New-York tribune., 1880-04-09

among the oddities of this contest that MT. La
bouchere, an aristocrat by birth and man Oh great
wealth, should now be standing IN conjunction
with Mr.. Bradlaugh. Not only that. but MT. La
bouchere is standing in the NOnconf0rmst interest,";
il is he who reconciled the two opposing wings OF
the Liberal Party. and who has supplied the miss
ing link between the Wing and religious section on
the one hand, and Mr.. Bradaugh's free-thinking
supporters on the other The borough is doubtful
One and has been rent by dissensous but the coai-
ton between Mr. Labouchere and Mr.. Bradlaugh
is understood to give both of them good chance
of success The Liberals might always have car
red it if they could have made up their minds to
accept Mr. Bradlaugh in times past. His followers
have stuck to him, even when it was certain thai
his persistence IN running could have no other re-
suit than TO let in Tory. Offer no opinion on the
political morality Of policy rcsolutcly pursued for
purely personal ends, but 1t is likely enough to
give Mr. Bradaugh triumph III the end Whether
when once elected he will make much Roadway IN
the House of Commons. is another question.
In London. also, the shoemakers are Liberals; the
actual makers of shoes, that s. The masters who
fatten on West End patronage share in the West
End love for Lord BeacOnsdeld. Said one of them
in ono of the streets where fashionable shops
abound: ave are all Tories In this street save
one,"-meanng all the shopkeepers of whatever
kind, But his workinen, added the leatbery Jingo
were all on the other side and three of them were
on the Hobhouse-MOrley COMMITTEES. " as esquires,"
added he, angrily. One of them had given $20 to
the Liberal fund; probably his whole weeks
wages.
In the papers circulating in this same borough of
Westminster it IS announced today that Mr. W.
IT, Smith has given | 900 for the new public gar
dens to be made on the southeast side OF the House
of Lords on the Thames Embankment, overlooking
the river. The same paragraph says that tho work
on these gardens is being pushed forward, and that
they may probably be open to tho public by the end
Of May. Mr. w. II. Smith, need hardly remind you
beside being First Lord of the Admiralty and the
largest seller of newspapers in England, is candi
date for Westminster, and il is in Westminster
that these new gardens are situate. How be
should happen to think of giving ElOOO Tor
purpose by which the constituency will benefit, is
| n mystery which must be left to explain itself
Not few such incidents are occurring about this
time of which this, being tho most conspicuous.
may pass as n brilliant specimen. IL cannot be
meant to further Mr.. Smiths election. for If you
| hearken TO Mr. Smiths friends they will tell you
that Mr. Smiths election is certain, l am afraid
they are right. have yet met with friend Oh
| SIR Arthur Hobhouse aud Mr. John Morley, VIII o
will say as much for them for either OF them. In
| truth, the accounts coming in from several metro
politan boroughs these last few days of a kind
highly discouraging to the Liberals. Chelsea itself
| il reported to be wavcring in its allegiance to Sir
Charles Dixie which shall not believe till tho
turn of his opponents is declared. Sir Charles is
| not only popular in his borough; not only q man of
whom his constituents are proud ana VINO mas
lately risen faster, perhaps than anybody else IN
the Liberal party but he has organized his support
era in q very complete and efficient manner. Chel-
sea is one of the few bOrOughs where the Liberal
work of the canvass is better done than the Tory.
And there are perhaps few persons outside the Court
party-who are said never to have forgiven SIT
Charles for his attack as they called it, on the
| Qucen-who would not regret 10 see hlm exciuueu
| from Parliament.
The berkshire Liberals who dislike being mis-
represented by Mr.. Walter. have been endeavoring
| to induce Mr. Thomas Hughes TO stand against the
Jngo newspaper proprietor. l am sorry to say they
| have not succeeded. They insist they could return
Mfr. Hughes, but Mr.. Hughes himself, who ls Berk-
shire man and knows the state of things IN that
county, and has a level head of his own does not
believe that candidate starting at this late day
would have fair chance of success SO he has de-
cned.
Constituencies OF their committees are sometimes
| exacting in their demands upon candldates
heard of u case where long correspondence was
carried on between a committee and gentleman OF
some distinction whom they were anxious to induce
To stand Tor certain county. The exchange OF
let tcrs proceeded satisfactorily up to certain point
On matters OF prlciplo the two parties were quite
agreed. But as the gentleman of some distinction
WAS personally unknown TO the electors. the COM
mittec, before sending him formal invitation to
visit tho county, asked him to supply his photo
graph for inspection. The demand was ,Scxtraordi-
| nary, and would have come more naturally from
matrimonial broker or from some amateur OF pro-,
icssional hcauties still. the embryo candidate ana
ho1 b,s nhotoVraph taken. Perhaps he too meek.
Susnicion was aroused, somebody wrote to some
| Indy else To know what the matter was, and Two
davs later the unhappy man received letter say
ing that the negotiations were OF. lilo has since
| ionnd q place where they are less curious.
| @. WIS.