Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-01
TACTICS OF THE TORIES.
Sudden Change Of Policy on the Eve
Of Election Expected.
MONTE CARLO VERY PROSPEROUS.
A Remarkable Case Reported BY an English
Surgeon.
PRINCE OF WALES AND HIS BIRTHDAY
rBr CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. ]

pent-up passions of the Irish politicians ar
finding vent IN Cork in a manner yer,
pleasing to those Englishmen who regar,
such faction fighting as proof that Irish
men are unfit to govern themselves. I
seems q pity that arguments should b.
driven into the head with blackthorns ant
principles inculcated by brickbats, but afte
sll, election riots have occurred in NOR,
sober countries than Ireland, aud a littl,
blood letting may DO the plethoric body
polite some good.
1t must not be supposed that the fighting
has been on one side in Cork. To Judge
from the speeches of the Parnellites they
have been long-sufering lambs, while tn,
antiParnellite leaders talk in style thai
one might expect from the worm that turns
Both sides seem keenly to relish scrim
mage, and the loudest shouters for peace
thoughtfully provide themselves with
cudgels snd fill their pockets with stones on
the principle made familiar to us by the
great military powers in Europe.
Rattling of Thousand Blackthorns.
1--WE don't want to fight" said John Red
mond, yesterday, ''but if these men who
drove Parnell to his grave, and betrayed Ire
land, interfere with us we will know how to
protect ourselves" and the peaceful senti-
ment was emphasized by tne brandishing
and rattling of thousand blackthorns.
FIVE are attacked and hunted in the
streets of Cork" said John Dillon, 1--WE
should be towards and fools if we did not
strike back, and the other side will get
more than they bargain for" and the audi
ence Endorsed the trsternal warning with
wild war cries.
81 did strike men Thursday night" said
DR.. Tanner, 'but not till they had struck
me, and ifI did not hit back I would be
unworthy of the name of Cork man," and
the peaceful air was rent with warlike
vhoops
But concurrently with this froth and fury
the humdrum election week proceeds stead
ily, and the canvassing of the voters con-
firms the beliefthat the worthy butter dealer,
Flavin, who carries the true Nationalist
flag, will be elected by triumphant ma
jority.
Suspicious Tactics of the Tory Unionists.
The tactics of the Tory Unionist party
are suspicious They have been holding
hole and corner indoor meetings. not daring
to show themselves in the light of day, and
each gathering passed resolution of conf
dence in the Government and the Tory can
didste, Sarsfeld, but whisper of some sud-
den change of strategy on the eve of cleo
tion has become louder and more persistent.
1t is said that the leaders have lost control
of the rank and file, and tha. Sarsfeld may
retire at any moment The meaning of this,
of course, is that the Tories, knowing
they cannot return their own man, want to
vote for the Parnellite candidate, in order,
at any cost. to defeat the moderate Nation
slist and thereby give heart to their natural
allies, the Extremists, all over Ireland.
That this desire is real isproyed by the fact
that at Tory meeting in the Assembly
rooms last night all the speakers referred to
1t and implored those present to resist the
temptation. The danger would be serious
If the Parnellites were as strong as they
profess to be, but those best qualified to
form opinions declare that Flavin's votes
will outnumber by at least 500 the combined
poll Of the Tory and Extremist candidates.
Preparations for a Lively Time.
The voting will take place next Friday,
and in view of almost certain rioting, what
ever may be the result, arrangements have
been made for placing on the streets no
fewer than 2, 900 soldiers and police. The
unopposed return of the nti-Parnellite in
North Kilkenny is a sign Of Parnellite
weakness, and 1t is believed that the same
thing will occur at the general election in
three-fourths Of the Irish constituencies.
The fact is notorious that the Extremist
e1eheqaar is&lready almost empty, and if
funds be not sent from America the Parnell.
ties will not havs money enough to contest
more than half dozen seats next wear.
The situation is becoming so alarming
that special deputstion will be sent to the
United States as soon as the Cork election
hall have been decided.
Sir John Gorst, under Secretary of State
for India, is one of the ablest men in the
and aspires to the leadership
Of the new Tory Democratic party, which
be believes it is possible to organize. Two
years ago he made up his astute mind that
general election would bring back MI. Glad
Itone to power, and since then he has lost
40 opportunity of posing as the workmen's
friend.
Sir John Gorst's Revolutionary Idess.
He is the most active member of the
Labor Committee, and has more than once
yiven ofense to old-fashioned Tories and
Dperilled his chances of promotion by the
oroadness of his views on social questions.
Last night at Wolve!halnpton he talked on
the eight hours day and kindred subjects to
In audience of workingnen, and expressed
opinions which would have been called
a generation ago. Sir John
}orst is too sensible man to advocate a
eight hours day for all trades,
put he is prepared to support the restric-
ion of miners hours, and is of the opinion
hat an experiment on the same lines might
be tried with advantage in governmental
md municipal establishments at the cost of
he taxpayers
Apparently the report which has been
urrent for some time past that the Govern
nent has in hand scheme for carrying out
nat experiment is not well founded, for
he Standard, the Ministerial organ, to-day
alls foul of Sir John Gorst and remarks:
1t Is hard to conceive any step more de-
loralizing than to create privileged class
employees endowed from public funds"
Privi eyed Class of Public Employees.
The Standard forgets, in its horror of the
ew socialism, that the clerks in the Gov
rnment departments work rom six to eight !
ours daily, compared with mercantile |