The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-25
Home Rule Carries Tory Strong
hold at a Bye-Election.
CABINET TO BE REBUILT.
Chamberlain, Lord Harrington and
Gorst to Accept Portfolios.
ParnelPs Overthrow Finai-Natives on
the Congo Return to Their Old Diet
Fight In London Between Baptists
and Congregationalists.

LONDON, July "A. Associated Press,
Copyrighted, 1891. THE Liberal victory
IN the Wisbeek division is a surprise to
both sides. The Gladstonian candidate
was opposed by powerful local trade inter-
ests, and it was hardly calculated that he
would do any more than reduce the Con-
servative majority to such a minimum as
would justify recontest at the coming
election. Among the Conservative strength
were the publican and brewer interests,
long dominant in the constituency. These
were thrown in full strength against the
Gladstonians, whose victory is therefore
all the more significant, but neither this
nor the results of any by-elections will
alter the determination of the government
to try to complete its scheme of Irish leg
islation before dissolving parliament.
The period for reconstruction of the
cabinet depends upon Smiths health. He
has been i'll enough though to render it
improbable that he will ever reappear as a
minister. Unless he improves he will
withdraw from public life wholly upon
taking a peerage. The Duke of Rutland,
who has long been an invalid. will also re-
tire. Matthews, home secretary, will get
a judgeship. The new cabinet, with
Chamberlain, Gorst and Harrington as
members, who will add a further Liberal
element to government legislation, must
have time to settle into working cohesion
before risking dissolution of parliament.
The reasons for Salisbury's recent de-
nouncement of the action of the Irish
priests against Parnell as a political con-
spiracy has been a subject of keen sur
prise The McCarthyites have shown no
intention to obstruct the government s
Irish legislation recently, but the minis
ters, besides recognizing an essential agree
ment between the McCaythyites and Lib
erals, have private information in the ma
ture of communication between Liberal
leaders and Irish bishops uniting them in
common action against the government
To counteract the policy now supported
by every bishop except O'Dwyer, of Linn
erick. Lord Salisbury recently renewed
overtures to the Vatican to Intervene and
asked the pope to promise to pronounce on
the eve of the general election
decisive word against episco-
pal interference. The pope's refusal
prompted the premier's allusion to cleri-
cal conspiracy and to abolition of the IL
literate voter, and his threat to reduce
Irish representation. The Conservatives
now see that the bishops hold supreme
sway in Ireland, and that Parnelps de-
cadence began on the day the priests de-
serted him.
No more striking proof of the utter loss
of Parnell's strength could be given than
in the character of the delegates surround
ing him at yesterdays convention at Dub
lin. 1t was a meeting for which careful
preparation had been making for long
time, yet hardly any man of local or gen.
eral prominence could be got to attend.
Campbell, NJ. P, is no longer Parnell's
secretary, Mrs. Parnell having undertaken
active secretarial duties.
The education bill passed the third read
ing in the house of lords today.