Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-03-07
EVERYBODY IN 1T.
GREAT BRITAIN ENJOYING SEASON OF
SCANDAL AND POLITICS.
The Parnsllites Appear to Have Gotten Ahead Of the
McCarthyitss-Ths Mission to Emsrica-Sr
Charles Dixie Will Have Tough Row Of
Stumps to HOs-Stead Will
Take a band.

LONDON, March 6.-The Liberal
official circles expect an early deliver
ance from Mr.. Gladstone on the party 5
electoral programme which will either
be issued as a special manifesto or de-
clared in his coming speech at Hastings.
The private and persistent entreaty OF
number of leading adherentS to make
his attitude toward the Irish party
definite and unmistakable has fl
nally caused him TO decide to
speak out. Mr.. Parnell's reiteratlOn
OF assurances To the Irish people
that by supporting him they would ul-
timately bring about the surrender OF
the GladStonians is resented keenly by
the English leaders. Mr. Gladstone'S
announcement is expected 10 let the
world know that If theeICish people
champion Mr.. Parnell, the English
! Liberals will abandon Home Rule. Mr.
Parnell's delegates To America will
leave on Sunday. They are greatly
heartened by the cable assurances of
the warm and widespread support OF
their American cOmpatriOtS. mi
ted Ireland contrasts the de-
parture and prospects OF
MesSrs. OConner, Kelly, Redmond and
Harrison with the partial collapse of the
McCarthyite mission preparations. The
McCarthyites at first arranged TO send
Messrs. Abraham, w. Kenny and Flynn
TO act with Mr.. O'COnnor. Mr.. Abra-
ham refused, MessrS. Kenny and Flynn
were superseded, and T. p. O'Conner
packed up his traps TO come home. Now
a single ambassador, Mr.. Fox, goes to
represent the failing faction. The firm
est English friends of the McCarthyites
are beginning to despair of their ability
to make headway against the yigOr and
virile activity of the ParneliteS. Mr..
Parnell has shown his usual skill in the
selection Of his emiSSaries.
When Fanny" the mistress OF Sir
Charles Dixie. vanished between the
first and second trials OF the Crawford
divorce case. Sir Charles Dixie was
credited with knowing something of her
whereabouts. The pretended reyea-
tionS in the pamphlet published yestcr-
day in regard to the old puzzle do not
bear scrutiny. In the trial it was dis
closed shat Fanny was servant in
house Of doubtful character. The
pamphlet makes several weak state
mentS To deny strong facts. Obvl-
.ouSly. if Sir Charles Dixie aims
10 prove himself long suffering
victim of conspiracy the pamphlet
will not suffice This line OF rebuttal
of sworn evidence is not new, he having
won an election three years ago on the
same grounds The Radical majority
in the Forest of Dean j. so strong that
Sir Charles is certain TO be- elected, even
if the Socialist party set the district
against him and run a candidate OF
their own.
Editor Stead will issue tomorrow a
pamphlet denouncing Sir Charles Dixie
recalling his promise not to return to
public life till his character was cleared,
analyzing the Dixie pamphlet rs an ad-
dtion to his offenSc by piling up false
hoods and invoking a combination oi
the Liberals 10 prevent the re-
election of Sir Charles, lest
disgrace fall upon the cause OF Liberal
ism. His Liberal opponents now chal-
lenge him to take the only course open
for legal vindication to prosecute the
persons charged in the pamphlet with
conspiracy and perjury. On Monday
Sir Charles will speak in Forest OF
Dean, when his opponents will ask him
TO step down or prosecute.
Burdett-Cou denies emphatically
that he is to be- made a party to dl-
yorce suit, and Philadelphia papers an
nouncing this, with open assertions as
To names and dates, have been read
here with horror aud unbelef.
Since the San Francisco fracas, when
Mr.. Mackay vindicated his wiie'S honor
Mr.. Mackay'S London solicitors in pro-
scouting an Anglo-French paper for
libel believe that they have hit upon
the origin of the libelous article and will
try to connect the San Francisco aud
Paris articles.