The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-18
POLITICS IN ENGLAND.
LORD SALIsBURY's LEANING TO
FEMALE SUFFRAGE.


Expected in the Spring-A Cranky
Peer suspended-The Irish Leader
chip.
(COpvri0ht, 1891, bu the " Y associated Press.)
LONDON, July 17.-Nothing has recently
excited the inner conservative circle so
much as Lord Salisbury's declaration that
female suffrage ought to form a part of the
coming electoral reforms. The election
agents Of intending candidates besiege the
executive of the conservative association
demanding to know whether this is an es-
sential part OF the government programme.
A host OF members OF the Honse OF Com
mons have warned the executive that the
female vote plank would not be accepted by
an influential section OF the party
! without protest. The premier
has long been known to be
inclined to conCede the right Of suffrage to
women as a probable counterpoise To the
democratic tendency to the principle of
| manhood suffrage; but now for the first
time he has tried to commit the party to
this momentuous change OF fran
| chise. The council of the conserva-
| tive association at an informal meeting
to-day, without passing a resolution to that
effect, decided to intimate to Lord Sails
bury that the party was so divided on the
! question that it would be unwise to recog>
nize it as a conservative principle
PARLIAMENT's DISSOLUTION.
In spite of Lord Salisbury's allusion that
the life OF parliament will not expire until
| August, 1893. the electoral agents are pre-
paring for dissolution In the spring. The
conservative platform upon which can
didates will begin their can
vass without delay is now definitely
cast. Apart from the Irish local gov
ernment bill, in consideration Of
which the ministerialists expect and de'ire
such obstruction as will justify dissolution
in the spring, the platform will include a
reform bill amending the distribution of
seats by reducing the Welsh and
Irish representation, slightly incrsas>
ing the Scotch and giving large ad-
vantages to the English representation
Other planks will be the maintenance Of
freeholders franchise; the maintenance of
the residential safeguard against persona
ton; abolition of the illitearte note, aud
legislation securing old age pensions and
| for the creation OF workmeus boards Of
arbitration. To sum up, in the platform as
now officially fixed, the ministers have in
dorsed the leading features of Mr.
| Chamberlain's age assurance scheme, thus
committing the party to further
| developments on the lines of state social
ism, and the redistribution Of seats will be
|
however unwilling to have their ranks de-
pleted by decrease Of votes, must recog.
nize the justice of removing the crying
scandal by which London, which is nearly
as populous as Ireland, returns forty mem
bers.
| A PEER SUSPENDED.
The suspension Of peer. a rare event In
the upper house OF parliament, occurred to.
night in the case Of the erratic Lord Den
man, successor of the illustrious Judge
Denman, but inheriting little of his fathers
powers. Lord Dsnman had given notice OF
motion for a return Of the number of
days on which the late Lord Granville
had attended the house, and also the days
on which he himself had attended
during Lord Granville's lifetime. Whether
the motion was inspired by sheer crankiness
or by malice, Lord Denmsn was not allowed
to explain. He was about to rise TO speak
when Lord Salisbury, interposing, said that
fhe motion could only be described
word, but be preferred noL
to discuss the motion: he would
simply move that Lord Denman should not
be heard during the remainder of the Ses-
sion. Lord Kimberly concurred and Lord
Sallsbury's motion was agreed to in silence.
Lord Denman "sloped, p" looking daRgers at
Lord Salisbury, with whom he has an old
|
| violence.
Sections LEADERSHIP.
Mr.. Sexton obtains the support of several
Irish bishops, and is increasing the adhesion
of members who will support him as leader
Of the Irish party upon Mr.. MoCarthy's
withdrawal Personal friends of Mr.. Dillon
lay stress upon his reluctance to lead
any section if he fails TO reunite
the party. He is disposed to join his
brother in America and t. abandon political
agitation for a time. The bulk OF the
liberals. il consulted, would select Mr.. Sex
ton before Mr.. Dillon. During the progress
Of the Irish land bill Mr.. Sexton added inn
menselY to his reputation as q tactician. He
is the ablest debater in the party, and Is
now recognized as an adept IN quiet, ju-
dicious handling Of affairs.
MRS. o'sHEA's LETTERS.
: Sensational rumors that Mrs. Parnell has
in her possession compromising correspond
euce with Mr.. Gladstone, which she obtained
while she was a go-between Parnell and the
liberal leaders have basis of truth. During
the period when Mr.. Parnen was was In
Kilmainham Jail Mrs. OShea
was busy medium and was
in constant communication with MesSrs
Chamberlain, Morley and others, but never
with MIR. Gladstone. If Mr.. Parnell chose
to publish these letters they would disclose
. chiefly the keen political craft OF Mrs.
: OSbea and the entire inconsistencies or the
liberals that her relations with Mr.. Parneu
} were other than pure.
NUDE ST. ELIZABETH.
Viqilant purists got Lord Stanley of
4 Alderney TO raise a question in the House
. of Lords in regard to the national purchase
, of Calderon's picture of st. Elizabeth nude.
Lord Salisbury ridiculed the idea that the
picture outraged the feelings OF the Catho-
lies. He said he had not seen the picture.
He wished he had. He had seen a travesty
} wherein a lady showed her back
to county councillor. The ques-
. tion of clothes was one into which he
could not enter, there were plenty OF
similar classical pictures that did not offend
{ the Catholics. Finally he concluded by
| saving that the picture was placed in great
? seclusion. These few jesting words dis
} nosed of the matter. The puriSts
have scored a point, however, by get
| ting a magistrates order TO destroy
| photographs Of works Of Gerome BouRereau
and other great French artists Tne lead
ing argument against the sale OF such photo
, graphs was that while the paintings might
} not be Indecent the Photographic repro
3 ductions may be. English artists treat the
prosecution with silent contempt.
CABLE TELEGRAPHY.
Sir John Fender, speaking at a meeting
Of the Direct Gable Company, stated that
there had been positive decline in Atlan-
tio telegraphy since the operation Of the
Mckinley law. he did not solely attribute
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