The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-20
THE FATE OF THE TORIES SEALED.
lord Salisbury's Speech Did 1t, Says the
English Press.
by Gable to the United Press.l

by Gable to the United Press.l
LONDON, March 90, 1S99.-The Daily
Neaps says that Lord Salisbury's speech at
Watford last evening sealed the fate of
the government, which has drawn the
sword and thrown away the scabbard. He
is driven by the course of events into state
of desperate fury, and like Juno, is glad
to eat his enemies quickly and eat them
raw. If Lord Salisbury should be inn
prisoned for a technical breach of the law,
and if any Radical referred to him as he
referred to Mr.. O'Brien, he would deserve
to be hooted ignonliniously out of the So
ciety of decent people.
The Tory press have probably exhausted
their stock of reasons for the kenSingtOn
defeat, or are desirous of ignoring
the subject SO much as is possi-
BILE. They exhibited courage, or perhaps
one might say obstinacy, in the enlighten-
ment of their portion of the British public
as to its duties and the placid profession
of belief in the speedy return of the
strayed sheep who have deserted the
Unionist flock. The Standard was per-
haps the most frank in its grief at
Mr. Beaufoy's election, but called atten-
tion to that gentleman's personal popular
ity, and the fact that he is the employer of
O. large number of men, nearly, ii not
quite all of whom would naturally vote
for him.
The intimation that many members of
the United States Congress and officials
holding responsible positions under that
Government have given q quasi indorse-
ment to the cause represented by Mr. Par
nell and championed by Mr. Gladstone as
refutation of the statement that none
but the Irish mobs in the great
cities and those who solicit their
votes sympathize with home rule has
created considerable discussion here and
in the provinces. The Conservative papers
profess to detect the fine hand of Mr. Blaine
in the Objectionable measure, and char
itably fear for the future of the nation
To be sure one of them remarks, some
members of the British Parliament openly
sympathized with the Confederates during
the American civil war, but it would have
been impossible to have obtained the sig
natures of great majority of that body to
an address of encouragement to General
Lee during the progress of hostilities.
which has entrusted him with the helm
Of state. They are also vexed if not in
dignant at what they regard as ameddltng
obtrusiveness, and cite it as another in.
stance of 'sthe boorishness which appears
to be inseparabfe from Republican institu-
tionS. !"
The Chronicle sarcastically alludes to
the refusal of Mayor Grant to veto the
fiag-raising edict Of the New York Board
of Aldermen, and the subsequent appear
ance of the Irish flag on the City Hall on
Monday, and contrasts his course with the
'smanly independence" of Mayor Hewitt
during his tenure of office, not at all to the
advantage of the former official.
The Journals most friendly to the
United States sincerely regret the publ
cation of such remarks as Admiral Porter
Is credited with making concern
ing possible, war between that
country and Germany. The North
GernaGn Gazette hesitates to believe
such Of the astounding language OF the
Admiral as it finds in an, English paper,
and awaits the arrival Of the American
files before commenting upon it, and 1t is
possible that an explanation viii be re-
auested by the government from the au-
thorities at Washington.
Tk.oAl,a. Mad