When he entered Parliament he received a cool reception from many of his fellow-Liberal members from Wales, who were suspicious of his radicalism and nationalism. Even those who gave him a warmer welcome, such as T E Ellis and Samuel T Evans, had their doubts about him. During his first years in Parliament he busied himself with matters "Welsh": his maiden speech was delivered to the House on 14 June 1890 on a government bill to compensate the holders of liquor licenses which were not renewed by the licensing authorities. By his second speech it was the expensive grandeur of monarchy that was being attacked by the new radical from Wales.
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