The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-12-10
POLITICS IN ENGLAND.
The British Tories Very Much
Troubled in Their Minds.
THEY ARE BESET ON ALL SIDES
By the Mistakes That Have Ieen
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LONDON, Dec. 9.-The Tories have
been very unhappy. In the first place
their parliamentary business is in cad
muddle. The ancient pink and bald
leader OF the House, Mr.. Smith, maps
out programmes which have to be chang
ed with Illuminating frequency, and he
begs foriindulgence and mercy from the
Liberals, while even Baltour is polite to
the Irish members, assuring them OF his
desire too rider the Irish part OF the bud
get to suit them. This state OF things is
bad enough, but worse than all and con-
siderably sharper than good many
adders' teeth TO the Tories has been the
conduct OF Lord Randolph Churchill.
This erratic little man, who is frequent
ly called a statesman ever here, has been
attacking his own party with tremenS
dous violence.
THE TORIES FuMING.
He has abused the Tories for their
course in Egypt, attacked the land pur-
chase bill with words Of scorn, which
caused the Irish benches to ring with
admiring cheers, and on the Soudan
question nearly caused the Government
to be defeated on division so import
ant that defeat must have been fol-
lowed by the resignation OF the Minis
try. The tories are raging and fuming
against the noble lord, known MS Randy,
and vow that he was in league with the
Parnellites to overturn the Ministry.
This, however, is not true. Churchill,
though out OF office, does not mean to
be forgotten, and occasionally he seizes
good opportunities OF posing before the
people as Radical, independent Lord,
and at the same time OF giving his fellow
Tories such scare as will eIectually
remind them OF his Importance. For
weeks TO come the Government will not
dare to move without first consulting
the great little Randy and assuring
themselves of his support, all OF which
shows what very week.kneed Govern
ment it is.
Another thing that pulls at the hair Of
the Ministry is the report of the special
committee in the case OF the attempt Of
II constable to arrest Mr.. Sheehy in The
House of Commons. The committee
hasn't made it any easier for the august
Tory Cabinet Ministers by declaring that
the Irish Executive appears not to have
openly instructed the Irish police for
the observance OF due respect TO the
House OF Commons.
INDIA ALSO INDIGNANT.
To add to the Tories discomfort, Lord
Salisbury, their leader, grows more and
more unpopular for his stupid "black
man" speech. In it he contemptuously
referred to a very able and highly es-
teemed Indian, the Hon. Dadabhai
Naoroji, who ran for the Commons on
the Liberal ticket. rs ''only a black man."
India is very furious about il, and the
whiskered Marquis will probably have
to apologize. Two Tory members have
died, both colonels, and fresh elections
will at once take place in Colchester and
Maidstone. Though both were Tory at
the last election, 1t is extremely proba-
BILE that the turn OF the political tide will
be signailed by home rule victory in ut
least one Of these places.
Englishmen continue 10 worry about
Suakim and the numerous ablest mill
tary men in the country continue to
pour out wisdom. 1t has been shown
that the British forces there are totally
insufficient for the work to be done.
The work, which Is in the usual line OF
English efforts aboard, is the turning
out Of the rightful owners OF the Sou
dan, and as the Egyptian allies to the
English are rank towards and their
enemies, the Arabs, the bravest OF fight
ers, John Bull will have to do nearly all
his dirty work himself. A serious check
out there would be n disastrous thing
for the Government.