The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-07-03
GLADSTONE'S FIGHT.
The Elections in Britain on
Friday.
GLADsTONE's COUP DE MAIN.
Comment OF the Leading PaPeri
on the Results. so Par, OF
Fridays Voting
Gladstone. Coup De Main.


LONDON, July "A most desperate
electoral struggle between the Gladston-
lies and Unionists ended to day by an
utter rout Of the latter in the Psrlia-
mentary district known as Leithbu.ghs,
w. Jacks was returned to the last Par
liament as a regular Liberal by a ma
jority of $3.50 in total poll Of $50
votes. He opposed the Home Rule bill ,
but was nevertheless considered inYinci-
BILE in his district, and was nominated
in the present canvass as Unionist 10
continue his OppC sitiOn to the Prenier's
/ Irish policy. Jacks hostility to. Glad
stone angered thousands OF the Scotch
men of Leith. but they looked
upon their opposition TO him as
hopeless and were unable to obtain a
candidate 10 oppose him, all those men
| toned for the seat having declined TO
run. The Torres in order TO emphasize
the UnioniSt opposition to the Premier
withheld opposition and left the field
clear TO Jack so he might 20 back to
the House with a larger increased ma
jority. At the last hour allowed by law,
the Liberal managers nominated Glad
stone himself as their candidate, the
Premier consenting. Thus equipped the
GlAdStonItes went at their work. This
was so soon effective that Jacks be-
came scared, and to-day withdrew from
the contest. leaving the Leith member
ship TO Gladstone. who was elected
without opposition. This with his
Midlothian district gives the Premier
two seats in Scotland. He viii perhaps
choo e to sit for the latter, and select q
reliable man to recontest Leith with the
assurance of success.
LONDON, July 2.-Gladstone has issued
a manifesto to the Welsh electors, in
which he says: This is not the first
nor tenth time that the Tories have
raised the cry of alarm and predicted
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 pro-
/ posed which have made the age Illus
4 trious The reform of Parliament. the
abolition OF slavery. of religious tests,
of church rates, and of the Irish
church. freedom Of burial law, defence
of tenants rights and many more good
measures.
Which did they give you? Which
did they not oppose and cry down as
destructive OF the Constitution and
throne. of religion and property2 PEG
pie say the Irish are never content. nor
would you be content If you had been
oppressed as they have. Above all, If,
after you had had your own parliament
for 500 years, it had been taken away by
a mixture of violence and corruption
with the union which disgraces the
name of England.
This Parliament Irisbmen have ever
striven to get back. They now ask. not
I for the repeal of the act Of Union, but
only for a subordinate legislature such
as the colonies have. CT c il to them,
because il is Just demand. Give il to
them, promptly and graciously. not
waiting, as Wellington waited, before
granting the Catholic emancipation, to
/ yield under the terror Of civil war. Let
Wales on this great occasion be worthy
Of herself"
A feature of to-day's polling is the
great number of dissertations. In
nearly every case the votes
ARE GREATLY REDUCED
| In number, Liberals have won seats in
/ East Leeds, Southwest Manchester.
North Manchester and in the Exchange
division of Liverpool. The Tories have
won seats in South Stafford, West Sal
ford, Hereford, Hastings, Falmouth
and South Bristol net Tory gain of
two. The Unionist candidate for New
castle-under-Tyme holes his seat. not
withstanding frantic efforts TO defeat
him. The Unionist candidate at Bristol
is equally successful. Jacob Bright,
Gladstonian, a brother Of John Bright.
is elected in Manchester. Sir
1T. Brassey, Giadstonisn, who
left Hastings to contest Liverpool. is
defeated. At Stockport, Jennings,
Tory, received Loo; Gedge, Tory, 4 as;
Leigh. Liberal. 4,ls4; and Davey, Lber-
al, 3,93S.
| In West Leeds Herbert Gladstone re-
ceived 5,226 and Williams 1870. Ii Is
feared that to-day's polling will dePreSs
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