The Portland daily press., 1885-10-13

TIC SdffIRdtSn III GnSidIius
LONDON, Oct. 12-Mr. Gladstone has openly
assumed the direction of the Liberal campaign.
He has already managed to compass the diff
cuties between Lord Harrington, leader of the
Wings, and Mr.. Chamberlain, leader of the Radi
Gals. The latter was making such headway thai
Lord Harrington became excited and threatened
to withdraw from the active management in tht
campaign, unless Mr.. Chamberlain were so faI
curbed at least, as to be able to commit the whole
Liberal party to his schemes of radical reform
The Reform, the Devonshire, and other leadint
clubs, have joined In the appointment of a general
arbitration committee. This body is to have the
party power of dealing with all those cases where
in two more Liberal candidates endeavor t.
contest for the same constituency. The rivalry
causes such divisions as are likely to aid the
chances OF the Conservative candidate in the same
territory. The arbitration committee has already
done good deal of work, and it is noticeable thai
in every case in which it has chosen candidates
they have invariably been moderate Liberals. Sc
lar the action OF the committee has been con
Cured in by the defeated persons, and no signs o.
rebellion have been manifested in any quarter.
Mr.. Gladstone has advised the arbitration COM
mittee not to impose any tests ON the candidates.
but to leave them as open platform as possible
The wisdom of this advice is very apparent. The
question OF woman suffrage, for Instance, has
taken quite strong hold in some cons ituencies
In these both the Liberal and the Conservative
candidates are found committed to the bestowal o.
the franchise on women. In other constituencies
there is strong feeling in favor of triennial Par
liaments. Mr.. Gladstone sees no objection to the
Liberal candidates pledglng themselves on all
such questions If their rivals do it. canvass o.
the country will undoubtedly show that suf
cent number of candidates is already pledged to
the cause OF woman suffrage to raise that ques
tion to one of urgency in the next Parliament.
Lord Randolph Churchill has issued an address
to his constituents. 1t is in the same mpulsive
style that characterizes his speeches. He says
that the Liberals are unable to Justify their claims
upon the electors by any record of foreign or HON,
achievement and content themselves with an ill
complete and misleading extenuation, thus &C
knowledging their failure. They seek to attrac
pericnce has shown they have neither the capacity
nor strength to fulfil. He refers to the adverse
vote against the Gladstone government wrInt
from the Commons on the budget and continues:
Mr.. Bright will direct his unrivalled oratory. his
simple, forcible invective, his personal position
and experience to induce you to reinstate the
Liberals. The old disSenSiOn among the Liberals
which caused the failures of the past five years, is
now blazing fiercely Mr. Gladstone in all honesty
warns you that his controlling hand will b.
stretched forth only little while. You will be
asked to support party which even hatred OF the
Tories cannot unite. You cannot yield to this
appeal. The policy of the Tories IS to regain the
friendship of the powers, which prejudice, pre-
sumption and poltroonery have almost forfeited;
to use that friendship to secure European peace
Imperial federation for the defensive and CONNER
cial purposes of England and other colonies; t.
eonciliate by equal laws and just and firm admin
istratiOn our Irish brethren now irritated ano
estranged, so that the union which nature as well
as policy effected may eternally endure; to place
the security Of India beyond the influence OF
panic or anxiety; and to give the rural farming
population the self-gOvernment which has ALREADY
benefited the great towns. The towns will oppose
the dismemberment of the empire under the guise
Of Lords and the diseStabshment of the church.
the use of its endowment for the purposes OF
secular education, the wholesale plunder OF all
who have acquired property by Inheritance OF
thrift under the guise Of graduating taxation. AL
mean social ruin, and must be c0nfided to Mr..
Chamberlain if the people restore the Liberals t.
power. The Tories will patiently accept the
Judgment of the people, but history will mourn
and wonder at the blunderS and insanity of the
people who deliberately fling away priceless
heritage, thereby consigning to the grave great
and glorious empire" He says furthermore thai
the Tories will strive, far as political economy
will admit, to multiply the number of freeholders
and Occupiers of land throughout the United
Kingdom, and to utilize the powers of Parliament
in the direction of thrifty spending of the
peoples money.
Parnell, previous to his departure from Cork
addressed large crowd of citizens assembled OF
the street. 1t has been decided that Parnell and
John Deasy will offer themselves for reelection
to Parliament for the city of Cork.
Mr.. Herbert Gladstone, speaking at Leeds, said
all the Liberals were agreed that the Office oi
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland should be abolished
He thought that in time England would volun-
tarily yield home rule to Ireland, maintaining
however the rights of the crown.
John Bright in speech at Street declined to
pass an opinion on the subject of free eduacation
Regarding the land question he Only wanted a
transfer of land made easy and did not approve
certain new tangled proposals on the subject. He
deprecated the fact that certain politicians were
teaching the masses that they were slaves. The
statements ma e by these men were absurd in the
face of the recent reforms Mr.. Bright concluded
with violent diatrbe against a resort to arms as
the means of settling international disputes and
he attributed the prevailing war feeling to 'jingO-
iSDf' in the newspapers"