Omaha daily bee., 1885-11-30
NUMBER 137.
A LIBERAL DOSE OF DEFEAT.
Tie Grand Old Man Going Down Before Over
whelming Tory Odds.
cHAmseeLA,N's RESPONSIBILITY
Moderate Liberals Freely Pumping
their Party Candidatcs-Parrcl I.
Loses One of His Ablcst Lieu.
tcnants-Thc iris sh Vote.
The Parliamentary Elections.

LONDON, Nov. - Special 10 the BEG. y
The liberal party has sustained n crushing
defeat at the hands OF the very constituencies
which hitherto have been liberal strongholds.
The great comm ,rcal and manufacturing
centcrs, the homes ot that energy, industry,
ana Intelligence which make England what
she is, have renounccd allegiance to liberalism.
Whatever counties may dU the significance
of this result cannot be affected. Liberal or
gans are too bewidGrcd by the blow to offer
any Ineligible explanation of the disaster,
but Chamberlain's responsibility for IL Is
freely admitted by every liberal | have met.
Il Is perfectly clear that moderate liberals in
great numbers, not content with sbstentipn,
have pumped for conservative candidates.
Chamberlain's attacks on property, his
agrarian socialism, his violence, must, it IS
now seen, have aiieniatCd thousands oi lead
ing liberals long before the tories bethousht
themselves of starting the cry, The chuIeh
Is in danger" Nor has tho long catalogue
of mistakes Of the liberal govern
mrnt been forgotten. Gla,s,tonc'S
strange silence and Lord liart-
ingtun's failure to denounce his radical
colleagues here convinced moderate lib2iaiS
that the leadership of the party has .proctl-
caly passed into thamDcTlain's hands.
GadstOnes appeal for a liberal majority
strong enough TO deal Independently with the
irish question came too late, nor was II per
Sstcntly urged. \ powerful section OF the
liberals believed Chamberlain was more dan
gerOus than Parnell, and regarded The break
ing OF the empire as less imminent than 90
cal revolution. The radicals had become in
tOXiCated with the notion that Il new era lad
dawneI and the new voters were masters.
Tncy lett no mistake uncommitted. They
started a scheme, threatened every instfiu-
tiun and offered huge bribcs 10 the poorer
llDI m llN.4T n % aHl u
lish church III his speeches at Glasgow and
Bradford gave the tories tIcr chance. Tlcy
made disestahli Sllment The leading issue in
the campaign and completed the ruin which
the earlier blundcrs of the radicals bad
begun, The Irish vote in many
horoughs has been a powerfu factors.
There are not many in Which ,L
have Parnelfs orders to the Irish to vote tor
the tories been universally obpyed. Davitts
influence was cXertcd for the liberals in tiaS-
served their Independence and voted a. tiiey
pleased. Paruell cndurts signal defeat IN
Belfast where sexton has hoen beaten; IN
Derry, which rejects Mr. Carthy; in Liver
pool, where he himself had tO retire before
the contest, and in tilas cow, where he iaiihd
to defeat Mitclcll Henry or elect a single na-
tiUnalSt Parne is reported 10 be alarmed
by the extent of the tory successes, doubling
whether Ia cancel existing orders aud throw
the Irish vote Tor the liberals, lest the tories
prove strong enough g, dispense with his
support IN parliament; The lpsSlbltitY q y
tory victory over the libeials and Parlnanittrs
together is discussed Some tories even boz
iieyc it is probable, but as matters siand ,to-
day Mr. Panells policy, In spite OF sun1ry
checks, has been ,lcc, ssfu Good judges
believe he will hold the balance OF power in
the next parliament and be able TO cNpel my
ministry which refuses to cDncede home Ttfle
LONDON, Nov. 2S.-rhe result of the el,1c-
tions 80 far SHOW that the liberals elected AL
candidates. the conseryatiyts li5 and the ma
tionalists nineteen. The liberals have gained
six odd seats and the conservatives thirty
four The lbera. IS have won thrty-eight new
seats and the conservatives fifty eight. Rival
crowds of people are assembled in front OF
the various newspaper offices cheering the re-
suits as they are posted. The excitement is
very great. Charles Stewart P@rnell and
Timothy Michael Healy, natinnalists, have
been elected for the two divisions oil Cork
city.