The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-17

LONDON. Oct. 16.-The Conservatives
have been prematurely jublant ovel
having escaped the leadership of Goschen
The members of the Carlton club have re
ceived with a shock of disappointment
kilograms from Balfour denying that be
has been offered the leadership. Mr..
Akers Douglas. a Conservative whip, on
being appealed to to explain the position,
especially with a view to Goschen's an
pouncement at Cambridge last night in
connection with Balfour and the leader
ship. saws that Goschen spoke without
authority from Lord Salisbury. Mr..
Douglas denies that the premier has
offered the vacant post to any member of
the cabinet, but be would not say whether
it had been offered to any one outside OF
the mountaineering the Marquis of Hart
ington.
The truth of the position, as known to
the inner official circle, is that Balfour
wants the MARQUIS of Harrington to be-
come the leader. with a reversion of the
post to himself Behind Balfour's oStenSi-
bic reasons Tor not taking the leadership
at the present Juncture IS feeling OF
aversion to having his early period of
leadership siguslized by the coming decis-
i've defeat of bis party. No one having
even casual contact with the government
ministers can escape the conviction that
forebOdings of a grand disaster at the next
general election fill their minds Already
they have accepted defeat as inevitable
and talk of their personal arrangements
consequent upon it. Goschen also, there
lore, does not care to lead The party into
the valley of humiliation.
Lord Salisbury, therefore, appears to
have been driven back upon the Marquis
of Harrington, who has induced the
premier-tO make definite offer to Cos
chen before calling upon him to take a
burden Of responsibility he has hitherto
Shirked.
The foreign Office denies the Russian re-
ports that the Pamir question will be set
tied through the delimi.Asion commission.
No power has made the proposal to Eng
land, which it is unlikely she would enter
tain.
Pierce Mahoney, member of parliament
for North Meade, at a meeting of the fol-
lowers of Parnell at Dublin today, was
greeted as the new leader. He rallied at
Dillon and O'Brien. A year ago he rever-
enced them next to Psrnsll; be now de-
spised them from the bottom OF his heart.
The path marked out by ParHen was
plain, and they would tread that path.
Mahoney is a mere AguFehead. He is a
poor speaker and has no natural gifts as a
tactician. The Parnell section has but
three men of proven parliamentary ability
Redmond, Leary and John O'ConnoF.
The first named has become the actual
leader The evaporation of this faction
increases daily. Healy is specially marked
out for detestation. His utterance, record
ed during the Kilkenny contest about
ParnelI, 81 will drive him to his grave or
a lunatic asylum" is recalled and largely
made use of.
The feeling Of the Washington ecumeni-
cal conference toward a union of the
churches has not the entire sympathy of
the MethoGistS here. The proposed con-
ferences for bringing about union of the
Methodist bodies of England and America
will not be opposed, bat number of the
members of the London Wesleyan council
are doubtful of an early probability of or
ganizstion. Toward approaches of the
Nonconformist council for closer relations,
the Wesleyan council, in session this
week, gave an absolute refusal.