Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-08-12
DARY POST-IMTELLIGENcER


Gu0zM ACROSS TAik WAth'
The programmes Of the Rnsissh LIB
srsls for the coming election BIDS fair
70 be radical enough - satisfy sssa sl.s
snsss ardent refgrmaE. That branch OF
she party Of vhish George osss 1reVsi-
van and John Morley are rsprsssniA-
tives, insist upon Ehe ad0psuon OF q paas-
form which demands the dlsssssssish-
msrnt OF the Church iEI kngiADd ana
soytlaud, houns rnBe In ireland and 10
forr, In the fsodaI land system. The
e,a,sn,a Raaissls gzs wiling 10 aeesVs
.h,a platform, but they insist on sddii'R
10 4. = demand for shorter pariianSss's'
Cor the abolition Of the House Of Lonis
and the psynsst Of salaries TO members
Of the Houae Of comraons- WHn
large and powerful party Insisting upoH
rsforms Of 30 sweping nature, one
MAY well shink thss tins day 70 NOS lar
ds,sant when the Radicals vii have The
es,1raee 10 insiss upoa tss sbolition %
tho throns. That 10 The ons great reform
a ws.ieh events have baeo saEssg lead
ins, slpee tbs inarlruratian Of the reform
,nt,vsussus more than halt csntnsy ago.
while tbs Liberals are gradually sc
esrsine more and more advanced ideas'
she Conservative party also - being
dragged azsy from lie cid noorines IN
susss Of itssIf. To appseeiats tbs srsai
change whieh has taken place In Enei'sa
se,tfa,sns, one ish0uld compare tne
England Of today With the Eaeiand OF .
half or . quarter Of csntaEy ago. lbs
raost unreasonable Tory Of the present
Il infinitely morn liberal IN his views
thar vas the naas: enthusiastic rsformei
Of oobdsn's day. Isrd Randolph
ChurchiiI has ALREADY forced sbe Con
serva,sves 10 abandon coercion Ia Ire
land and TO take u position on the lrist
auss,ion which IL as literal as that o.
thu Mira Radicals themselves. Of cours'
N. majority Of Tories are protessins
l0udly against sueh leadership, ana
Lord Randolph has been disoipiines
,uficisntly to agree 10 take par
in the coming csuipaign wishoof MAX
ing the Irish question unduly prom
iusnt. In return for this, however, "a
Tory leaders have agreed that the Goa
sarvativs policy shall embrace ioca
sovsrnmsnt reform and reform In ID
British land lasrs. Gsnsrai 40 thas
expres sions are, IL u safe to say tfla
vhsu Churchill iisi succeeded In maxi
lag them the party cry Of the oonserva
lives be will insist ppoa very radios
application Of them. And II this shOul
not be granted him by the older az
more cautious party leaders, be vosl
only be compelled 10 shov his hand
Iiatio sooner than he probably now IN
tends. He ooald call around him hi
,ounq Conservative followers and TAX
them bodily over TO the rapidly form
Ing Radical party. Then, ioinin
hands with Pafnell on tns one nan
aud Chamberlain on tha other. he eoul
LAUGH at the Tory leaders IL ID not
munstrous impTobabilisy that Lor
Randolph Churchill viii be the frs
Radical Premier. Stranger things hav
happened.
Altogether the political outlook
extremely bright for the RnRlish peorl
and extremely dark Tor the English nc
bility. Il would be difiSult 70 tell boz
long the appaliinaly numerous Germnl
family o. which Queen Victoria h ID
head. win be CHARTERED upon the Ems
lish taxpayers. but from present sE
pearanees 10 Is safe 10 say that Oh
Pfinee Of Wales viii b. An extremsl
luchy individual h he ever succeeds II
establishing himself on this throne.