The Irish standard., 1886-06-26
FROM THE SEAT OF WAR.
The Question Of Ways and Means is Play,
ing Very Important Part in the Gam
paign in England and Scotland,


ing Very Important Part in the Gam
paign in England and Scotland,
DETROIT, MICh., SENDS $4,000.
Parnel Will Speak at a Dozen Of the Chief
Oenters Of Population in England, and
May Extend His Trip to Scotland.
The Gladstone Liberals have finally
decided to contest several Of the Ulster
seats held by the E1u5ineers. Thomas
Power O'Connor does not feel san gVine
Of their success. III his daily cable de-
spate! he Says the feeling is red hot
against Gladstone in the districts to be
fought. The Nationalists will put up
candidates fox seats only where Home
Rulers are strong. 20 dispute posses
sion Of the remaining seats will be
sheer waste Of energy SO far as the
election OF 1855 is concerned. 1t can
only be justified on the plea OF giving
the enemy trouble and with the view Of
forming the nucleus of a future Eng
lish Liberal Home Rule party in the
north. There is absolutely no feeling
in favor of Gladstone in the north, out
side the constituencies where the Ma;
tionalists are already organized. The
selection OF English and Scotch candi~
dates iy Gladstone managers has re-
ceived check, III consequence Of the
want of election funds. Mr.. Gladstone
originally intended to
CONTEST EVERY SEAT
held by the mutineers, and candi-
dates for these seats were selected.
When ways and means came to be dis
cussed, however, it was discovered
that some Of tbs nominees must be
dropped: at ali events for the present.
and all these selections remain in abey-
ance until more money comes in.
Gladstone, Rosebery and all the lead
ing members of the cabinet have shown
q generous example. A few wealthy
Radical manufacturers and milliOnares
have made themselves responsible for
the expenses Of certain candidates Sc
lected by themselves. Beyond this
little has. .beensd d9ahsa4aIhe idea OF ap@
pealing to the public for funds, as the
managers of the American-Irish Horne
Rule fund have SO successfully done,
seems never to have occurred to anyone
until The Pall Mall Gazette suddenly
thought Of it at the eleventh hour.
Progress is therefore much slower than
it would have been had cash proved
plentiful in the Gladstone treasury.
Reference has been made to this mat
ter once or twice i'll THE IRISH STAND
ARD for the reason that the
QUESTION OF WAYS AND MEANS
is playing more important part in
the campaign in England and Scotland
than outsiders appear to have any idea
Of. Unless help is forwarded from
some quarter, Gladstone will have to
make public appeal for money rather
an unpleasant situation for the Prime
Minister of Great KEitian to find HIM
self in.
There have been numerous converts
to Gladstone's views OF Home Rule re-
ported during the week. For some
reason or other the whips have been
silent on the subject. A late recruit is
Lord Greville. This is al important
accession, Greyille being an Irish land
lord with family connections in Scot
land and considerable influence at
court. His lordship has served as
Lord Of the Treasury. It was SUD
posed that Gladstone's Irish policy had
aliensted him beyond recall. Glad
stone has received further letters from
IRISH FRoTEsTANTs IN THE NORTH
offering to support Liberal candidates
against the Tories and mutineers in the
constituencies that the Nationalists
have declined to contest. Mr.. McDon-
aid, an Irish landlord, has been select
ed to contest the west division Of fIsling-
ton against Richard Chamberlain,
brother of Joseph Chamberlain. Mr..
Mcdonald, although be has been blind
since the day of his birth, is a finely
educated man. He graduated from
Trinity college, and was for time a
Protestant minister. He is an eloquent
,lof fforno orator i
Mr.. Parnell took the field to stump
England for Home Rule yesterday
(Friday.) He will speak at a dozen of
the chief centers Of population. He
hopes to have time to extend his trip
into Scotland. He is in great demand
in all parts Of the country, but intends
to conhne himself to the great towns
in the manufacturing and mining dis
tricts, and constituencies represented
by the mutineer Liberals who have re-
solved to come forward for reelection.
Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Shelf
field and Glasgow are among the places
he will speak at. Other Irish Nation
alist members have already been dis
patched all over the country, and have