New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-07-04
truE ELECTIONS IN DOUbl l.
prsr1 It's OF THE POLLING INDECiSi'N'

a, .nsroNr prsroNDENr BUT MOI ~ R VOTE
uoprIrss-sMALLNfss of IN
ryrRywHERE-A ROYAL VIM"
INV yc,BrE TO The TRIBuNEl
, 1,,v 3.-The results of yesterday p0"'
-, encourage hopes of Gladstone n''
oo,t,rc aside the unopposed returnS' u
.r,;c, great majority are Conservative Se''
.,rse members were returned. 1he 0'a''''
..,oted on considerable gains. 1hey nave
-. .nd lost six. The gains WIN 'n'
-. Carlisle are due to t"e
transfer of the Irish vote IN couS''''
..hero the Irish are numerous-ln hahcne'''''
oo, and Loads: but in Stafford, where the lis"
,rr the Conservatives gain two'
The Liberals expected TO lose Hcreio'u ""' ..,,
,,. hnt NOT Falmouth and South biiS'o'' anu
- Stafford Stockport Is another oorouS"
',,,,o..,. believed the Irish could deliver ln'o
,. ,,, Mr. Jennings is elected by an ln-
,.,or;tv with his Conservative colleague
.h,e Mr.. Gladstone's sOlicitor-Generai Is az 'n'
bottom Of the poll.
vr Caine,s victory at Barrow is brilliant one
IT, ,,os no man the Gladstonans tried harder 10
defeat. lie now polls more votes 'nan ""0.
tho Liberal caucus supported him. MS ac'u"i
,,o;or;tv having increased nearly ne-hall. Sii
wbitbread. the Wing who came to the rescue
.tho Ministry at the last session. receives as the
reward for this loyalty one-enth Of his former ma
,or,tv. Cambridge, which Mr. Fawcett always
called an electoral barometer. doubles It's ConserVa-
five majority. Ipswich mutiplies its former Conser
.ve majority b, nine Leeds rejects Mt kltson the
local schnadhorst and one of Mr.. Gladstones laV-
o,itcs. whose return was thought certain and re-
elects Sir Lyon Playfar by diminished vote.
Herbert Gladstones supporters IN the same city are
o thousand less than last year, bis weak Tory OPP
moment also losing thousand. Sir Thomas Bras
hey. who fails to find in Liverpool the seat for
.b,ch be abandoned Hastings, will be conSoied
nv q neerace. Arth IT Arnold beaten In
salford. ss before. nor does the House
,f Commons require consolation. Lord Randolph
,burchill,s manifesto has not hindered his election
by an increased majority in Paddington, HIS COL
eame. Mr.. Cohen, shares this increase. Mr.. Smith,
N the Strand. has a similar gain. Mr.. Gladstones
Iection for Leith is amazing. When no local can
lidate could be found to oppose the late Unionlst
member. Mr.. Gladstone telegraphed, insisting on
nomination. which was made at the last moment.
Mr.. Jacks, feeble person. thereupon retired. Inc
Incident supplies Mr. Gladstones opponents IN
Edinburgh and London with the text for new dis
course on his imperlous temper.
The total of opposed and unOpposed returns gives
~ Conservatives and UnIonists and Al Minis
erlalists This apparent preponderance OF the
lormer is only momentary and is due to the great
number of uncontested Tory seats. P7rhaps
NE most remarkable feature of the election
is the smalness of the vote Almost everywhere
the total vote shows a decrease from last year
which hardly looks as if the constituencies tooF
n passionate interest in the question of Home Rule
The Ministeriallsts lose more than the Conserva
tlves while the importance of the Irish vote' II ont
may Judge from yesterdays performance. has beer
oyerrated The feeling altogether last night amon
Liberals as tie returns came in was one of despond
In Office merely by holding their own. They hav
majority Of thirty 10 overcome with anothe
twenty to gain in order to insure stable gov
ernment Nobody ventures to predict wher
all these gains are to come from. lh
Conservatives and Unionists avoid brag
ginp. but are confident that they can proven
the Ministry from winning majority and really
believe that they can increase their own majority
They point out that the Gladstonians must proba
bly, gam if any where, IN the borouehs, since they
carried at the last election, under circumstances fa
more favorable than now, more seats in the coun
ties than they now expect 10 retain.
The heMiniserlaists undoubtedly hoped to turn th'
scale IN the boroughs. Their failure to gain seat
yesterday disapponts them and upsets the calcula
tions on which the Liberal Whips based moderate
hopes bnt neither the most despondent nor th
most sanguinc either side regard yesterdays cleo
tions decisive. Except the gains above noted, tin
Liberals find little in the state of the polls to com
fort them. Mr.. Gadstone's appeal was TO the ell
thusiasm of the people. but of enthusiasm there il
little sign.
Since Mr.. Gladstone returned to Hawarden h
has flooded the constituencies with letters an'
kilograms on behalf of his own candidates. Hi
energy and versatility are admirable, but he clear
up doubtful points and fails to simplify th
issue. Mr. Bright, whose weghty speech in Ri
mngham on Thursday produced deep impression
charged Mr.. Gladstone with having concealed hi
thoughts last November and with cOncealing nov
hs real purpose with respect to the Land bill. Nj
GandstOne replies in a letter to-day. The lette
leaves the Land Purchase question as much III oh
scurity as ever. Mr.. Chamberlain, who, like MI
Bright, was returned unopposed, referred last nigh
at Birmingham to Mr. Gladstones appea
TO trust the people. and said tina
the people are not being trusted; the
are being tiicked. since no man ca
say what is the policy Of the Government. MI
Gladstone. so far from taking the people or tn
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