Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-07-12

sentative to-day called upon Mir. Thomas
Power 0'Conner, NJ. p, at the offices of
his party an Westminster. Mr.. 0iConner
appeared to be in excellent spirits, and in
his chat with the reporter betrayed no
signs of disappointment over the adverse
turn which the elections have
taken. "We are not at ell disheartened, "
he said, -"and can afford to wait for what
must certainly come. This is not a de-
feat, but only q check, and home rule will
come ooner than some people expect. The
Tories are capable of anything while in
Office, but this time their pledges are too
recent and altogether too distinct TO permit
their dabbling in homo rule legislation.
If they did they would DO unable to pro-
pose a measure that would satisfy Us, and
we
woN'T ACCEPT ANYTHING LESS
than Mr.. Gladstone offered. 1t is useless
to despair. Another six months will com
plete the work which needs to be done,
and we shall try again. The Liberals are
not yet sufficiently educated, hence their
fatal abstention from the polls; but we
shall educate them, and then we shall
lldNC lOulC NUT. 4AAoh CACCIOlS VI
Great Britain have voted loyalty for the
Liberal candidates, and the polling lists
show that 81 per cent of them exercised
their right of suffrage. Some of the sue
cessful Liberals would have been in a
pretty predicament had it not been for the
Irish votes cast for them.
The organization of the Conservatives
is superior TO that of the Liberals, and the
discipline is excellent. Speaking of the
Conservative organization, l may tell you
that / intend to introduce in the next
House a bill to suppress the Primrose
League which, with all its patriotic preten-
sionS, is really a League formed for pur-
poses of the most disgraceful intimidation
of electors and whose objects are faithfully
carried u l cannot permit you to go
without requesting Your correspondence
how gratified Mr.. Parnell and the whole
National party feel at the rational view of
the situation which the American press
has taken"
NO MAJORITY FOR THE TORIES.
4 prominent member of Parliament, in
conversation last night regarding the cleo
ton, said: The Tories will not have q
majority. Tonight they have a total Of
2S4 members, with 146 elections TO take
place, of which last year they carried 81.
If they carry that number now, they will
have 296 members which Is 80 short of half
the House. They are likely to gain 10 over
last year, however, and thus have about
20 short of q majority. Thus Mr.. Cham
berlain will occupy in the next House the
position of Arbiter of Ministries which Mr..
Parnell held in the last Parliament, q stu
alton which will suit his malignant genius
perfectly. 1t is said that Mr. Gladstone
will bring about another appeal to the
people, believing that his defeat now is
due to non-registration of multitudeS of
voters among the nomadic poor"
PARNELIITE HEALY DEFEATED.
In the south division of the Londonderry
Mr.. Thomas Lea, Liberal UnioniSt, has
been elected, defeating Mr.. Timothy
Healy, Parnellite, by a vote of 4,737 to
1929. In the last election Mr.. Healy re-
ceived 4,723 votes, McCalmOnt, Conserva-
tive, 2,342, and Vim. Findiator, Liber-
al, 1,1S6. In the election to-day the
whole UniOniSt vote was concentrated on
Mr.. Lea. The UniOnistS have also gained
the Biggleswaldc division of Bedfordshire,
electing ViScount Barring in place of Mr..
&. Maginac, GladstOnian. Tories replace
UnioniSts in the ROmfOrd division of GlOu-
cestershire and the Penrith division of
Cumberland. In the latter place Mr.. j.
W. TOwther, Conservative, has been elect
ed, defeating Mr.. Wilfrcd Lawson, Glad
.stOnian, by 600 majority.
In the East division of Down, Captain
Kerr, Conservative, has been elected. The
vote was 1903 for Kerr and 2,5Gl for Mr..
McGrath, Parnellitc. In the last election
Captain Kerr was not opposed. Baron F.
DeRothchild, Unionist, has been elected
for the Aylesbury division Of ~Buckingshire
by 5000 majority.
The Liberals have won the OSgold-cross
division of Yorkshire, where Mr.. J. Austin,
GladStOtian, has defeated Sir j. W. Rams
den, UniOpist.
The Tories to-day won the Marlborough
division of LeiCcstcrshirc, the S~tOwmarkct
division of Suffolk, the G~ainsborough di-
vision of Lincolnshire, the Northwest di-
vision of Norfolk, the Northwest division
of Staffordshire and Hyde division of Ches-
hire.
In the North division of Armagh, Major
Saunderson, Conservative, has been elected
by u vote of 4,572 to / III for Mr.. William
son, Parnellitc.
The defeat of Mr.. Joseph Arch, Glad
s%tonian, in the Northwest division Of Nor
folk by Lord Henry Bcntick, Conservative,
causesa general regret. Lord Bendick beat
NJ wi, by only Oh moinritV
Mr.. J. l.. Wharton, Conservative, re-
places n Unionist for Ripon division of
Yorkshire.