Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-07-03
ENGLISH ELECTIONS.
Great Fight for the Pee
ple's Rights.
MIR. GLADSTONE RETURNED

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MIR. GLADSTONE RETURNED
: Various Election Returns-A Clos,
COntest-COmments OF the
Press.
Special to the Herald the Associated Press.
a LONDON, Jnly 2.-Gladstone is re elect
/ ! ed for Midlothian. Up to one o'clock
: tails afternoon % Tories, Unioni-ts, I2
Liberals and 8 Parnellites had been
,. elected.
Parnell aud Maurice Healy, Parnell.
: ties. have been reelected to represent
Cork city in the Commons. They were
not opposed.
The most desperate electoral strug-
: gle between Gladstone and the Union
lists ended to-day by the utter route of
the latter in the Parliamentary district
known as Leithburgh. w. Jacks was
returned to the last Parliament as
regular Liberal. He opposed Home Rule
aud was nominated in the present can
vass as a Unionist to continue his
opposition to the Premier's Irish policy.
No candidate could be obtained TO op-
pose him. All those mentioned for the
seat having declined to run, the Tories
Withheld their opposition and left the
field clear to Jacks. At the last hour
allowed by law the Liberals nominated
Gladstone himself as their candidate.
Thus equipped the Gladstonites went at
their work. This was so soon effective
that Jacks became scared and to-day
withdrew from the contest, leaving the
Leith membership to 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.
| P. j. Power, Parnellite, was elected
to represent the east division Of Water
ford. Mr.. Quin was elected for Kilken-
ny and MIR. Pinkerton for Galway.
Patrick Sarsheld and Hugh Johnston,
| two Parnellites who undertook to con
test two seats belonging to the Dublin
University against David Piunkett aud
Hughes Holmes, both Conservatives who
had been in the last Parliament and
were nominated for them in the next,
| were jeered and hooted to-day where
ever they went by students of the
University. The latter ct one time at.
tempted to move and drive the Home
Rulers out of the district, which is q
great Tory stronghold. Plunkett, how
ever, prevented the contemplate out.
rage. The Parnellites stood their
ground and made plucky contest. al
though the students and Tories
thwarted every effort on the part of the
candidates to make speeches by drown.
ing their voices with groans and whoops.
Mr.. Sarsfield's scarlet gown was
pulled away from him and thrown
TO the mob, who tore it into
small pieces. The students threw rot
ten eggs at Johns on and Sarsfield. The
Conservatives were given a fair hearing.
The students singing God save the
Queen" kept up an uproar Tor three
hours. Finally, by show of hands, the
Provost declared Piunkett and Holmes
elected. The poll, however, was de-
manded, and the Provost ordered that
the poll be taken next week. Gladstone
has telegraphet as follows to Thomas
U'Connor: 81 shall watch your combat
in Liverpool with great interest. hope
the Liberals will vosa to man for SUP
l a. al nk.
policy OF the Government.
| Mr.. Chamberlain writes: ~ do not
believed the Tories are pledged to coer-
cion. believe the Tory leaders are
willing to 70 much farther in the direc.
tion Of local government for ireland
than hitherto.
At9P. M. so Conservatives, II Glad
stonians, 10 Unionist and 8 Parnellites
had been returned.
| Gladstone has issued q manifesto to
the Welsh electors, in which he says:
"This is not the first nor tenth time
| that 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 illustri-
ous--Reform of Parliament, abolition
of common laws, Of slavery, Of religious
tests, of Church rates and o; the Irish
Church, defense OF tenants rights,
and many more good measures
which Of these did they give
you Which did they not oppose and dcry
down as destructive of the constitution
and throne, of religion and property
People say the Irish are never content.
Nor would you be content If you had
been oppressed as they have. Above all
# after you had had your own parlia-
ment for five hundred years il had been
taken away by mixture of violence
and corruption with q union which dis
graces the name Of England. This Par
lament Irishmen have ever striven to
get back. They now ask not for the re-
peal Of the act OF union but only for a
subordinate legislature, such as the col
onies have. Give 1t to them because it
is just demand; give 1t to them prompt
ly and graciously, not waiting. as We'll
lington waited before granting Catholic
emancipation, and yield under the terror
Of civil war. Let Wales ON this great
occasion be worthy Of herself.
The feature of to-day's polling is the
great number Of abstentions. In nearly
every case votes are greatly reduced in
number. The 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. A net Tory gain of two.
The Unionists' candidate for New
castle-under-Tyne holds his seat, not.
withstanding the frantic efforts to defeat
him. The Unionist candidate at Bristol
it equally successful. Jacob Bright
(Gladstonian), brother Of John Bright,
is elected in Manchester Sir 7. Bras
sey (Gladstonianl who left Hasting to
contest Liverpool, is defeated. At
Stockport, Jennings Tory received
} 4702; Gedge Tory, 4495: Leigh tLib-
eraI), ASA, and Davey (Liberal). 3o2ss.
In West Leeds, Herbert Gladstone re-
ceived 5226 and Williams 2970. 1t is
feared that ta-day's polling ~Ili uep. co.,
the Liberals.
Returns up to l M. show the elec-
!, ton Of IS Tories, 30 Gladstonlans. l3
Unionists and 8 Parnellites.
George Keynocb, the principal MEM
of the large rifle firm in Birmingham.
ho is the Tory candidate for Astor
Major, in a speech tonight said that II
the Ioyalists of Ireland were obliged to
appeal to arms. he himself would be pre-.
pared to contribute within forty-eight
hours 10, 900 as good rifles as were ever
made, together with two million car
trdges. This remark was received with
deaIening cheevs by the auditors.
Results of yesterdays elections indi-
cate nothing clearly except the close ma
ture of the contest. The Unionists
maintain the lead owing to the number
returned without opposition. Returns
from boroughs so far contested show a