New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-11


Tho election in Manchester brings no great COM
fort TO either party. 1t is absurd that OH '"'n'
Ferguson should have had 10 fight ior .ne s'"'
because he ceased to be Under Secretary , loi
eign Affairs end accepted the POSTMASTER
ship The statute which made II neceSSaiS' vs. vs.
enough in its time ought long since 10 nave oeeh
sonoa1od Tord Salisbury showed his usual cour-
acc in facing the risk Sir Jamess majority III
Coo 600. onIv 2o7. n is now $50. Gladstonans
.b;rL Tho raduction one more proof that Things
o.. ro;rc their ,vav To observers VINO nave no
uort, onds in view the change appears 100 shgho
IN no significant Both parties ihcreaseu 'neH
vote Mr. Scott. the Gladstonan candidae' Is
,,erv ah,e man the editor Of the aDiest Uiaos'oi@n
na,or in the Kingdom; for neither Id Lohuoh HUI
anr,ybere else is there any Gladstonlah Iourhai
oovoI IN "The Manchester Guardian. lie mas
,,rsot local popularity, and there were many other
| circumstances in his favor
There was. moreover, Mr.. Gladstone's recent New
castle speech which his supporters seemed to thinK
good enough to turn the balance anywhere III
favor of any candidate But that speech has not on
49, ,vbole added to Mr. Gadstone's reputation.
II was the speech of political leader in search OF
votes He had been told by Mr.. Schnadhorst that
something besides Home Rule is wanted to win
votes so he ran over at Newcastle a number of
new and old points, for one Of which does he
really care What his whole soul is Set upon Is Home
Rule The sole exception is the House of Lords.
He does not wish to abolish the House Of Lords,
but will abolish that or anything else which shall
stand in the way of his darling scheme for destroy
ing the unity of this Kingdom. When man has
once made up his mind that an Empire shall he
broken in pieces, the existence of one or another
Imperal Institution ceases to seem to
him vitally essential. Newcastle was not, in
fact a cheerful spectacle, nor can any
one see without grief an aged statesman playing
fast and loose with the institutions of his country.
dangling one bait another before the eyes OF
ignorant rural constituencies and offering political
bribes in return for political support.
Sir William Harcourt's speech at Glasgow shows
,ot less plainly than Mr.. Gladstone's at Newcastle
how near he believes the general election to be.
Sir William has never allowed sentimental con-
sderations to interfere with the active pursuit of
votes. He has first opposed, then supported, most
of the present articles of his political creed, and
to this creed he has now added Manhood Suffrage
and payment of Members. He sees both to be
inevitable, and manfuly overcomes his genuine
dislike of BOTH The English abandon with re-
luctance, and only by degrees, their notion that
between the elective franchise and the possession
of property there is some sacred connection. Inc
Williams critics. "who pay no rates and no
direct taxes are to be called on to assist In
swampng the great body of the taxpayers. But
the great body of the taxpayers In this country
are swamped already, 50 that this argument
comes rather late Sir William Harcourt is the
candidate OF the Socialists and other more or less
red Radicals in England for the future leadership
of what is now the Gladstonian party
| They do not think him either a Socialist or
Radical but they believe his perception OF pon'l-
| cal exieencies keen enough to convert nm wheu
the time comes to any doctrine which seems likely
to command majority.
| Perhaps the other most notable point IN oir
| Williams very amusing discourse at Glasgow was
his fresh dcnunciatioD of all crtics-he calls thei
J eaIumniators his present idol MI GLADSTONE
/ Il will gibbct them all cried he. 1t is well
that he did not come to this resolve few years
since. for he would tleE have had to begin Dy
gibbeting himself.
No less than seven by-eections come together
| all at once All the English seats vacant or re-
GENTLY vacant are Unionist-Manchester. cam
bridge University, and the South Motion dlvisl'h
bof Dcvonshirc Then came Buteshire, Westminster
Kilkenny, and Cork. Mancheste- has already
spoken. Cambridge will return Professor JeDD
Liberal Unionist, unopposed. Westminster has
an enormous Unionist majority. Kilkenny Is IL
the hands of the Irish priests, as it was Whef
Sir John Pope Hennessy was sent to Parliament
as their deputy. Gladstonians think they nave
chance in Devonshire, for which LORD Symngtor
ceases to be Member on becoming Earl OF Ports
mouth Cork only knows what Cork Will DO WIZ
Mr. Parnelrs seat, but the Fenians have some
strength there and there. as elsewhere, they
hone TO force the hands of the Parnellites
The Duke of Argyll continues to play the par1
of q candid friend to Mr.. Gladstone. HIS latest
letter is one of his most pungent. Every man,
saws the Duke, who hangs upon his skirts ana Is
| nledged to let him do whatever he pcases wlbl
the Constitution of the United Kingdom and o1
ts glorious Parliament is sure to be patronlzeo
nv Mr. Gladstone" But the Duke of Argyll does
not believe his present tactics likely to avail
The attempt to establish personal government
in this country will not, l think, succeed
sn.cioIIv If the constituencies bear in mind that
when a House of plant tools has been elected
and has been induced to break up the Imperial
Parliament into segments, the great person IL
,vbose hands these tools are TO be placed will, al
we have often been told retire into private life
and leave the issue of the most tremendous eN
per;ment ever tried in a great nation to hc deaI
,,;tb NV Parliament largely lcavencd by inferior
men," ...,a
The Duke of Argyll is, to some extent, ou'slo'
r., noljtics. but lis name, his great ablhtles hh
eoouence and his past services are such as TO give
weight TO Whatever he says Nothing however
will have any weight with that great multitude ol
Englishmen with whom politics consists IN "or
ship of Mr. Gladstone.
The people of Chicago will be pleased to heal
that the existence Of their city has at last attracted
the attention of the most important 1ournal II
Eurore. "The Times" has begun puDnShlhg
series of articles on Chicago and its coming WoIlu
Fair. The first was devoted TO an account Oh Ohi
cago itself. The writer's tone Is n''"
like that of Alexander Dumas when he GlScoNe ere
- IL Lott full Of alml