St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-06
The Salisbury Cabinet to Announce That
the Liberals Must Aid in Passing
the Budget.
In Case of Refusal They will Resign and
Throw the Responsibility on the
Radicals.
Gladstone's Party Alarmed at the
Late Election Successes of
the Conservatives.
A National Committee to be Appoint
ed by the Former to Conduct
the Campaign.
Will RetaIiate.

LONDON, July 4.-hopeS Oh an early and
pacific close of the present session of par
lament are daily diminishing. The new
cabinet is determined to meet the faction or
obstructive opposition i'm the house of CON-
mons with announcements that unless the
Liberal leaders prove themselves willing
and able to assist Conservatives in passing
the budget, the Tory minister will resign and
compel the Liberals TO again attempt the
task which but recently brought about their
downfall. Sir Michael Hiclls-Beach, the
new chancellor Of the exchequer, will an
nounce this decision soon after the house of
commons resumes its sittings. The chances
tonight therefore, are that the present
government will terminate within month.
Gladstone already regrets his resignation.
lie now evinces a certain degree OF willing
ness TO resume Office. He has gone so far
as TO deny for publication the report that he
told the queen nothing could induce him TO
take Office again. 1t is thought the leading
question in the coming general electoral
contest will be the question of local govern
ment. The speech of Carl RoSeberry,
Gladstone's lord privy seal, foreshows a
solid agreement among the Radical men,
bers of the Gladstone ministery in favor of
an elective county council electing national
councils in Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
The results of the parliamentary elections
which took place during the past week to
fill vacancies caused by the change in min
istry, have rather alarmed the Liberals.
They were beginning TO feel sure of an easy
victory in the general election, but the To
rieS have more than held their own in
the special pOllings, and have increased
their majorities in such
HoTLY CONTESTED
hnrOncrhc lNal-aEa1I nj IUanI-&nol-
Liberal election agents in many provinces
send in discouraging reports about the out
look. They say the agricultural voters are
falling away from the Liberal interests, and
that the laborers appear indiffer-
ent about taking advantage of
an enlarged franchise. These
agents further declare that in the most
equal regions of England the agricultural
laborers and working men this year are
specially under the control of local squireS,
parsons and farmers, and say this is
accounted for by the fact that times have
for long period past been unusually hard
and that this class of voters are under more
than ordinary obligations to their employers
and patrons. The 'squires, parsons, farm
ers and local officials are nearly all Con-
servativeS, and. with bright party prospects
before them, are eXerting all their influence
to retain control of British political af-
fairs. The Tory managers are locat-
ing polling places in remote districts
controlled by Liberals in such a way as to
make it difficult for voters to reach the
polls. They have also issued circular
among the farm laborers, declaring that
the character of their ballots will newt
ably be known to their employers. Irish
leaders have arranged to throw the Irish
vote throughout England III such way as
to help the Tory candidates in
all close districts. Liberal managers
throughout the country are frightened at
all these things and will early next week
attempt to obtain a solid union between the
Wing and Radical factions of their party on
the electoral programme. Both Gladstone
and Chamberlain have advised that Liberal
candidates be selected, or at least approved.
by the central body of selections in order to
save
THE PARTY STRENGTH
from being frittered away by contests in the
same constituency anywhere between rival
Liberal candidates. Both also urged the
appointment of a national campaign CON-
mittee to direct the entire canvass upon
matured and uniform plan, instead OF the
diSjointed and anarchical method here
tofore in vogue. The Spectator warns
Tie hdQlCdlS llaI III Their
scheme of local government for Ireland in
cludes the right of the Irish national coun-
ell to settle the land question, its advocates
will inevitably bring about a rupture be-
tween them and the Wing section of the
Liberal party. Active agitation is
now being carried on in England
against the practice of allowing members
of the government TO retain positions i'm
directories of public corporations. This
agitation has elected the intelligence that
the Marquis of Salisbury, the present prime
minister: Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, chan
cellor of the eXchequer; Sir Richard ASshe-
ton Cross, home secretary. Arthur James
Balfour, president of the local govern
ment board; Right Hon. David
p. Plunkett, first commissioner of
works; 1T. Hon. Sir William Hart Dyke,
chief secretary for Ireland; Lord Harris.
parliamentary secretary for India; ViScount
Folkestone, treasurer, and Rt Hon. Robere
Bourke, under foreign secretary, all hold
directorates in one or more public
first lord of the admiralty. and
Mr.. Bourke each hold at present positions
in four business CORPORATIONS, while another
member of the government holds positions
i'm six and still another in seven. Unless
these statesmen resign their posts in these
companies the radicals will raise the QueS-
ton during the coming campaign and con-
tend no member of the government shall be
allowed TO hold a post in any trading
company. Sir Henry Drummond Wolff.
who is in directorates of six different COM
panies, having been called upon TO resign
from each on account of his present mission
to Egypt, declined and asked instead to be
accorded by each company leave of absence
for six months, with a continued right To
draw his fees.