Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-11-29
THE CABLE LETTER.
The Political Situation in England
Salisbury's Retention OF Ofiice Re-
garded as a Certainty.

Salisbury's Retention Of 0ffice Re-
garded as a Certainty.
Rumors of an Alliance Between the
Tories and Liberals Against
the Parnellites.
GladstOne's Scheme to Revenge Him.
self ON the Irish Party for His De-
feat-His Great Mistake.
LONDON, November 2s.-The political sit
uation tonight indicates that the Conserva-
tives will remain in power. 1t now seems
impossible for Mr.. Gladstone's party to
secure that majority OF members in the
next Parliament which Lord Salisbury has
declared necessary to prove that the Brit
ish people desire change in the govern
ment. Hence both the Conservatives and
Liberals now accept the Tory retention OF
office as certainty, and both parties have
already begun shaping their affairs to con-
form to that prospect. In fact, the greater
of the Liberal leaders are at present Hpecu-
lating upon Salisbury's probable policy.
1t is thought that the Tory Premier will
re-srrange his Cabinet before the opening
of Parliament, whether his party holds
power by virtue of a small majority OF it's
own or by virtue of strength derived from
an alliance with the Parnellites 1t is
everywhere conceded that he will be
forced to make the Irish question the SUBJ
ject of his first important measure OF legis-
lation. AS the Home-Rulers will certainly
have the balance of power, any legisls ton
proposed by the Conservatives for the ben
eft of Ireland will have TO contain very
generous and radical concessions in order
to be acceptable to the League members
Their demands in this respect may be
regarded by the new government as ex-
tortionate, and may on this account be
refused.
THE PARNELITEs
at present threaten to use their balance of
power to block all legislation until their
demands are satisfied. They will, how
ever, in all probability be baff1ed in their
attempts to carry out such determina-
ton. Mr.. Gladstone can be very vindic i've.
The Parnell vote threw the Liberals from
power, and the same vote prevented their
return. Gladstone knows that the Tories
do not love the Irish, and would be gisd to
be independent of the Home-Rulers. The
Parnellite balance of power would then dis
appear and the Irish party might go to
pieces Ito stay dismembered) because of
the lnsz of power of accom- pliShm ent.
Gladstone is English is above all English.
He has it in his power to deprive Psrne II Of
all the expected benefits he counted on in
the control of a solid Irish party. He
need only ally himselt with the Conserva-
tives on all Irish measures to do This.
Such an alliance would be in accord with
the past history of the Liberal party, and
would be exceeding grateful to the
Tories. It would leave the Parnellites
| and the Radicals completely out in the
cold, for combined they would be an in
significant minority in comparison to their
allied opponents. The poeticsl and politi-
cal justice of this form Of retaliation is ap-
parent, and there are already indications
that the
"GRAND OLD MAN"
has made up his mind to adopt it. A story
is current in the clubs tonight that Mr..
Gladstone has intimated to Lord Salisbury
| success at the polls, to give the whole Lib
| eral strength to the support OF the govern
| ment on 'all reasonable measures, in order
| to prevent the necessity OF yielding to the
| ruiuous course of placing England under
Irish dictasion." The very phraseology OF
| the ex-Premier's overture is captivatin z to
| n Tory. No doubt is entertained that the
Liberal leaders proposal, if it really has
| been offered, has been accepted. This
| would clearly explain the inward meaning
| of the sudden change of front adopted but
yesterday by the Conservatives. After the
| Parnellite manifesto issued last Saturday,
forbidding the casting Of the Home-Rule
| vote for Liberal candidates, had secured
| the League vote for the Conservatives,
| the Tory leaders suddenly lost much of
the ardor they had displayed while court
| ing the alliance. The Gladstone-Salisbury
| compact makes all this plain. 1t also Rug-
| gests many other serious reflections. Up
| permost among them is the thought that
this latest Gladstons intrigue may result
in the ultimate disruption of the whole
Irish party as
| SEPARATE PARLIAMENTARY WING.
If after all their steady efforts, many sacri-
fees and long continued good manage
ment, the Irish party should find their
complete unity, instead Of being of any
l
combination of the great English parties
against them, nothing would be more nat
ural than for them to become discouraged
| over the inutiiity, and even danger of tbeiI
organization, and fall to pieces. Their case
would exactly resemble that to which a
celebrated cardinal has likened it, and
which he advised the Catholics of the
United States to avoid. $50 long," said he,
"as you remain in one political party, the
Nt1,a az to nd i,6r1
the unfIiendly party is in power your loss
will be great. If the party you are allied
to should obtain power it would not dare
to make your cause is own. Ii you re-
main party by yourselves you must bar
ter your influence without having any
certainty of obtaining your price, and you
cannot act alone without arraying the ball
ance of the country against you. The only
way is to divide yourselves between the
parties, as the other churches dc, and
then you will be equally unassailsble.'
The Spectator declares that it has authority
for stating that a
LIBERALCoNsERyATIvE UNDERSTANDING
on the lines above described has been ar
rived at. At the different Liberal clubs
great concern is already manifested as K
the future leadership of the party. Mr
Gladstone, in private conversation, admits
| his willingness to enter the next Parlia
ment as the leader of his party, but he in
Inmates that he will do this merely for III;
purpose of helping to place it on its feet al
the party Of opposition, and declares tina
it is his desire to retire from public lif'
during the session, after completing thil
task. So far as his expressed preferenc,
goes, it would appear thst the ex-PTemiel
wishes Lord Huntington, ex-War Minis
ter, to succeed to the Liberal leadership
Mr.. George Goschen will joint the from
bench of the opposition and be Loyalty at
. tached to hir. Gladstone. MIR. JOSEPH
, Chamberlain is at present under heay.
cloud. His maladroit management ii
pushing the disestahlishment question t.
the front during this campaign and bur
dening the Liberal party with the weigh
of the issue has brought upon him III.
intense ill-will 4 all but the extremely
radical members of the Liberal party il
England. Both the Liberal and Radics
newspapers combine in upbraiding hin
for the result. The Economist cay
that if the Liberals are defeated S
the polls it will be the result
| of Mr.. Chamberlain's work" The Spec
/ tator declares that when Mr.. Chamberlain
D supposed that by dangling the spoils of
/ "free church" free education" and th'
| prospect Of land on easy terms before thu
} | poorer classes OF Great Britain hs should
[ | win their support easily in lis poiluea
: game, he little understood bow pro
, foundly the masses OF England were at
. tached to their great traditions. Contin
uing, the Spectator says: sThe deep-roote'
: disgust entertained by Englishmen sgains
revolutionary policies viii not have beer
, expressed IN vain if it tames the rashRes
of Mr.. Chamberlain and Sir Chas. Dixie
s So far as the elections have already gonI
| ia England the moderate Liberals hav
prevailed over the Radicals. In Scotland
: however, the Radical candidates who wer
: