The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-22
READY TO BATTLE.
The English Liberals and the
General Elections.
THE ROYAL HEADS OF EUROPE
Are Looking Forward to Gay Time at the
Wedding of Princess Sophia and the
Duke of Sparta.

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LONDON, Oct. 20-The Liberal party is
getting ready for battle and preparing for
harmonious and vigorous fight for vic
tory at the next general election, as well as
for consistent and strong contest on every
occasion prior to then which may call
forth the efforts of the politicians.
Throughout this week consultations have
been held daily at Hawarden. Mr.. Glad
stone has seen and talked with every prom
inent adherent of the old Liberal party,
and discussion of the situation has pro-
ceeded steadily The conversations of the
Liberal leaders have related chiefly to the
question whether it is advisable to disclose
definitely for the present the next home
rule bill which is to be put forward by MIR.
Gladstone and his friends, and to include
in the platform of the party several planks
of the Socialistic and democratic pro
gramme.
Mr.. Gladstone has decisively rejected the
latter suggestion, but has decided to leave
Liberal candidates free Eto advocate, on
their own responsibility, the suggested
naturalization of land; triennial parlia-
ments the payment of salaries to the men,
bers of the house of commons; abolition of
| indirect taxation. with the substitution of
direct taxation of the propertied classes;
abolition of ground rents and other matters
of special interest to voters in both town
and country. The conferences resulted III
the final acceptance by MIR. Gladstone OF
the principle of retention OF Irish members
in the imperial parliament, whatever may
be done in behalf of local legislation in
Ireland.
bos hot Mr. Clad
stone has consented to make disestabllsh-
ment of the church in Scotland and Wales
an electoral war cry, which he has not
heretofore been found willing to use. Mr..
Gladstone will speak at Southport next
Wednesday, and he will then disclose the
matured policy of his party. His utter
ance is awaited with the greatest interest
in view Of the successive and pronounced
triumphs of the Liberals at by elections,
and the increasing discontinue of the
Tories and their UniOnist allies. The posi-
ton of the Liberals, with probability OF
their return to power, is OF vast import
ance to the nation; and Mr.. Gladstone, as
their head and chief, will once more have
the destinies of the country in his hands.
so that whatever he may say at presents
fraught with particular significance. The
Conservatives. as well as the Liberals, look
upon his coming speech in this light.
Mr. Joseph Chamberlain has again con-
trived to excite the rage of his opponents
and the diStrust of his friends. He has
charged Mr.. Gladstone, while in Office
with bribng some eminent Liberals with
offices of titles to induce them to help him
destroy the union, in speeches which he
delivered at Plymouth. This peculiarly
loose tongued gentleman said that Mr..
Gladstone finding that the home rule bill
was received with dismay in all quarters,
resorted to entreaties and threats, to brib
cry and other efforts to induce men into
voting against their convictions. He did
not mention any names Of persons whom
he includes in these astoundingly barefaced
falsehoods, but it is well enough under
stood that he referred to some commoners
who had been transferred to the house of
lords, Sir Thomas Brassey becoming Lord
Brassey, Sir Michael Bass, brewer,
becoming Lord Barton, the Hon. John
G. c. Hamilton becoming Lord Hamil-
ton and Sir Henry Thring becoming
Lord Thring. Besides these honors, de-
clared Mr.. Chamberlain, Mr.. Gladstone
conferred six baroneticies upon his friends
and promised more benefits of the same
kind to those who stood by him So out
rageouS are these hot headed accusations
and so wide of any basis of truth, that they
have excited no feeling almost everywhere
but amaZement at the fatuous folly of the
man who makes them. That Mr.. Gladstone
laQ never any uSSlIS " uSSIIOy Iuo uulOu
but simply to infuse a little justice into the
relations between England and ireland, is
too patent fact to need iteration; and
that he made fair fight and was supported
by a majority of the Liberals, is a matter of
open history How in his senses man
could have ventured to make such allega-
lions as Mr.. Chamberlain has is question
which 10 one seems to be able to
answer. His speech is most sur
prising escape, even in cam
campaign which many unwaranted signs
of union faction. Mr.. Chamberlain's
charges will be made the subject of
motion in parliament. The session, he
said, will be more important than any pre-
vious one of the present parliament. He
believes that the fall of the Balfour-Salis-
bury government is certain, either at next
session. or at the session of 1891. He looks
upon the position of tho opposition as ex-
ceedingly strong and says that a dissolu-
ton ought to be forced upon the cabinet by
every possible means at the command of
the opposition. He believes that this
course is fully justified by the fact that the
government no longer has the confidence
of the majority of the electors, as the
recent bye-elections prove with overwhelm-
ing evidence; and he is confident that the
result of dissolution would be to place
again in power statesmen who really repre-
sent the nation and who viii carry out the
will Of England and English taxpayers in
Ireland.
Preparing for a Royal Wedding.
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