Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-18
NO PEACE IN SIGHT
Between the Warning Irish
Factions and the Fight
Still Continues.
BAD PASSIONS AROUSED.
The First Battle of The Campaign to
Come Off at Cork for
THE VACANT SEAT OF PARNELL.
BalfOur Chosen Leader of the House of Com
mons Over Goschen.
BAD PASSIONS AROUSED.
The VACANT SEAT OF PARNELL.
A RECOMPENSE FOR TIE CHANCELLOR
lBY CABLE TO THE prsPArcR,J

state OF affairs IN Ireland appears to be very
discouraging. ParnelIs death, which it
was hoped would bring about a reconcilia-
ti0R between the contending factions, seems
rather TO have embittered the controversy
and aroused the most rancorous political
passions on both sides. Decency and rev.
erence have been for the moment thrown to
the winds. The dead leader has been re-
viIed on the one side as a loathsome sinner,
for whom eternity affords no hope, while
on the other hand he has been Ekened unto
the Redeemer.
Although the furious storm has once
more transformed the stream of Irish
politics into turbid torrent, there is no
reason 20 doubt that the scum which now
Defouls it viii be swept into and absorbed
by the sea CT the general election. There
are signs already Of dissensions among the
dissentienJs, and there is ground for the
hone thai within month the Parliamentary
irreconciliables will not number more than
score. To these men no quarter will be
given, and they will doubtless die hard
THE FIRST BATTLE AT CORK.
The first battle of the campaign will be
fought at Cork, ths seat rendered vacant by
the desth of ParnelL If "'the physical
force men" canGct win rebel Cork, then the
chances are poor indeed. But they will
lose even in the city, erstwhile the strong
hold Of Fenianism There is danger,
although remotu, that the Tory candidate
may sneak in while the Nationalist garri-
sons are fighting outside for possession of
the citadel
The home rulers of all shades of complex
ion number about 6, 900, and the Tories and
Mugwump Liberals count as nearly as pos
shle 2, 800 votes. The latter will be cast
solidly for the Tory candidate, whose sue
cess, therefore, depends upon the closeness
with which the Nationalist vote may be
divided. A good deal will depend upon the
personality of the anti-Psrnellite candidate.
IF Michael Davitt or William 0'Brien be
selected, the patriot poll would probably
aggregate 4, 900. In any event it will not
number less than {, 000
KILKENNY OVER AGAIN.
The election for the vacancy in North
Kilkenny, caused by Sir John Pope Hen
nesSev's death, viii take place before that
al Cork. the Speaker having already init
maJcd his intention TO issue a warrant for /
new writ at the end of next week, but il is /
unlikely that the Parnellites will pluck up |
courage to fight in a constituency in which |
they were recently badly beaten, and the |
struggle viii really commence in Cork.
One effect OF the split in the Irish party |
has been the encouragement which has
fallen upon the active Nationalist workers
in many centers in Ulster. This is particu-
larly manifest in the revision of the voters
lists for West Belfast, which has Just been
completed. The Orangemen have gained
70 fewer than 900 new voters, fact which
in all probability will lose Mr.. Sexton his
500 a. "a no Vt pI
The intrigues for the leadership of the
House of Commons, which commenced even
before the grave closed over the remains of
Nj Smith, has terminated in the appoint
ment of Balfour. The claims of Goschen
were urged so warmly that Lord Salisbury,
whose health was too delicate to allow him
to attend the funeral of Mr.. Smith, travelled
post haste from the South of France to take
the matter in hand.
SOFT WORDS FOR GosCHEN.
Lord Harrington also found il necessary
10 come to town to administer consolation
and to preach patience to the irate Chancel-
l0r OF the EXchequer, who had expected as
a matter Of course TO succeed to the Com
mons leadership. Balfour did not take the
trouble to come 10 London, but played
golfe serenely in Scotland, while his friends
looked after his interests Lord Salisbury.
u, |
decided on Friday in favor of Balfour, and |
Goschen had no option but to acquiesce, as
Harrington failed tosupport him as strongly |
as he had hoped.
1t is said that the pill has been sugar. |
coated by the conferment on the Chancellor |
Of the Lord Wardenship OF the Cinuue |
Ports, the pleasant sinecure enioyed by Mr. |
Smith for only few months in succession |
to Earl Granville. But however that may |
be, Goschen swallowed it with unexpected |
alscrity and grace.
GoSCHEN LAUDs RALFoUR.
Or the evening Of the day upon which |
his hopes were blighted, be delivered a |
speech at Cambridge, in which he praised |
Baifour's genius and courage in |
''thTottling the icy cold spccter
Of Irish sedition," and expressed |
confidence that the man who had throttled |
these spectres would have no difficulty in |
navigating the ship OF State "in her proud |
and serene course down the shining stream |
of her imperial destinies.'' The audience |
took this grotesque adulstion quite seri- |
ouslv and cheered with much enthusiasm.
The Tory and MugwUnp Liberal news |
papers are full of praise of this magnani- |
nous man, this lsrge-hearted patriot, who |
is always making sacrifices upon the altar |
Of duty, and has for years been unselfshly |
pocketing salary of IS, 1000 per annuin for |
his disinterested services yet, sad to say,
the generous Goschen and the ehivalrous |
Baifour have infirmities OF temper like COM
mon men, and politicians familiar with the
Unmatched pair gleefully expect some |
lively gibbing and boiling and kickings over
traces when they arc set TO work in double
harness next session.
A RATHER POOR LEADER.
Balfour is undeniably the strongest m an
IL Lord Salisbury's Cabinet, but it is not
improbable that his masterful character /
VIII make him poor leader of the House
Of Commons, in dealing with which tact and
good humor are most necessary qualities.
BaltOur boasts that he leaves ireland paci-
Ted and easily managed. He quits Dublin
Castle with the prestige Of this alleged sue
cess, and ifthe new Chief Secretary should
mLddle tni0gs the fault, of course, will not
be Ba.fcur's.
Tho new master Of Ireland has not vet
been selected, but the favorite candidates
gre Mr.. Idtchic, President Of the Local
Snrernmcat Boards Sir William Hart DYKE,
WIN was thief Secretary from June, 1885, to
january lSS6, and MIR. Jackson, Secretary |
Of Jac Treasury. The iast named IS a fairly
i5.e nan, very popular in the House of
1Gnimons and T. az present first savorite.
me only drawback in Tory eyes is that his
scat icr Norsh Leeds, which he would vacate
JA Tue appointment, is not Dar; icularlv safe |