St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-21
They Declare That Toryism Is
Now Practically
. Dead,
And Proceed to Write an APP
propriate Epitaph on the
Tombstone.
Boulanger's Eligibility to q
Seat in the Chamber Of |
Deputies.
The General Situation in Ger
many--Foreign News
Notes.
Bycabie to the Globe.

By>Cabie to the Globe.
LONDON, March 20.-Mr. Ritchieis
local government bill is bitterly resent
ed by the ultra Tories, who contend that
it is entirely too sweeping in its pro-
visions, and therefore calculated to
bring about a social revolution, which
cannot fail to injure the power and
prestige of the Conservative party.
From their point of view, they are quite
right in thus estimating the effect of the
bill, but, unfortunately for them, they
are not sufficiently numerous to pre-
vent the passage of the measure, in view
of the fact that it plays directly into the
hands of the Liberals and Radicals, and
of course will receive their support.
The st. James Gazette. in criticiSing the
bill, says that by its Introduction par
lament is invited, in Difference to an
abstract principle, to overthrow an ex-
cellent system in order to set up an
other more in harmony with political
theory. The Radicals
Hail. THE BILL WITH DELIGHT
and accompany their expressions OF Joy
with assertions that it is only by NOV
ing in the direction indicated by the
measure that Toryism will be enabled
to survive Old .TOryism. They declare
that it is dead and upon its tombstone
may be truthfully inscribed KILLED by
the extension of the franchise" The
more advanced Conservatives, however,
realize the necessity OF eXtricating the
party from the rut into which 1T has
fallen, and are sufficiently optimistic to
l.oIs af hot adn nj
the measure will not only rescue the
party from the mire of intolerance, but
really strengthen it's hold upon the suf-
frageS which placed it in power. The
French Journal Officiel is singularly
silent on the subject of Gen. Boulan
gers disregard of discipline, but the
government organs assert that nothing
can avert his almost immediate retire
ment. If this be true, and there is no
reason to doubt it. he will become
ELIGIBLE TO A SEAT
in the chamber of deputies, and will un-
ouestiOnably be elected to member
ship in that body without delay. There
he can inveigh against his opponents to
his hearts content, If he is not discreet
enough to hold his tongue. But he will
very early in his new career learn that,
stripped Of his military rank and its ac--
cOmpanylng DreStlge, ne Is not dS great
a man as he thought himself, and was
regarded by his friends, while there rer
manned the possibility OF his leading .
A CAMPAIGN OF REVENGE y
against Germany. The ward meetings
of the Liberal associations, held in Biz
mingham last evening for the purposes
of organization, indicate an astonishing
increase of Mr.. GladStone's strength.
The aggregate polling of the various
wards showed that only nine-tWentyr
ffths of the voters were UnioniSts, and
in this hopeless minority doubtless very
many of this number will desert the
standard of Mr.. Chamberlain before the
next ministerial appeal to the country,
which may be made at an earlier day
than even the Liberals dare to hope,
The steel trade is undergoing a season
of great depression, owing to large eX-
tent to the prevalent anxiety regarding
prospective American competition. The
Manchester trades council has decided
to send it's president, secretary and
fourteen members as delegates to the
coming bi-metallic conference in that
city.