The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-10-17
NO LEADER CHOSEN
Balfour Denies He Has Been Of
fered the Leadership.
1T MAY GO TO HARRINGTON
CLOSING Over Gladstone's Remarks on the
Evacuation of Egypt-The New Parnell-
lite Leadsr-Healy Marked

LONDON, Oct. IS Copyright, 1891, by
the New York Associated Press. The
Conservatives nave been prematurely jubi-
lanb over having escaped the leadership of
Goschen. Members of the Carlton club to-
day reviewed with shock disappointing
kilograms from Balfour denying he had
been offered the leadership. Douglas, Con
sentative whip, denies the premier has yet
definitely offered the vacant post to any
member Of the cabinet. lie would not say
whether 1t had been offered to anyone out
side the cabinet, meaning the Marquis of
Harrington. The truth Of the position as
known to the inner official circle IS that
Balfour wants Harrington to become leader
with reversion Of tue post to himself.
Behind Balfour's ostensible reasons is the
fact that he don't care to have his early
period OF leadership signaliZed by the COM
ing decisive defeat of the party. - No one
having even casual contact with govern
ment ministers can escape the conviction
that the forebodlngs Of grand disaster at
the next general election fill their minds.
The indication of Salisbury is damaging
the position of the government.
The comments OF official organs of the
French and other European governments
on Gladstone's announcing at Newcastle
his intention to move an order for the
evacuation Of Egypt have awakened the
Liberal leaders 10 the prospective dangers
of the declaration, ana semi-official eXpla-
! nations have appeared putting gloss on
Gladstone's words greatly at variance with
the first general Interpretation. Glad
stone, it is stated, did not mean that
as soon as he attained power he
would discontinue the occupation; he
would simply look for some way for bring
| ing TO close the present provisional re
gime. James Bryce, as the next Liberal
under foreign secretary, has declared the
same in speeoh. All this shows Glad
stone has again been foundering into a
blunder on the foreign policy which his
| colleagues find it necessary to correct.
The foreign Office denies the Russian re-
ports that the Pamir question will be set
| tied through delimitaticn commission.
No power has conceived or made such a
proposal to England which it ia unlikely
she would entertain.
| Pierre Mahoney, M. P. for North Meath,
speaking at nesting of the followers Of
Parnell at Dublin to-day, was created as
| the new leader. He rallied at Dillon aud
| O'Brien. Mahoney is a mere tigurehead.
| He is poor speaker and has no known
! gifts SIS tactician. The section has but
three men Of proved parliamentary ability
Richmond, Leary and John O'Connor
The first named has become the actual
leader. transportation of the factions iu-
creases daily. Healy is specially merked
out for detesJatiou. His utterence recorded
! during the Kilkenny contest about Par
| nell, ~ Will drive him into mis- grave or a
luuatic asylum" is recalled and made
much OF.
The feeling of the Washington confer.
ence towards the union of the churches has
not the entire sympathy of the Methodists
here. Towards the approaches for non
conformist's council for closer relations
the Wesleyan council, in session this week,
| gave an absolute refusal.
! Mr.. James Dredge and Sir Henry Wood,
of the royal commission to represent Great
Britain at the Worlds fair, have prepare d
a draft of report eulogizing the prospects
and the arrangements of the fair and urg
ing wide and active participation by the
people of Great Britain.
Exports from Bradford as to sh1pment Is
to the United States for September, show
decrease of 1873, $40 pounds as compared with
the returns for the same month in 1890
| The new American tariff is proving ruin
Gus to the trade of Bradford and the mar
kets of other countries do not come to the
rescue.