The Wilmingtonian., 1886-07-24
SATURDAY JULY "a, 1850.
The Coming English Leader.

The Coming English Leader.
The recent English elections have demon |
strated that the party of political progress
i'll Britain, the Liberal party needs new |
leader.
Mr. Gladstone has disqualified. Without |
going definitely into the reasons of his fail |
ure it need only be stated that he has made |
a most signal mscalculation in regard to his
party strength and personal influence.
His ideas upon Home Rule, considered in
the abstract, may be right even though their |
judiciousness has been impugned by a popu-
lar vote
But there cannot be the slightest doubt
in the public mind upon that phase of the
question which has thrown Mr.. Gladstone
out of the power, viz that his methods for
the carrying out of his bill for "the better
government Of Ireland" are entirely unpal-
atable to the general public taste.
When the late premier appealed to the
country upon this question he was sanguiue,
nay positive, of popular endorsement. The
result has shown how egregiously he has
erred.
The provisions for the prosecution of his
enactment have been demonstrated entirely
distasteful to the Empire.
This was popular question--it was fair
test of the premer's individual strength.
and the most popular of ministers has fallen.
A more conservative policy would easily have
saved him this rebuff.
Mr.. Gladstone is too old and trucuent to
consider this lesson in its true light. He
has been described as furious aud embittered
at his defeat.
1t is improbable that lie can survive it.
The Liberal party needs new leader, but
one of the Gladstone type.
There are those who have been ''taught
at the feet Of Gamaliel," Lord Harrington
and Mr. Goschen notably SO. The former
however will be hardly to the taste Of the
party on account of his aristocratic associa-
tions and leanings. The latter Mr.. Goschen,
is probably the man most likely to step into
MIR. Gladstone's shoes. Mr.. Goschen comes
far short of his great leaders, measure His
natural abilities give great promise of future
distinction. His budgets and foreign admin
istration, under the immediate tutelage
or TTr. GlausGone are Gne most brilliant on
the record of the Liberal party. He has the
good will of the Conservative opposition. He
has always stood on that high plane of ma
tional action indicating policy flr the ad-
yancement of the general needs and good Of
the Empire rather than of his own party.
And in this respect he excels Mr.. Gladstone
himself For this reason Mr.. Goschen has
the confidence of all shades of political opin-
ion in the Empire
He is thorough Unionist in its non-par-
ty sense. He is honest His political creed
and record are unimpeaehable.
A man of his public character and record
is what the popular mind is unconsciously
looking for this moment. For the present
needs of the people man of Lord Sails
bury's stripe would be even more distasteful
than the Minister who has Just been ousted
frolA office.
The Marqt's of Salisbury is the ideal of
aristocraticism-an1 therefore not called for
just now. OF course it is Understood that
the Marquis takes Mr. Gladstone's place as
Premier but that is only mechanical acc-
dent of politics. When the Liberals 20 out,
the opposition, the Conservatives, take office
as a necessity of British administrative rou-
tine. But, as has been remarked before in the
columns Of the WGLMGNGToNIAN it must not
be argued because the recent English elec-
torial vote shows distrust Of Mr.. Glad
stone that the people thereupon throw all
their hopes and trust and confidence into the
defeat Of the one does not by any means vim
dictate the other.
The public taste is for neither extremes.
medium spolicy is needed Neither one
that will too hastily endorse the usistent
and clamoring demands Of faction nor one
who will with too indecent familiarity dem
onstrate his wish for reinstatement Of the
ancient class ascendancy as shown by Lord
Salisbury's political following
The Two DIsgraces,
The United States and England have be-
fore them, severally, public spectaclcs any
thing but fiattcring to the citizens Of the