Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-14
They Gain a Much Larger Number of
Parliamentary Seats, but
GLADSTONE'S MAJORITY Is CUT.
Another General lection Considered In
evitable This Year.
NOW FOR THE ONE-MAN-ONE-VOTE IDEA

The chagrin of the Liberals over the
small majority obtained by Mr.. Gladstone
has been mitigated by the unexpected series
of successes they achieved in the counties
Since the beginning of the elections the an
nouncement of no days result recorded so
many Liberal gains as that of to-day.
'.It is the best day we have known" said
member Of the Liberal Executive Com
mittee to representative of the Associated
Press this evening. Tomorrow will give
us, together with to-day's pollings, ma
jority of at least 20 seats. We are now as
sured of clear majority Of 55 in the next
Parliament, and we are almost justified in
expecting even CO.,
Mr. Gladstone is not disheartened by the
result of the polling in Midlothian. As an
old Parliamentary hand, accustomed to re-
verses, he takes the reduction of the Liberal
vote in that constituency with equanimity.
Private telegraphio dispatches from him to
prominent Liberals in this city say that ne
knew that Colonel Wanchope was strong
opponent, and had expected that the poll
would show q heavily reduced Liberal
majority.
Gladsto Q Has Fared Worse Before.
The result of the present election in Mid
lothian recalls Mr. Gladstone's reverses
when he contested the University of Oxford
constituency in the general election in j uly,
1866, and the Southwest Lancashire con-
stituency in the general election of 1868, on
both of which occasions he took his absolute
lafo ,,,sf %haa 81 rfo
tician.
On assuming Office under the new Gov
ernment, it will be necessary, according to
political usage, for Mr.. Gladstone to be re-
elected to Parliament. From inquiry at the
Conservative headquarters tonight as to
what action the Conservatives propose to
take in this event, the representative of the
Associated Press learned from the managers
of the party with whom Colonel Wanchope
is fully en- rapport that they disapprove of
a renewal Of the contest until the next gen.
eral election. This decision in the case of
Mr.. Gladstone does not apply to Mr..
Morley. 1t has been decided by the Con-
servative managers that his seat will be
challenged on his appointment as Cabinet
Minister.
Certain Liberals now admit that another
general election is nigh, and regard it as
inevitable during 1892, while some forecast
dissolution on home rule as taking place in
the spring Mr.. Gladstone, in a communi-
cation to the Star tonight, warns the Lib
erals to rsepare for the next election as
likely to come slike a thief in the night"
Campaign Machinery to Be Kept Up.
Party agents on both sides have been in
structed, Immediately the elections are
over, especially to watch the registration of
voters, which concludes at the end of
August Local electoral organizations are
to be maintained in full working order.
AS the reform of registration is certain to
strengthen the Liberal vote, the
Gladstone Government is likely to intro
duce lone man one vote" measure, which
the House of Lords could not venture to
reject The next session, according to ideas
current at the National Liberal Club to-
night, will see the adoption of registration
reform, bnt will also see home rule thrown
out of the House of Lords, followed by the
dissolution of Parliament.
The Independent Laborists mean to en-
phasize their freedom from party ties by sit
ting in the House with the Conservative op-
position The Liberal Unionists,, main
aiming their position as Liberals, though
lissidents, will cross the floor of the House
with the Liberals, but will be no longer
lble to sit on the front benches with the
men whom they are actively opposing
The Conservatives consider that the
change of Mr.. Gladstone's former majority
ot 4, 631 into a majority of only 600, is the
greatest triumph scored by either side
throughout the elections. The Conserva-
ives say that if the contest is renewed next
rear, Colonel Wanchope will again stand
Igainst Mr.. Gladstone, with added chances
II ousting him from his seat.
Gladstone is Less of Hero Now,
The chief significance of the event is the
vidence it gives of the revulsion of feeling
n Scotland toward the Liberal Unionists,
md of the fact that Mr.. Gladstone's person.
lity is losing weight with the electors
throughout the country. Prior to his de-
he customary address to the electors of
Midlothian.
gratefully thank you that you have
hosen me under circumstances of special
tress and difficulty in your own county the
ixth time as your representative in Parlia-
nent. 1t is my earnest hope not to fall be-
lind you in the desire and effort to minister
o the happiness of the people of the three
,ingdoms and the strength OF the solid union
f the empire.
Though the result of the Midlothian cleo
ion has tendency to make the Liberals |
ownhearted, they have much to console |
hem in the figures from the other districts, |
which show that they have ousted Union |
SITS in the Colne division of Yorkshire, the |
division of Lincolnshire, in
Wales; the Houghton-Le-
pring division of Durham, the Frome
ivision Somerset in Ratburghshire, Scot
and; the Lonsdale division of Lancashire,
be East division of Norfolk, the Darwen
ivision of Lancashire in Dunbartcnshire,
cotland; in the Walden division of Essex,
n the Cirencester division of Gloucester
hire and in the South division of Ayre-
hire, with other districts yet to be heard
rom. Amid these gains there is one Lib
raj loss to report. That is in the Hexham
vision of Northumberland.
Candidate and Police Chased Four Miles.
A savage election riot occurred to-day at
'festiniog, In Merionethshire, Wales.
When the Conservative candidate for the
lstrlct attempted to address meeting a
lob stormed the platform, overpowering
nd maltreating the police. The police,
once took to their heels, and were pur-
led for four miles out of town. The can
date's carriage was smashed to pieces, the
indows of the Pengwern Hotel were shat
red, and many civilians were badly in
lred.
The aggregates of the polling now are:
1nisterialist, 1,725, ,966; Opposition, ,S51,-
Is. OF the 1877 seats still to be filled, the
held AZ, the dissident Liber-
s 10, the Gladstonians 49 and Irish Ma
onalists 81
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