St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-30
TORIES ALL AT SEA
Gladstone's Surprising Vim
and Energy Makes Them
Hesitate.
A Tremendous Campaign Is
Planned by the Grand
Old Hero.
Hoping That He May Die. Dis
solution Is Likely to
Be Delayed.
Level-Headed Marie Of Edin-
burgh Snubs a Bold
Princeling.

LONDON, May 2S.-WhateVer may be
the intentions of the government as to
dissolution, the Liberals are evidently
preparing for a campaign that will sur
pass any in the past in the energy and
activity to be displayed. The striking
feature of the contest will be the WON
derful exhibition of vigor by MIR. Glad
stone. A committee has already made
arrangements for speeches to be deliv-
cred by Mr.. Gladstone in every parish
in Midlothian. There is not the slight
est necessity for Mr.. Gladstone to say a
word so far as the Midlothian electors
are concerned. They simply worship
him, and no candidate would stand the
slightest show in opposition to him. Mr..
GladstOne's speeches in Midlothian
therefore will not be intended so much
for the electorate of Midlothian as for
the people of the three Kingdoms.
He will visit In carriage every will
age and hamlet, 10 matter how unim-
portant. and he will speak in every
place that he visits. In the smaller
hamiets he will speak to the people
from the carriage in which he will
travel, but in every large place he will
deliver an address in some public hall
OF OIL the green. The addresses and
speeches, however brief, will be re-
ported in full, and telegraphed through
out Great Britain, so that the utteranceS
Will really be addressed to the whole
electorate. Mr.. Gladstone will be ac-
companied OH his tour by prominent
Liberals, who will supplant his remarks,
and probably by Justin Mccarthy, or
some other Irish Nationalist, to plead
tie cause of Ireland.
Salisbury's Vicious Threat.
Gladstone, it is expected, will also
devote his address largely to the sub
ject of Irish home rule, and a promI-
rent Liberal asserted today that Mr..
Gladstone would not allow the people TO
forget Salisbury's threat of civil war in
the event of home rule triumph. The
report that the Conservatives mediate
the recall of their resolution to dissolve
next month is not generally credited.
1t has been the view of large number
of Conservatives that the dissolution of
parliament should be deferred to the
last moment. A chief motive for this
has been the idea that Mr.. Gladstone
could not, in the course of nature, re-
tam his vigor much longer. and that
without Mr.. GladStOne's leadership the
Liberal party would lose its cohesion
and be rentin factions. This expecta-
/ ton was very strong when Mr., Glad
stone was sick last year. Another
|, suggestion advanced by certain
Conservatives in regard to
Mr.. Gladstone is that should
|, the dissolution. be deferred until next
. spring, he would be unable, judging
/ from his experience this year, to risk
MN h xxrhn
|, election gives him the most favorable
! opportunity for airing his views. These
|, arguments are not put forward in the
Conservative press. but are discussed in
! the clubs and the Hobbies of parliament,
|. and should the government decide to
( postpone dissolution the motive will I'M
doubtedly be the expectation that
Mr.. Gladstone, owing to his advanced
age, will he out the contest when it
comes. On the other hand, it is urged
by Conservatives who favor an imme-
diate appeal to the country, that the last
election held in summer was an emf
nent triumph for the Conservative
cause. and that bleak weather, besides
keeping Mr.. Gladstone at home. would
also have the effect Of keeping many
thousands of Conservative; electors
from the polls. s
1OTHcS AIaFMeUs
+ The Tories have been taken aback by
the surprising energy and resolution
/ with which the Liberals have began TO
prepare for the general election. The
prospect of Mr.. Gladstone speaking
night and day from the beginning to
the close of the struggle. and firing the
hearts even of his opponents with adj
miration tor his wonderful vigor of in
tellect and devotion to principle, was
more than many of the prominent
Tories could stand. and they began TO
seriously reconsider the resolution for
dissolution about the Goth of June. AS
the government had not yet formally
announced any date, it was quite within
the power of Lord Salisbury to defer
the dissolution Of parliament until next
spring, and this was seriously proposed
by some members of the cabinet. While
Lord Salisbury has not yet announced
his decision, the general impression is
that he will adhere to the understand
ing that parliament will be dissolved
toward the close of next month.
The Tories are actively engaged i'll
raising an election fund, and have
already about e150,000 on hand. This
money will not be corruptly expended,
as the laws OF England against bribery
are so rigorous that no reasonable per-
son will endeavOr to defy it. The ma
terial expenses of an election are very
great, and while most of the Tory can
didates are able to pay their own way,it
is the intention of the party to assist
number of labor candidates to run in
districts where the Liberals are strong.
The Tories are pushing the separate
labor movement as actively as possible,
and will undoubtedly sustain distinctly
labor nominees in hopeless coDstitu-
ences, as against the regular Liberal
nominations. At present, the result of
the general election, if held this sum-
mer, Is made doubtful largely by the
differences between the Radical labor