The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-07-18
WILL TRY TO STEAL MIDLOTHIAN.

When Gladstone Resigns His Seat Bakour
May BE Put Up as the Tory Candidate.
LONDON, July 1.-THE movement to in
duce Mr.. Balfour to contest Midlothian
agslnst Mr.. Gladstone when the latter re-
signs his seat on accepting office 10 quite q
persistent one. 1t has two pretexts, first,
Mr.. Balfour's prominence making him q
fiji antago onIst OF the Liberal leaders: Sec
ond. that Balfour owns estates contiguous
to Midlothian and has various interests In
that district. thus giving him some excuse
for asking the suffraeos of the people
there. lis not considered probable, how
ever. that Mr.. Balfour will consent to
fight Mr.. Gladstone in this way. He is on
very friendly personal terms with his great
political opponent. Failing to obtain Mr.:
Balfours consent to run. the Tories will
The whole machinery of the party will
be brought into play. and 1t Is thought
by the leaders that there ls good
chance to overcome Mr.: Gladstone's .
first majority of only about 700. Mr.. Glad
stones friends regret his recent boastlng g
LANGUAGE In regard to the church vote In
Devon. They point to the fact that 60 per
cent. of the electors OF Midlothian are
churchmen. many of whom will perhaps
sink their ideas in favor of Irlsh autonomy
to the established kirk.
The Scotch Torres Will hold a banquet in
honor of Colonel Wauchope in Edinburgh,
tomorrow, at which the prospects for the
second contest will be discussed. 1t 10 ex-
pected that Mr.. Schnadhorst. the Liberal
caucus manager. will personally engineer
the contest in Midlothian and New Castle,
the latter being John Morley's division.
The result In tho first will hinge upon the
church vote and in the second on the labor
ha i,rhf f-hn
A conference of Mr. Gladstone and his
colleagues 10 expected to take place on
Thursday. The difficulties of working
the House with q majority dependent on
the Irish members are fully appreciated at
the Liberal headquarters. Among the
troubles monacing the new government is
the habit the irish members have of irregu- :
lar attendance Many of them have had
business affairs in Ireland to look after
hitherto. and only appeared in tho House
when they were summoned there by the
exigency of Irish affairs. The special busi-
ness being finished they vanished again.
Ii this practice is continued under the new
government, the absence of some forty
Irish members will render the government
liable to defeat at any moment. Parnell
kept his men together when the party
purse was full by personal payments al
regular intervals. enabling them TO disre-
gard the claims of private affairs. The Lib
erals might have recourse to subsidizin0 &
tne McCarthyites, but this would place
the party under obligations which Ii 10 al
most impossible to accept.
If the American subscriptions freely COD.
tinue during the final crisis. the home
rule party will be wonderfully strength
ened. All sides recognize the fact that the
present elections. costing as they have,
about 2,h00. .000 are only the prelude 10 a
more decisive electoral campaign, wher
more money must be expected and the To-
cal organizations everywhere must be
maintained in full vigor. The resources o.
the Unlonists are inexhaustible as com
pared with those of the Liberals. though
since last reverting to the financial position
of the party it has been learned that rs
surances have been obtained that wealthy
Gladstonians are ready TO respond TO de
manGs.
THE COMING CRISIS.
Regarding the coming crisis in Parlia
me mt. a month must elapse before the act
ual business of the House begins. The
swearing in of members takes fortnight
then the elec tion of the Speaker and of til,
chairmen of committees. proceedings in
volving poss IDLY debate. aud next come