Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-17
NOT 4 DESIRABLE POST.
Prospects of a Liberal Victory Deter
Balfour and Goschen.
GLADSTONES EGYPTIAN POLICY.
The ParnelliteS New Leader Is Pierce
MahOney, a Figurehesd.
ENTHUSIASM FOR THE WORLDS FAIR

PRESS
LoSpoN, Oct. 16-The Conservatives
have been prematurely jubilant over having
escaped the leadership of Mr.. Goschen
Members of the Carlton Club, after passing
pleasant day of excitement over the sup
posed success of their presentations to Lord
Salisbury, received with shock of disap-
pointment telegrams from Balfour denying
that he had been offered the leadership.
Numerous congratulations telegraphed him
during the day on his acceptance Of the post
elected responses, some of which, shown to
intimate friends of his in the Carlton Club,
left a distinct impression of reluctancc 70
take the lead.
Akers Douglass, Conservative whip, on
being appealed to TO exp,ai the position, es-
peciallv with view to Mr.. Goschen's an
nouncement at Cambridge last night in coa-
rection with Mr.. Bslfou- and the leader
ship, SAYS Mr. Goschen spoke without au-
thoritv from Lord Salisbury. His express
sion must simply be taken as personal &C.
acknowledgement of Mr.. Balfouc's services.
MAY GO OUTSIDE THE GARNET.
Mr. Douglass denies that the Premier has
vet definitely offered the vacant post to any
member of the Cabinet He wauld not say
whether it had been offered to any one out
side the Cabinet-meaning the Marquis of
Harrington. The truth of the position, as
known to the inner official circle, is that
Nh. Balfour wants the Marquis Of Harting-
ton to become the leader with the reversion
Of the post to himself He pleads excessive
work in connection with the Irish local gov
eminent bill, which he desires to pass dur
ing his tenure of Office as Chief Secretary
for Ireland.
Behind Mr.. Bslfour's ostensible reasons
for not taking the lead of the party in the
House of Commons at the present jUncture,
he doubtless is influenced by feeling of
aversion to have his early period of leader
ship signalized BY the coming decisive de-
feat of the party. No one having even
casual contact with the Government Minis
tiers can escape the conviction that fore
hodings of grand disaster at the next gen.
ersl election FL their minds. Already they
have accepted defeat as inevitable, and talk
Of their personal arrangements consequent
upon it.
NEITHER Is GoSCHEN ANXIOUS.
Mr.. Goschen knows and appreciates as
Government will soon collapse, and prob
ably like Mr. Balfour does not care to lead
the party into the valley of humiliation.
Mr.. Balfour would prefer the Marquis of
Harrington to take the place, both as the
more plant instrument Of Mr.. Goschen,
ready at any time TO resign his functions
and certain before long TO go to the House
Of Lords on the death of his aged father, the
Duke of Devonshire.
The indecision of the Marquis of Sails
bury. the extreme gravity of the internal
situation, the dissensions among the Con-
servatives and the Liberal Unionists on the
eve Of the elections, hopelessly damage the
position of the Government at the present
moment. The Marquis of Salisbury appears
10 have been driven back upon the Marquis
Of Harrington, from whom he has the
specifc pledge to assume office if a condi-
tion of affairs arise imperiling the coali-
tion.
Late tonight the report prevailed in Gov
ernment offices that the Marquis OF Hart
incton had induced the Marquis of Sails
bury TO make definite offer to Mr..
Goschen before calling him to take the
burden Of responsibility he had hitherto
shirked
GLADsToSE's EGYPTIAN POLICY.
French and other European. governments
on Mr.. Gladstone announcing at Newcastle
his intention 10 move an order for the evac-
uation Of Egypt swoke the Liberal leaders
70 the prospective dangers arising from the
declaration. Communications between Lord
Roseberv. Mr. Gladstone's last Foreign Sec
retarv. and Earl Spencer, the coming Foreign
Secretary, with other leaders have resulted
in semi-offcial explanations through the
Liberal papers, putting gloss on>Mr Glad
stones words greatly at variance with the
first general Interpretation.
Mr.. Gladstone did not mean that as soon
as he attained power be would discontinue
the occupation. He would simply look for
come wav for bringing to close the pres
ent provisional regime. James Bryce Mp,
as the next Liberal Under Foreign Secre-
farv. was put up yesterday at Aberdeen to
declare that the Liberals would not scuttle
out of Egypt, any more than the Tories
England was under solemn and reiterated
engagements to only withdraw her troops
when this could be done with safety to the
progress and prosperity of the country. Mr.
Rrvce's pronunciamento, made within view
OF the responsibilities Of Office, shows that
NIr Gladstone has again been founderine
into the foreign policy, which his colleagues
find il necessary to correct.
PARSELLITEs' NEW LEADER.
Pierce Mahoney. NJ P. for North Meath,
speaking at a meeting of the followers of
M. Parnell at Dublin, was greeted as the
new leader He rallied at Dillon and
O'Brien. Though the party had lost the
genius and craftsmanship of Parnell the
nath he marked out was plain and thew
would tread that path. Defeats would not
discourage them. If they had not a single
seat in the House of Commons he would
still have a party in the country and would
live in the hearts OF the independent men of
Ireland Bv them and their spirit, sooner
or later, Ireland would be redeemed.
NIahoney is a mere fgurehead. He is
poor speaker and has no known gifts as
tactician. The section has out three men
Of proved Parliamentary ability-Redmond.
Leary and John O'Connor. The first named
has become the actual leader.
The evaporation of the factions increases
daily. Healv is specially marked out for
detestation. His utterance recorded during
the Kilkenny contest about Parnell, 81 will
drive him into his grave or lunatic asy-
lum, is recalled and made the most of.
METHODIST UNION NOT WANTED.
The feeling of the Washington Ecumeni-
cal Conference toward a union of churches,
has not the entire sympathy of Methodists
here. The proposed conferences for bring
ing about union of the Methodist bodies
Of England and America will not be op-
ro>cd but the opinions of a number of men,
bs-s of the London Wesleyan Council are
doubtful on the early probability of organic
Uaion
Toward the approaches of the Noncon-
fnrnist Council fer closer relations, the
WESLEYAN COuuril ], in session this week gave