Weekly commercial herald., 1885-09-11
ENGLISH POLITICS.
The Marquis Of Harrington Sounds
the Key Note Of the Liberals.

the Key Note Of the Liberals.
LONDON, Sept. 5.-The British po-
litical event of the week has been the
speech Of the Marquis Of Harrington.
Having been secretary of war, one Of
Mr.. Gladstone's most trusted ministers,
the address is generally accepted as
foreshadowing the campaign issues
which will be advocated by the
Liberal party. The speech was SO
moderate and SO utterly disclaimed
the more revolutionary projects of the
Radicals that it has ahgered the Tories.
1t would appear, from their denuncia-
ton of its "lack of policy" as if Lord
Harrington had clearly taken the
ground from under the Conservatives.
Everybody is anxiously awaiting some
political utterance from Mr.. Gladstone.
1t is thought he may have inspired
Lord Hartington-that the latter's
speech was put out as "feeler"- and
that it will soon be backed
up by a powerful address
by the "grand old man." This would
leave the situation thus: "rhe Tories,
under lead of Lord Randolph Churchill,
indicating a sort Of wild Parnellism;
the Radicals, lead by Mr.. Joseph Cham
berlain, urging extreme home rule;
the real Conservatives and Wings, not
far apart, and large body of Liberals
and Tories in a state of doubt, but
with prejudices hostile to the Parnell-
ties. Now Mr.. Gladstone is far more
influential with the followers Il
Mr.. Chamberlain than the Marquis
of Salisbury is with the followers
of Lord Randolph Churchill. AS the
ex-premier is supposed to desire the
return of his party to power with
votes enough to make it indie Jendent
in parliament, it is easy to surmis g
that his management will be in the
direction of combining the Wings an d
Conservatives against the Irish party,
calculating upon securing Radicals
enough for any purpose he may desire
in the house of commons. Th q
scheme, if successful, would give the
Liberals sufficient majority in the
next House to throw the Parnellites
from their present possession of the
balance of power; without that pos.
session, the Irish party would 60 to
pieces. Then Mr.. Gladstone, having
Parnell shorn, could solve the Irish
question by concessions which would
placate the people of Ireland, and leave
Mr.. Parnell without an issue. The
question of independence would disap.
pear when the Irish had all they
wanted except that which would cease
70; any essential reason to be desira.
be.
Mr.. Jesse Callings, radical member
for Ipswich, speaking at Saltburn,
Yorkshire, to-day, denounced Lore
Hartington's address. He described
th3 ex-secretary's programme al
"empty," and said it had already dont
much to destroy Liberal unity. L
would appear, however, that the dis
tnction of this unity is essential to Mr.
Gladstone's purpose, as if, as supposed
tlat purpose is to draw conservatives
aud wings together against the
Parnellites and Churchillites, for the
old conservatives will not support
party closely welded to the
Radicals, and Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain
the great English leader of the Radi.
Gals, is booked for a political address
to the electors of Womington, Ian
caster county, next Tuesday. He il
: now expected to reply to Lord Har
tington's disavowal of Mr.. Chamber
! lain's extreme policy, but the NOR,
Radicals are deprecating this idea ant
are urging Mr.. Chamberlain to re
frain from openly splitting from tn,
Wings. They advise him to be a,
moderate as possible just now, and t.
endeavor to bring Lord Harrington
around to his views on the questions
of land, law, reform, taxation, and
church disestablishment In the mean
time the popular anxiety to hear from
Mr.. Gladstone increases daily. Lore
Randolph .Churchill'ss speech at Sheffield
was a direct reply to Mr.. Parnell's
challenge to English parties to declare
themselves on the Irish issue, and in
} dicates that he was willing to make
further concessions to the Home
9 Rulers. Lord Randolph's health is al
present far from good and under medi
cal advice, he is about to take {
months holiday. Mr.. Parnelps advice
l to his followers to discountenanct
5 aggarian outrages, is perceptibly bear
g ing fruit. Atthe meeting of the Corl
branch of the National League it was
unanimously resolved to adhere to thC
conference programme of disavowing
o1trages and supporting only suct
Candidates for the parliament as woulC
! pledge themselves to act as a unit OF
the Parnellite programme. The prin
clpal speakers denounced the outrages
A Wild Man Captured in the Noun
+ talns of Pennsylvania.
! WILKEsBARRE, PENN, SEPT. ga
; message was received here yesterday
afternoon that a wild man had beer
+ discovered on Bald Mountain, ten
miles from here. A party Of men at
once organized, and on arriving at the
mountain learned that there was 6
man appar emily wild and naked prowl
ing about the mountain. jacob
Knecht, a wood chopper, inform
ed the PARTY later that he had