The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-12-14
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LONDON, Dec. 12.-There is no doubt o
the intention oil the Liberals with regart
to their behavior on the opening Of Par
lament. They will plunge into the con
aict for supremacy at once. So much, Al
least, has been decided at the conference
which Mr.. Gladstone has been holding
with his colleagues at Hawarden. 1t has
been determined to make an immediate
onslaught on the Salisbury Government
without waiting for any special cause for
beginning hostilities. The programme ar,
ranged is Of the simplest kind possible.
Immediately after the speech from the
throne has been read, a motion OF want
OF confidence in the Government will be
made. The Liberals have no fear Of not
being able to carry this motion, trusting
10 their number chiefly.
MIR. Gladstone insists, despite tne rea.
sons for delay which have been presented
TO him, on maintaining the precedent
which hss been followed for many years,
that government which finds itself in a
minority should not remain in office a
moment after the numerical inieriority OF
the party supporting it has been mani
feat.
There Is some doubt among the more
moderate Liberals with regard to Mr..
Gladstone'a ability 10 obtain vote OF
want OF confidence, on account OF the de-
lection OF the Radicals, and the uncer-
tainty OF the conduct OF the Nationalists.
Without one or the other the Liberals
would be far from being in majority.f
A peculiar, and, at this juncture, an ex-
tremely important feature OF the confer
ences at Hawarden, is that neither Mr.,
Chamberlain nor Sir Charles Dixie was
invited to them. This is only one indica-
tion, and there are many others, scarcely
less significant, OF the fact the breach be-
tween the Radical leaders and their
former colleagues in tho Gladstone Minis
terry is widening more and more every
day, and threatens to become irreparable
and to create two distinct parties out OF
that formerly known as the Liberal.
Sir Charles Dixie and Mr.. Chamberlain
have been holding private meetings with
the Radical caucus leaders at Birmingham,
AQu Lu6 E6hulLlUl tlGbobeP PAIdko CgultT6LCen
Ia that they have resolved to withhold
their assistance from Mr.. Gladstone in his
struggle for regaining office, unless they
are given previous assurance that such
Liberal measures will be introduced in
Parliament by the Gladstone government
as shall fully satisfy the Radicals.
After the meeting at which this resolu-
ton was taken as the ultimatum Of the
Radical leaders, Sir Charles Dixie en-
forced this position Of his faction by his
outspoken sentiments. Speaking at the
Chelsea Club, he denied that the Radical
wing Of the Liberal party was desirous OF
turning out the present government. He
declared that II would not only hold back
It's assistance from Mr.. Gladstone, but
would support the Conservatives freely
and without regard to traditional party
divisions, provided that the measure pre-.
sented by the Conservatives should meet
with the approval Of the Radicals.
So decided has the split become, that
II Mr.. Gladstone should succeed in carry
ing his point against the Conservatives
and should resume power, Sir Charles
Dixie aud Mr.. Chamberlain will sit below
the gSngway, and will lead a party OF
Radical Independents, throwing their
strength as they may see fit, in favor Of
the Government or Of the opposition.