Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-04
ACROSS THE OCEAN.
A Clear and Comprehensive View Of
Inc Political Situation ii
England.

The Coming Campaign to be Holly
Contested and Sure 10 shape the
conntry's Destiny.
The ineci ~. W., : The i,ranentc %
Two NIi@S No ~, enlightened
d
LoNpoN, Oct.i3. rheS$, .cs arc not
yet ready TO begin the caiHiMign for SUI
prcmacy IN the next parliament. Their
government has therefore decided 10
postpone dissolution until the 5th OF De.
ccmbcr. The reason given to the public
for this acuon is the difficulties growing
out OF enormous registration, uudcr the
enlargement of franchise, requiring
extended time adjuaicationa adjust.
ment The campaign, when II does open,
VIII he the iiercest and most thoroughly
contested ever fought la Great Britain
Every voter in the country viii probably
bereached ana Introduced. Those now
possessing the lrapchisc are badly enough
muddled, for the Churchill Tories arc
counting the Irish homg-rulc vote, wlnle
Radicals are ciamoring l0r The mainte-
nance OF the empire Ia It's entirety. The
TWO millions of men eniranchised by Mr.
Gladstone, as a rule, belong 10 the class
which IS Inferior IN Intelligence TO any
that have ever heretofore had voice ~
British Affairs, They have never,
rs "a rule, had any interest ia
public questions, and never had
occasion to learn ANYTHING about politics
Whom the United states tnlmnchlsed the
black freedmen, hardly 100000 voters
were added 10 the list, When they began
10 vote they we've influenced by q sent.-
meut which Vas practically unanmOu.
among them, and which was at tho time,
at least, an intelligent one gratitude.
But England has rs suddenly added nenr-
! ~ t1rCe times rs many votes 90 her sul-
/ tragc list, an addition Which certainly
contains "A large mass Of Ignorance
While gratitude TO the Liberal party for
/ franchise may sway manly OF these new
I voters, IL would be- Jolly 10 calculate on It
as feeling which viii prevail with any
1 large portion OF them. The old voters
stand pretty well on the old lines, and
that issue will be tried by new ballots
TWO months before the dissolution. There
are ll2G candidates already IN tho Held,
contesting for the 800 seats belonging TO
I England in the house Of commons.
Z Nearly every seat Is beng contested.
! There are many instances In which sew
eml candidates are contesting the same
constituency. In this Inter rcspeat,
/ however, the Liberals are at pr.sgni
I worse divided than the Tories. Tho
latter are under much better
party discipline and their party agents
( are bending their energies to prevent
party splits. The parnellites remain
united and are independent OF alliances
4 II is admitted, even by Liberal newspa.
pers, If Mr.. Parneil succeeds in making
a bargain with the Tories, Va stand with
them on n common platform, the liberia
majority viii stand in danger of disap
I pearing altogether.
Ii has transpired that the Eastern pol
icy of Premier Sail sbury is conducted II
perfect concert with that Of Prince Bis
marck
The Seryian minister TO En-
gland has had an Official
! In tcryiew with them. Practically til,
whole number have no decided politica
leaning They viii be Liberal or Tory NC
cording to the influence brought to bca
on them.
The result OF the coming election VII
be stupcndous on the destiny OF I'm
gland. u may decide whether the En-
glish trade policy shall be free orprotect
i've; whether church aud state shall bi
divorced or remain united; whcthe
uniiication or dislntegrHlion of tht
empire shall ensue; whether Grea
Britain shall continue 10 Interfere Il
foreign affairs, aud remainamong the irs
powers, or hold aioOf, and tall bacl
into the second rank. II may dccid
even whether aristDcracy in Englan
shall continue, and whether the tliron
shall remain. Al these are now llv
: questions, and it does appear to be ~
extraordinary thing that parliament
which may be- called on 70 settle some
not all these momentous issues, VIII tax
lits temper from the chance way the tw
millions of new and uneducated voter
may cast their first ballots, for II Is IA
10 assume that before the close of I'll
campaign the parties viii have intel
viewed Salisbury and obtained from hin
assurance Of the British government
sympathy with Seryian aspirations.
King Milan's government has bee
urged by England 10 refrain from aggre
sive action aud rely on the decision Of q
powers The king has telegraphed IN u
nly that he trusts in the assurance give
him by England aud that the seryians Al
willing 10 wait for the decision OF u
powers, unless events precipitaie a neee
Stir for active measures.
The London managers OF the Atlont
cable companies IN the present poci W
i meet in this city next week.
y h positively stated that the oblc
y of the meeting Is 10 arrange for ihe rcau
= tinn OF the present cable telegams b
tween England and the United stat
>. from twenty-iour cents 10 tWenty-ty
cents on ordinary0r commercial messags
and from twelve 70 six cents on pre-
messages. The directors Of the dlhere
Fnaiish companies IN the pool arc said
no an iu favor Of making the prop9s
reductions. They take the ground III
the opposltion 0f the Mackay Bennett {
:. Mo uss,s5 be- ended by snnihilati7n. III
nnra.itinn. II Is argued, has alrea
wad4 ne pool dividends SO small y
ne shareholders viii consent 70 81
- riaee them entirely for Time
,.ia war Of rates that VII! clli
se break down the opposition or compel
a. iaiu The pooi. aud result eventually
raising tariffs ~ around ana 10 an eve
IA, Increase u the pool diyidenas' !
American pool directors, on the Oh
= hand, are said TO be less wiling 70 g
sen, to the proposed reduction ana y
quite tjmid about entering INTO WET
rst4s they profess 20 be uncertain aof
80 o1tcoIre ~ sneh war apd w
dgtt have Rat hsen ineNeHp ~ t3