Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-20
INcIprNrs OF Tur poIllNG.


At the clubs the excitement has been
intense and II will continue until the end
Yesterday the county election went AS
two to one for the Conservatives. To-day
the Liberals are polling against the Con-
servatives almost in the seme ratio. At
the Carlton club learn that Mr. Jennings,
formerly of the New York Times, has
been elected for Stockport, and that Mr..
Parkinson Of the Daily News Is also an
NJ. =. MIR. Justin Mccarthy was defeated
for an Irish county division, while his
son was reelected for the little borough
which originally seated him. Joseph
Cowen OF the Newcastle Chronicle, OPP
posed by Liberals and Radicals has,
without canyassing, been returned AZ the
head of the poll as an Independent Lib
eral His party enemies had even started
u paper against him backed with a capital
OF 5000, 900. At present not single Lib
eral has won one Irish seat, though
several Conservatives have beaten
Parnclltes and Natlonalsts. Mr., Par
nell and Mr.. Callan are at daggers
drawn. The latter has entered suit
against the former for libel, Mr.. Dillon
has had hard time of 1t. There have
been serious dissensions In the Irish
camp. Nevertheless, 1t is estimated that
MIR. Parnell will have very powerful and
compact party behind him when parla'
ment meets. On Tuesday Mr.. Gladstone
walked about the village OF Hawarden,
where he lives, and distributed flowers
among the villagers. He Is indeed ga
grand old man" The title fits him
whether you mean II In a complimentary
sense, or otherwise. One day he chops
down tree, the next day he is the gentle
shepherd 1t is impossible not TO pity
him, his chagtin at what is taking place is
so apparent. He tries even 10 jugglo with
the statistics Of the polling, making black
white, as men do who fight TO the death
about free trade. Did you ever hear a
protectionist and free.trader argue the
gIeat question Of tariff honesuyI ! don't
think have; II Is 80 easy TO make stalls
tics tell any way you wish. They are Ike
the bells, they ring out any words you fit
TO them. And men are liars about free
trade and protection. They can't
sneak the truth. The subject rs
like Mark Twan's mountain, u Is
40 cold there that man cannot
sneak the truth Even Mr.. Gladstone
cannot, and "Tfulhiul John," the free
trade champion, has been convicted OF as
many "thumping lIcsn as fair traders be
claims have told about him. Here n 'the
grand old man. in Flintshitc (Wbere he
afterwards distributed the iowers) tell
inc q Scotch meeting that "the first forty
wears of THE century were commercially
and indusirially staguant and dead %
far a. Great Britain is concerned TINS
was part Of his argument a9oiust reVls-
ion Of English fiscal policy, and SCI forth
particularly 10 prove that England did
nothing worth mentioning la the way Of
business until she was iree-tfader. But
nv friend Mr.. Leng Of Sheffield Is always
on the watch for Exclusions Of this Kind,
and be takes up Porter's Progress Of the
Nation" q reliable and acknowledged
authority, and thereupou demohshes Mr.
GIadstone's "stagnadon' error. Mr.
/ Ieng turns to the table Of our foreign
trade and andg that the export Of BRUSH
and irish produce increased from fzi,-
9g7. Gsl 10 isQI 10 fS5 ,223,S37 ~ 1881, apd
mat our imports Of foreign AMI colonial
merchandise increased IN the same period
rom fsl. 7s0, g62 70 f57yO28isb1. ne
torns 20 The shipping tables and nnds
that whereas l0,s06 ships Of ,CSf,sH
totaI tonnage were cleared from the ports