The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-21
ENGLISH POLITICS.
Review of the Field as it Now
Appears.
CLASIIING CONTESTS
A General View of English Politics
The Troubles in
the East.

| LONDON, October 17.-Prime Minister
Salisbury has already got the Tory part,
III thorough campaign order. At the open
| ing OF the canvas, the conservatives wer
| In an apparently hopeless minority al
against the United Liberal factions. Thes
factions were at the time indulging in a sor
OF go-as-you-please campaign and com
mlttlng themselves to all kinds OF isms
Gladstone was at this time enjoying a va
cation in Norway. The people supposed
that when he should return and blow his
bugle blast the Liberals would cease thei,
chickering's and close up their ranks in solid
array. lie returned and gave his trumpet
call. 1t was followed by an unmistakeable
cessation OF the noise OF thequarrels among
his followers, but the ranks did not close
Investigation showed that the faction
leaders had gone too far with their pledges
and that many of them could
not decently recant and submit
to the narrower policy adopted by the great
leaders; beside, the great leaders were
quarreling among themselves concerning
the principles to be advocated in the cam
palgn. Gladstone came to the rescue and
proposed
GRAND ARBITRATION SCHEME.
This was the apportionment of the CAM
paign. Twelve honorable gentlemen. three
to be elected from each of the four repre-
sentative Liberal clubs of London in order
that all shades OF Liberal opinion might
have presentation. This committee was
gwen power to choose between the Liberal
candidates in all cases where several were
dividing by contrasting the same runstils-
ency, and the voters were instructed To
support the candidates approved by the
arbitrators. For over week everything
went well. The committee did great deal
OF work, its decisions were respected and
the rejected candidates retired, but for sew
eral days past a different state OF affairs
has developed. Such number of provin-
cal candidates have absolutely refused to
abide by the decision of the committee that
the trouble has become serious, On this
account meeting was recently held here
OF delegates from all the provincial and
metropolitan Liberal clubs. At this meet
ing second and special arbitration com
mittee was appointed to adjust the trou-
b.es growing out of the ref1sals to a bide by
the decision OF the larger general COM
lnittee.
THE COMMITTEEs.
This special committee at present con-
sists OF Lord Harrington, the leader of the
Wings; Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain, leader OF
the Radicals; Hon. Samuel Morley, moder-
ate and Sir Henry James, the Attorney
General under Mr.. Gladstone. It was calcu-
ated that no Liberal candidate would have
The temerity to stand out against the de-
;lslOn OF both committees and between
Them they would be gradually able to elm
nate all the elements of disunion from the
5arty, but the result has shown that Glad
stone has adopted but a very awkward
imitation OF the American caucus system.
His caucus assumes to SAY who shah re-
main in the lists Tong ;irte1 tI1ry x1f1stee
Up. It's decisions are frequently made
When it is absolutely too late to secure
obedience to them. Ii these committees
lad been given the selection of candidates
n the first place, no candidates would be
oliciting liberal votes excepting those
ENDORSED BY GLADSTONE.
AS it is we find his caucus brought into |!
'eing after the candidates are all up, and |
making many ex post facto decisions, Or
ering popular men deeply pledged and far !
dvanced in their campaign work to ignob!y |
etire. The result is, OF course. that num-
ers OF these candidates refuse to accept |
llt caucus ueClSlOIlS anu I)efSlSC LII tllelf
Hence many English pro-
incal constituencies remain contested by
our of five rival Liberal candidates, each
ttempting to split up the party vote
gainst the single Conservative candidate
1 the same fields. Parnell's management
I his Irish campaign has been more closely
initiative of the American method and cor
more successful. His caucus
elects candidates who shall be privileged
D solicit the league votes.
CARDINAL NEwMAN's SPEECH.
The public declarations OF Cardinal New
ian concerning the established church is
ertainly one of the most extraordinary
ccurences of the campaign. He advises
nc Catholics to assist the Conservatives in
the established church against
ne attack of it's enemies, declaring it to be
ne of the greatest bulwarks in England
gainst atheism. 81 wish all success to
lose defending the church and and my
lends will join in defending it," Many
fleet to see in the Cardinals exhortation
othing more than political adoption of
1e Roman church's principle that any re-
gion is better than no religion, but his
ords have attracted universal attention
ere and will undoubtedly assist the Con-
,rvatives, who, as a party, stand by the
,urch to secure an alliance with the Irish
arty