ^till lurthei: curtaliled pse^i throughout. Special Soap IS made on ^hg calendar .of the Liberal part}' but of Bo you reiueiiilDer liovr in.


the Premises. Under no circumstances do we undertake


tha CLEANSING OF INFECTED ARTI­ CLES, nor will we receive articles from any House in which there is or has recently been Illness of any Infectious charactar UNDER A PENALTY OF £ 10. Special Arrangements made for Ho'tels


and large families. - For Inspection, apply to


A. e. DEWHURST. Secretary.


G O O D M A R G A R I N E MUOH SUFEBIOB TO COMMON BDTTEB.


IMPORTER OF IRISH AND CONTINENTAL EGOS.


C H I P P E N D A L E . THE CHEAP GROCER,


S a l f o r d , C l i t h e r o e . Closed every Wednesday at One o’clock


t^ - j- —The resolution


to these conditions, I for one should view with- laying been unammonsly^^carnea. K


Mr. Asquith returned thanks, anfl in propos- --


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R. W. ALDRIDGE PIANOFORTE, HARMONIUM,;


AMERICAN ORGAN WAREH;01ISK Pianofortes


Tuned Singly or by Contract.


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time he was Secretary of State, and as one of the leaders of the Liberal party.--ThB motion was seconded by Mr. J. Northago (ohajrman of the Club Committee), who remarked the Club


the ^Snutty during the «Tirl M OHS o£


wield in tho Liberal caime. . Mr. W. Tunstill, J.P. (chairmmij of the Liber­


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