New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-02-14

gland and Scotland. also. whore IL Is mooted ~ IN
Manchester. whore Mr. Butt its leader has had 70
quonch the ardor OF his oountrymop by refusing 20
be put In nomination They. charaoter'suoahy
enough. refused to DO quenohed. and insisted o"
running him. but soberer counsels VIII prov@h !"
tho end. In Liverpool Newcastle where mr. Cowen
declared himself for Home Rule in mod'hed
ssnse, Glasgow. and other towns with q oonside'S
bio Irish population. candidates may tnu tno"'
selves obliged to pronounce for or against FROM
three fourths of Ireland opponent OF Homo H'i'e
will have chance OF being elected.
There remain two parties viz:
"a. The Conservatives, and
g. The Liberals The latter must be subdiyidod'
and from them is 10 DO set apart tho irreooncsD'e
section Of
g. The Radicals. II il startling TO hear how
some of these speak of the election and Of Mr. Glad
stone quote from The Examiner of to-day q pas
sage which tho party mana gers must road with hor-
ror if not with dismay That journal says:
with respect the forthcoming elections wo have ss
Radicals. but anxiety. We care little whether BIT
Gladstone Is back to govern with majority OF
iOO or. which probable OF 40 We care ht''e III
deed. whether he sent back to govern Us a. ALL or
whether Mr. Dlsrae is sent in his place We care hteo
whether no Is accepted rejected by the ourges7ss
OF Greenwich He has himself completely adrift from
tho Radicals and we will hold ourselves compulsory
independent OF his assistance. OR ono ab1ioV il w
400 a good working body OF intelligent ana unfettefeu
Radicals returned to Parliament - hundred ana MY
men who will vote for DisestabIIshmont; as many. or
more. who will vote for tho County Franchise. the
reform OF Land Tenure the repeal OF the Game LAWS
the Modification OF the Trades Unlon and Conspiracy
LAVA. INV or sixty VINO will be instant
IN season aud out Of season IN attacking hsca anu
economic abuses reducing our military naval ana
civil service expenditure 40 or 80 who will be utterly
fearless and irreooncilabe In sense which sweekag"
would have applied to barely hafadozsn or our repre-
seutatyes We want to the Radical element IN the
House 80 strong That Liberal Government can Oils
pense with its cooperation We want tn see DENIED
and powerful Radical party. with able and resontc
and ye believe that In this shall not be dis
appointed.
That like many other declarations have quoted
invites comment but abstain. My purpose in col
leciug this list ia not comment but to indicate tho
extraordinary and unprecedented variety Oh the
issues which are imported into this contest MI
Gladstone went TO the country on single point Do
leying no doubt that the audiences of the cleo
tion would make it impossible to raise others. OF 60
raise them efficiently. His manifesto ia a week old
to-day and above is the number OF other issues thus
far presented. That many will sink ont Of sight on
election day ia probable. That any one of them may
not affect the return of candidate il more than
coud be safely asserted. Amid such chaos oil CON
1ictine opinions and tests what is the history oil tho
election likely to be but chapter OF accidents III
il should prove to be anything else IT viii be impos-
siblc to praise too highly the steady good sense OF
the people. a. w. D.