New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-01


Mr. Walpole being then Home Secretary, ana shortly
after forced TO resign by the rdcnle which followed
his weakness. Cambridge does not seem TO mind IT,
The other member first chosen last vSNs Mt A. j. Is
Beresiord Hope. founder and still s proprietor OF
The Saturday heier, prominent among fanatlcal ilgh
Churchmen, very wealthy, benevolent toward all
church charitable objects, hater OF America and
one of the worst speakers in the House. Mr. Thomas
Barring was reelected for Huntington, Tory a mer-
chant and banker OF great eminence nephew 70 tea1
Lord AshburtOn whose diplomatic skill the United
States will always have some cause to regret. Mr.
George Glyn the Liberal whip, was chosen for
ShafeSbury no opponent. W0lverhamptQn once
d man whose fame wider 20 years ago than now
the Wing Free Trader, who year after year brought
forward in hostile and eontemptqous House the
shares with CObden and Bright the credit of their
final abolition. lie has sat for the borough since
1885. and ia brother to the Earl of Clarendon. ,
Although all the boroughs of Scotland are Liberal by
decisive majorites, but four members were returned
without opposition. MIR. Duncan MLaren, q DTotheI-
in-law of John Bright. comes back for Edno4mrgss'
which he has represented since 1863 Mr. CRAM Dui,
one of the best known Liberals in the h9us9, 10
again chosen for the Elgin Burghs for when ne ,a
Sat since 1857. lie Is authority on III 1T
politics student of diplomatic history, an aolG 49, S
not very agreeable speaker, with thln Voice Moe
yearly address to his constituents - always sPiOou
with shorn connpnts on men and things, and ~ regu
larry looked for as political senSatloil. ~ ia .
acute, inciSiye mind and speech N"iu"oio W '"0
UOnSe not very popular with IT, -, J., :: .
Tho NET result of the elections on Tuesday is q
Idbrraj majority of 1914 Adding the majority OF
uue ed IF
19O On MondaY 50 Liberals and - Torres were
chosen unopposcd On Tuesday l12 Liberals ana %
Torres The whole number thus lar elected 70 2OS,
liberals 2l1; Tories 81. heckonng th4 Single usy
AT contested burOughS 2t0 seats were nlled. Coih-
pared with the last Parliament the Liberals nave
gained 25 old seats and lost Is; deductlng the MAJOR
Ity of six from the Tories and adding 10 the LlDea
side gives an actual gain OF T.. 10 thls is 70 DC
added the gain of 10 new seats, and the IlDeTal ma
jorty is To-day - more than the majority Oh " IN
The last Parliament the disestabliShment of the
Irish Church. begin 70 fear that the reserved Son
sentative strength which Nh DlSraeh projected az
the Lord Mayors dinner has no more realt{ tnah
that reserve Of Conservative voters IN Massachusetts
which Tie E0sl0R Courier used to delight IN expect
ing year after ycar-tll too much expecting hnaily
All the seats thus far filed are borOughs or uni
Versities. The rest Of tho bOrougs ana inc COUNTIES
will occupy the remainder OF this week ana next
Buf fine decisive battle was yesterday. and the ma
jorty then won cannot he materially impaired, ana
will probably be increased by the contests that are 10
The splendor of this victory is dmmed by some
loSses-InOst of all blythe deplOrabe and unnecessary
defeat of Mr.. Mill in Westminster L have written
You repeatedly that his seat would not be lost-an
opinion based upon the constant assurances OF meh
bers of his committee and other Liberals who had an
inside view, they thought OF the contest
During tine last TWO or three days, however
their confidence had Yisbly decreased; Ihey had
bent their energies to cemenimg the coaiIIlon
between Mr.. Mills supporters and Capt. GrosVenors
Misunderstanding il almost for granted that IL the
Liberal vote was evenly divided between the two
both wOud beat their Tory opponent. They dlscOv-
cred at the last moment that the Tory vote was
likely to exceed the highest number which they eN-
pocted to poll for either Liberal candidate; II was
too late to retrieve their mistake. No doubt west
minister is Liberal borough, with . full vote and
candidates who really united the constituency The
of Tuesday for Smith could have been beaten IL
tho Liberal organization had been as perfect and the
Liberal outlay of hard cash great, as that Of the
Tories In neither respect did the Liberals approach
their adversaries. The money poured into this
borough by the Tories. and spent in behalf OF their
single candidate, was more than El5'0O0 lhe money
spont for Mr. Mill and Capt Grosyenor together DID
not exceed half that suIl-and there never was an
election in which money, spite of reformed constu-
encies and Bribery Acts had more 10 do with sue
cess; In bribery, the Liberals OF Westminster
pOnonts. but they were, l fear II must be SAID,
not less behind than in organization. and in that
solid .wOr and minute attention to details upon
which, here at home, every contested election
really depends. Mir. W. H. Smith is % cOnsummate
business man, whose newspaper sales extend all over
tine kingdom, and whose great success in business
has been by organization and system. He is the
kad of man who in America would be at the head Of
talent for business into this contest and he had no
equal on Mr.. Mills Committee Tie did not trust the
work TO his own Committee, but superintendent the
whole himself; and suppose there never was con-
test more ably managed. Mr. Madison, the leading
man on Dir. Mills Committee. had all the energy and
capacity which his place required but he could not
act alone. and he could not devote his whole strength
20 the single business of putting his own candidate
AT the head Of the poll. Until within fortnight the
relations between the party of Mr.. Mill and the
party Of Capt. GrOsyenor were IN very delicate
state. 1t required tact and irmness to come to the
cluded and after all, Capt Grosvenor was elected,
and Mr. Mill left at the foot of the poll. Perhaps
few Tories split their votes between Smith ana eros
venOr-enOugh of them TO keep GTosyenOr steadily
ahead of his colleague throughout the day, for the
darling hope of the Tories was not only to elect
Smith but TO beat Mill.
IL must he added that never. not even in America
was political canvass carried by the help of more
INSCRIPTIONS personal attack than by the Tories on
Mr.. Mill have described these amenities IN former
letters, and need not recapitulate the caumnles
which were circulated hot every morning. The
charge of atheism seems to have been reiterated with
the most ingenious persistence. Last Sunday the
Tories stood at the doors of the dissenting chapes in
Westminster and distributed circulars TO the people
as they out calling OH them as nOnconformiss
To vote against Mr. Mill, because he disbelieved IN
God. and was more deadly enemy to their religion
than High Cburchman or R0manist. No doubt, also,
Mr. Mill hard man 10 keep in order during the
canvass and offended some thin-skinned Liberals by
his letters in behalf Of Bradlaugh and Odger by the
recommendations he gave sundry other candidates,
and by various acts Of independence that showed he
did not mean TO bumor anybodys preJudlces at the
sacrifice of his own convictions Yet il does not seem
that all these actsof indscreton, If you choose to
think them such, from an electioneering point OF
view--backed by all the accusations and SANDERS of
the Tories did much 10 reduce his actual vote. When
the poll closed he was but 800 votes behind Capt.
Grosvenor, and Grosvenor was no less than ll9S iii
the rear of Smith. II can hardly be supposed that
many Liberals withheld votes from Grosvenor be-
they nursed some grudge against MILL Indeed,
it may be said that the Tories had chosen to two
candidates they would certainly have elected both.
The Tory vote was called out to the last man by
system of canyassing probably more thorough than
ever was put in force in n metropolitan borough. Mr..
smith las nearly doubled his vote at the last cleo
ton, polling ICES against 1924 in 1855, while the
Liberals have added less than so per cent to their
totals Grosvenor then had 1854; now, 65O5; Mill.
grieve TO add that Mr. Mills defeat il received by
some of the Liberals with feeling very like gratca
Na0s though it cannot well be denied that it is the
leading Liberal journal of England has little sympa-
thy with Radicalism and gives small support TO the
raoffh hal NOR " 10 Rri1 and