The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-29
In Which the Lady Herself Will Take Part
Enormous Wealth of the Members
of the New English Cabinet.
Strong Protest Against an Objection
able Feature of the Reform Bill.
Progress of the Cholera in Spain-Complete
Failure of the Precautions for Prevent
ing Spread of the Disease.
ENGLISH POLITICS.
Lord ChurchilTs American Wife Takes a
Hand in the Canvass.

LONDON, June "a lively and Stlrflng can
vass of Woodstock, the borough for which Lord
Randolph Churchill, the present Secretary of
State for India, is to stand, is promised, and by
Monday next the work is expected to begin in
dead earnest Not for years has there been an
election in England which attracted SO much at
tention as is given to the forthcoming contest in
this borough. The fact that Lord Randolph's
brother has come out strongly against his candi
dacy, and that his seat in Lord Salisbury's Cabi
net depends upon his return for the constituen-
cy, has tended 70 greatly intensity the interest.
Should Lord Randolph be defeated it will be
incumbent on him to successfully stand for
some other borough in order to qualify himself
for holding the Office to which he has been as
signed by the present Premier. The Liberals
have already selected their candidate in the per-
son of Mr.. Grant, relatively obscure barrister
residing in the district.
This selection has greatly incensed the To-
ries, who do not hesitate to characterize Mr..
Grants candidacy against the noble Lord as a
direct and open insult on the part of their oppo-
nents. They charge that the Liberals have
selection, and there can be no doubt that the
sides. The scenes Of Donnybrook are expected
to be reenacted, as the partisans of both candi-
dates have declared their intention to make it
hot for one another.
Lord Churchill, himself, is taking little or no
part in the canvass devoting most of his time
to posting himself on the affairs of the Indian
Department. but his friends are leaving nothing
undone to secure his election. The efforts to
defeat her husband have so worked upon the
feelings of Lady Churchill that she has declared
her intention of making a thorough canvass of
the borough herself in person, and the English
people, for the first time in the history of their
country, will have an opportunity of hearing an
American lady expound the politics of the ma
tion.
Lady Churchill arrived tonight, and drove
tandem through the town. She was enthusias-
tically cheered by the populance, and at several
points the crowd became so thick that it was
with difficulty that the driver managed to keep
from running people down. Lady Churchill was
formerly Miss Jennie Jerome, the daughter of
Mr. Leonard Jerome of New York.
The new Cabinet is larger than Gladstone's
Of sixteen members, thirteen are peers, owning
among them 645, 900 acres of land, aad drawing
from it total income close upon So, 900, 900 a
year, and own among them eighty three fat
church livings Altogether they are strange
medley to represent English people at the mo-
ment Of the consummation of the latest and
greatest Democratic reform. What their gen.
eral policy will be nobody knows, probably not
themselves Yesterday it was announced with
an air of authority that close union between
this country and the Cabinets of Berlin, Vienna
and Rome would constitute the basis of the
foreign programme, but surely the consequent
cordalty of Russia and France would soon
make this awkward. All depends on Bismarck.
Salisbury's only indication of his intention has
been to say at a meeting of the Conservative
party "a timorous policy would be an unwise if
not a fatal one"
mass meeting was held in Hyde Park this
afternoon, to protest against the amendment to
the reform bill adopted by the House of Lords,
which proposes to disqualify every voter who
has received pauper medical relief for himself or
family within year of any election. There were
seven stands for speakers and fully 10000 per-
sons were present. Michael Davitt spoke against
the proposition on behalf of Ireland
The News, in an editorial, justifes the mani
festo of the National Liberal Federation, and
says that the case against the new government
is stronger even than the manifesto presents
Mr.. Davitt said that the impression that the Ma
tionaists opposed to the visit of Sir Charles
Dixie and Mr.. Chamberlain to Ireland was
wrong. They wished them to go to see the
Irish governing class and the Irish people for
themselves.