The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-09-19
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ani fufiss tuaustiiaa WIN NE rafHeii.
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lo,nov seplcmbefll S1temhsfihs
lllh bly.ut been selected fof polling
day. lhe manIifslos of political leaders
SO neSt 10 order lu ibis county. lu
'ho place oi political platforms by
conventions, there hte hdlIessc, by
ary chief. Sir Michael lllcs Roach,
- thc representative VI te orthodox
Conservatism Ia the elective chamber,
may be expected 20 lead The dance, m.
less Lord Randolph Churchill, illness
Notwithstanding, should happen 10 be
ilrst ~ the field. Both ate probably en-.
Gagged vi Ibis moment drafting the dec.
larallons Of policy which are 10 sound
The keynote oi the nJhl Mr., Glad.
stones reply to thu Tory cbal
lcngo should Immediately appear
hnd both Sides thcleupon fall TO In
grim earnest. Campaign speeches usual
" follow the addresses, this year they
have TO a large extent preceded them
and the county already knows what the
maln issues ato 10 be. Lord Randolph
faces the Birmingham Radical caucus
with scheme OF Tory Democracy,
Chamberlain filings down the gauge Of
land reform, free schools aud local self.
government; lleach ialses the fag OF
protection In the counties, and bright
appears In the lists as the champion OF free
trade. These are national issues. Sec.
tlonnl Interests are not less clearly dc.
fined by such representative leaders as
Roscbeny, Morgan aud the Irish patriots,
Scotland Is absorbed n,thc dlsesta bl!sh.
menl craze and bids fair 10 treat herself
TO n Liberal split aud Tory gains Wales
ls stlrret 10 her depths by the
Irish revolt and shows firm front
Tor prlnclpallty interests. lrcald's cam.
paign will decide whether the
cry for the repeal OF the union is the dc.
mand Of the nation or faction. II Is
worth nothing that the leading issues In
England, Scotland aud Wales point 10
home rule as the only practicable solu.
luton, having Ireland entirely out OF the
question. Mr.. Gladstone has repeatedly
admitted both inside aud outside Par.
Lament, that the pressure OF public busl.
ness alone points TO the absolute ncccs.
slty OF some form Of distribution Of local
or National legislation among the localt.
ties or natlonaltles respectively Interest.
cd. Take for Instance the Manchester
ship canal bill. II is measure OF purely
local interest and ought not to have en-.
joycd the attention OF Irish, Scotch
and Welsh members for q single hour,
instead OF taking up sitting after sitting,
week alter week and month after month
10 the dcirimcnt Il urgent Imperial
Interests affecting the common family
Of nations. The Scotch dlscslabllshmcnt
affords another instance. Gladstone has
deliberately placed himself on record
with respect to this measure. that II Is
one for Scotchmcn solely 10 deal with.
He docs not attempt 10 reconcile this
statement with tho fact that Sco,chmcu
are utterly powerlcss to control legisla.
ton on this or any subject, aud are en-.
tlrcly In the hands Of majority com.
posed Of English, Welsh and Irish NON.
bers Mr.. Gladstone, finding himself
under the necessity, aud serious neces.
sliy II Is, Of protesting ngalnst dlsestab.
llshment being made test question at
the Scotch elections, has unconsclously
placed himself at tho side OF Nr Par.
nell, supporter Of hOmn.inlo In It's wild.
est application. Mr.. Gladstone has for
| years past champlOncd local self.goyern-
mont, restricted form OF homo.rue.
Local scf.eoyernment as II c0nifonts
politicians In England to-day IL home.
rule In no restricted sense, but In Its
fullest aud complcicst aspect The time
foi combining local sell.goycrumcnt 10 un.
important urban and suburban bodies,
partly elective and partly non.electlyc,
has passed. Thanks 10 Panell aud his
courageous llcutcnants, a uniform elect.
I've system, with full control over finances,
appointments and internal adminlstra.
ton, Is the inevitable next step Ma.
tional self.goyernmcnt with Imperial
functlons'for central authority, must
follow as naturally as water flows down
bill. Mr.. Chamberlain, Sir Charles bike,
Lord Harrington aud all Liberals
Of prominence have pronounced for the
fullest aud complctcst scheme OF local
self government short Of National HON.
rule, aud II will be the chief obi,ct ~
Lord CburchllI's Tory democracy, linot
| Of the orthodox Cons Tyatiycs under
Lord Salisbury, 10 outbil the Liberals 10
this as they did In The franchise bill, aud
convert home rule In the counties Into
home rule for the nations, unless the
Liberals. forcseeIng this. promptly fore
stall them and make National legislation
prominent plank In the Liberal platform.
II stoo early yet 10 figure OIL the number
ol seats 10 be contested at the approach
| Ing election, but the returns already
received make II iolerably certain that
fully three iliths Of the ono. seat division q
will be contested. On the Liberal side
fewer candidates have appeared In the
newly created fufal CONSTITUENCY 1
than had bueu anticipated. The party
managers are lndiposed TO 6nd money
for candidates unable TO pay the cx.
renses Of a contes,c1,l scllon thensel, Q
and niggardIy spirit, as unusual as II /,
alarming to nominees OF local poll icaI
bodies, IL manifested at headquarters
At Conservative headquarters oil !.
life. activity aud downright harl work.
Two-ihrds OF morc Of the seats which
the managers consider worth con'estln.
have been supplied with candidates aud
the party Is providing the necessary
funds with unsnaflng hand llealy, In
his promised speech on Chamberlain and
the Eugll-h Ridic1l programme 10 NOR
row Is expected 10 bring out all the light.
ard shades Of local tclf.soYernmenl
schemes Of rival English politicians, and
show the Intimate relationship VI loca
10 National home rule as advocated fol
Ireland by parnell. lleily Is the mos
ouispoken member Oi the lrisl
Parliamentary party, aud, AZ
parnell has given him cart,
blanche 10 say what be like, on this 90
casioB, bis uiicfaaees are looked FORWARD
10 with interest, not only by the Llbcrall
aud Conservative leaders, but In the lafg'
Engllsh boronghs where the Iikh vote Z
On Important ellen snt.
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