The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-03
The Figures Give the Conservatives Slight
Advantage, and It Is Feared the Result
Will Discourage Gladstone's Men,.
The Elections Marked by Reduced Votes
and Very Small Majorities.
The Stratagem by Which Mr. Gladstone Gained
aDistrict-A Letter from the Premier De-
nouncing John Bright's Statements.
ENGLISH ELECTIONS.


How Scotch District Was Captured-But
Little encouragement for Gladstone.
LONDON, July "A most desperate electoral
struggle between the Gladstoneites and the
Unionists ended to-day by the utter route of the
latter in the Parliamentary district, known as
the Leithburgs Mr.. w. Jacks was returned to
the last Parliament as a regular Liberal by a
majority of 1870 in a total poll of 8,840 votes
He opposed the home-rule bill, but was never
tLeless considered invncible in his district, and
was nominated in the present canvass as a
Unionist to continue his opposition to the Pre-
mier's Irish policy. Mr.. Jackss hostility to Mr.
Gladstone angered thousands of the Scotchmen,
Of Leith, but they looked upon their opposition
to him as hopeless, and were unable to obtain a
candidate to oppose him, ali those mentioned for
the seat having declined to run. The Tories in
order to emphasize the Unionist opposition to
the Premier. withheld opposition and left
the field clear to Mr.. Jacks, SO that
he might 60 back TO the House of Com
mons with largely increased majority
At the last hour allowed by the law, the Lib
eral managers nominated Mr.. Gladstone him
self as their candidate, the Premier consenting
Thus equipped, the Gladstoneites went to work
This was so effective that Mr.. Jacks became
scared, and TO day withdrew from the field, leav-
ing the Leith membership to Mr.. Gladstone, who
was elected without opposition. This, with his
Midlothian district, gives the Premier two seats
in Scotland He WILL perhaps, choose to sit for
the latter and select reliable man to recontest
Leith, with assurance of success.
Mr. Gladstone has been reelected for Mid
lothian.
Mr.. Parnell receives letters every day men
acing him with injury or assassination for his
efforts to ''dismember the empire" He has not,
however, solicited the protection of police or
called public attention to his perilous position
He is escorted everywhere he goes in his cam
paign work by body-guard of personal friends,
all stalwart young Irishmen, who say they feel
perfectly able to take care of him and them
selves.
p. J. Power Parnellite, was elected to repre-
sent the east division of Waterford. Mr.. Quinn
was elected for Kilkenny. The Parnellites made
plucky contest in the university districts, al
though the students and Tories thwarted every
effort on the part of the candidates to make
speeches by drowning their voices with groans
and hoots Mr. Sarsfsld's scarlet gown was
pulled away from him and thrown to the mob
who tore it into small pieces. The students
threw rotten eggs at Johnston and Sarsfeld
The Conservative candidates vainly begged that
the Nationalist candidate be given a fair hear
ing The Students singing "God Save the
Queen" kept up an uproar for three hours.
Finally, by show of hands, the provost declared
Plunkett and Holmes elected. A poll, however,
was demanded. and the provost ordered that a
poll be taken next week
Mr. Gladstone has telegraphed as follows to
Thomas O'Connor:
II shall watch your combat in Liverpool with
great interest. l hope the Liberals will vote to
a man for supporting the all-important and alb
sorbing policy OF the government"
Mr. Chamberlain writes:
II do not believe the Tories are pledged to co :
ercion. believe the Tory leaders are willing to
go much further in the direction of local gov
ernment for Ireland than hitherto"
Mr. Chamberlain, speaking at Birmingham
tonight said they were asked to trust the peo-
ple but the people were being tricked. Regard
Ing Mr. Gladstones statement that the masses
were with him, Mr. Chamberlain said he did not
believe the democracy had gone mad He did
not think the people of England, out of pure
gayety of heart, would run a vast risk. Mr.
Parnell was unable to say that the mongrel self
government offered to Ireland would effect a
final settlement Parnell was creator Of agi-
tations. Continuing, Mr.. Chamberlain de-
clared that the democracy of England were on
trial Were they going to quail before the dag
ger of the assassin9 Would they let the sceptre
of dominion fall from their erasp9
- ~,
Welsh electors, in which he says:
sThis is not the first nor the tenth time that
the Tories have raised cry of alarm and pre-
dicted the ruin of the empire. They have been
at it all their lives. They have always raised
that cry when those great and good measures
were proposed which have maze the age illus
trious. The reform of Parliament the abolition
of the corn laws. of slavery Of religious tests of
church rates and of the Irish Church, the free
dom-of burials law the defense of tenant rights,
and many more good measures-which did they
give youl Which did they not oppose and
cry down as destructive of the Constitution
and the throne of religion and prosperity2
People say the Irish are never content
Nor would you be content if you had been op-
pressed as they have been-above all, if, after
you had had your own Parliament for five hun
dred years, it had been taken away by mixture
of violence and corruption-with union which
disgraces the name of England. This Parlia-
ment Irshmen have ever striven to get back
They now ask. not for the repeal of the act of
union, but only for subordinate legislature
such as the colonies have. Give it to them be-
cause it is just demand. Give it to them
promptly and graciously, not waiting, as Well
ington waited, before granting Catholic emanci-
patton, to yield under the terror Of civil war.
Let Wales, on this great occasion, be worthy of
herself"
George Kynoch, the principal member Of a
large rifle firm in Birmingham, who is the Tory
candidate for Astonmoor, in speech. last night,
said that if the Loyalists of Ireland we're obliged
to appeal to arms, he himself would be prepared
to contribute. within forty eight hours, 10000 as
good rifles as were ever made, together with
1000, coo cartridges. This remark was received
with deafening cheers by the auditors.
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