The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-05
POLITICS IN ENGLAND.
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The Figures on the Result OF the
Recent Elections Of Great
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LONDON, December AIR. Gladstone is
of the opinion that a Liberal majority is
now assured. The Conservative gains have
surprised the Liberal managers and greatly
elated the Tory chiefs, but they are not
enough: The number Of Liberal members
already returned to Parliament gives Mr..
Gladstone a majority, and it is difficult to
how the remaining constituencies can
change the result. A majority, however
small, means that Gladstone will be sent
for again by the Queen to form q new Cab
met and take up the government Of the
country,
The fact that the Parnellites and Tories
combined may exceed the Liberals amounts
to nothing as regards the new majority. 1t
is in Parliament that the significance of a
minority vote smaller than that Of the
united opposition will make itself practical
" felt. legislation becomes impossible,
the government exists on compromises and
by the grace OF its political opponents, the
ministry is weak alike for home admins
tration and home relations, and whenever
the opposition al to humble and defeat
the Cabinet it IAN be done and the country
subjected to the evils of another contested
election. For these reasons it is as likely
as not that If Gladstone gets only q bare
majority he will decline the ungrateful task
of forming a ministry, the certainty OF de-
feat in Parliament staring him in the face.
A compromise ministry with Gladstone
in it seems from the peculiar circumstances
impossible. Harrington at the head Of
moderate Liberals and Churchill at the
head of moderate Conservatives might give
force and rule the House of Commons, but
Gladstone will never consent to sit in a
Cabinet so constructed, nor would Sails
bury.
An incident OF the campaign in Denbig-
shire reported by some of the Welsh papers
calls to mind the thrice famous story OF
Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. 1t may
be remembered that this fair
threw the whole weight of her influence on
the side of Fox and personally canvassed
for him during the forty days OF uproar
and excess through which the election then
passed. That much is certainly true. But
whether she won the vote Of a hesitating
butcher by giving him a kiss is by n
so clear.
The Welsh story ia less doubtful, and the
incident which it commentaries involves
no suggestion OF improperly on the part OF
the heroine. A meeting was held in Mr..
CORVALLIS Vests behalf at Llanrwst.
During the proceedings great interruption
was caused by an extremely noisy voter.
II 1udl1J Lib VI SlO" NOAC.
Mrs. West, the famous beauty, rose from
her seat and left the platform. 1t was
generally supposed that she was disguised
and intended leaving the meeting. and the
audience heartily applauded her in what
they regarded as a justitiable protest
against indecent behavior. They were de-
ceived, for the lady walked with the great
est mposu toward the disturber of the
peace, put her arm in his and gently towed
him out of the room with the most winn-
ing courtesy. The meeting %applauded vo-
ciferously at the turn affairs had taken
and the meeting proceeded in quietness:
The interest in the present elections has
rarely. if ever, been equalled throughout
the United Kingdom. As the returns come
in the excitement grows apace. and all day
began, immense crowds have congregated
in front of the bulletin boards of the news
paper Offices and other news centers where
returns are displayed. The police are kept
busy in maintaining the peace. So intense
is the feeling among the sympathizers OF
both parties that fights are of frequent
occurrence, with more or less disastrous re-
suits to the participants.
The Conservatives are wild with delight
over their large gains, and triumphantly
point them out as an assurance Of an over
whelming victory for their side. The Lib
erals, on the other hand, are correspond
ingly depressed. and appear to havea almost
lost all hope. Some OF the more sanguine,
however, still predict large gains in the
counties, which, they assert, will more than
make up for the ground already lost.
Whatever the result, one thing is certain,
and that is that the Irish question will be
brought forward in the next Parliament at
an early day. II the Conservatives win, it
is freely asserted among some OF the Liberal
following that whether Lord Salisbury has
to depend on the support of the Irish
leader or not, the moderate Liberals pro-
pose to support any reasonable Conserva-
tive programme in order to save the u
try, az they put it, from the domination OF
Parnell.
It is believed that the Radicals will
adopt a nagging policy and be as trouble
some to the Government, no matter what
party is returned, as they can possibly
be within the rules of Parliamentary pro-
cednra-