The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-04-02

Liberals proper or by the workingmen for
whom he presented himself IS cham
pion. At the last election he was at the
bottom Of the poll, the borough then re-
turning one Liberal and one Conserva'
tive.
DR.. Kenealy did not stand, as it is per-
haps needless to state, as either Liberal
or Tory. He may be called the Arthur
Orion candidate, and his party is simply
the Orion Konealy party. His election is
. popular demonstration in favor OF the
claimant and his counsel. It is proof, il
any proof were needed, that = multitude
Of Englishmen still believe Orion to be
Tichborne. His cause always had hearty
support in the provinces, mainly, think,
among the ignorant classes, though not
among them only. The extraordinary
weekly paper which DR.. Kenealy edits.
the Englishn,a,,, is said to be circulated
principally out Of London, in tho North
Of England particularly. Its violence
may seem mildness itself to men who
make a pastims Of kicking their wives to
death. At any rate its popularity was
not diminished by the ferocity with which
It assailed everybody who has had tho
misfortune to displease its editor. I dc
not mean to join in the almost equally saw
age energy with which they and society
in .ilgeneral have retaliated on DR..
Konealy. He il man who has
thrown away good opportunity, not
from lack of ability or culture, but from
faults Of temper. His bearing at the trial
was unprofessional, and it has grown far
worse since, but his anger was not unpro.
voked. I think it was the Lord Chief
Justice who began, and whether he began
or not, his conduct during great part
of the trial was unworthy Of his position
and Of tho reputation of the English
Bench for impartiality. He was more
French than English, taking sides dis
tinctly against the claimant. DR.. Ke-
nealey could have made all this apparent
without using hard words. But he so
mismanaged matters that his professional
career was pretty much at an end with
the conclusion Of tho Tichbornc trial.
His disbenchment and disbarment were
no great pecuniary injury to him, for his
relations with the courts had become
such that solicitor could hardly intrust
cause to his advocacy. So with the
canoeling Of his patient as Queens Coun-
sel-an act of doubtful legality, there
being no legal inquiry into the facts on
which the Lord Chancellor proceeded.
With every step the sense of injury
sunk deeper into DR.. Kcnealy's mind,
and he finally threw off everything like
self-control. The notion of conspiracy
against Orion and himself got possession
Of him. He had no thought of anything
but the claimants wrongs ana his own.
When he vowed he would get into Parlia-
ment to proclaim them nobody paid much
attention to his threat. Down to the
very day of the polling his candidature
was regarded as = joke by the best in
formed politicians in London. Some went
SO far as to say he would not be admitted
into the House if elected. But I pre-
sumo there is no ground for rejecting him.
He can hardly be pronounced incapable
Of sitting because he has said hard things
about the House, such as that it is mass
of corruption. How he will be received
by his fellow.members is different qucs.
ton. The general feeling seems to be
that he will be cut and sent to
coventry, and that nobody but Mr..
Whalley will recognize him. They
would certainly do much better to treat
him with polite GOODNESS. don't see the
use Of giving such man . new grievance.
1t is doubtful what course he will take,
whether he will conform to the habits Of
the House, and content himself whtiPar-
li"mentsry language, or attempt TO re.
peat in the House the extreme expires.
sions he employs in his paper. In the
former case he would soon become insight.
icant, think his ill.wishers in the latter
he would find himself in tho custody of
the Sergeant. alarms. That awful func.
tionary would hold him till he had pure.
cd himself Of his contempt, and till he
had paid the fees of his commitment.
These would amount to the respectable
sum Of $3.50, which it is thought DR..
Kenealy might find a difficulty in rails.
ing. But all that would only make him
more martyr than ever in the ewes of
his supporters. AS for putting him down
by ordinary means. such as leaving the
House or making disturbance-as in the
case Of Mr.. Auberon Herbert-success is
very doubtful. heard an old member
of Parliament say yesterday that the sup.
posed efficiency Of tho House to extin.
gaish bores or nuisances was ovcrrated.
''Kenealy will be sure to beat us in the
long rum, exclaimed he dolefully.
Stoke, which has suddenly made itself
famous by electing DR.. Kenealy its rep.
resentative, is borough including within
its parliamentary limits Hanley and q
number Of other towns, all together 20.
ing by the name of the Potterics. In
| 1864 it had less than 3.OU0 electors. Mr..
Disraeli's reform bill of 1867, establish.
ing household suffrage, multiplied its con-
st'tuency six times over the number of
its inhabitants entitled to vote being now
more than $4,000. Obviously the in
crease must be among the poorer classes,
people who lived in houses worth less
than $50 year. the old qualification,
and who vote now from the mere fact oi
occupation. irrespective of value. All or
nearly al these new voters belong to the
wage.earning class. An eminent u.cm.
Der OF Parliament has been led BY = con.
s'derstlen Of these circumstances to com.
pose, rs ne says, . poem on tho election.
l believe | have the honor Of being the
first to give this work to the world. by
permission Of course. It is not long. And
is as follows:
Twas Nr. Diraeli
Chose Dr.. Kenealy.
TO another Of the House ventured last
night to offer my congratulations on his
new colleague. He rather scowled and
retorted: You are very much mistaken
il you think that's original. Everybody
- I'd :, ..-ss.