Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-09-25
A Gable Message.
1t Reviews the Effect of Glad
Stones Manifesto upon the
Liberal Party.
He Succeeds in Reuniting the
Party and Making it Solid
Unit.
A Cable Letter.

fESTO.
LONDON, Sept. 2.-Gladstone's
manifesto is the most dilphic utter
ance he has ever made, and has
proven the most successful pamphlet
eering of his life. The document was
secretly issued to his political col
leagues as early as last Monday. Its
first perceptible effect was a palpable
reapproachment between Mr.. Joseph
Chamberlain, Lord Harrington and
Sir VIM. Vernon Harcourt, thrse of
the most powerful leaders, next to the
ex-premier himself, in the liberal
party. All three are ambitious men,
and they had been pulling apart; each
was taking large following along
with him.
The Radicals were going with
Chamberlain, the wings with Har-
tington, and Harcourt was endeavor~
ing to hold the moderates together.
The liberal party was being sent to
pieces, but the manifesto put stop to
the ripping and diverging of the
triumvirate, and st once set to work to
replace stitches, and with each
effort came closer together until to-
day, one week only having elapsed,
the liberal party In Great Britain at
least is
A SOLID UNIT.
Mr.. Chamberlain may be said to be
the most rebellious leader in the whole
liberal party. Before Mr.. Gladstone's
utterance Mr.. Chamberlain's radical
campaign tour included Glasgow,
where no doubt was entertained that
he would repeal his pronounced in
dependence. But the orator spoke in
Glasgow after he had perused the
manifesto and his speech delayed the
practical abandonment OF his inde-
pendent radicalism and the adoption
of the policy of opportunism and so it
has been with Lord Harrington and
Sir Wm. Vernon Harcnurt. They
have also indicated complete subs
mission to Mr.. Gladstone and have be-
come opportu1ists.
There are Two explanations of these
remarkable submissions. No one
doubts that il these three leaders had
been permitted to pursue in the
courses they had mapped out for them>
selves
THE LIBERAL PARTY WOULD HAVE
BEEN DIsMEMBERED.
1t was pretty generally thought
that Mr.. Gladstone was tired of pub
lie life and had decided to remain out
of it. He was implored to reconsider
this determination and assume the
management Of the present campaign
for his party'S success in this cam
paign was essential to the continued
existence of the liberal party, and as
party and absolute unity was a requi>
site of succs sss, Mr.. Gladstone de-
manded submission as the price of his
leadership. 1t is, of course, possible
to suppose that Chamberlain, Harting
ton and Harcourt consented to drop
their differences out of pure desire
to accomplish the success of their party
as a whole. and to obtain this result,
pay Mr.. Gladsto4e's prices, but no
doubt can be entertained that each of
these men have been ambitious to
succeed.
1.-THE GRAND OLD MAN"
in leadership. Circumstances have
demonstrated that that party will at
present accept no leader but hin, and
that without him restoration to power
is impossible. The supposition that
Mr. Gladstone has consented to lead
his party back to power, and deter
mined after it's lodgment there to re-
tire. would afford the most reasonable
explanation of the conduct of the
three submissive leaders, for in this
case they would he playing for stake
worth their while. In this latter event
the leadership to attain would be that
OF unite d party adhesive with power,
a thing immensely different from fac
tional success.
Many things go to show that the
latter supposition is correct explana-
ton of the turn affairs have taken.
In one Of the opening sentence of his
manifesto Mr.. Gladstone uses the fol-
lowing signifcan statement: 'It will
not be possible for me to report in a
new parliament the labors of previous
sessions" This is everywhere accept
stone, that he intends if victorious in
this campaign to confine himself to
the work of forming ministry, and
after remaining in Office long enough
to assure successful working of his
re-estsbllshed governmental ma
chinery to retire permanently to pri-
vate life.
A SCHEME TO ACQUIRE ALL THE CABLES.
The scheme proposed by Sir James
Anderson during the intei national
telegraph conference at Berlin, to DR..
Stephan, German minister of posts
and telesrsphs, for the acquisition Of
all submarine cables of the world by
an international government syndi-
cate, has developed the fact that all the
CO bles are owned by 26 companies,
with sn aggregate capital of e34. 459, :
OS9. Sir James idea is that If the
governments combined and purchased
these cables an international syndi-
cate could make a tariff common to
all natiors, each to receive its pr >or-
tior of N at revan1Ios