Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-29
A TORY MAJORITY POLLED,
But 1t Was Done by Lots of Drunken
ness and Open Corruption.
PROTECTION BEATS FREE TRADE.
A Vain Effort to Catch Votes Of Employers
and Workingmen
WHO ARE HURT By M'KINLEYS TARIFF
rBT CABLE TO THE prsp ArcH. /,

LONDON, Nov. 2S.-tCopyright THE
Gladstonians have won another ''moral VIC
tory" in the East Dorset election to-day, in
spite of the fact that drunkenness and cor
ruption brought about q majority for the
Tory candidate. Stuart, the son of Lord
Arlington, wins by majority of 347 votes
over the Liberal candidate, while in 1886
the Tory majority over Hume was 655 as
against Liberal majority OF 697 in 1885,
when Glyn was elected.
The Liberals claim that the registration
has of late been entirely neglected in East
Dorset, and that there have been many COM
plants by Liberal workingmen who have
been unable to get their names on the vot-
ing list. Nevertheless, some of the best
Liberal speeches Of the campaign and some
excellent work have triumphed over the
rufianism in public and the intimidation in
private which has made this little borough
close Tory preserve in past years.
Recovery O n the Irish Question.
There has been general recovery. so far
ss political opinion on the Irish question is
concerned, of the position before 1886. The
loss on registration, organization and by
general neglect has neutralized this to some
extent, and the raising of the temperance
question by Mr.. Glyn brought powerful
factor against him. Last night the town
was full of drunken people, and the Liber-
ais said their only chance of victory was
that the rowdy element would get too drunk
10 vote
The Tory caucus at Birmingham has been
q most humorous piece of theatrical hum
bug, There was no genuine ring about the
performance from first to last. The discus
sion in regard TO the Irish Government bill
which the Government is pledged to intro
duce was a beautifully gotten-up perform
snce. The delegates clamored that the En-
glish demands were the most pressing, that
che position of the agricultural laborer
required redress, and other English griev-
Rnces called for adjustment. Therefore Ire
land should wait
How Protection Beat Free Trade.
The Tories have no seats to lose in Ire
land; they have plenty to lose in England.
The same tactics we're pursued with the
resolution which embodies The protectionist
idea. Although Lord Salisbury had spoken
strongly for free trade the previous night
the protection resolution was carried Then
Salisbury, speaking again, hinted that the
injustice of the new tariff regulations which
told SO hardly upon British commercial
interests and upon the working classes
might from the very weight Of outside
pressure drive the Government to take some
tteps 1t was an effort to catch the votes of
those manufacturers and work people who
are hurt by the Mckinley tariff, and who
are sore enough to catch at anything which
promises redress.
The most interesting event at the Tory
gathering, however, was the appearance of
Lord Salisbury and Joseph Chamberlain on
the same platform. Chamberlain was ap-
parently carried away by his surroundings,
and threw over his own friends completely.
ChamberIain's Attack on Gladstone.
''The gulf has widened and deepened." Z" he
raid, 'now. 1 neither look for nor desire
reunion" Thereupon there was great cheer
ing and waving of handkerchief Then
Chamberlain let himself loose, referring to
the Grand Old Man as q veiled prophet,
and speaking of the policy of his
former colleagues as vile con-
spiracy, with all the zeal of a
renegade. But to those who in the old days
admired Chamberlain's sterling qualities
before his lust for peerage was known it
was saddening spectacle. There was q
nGta of pathos in his remarks that the Con-
servatiyes and Dissentients had together
suffered reverses which carried the sugges-
tion that he felt the reverses were not all
over
Mr. Chamberlain's speech to-day con-
trasted with what he said at meeting in
Wiltshire in October, 1886, and which is
very curious reading. He then said:
How Salisbury Used to Talk
''I think have answered Lord Sails
bury's challenge. He talks, forsooth, of
dishonest tactics, and he compels me to say
that never in the history of this country
was there o more fragrant instance of
political immortality than this shameless
conversion of the great bulk of the Tory
party, accomplished in few years in order
to purchase a few months of place without
power, and of Office without honor"
On the following day Lord Salisbury, at
Brighton, replied in these pleasant terms:
'T will divide Mr.. Chamberlain's charges
into two heads. The first head comprises
those that are not true. The second head
those that are founned on the monstrous as
sumption that it is our duty to break the
promises of our predecessors as soon as we
get into Office"
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