Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-07-14
GLADSTONE'S VICTORY.
He Has Wiped Out the Government
Majority In the House..

Anxiety Over tho Result in the NIidloth-
iau District To-day.--Lord SaIisbury's
Programme.--Itiot in ireland.
LONDON, July 1i.-There is an air of
contentment and repose about Liberal cir.
cles tonight Although not achieving the
success they anticipated, they feel that
there is q certainty of some majority, and
the assured prospect of offices has a sooth-
ing influence after last weeks strain.
Groups of tho National Liberal Club now
discuss the constitution of the Gladstone
ministry. They rather shun illusions to
the perplexity of party with a small ma
lority composed of diverse elements.
II is taken for granted that the Liberals
will cohere on the Home Rule bill, and
that the Irish sections will accept Mr.. Glad
stones scheme The bill will be expedited
Immediately on the assembling of the
house of commons, and the house of lords
will be challenged under menace of the
extinction of hereditary peers to throw the
act ont. The temper of the Liberals plainly
points to a fierce agitation against the
house of lords should the Home Rule bill,
carried by the house OF commons, even by
an insignificant majority, be rejected
The elections in the counties, though not
fulfilling the most sanguine Liberal ex-
pectance, gives them confidence of having
such n majority as will oblige Lord Sails
of the queen as soon as parliament assem-
bles According to Liberal estimate the
highest conceivable majority is 9s and the
lowest is As.
The officials of the Liberal executive
committee tonight admit that it will be
good luck if they appear in the house with
90 majority, although this implies that no
majority exists in Great Britain in favor
of home rule The Liberals refuse To con
slider the fact that Mr.. Gladstone must
pass the bill by the Irish vote as iustifying
the Conservatives in resorting to obstruc.
ton, or the house of lords in rejecting the
bill.
A Gladstonian whip, Arnold Morley,
speaking at Mansfield to-day, said that if
the lords were foolish enough to run coun-
ter to the vote Of the house of commons
they would either be mended or ended.
No member OF either side has yet ven.
tured to allude to the power behind the
lords, rarely exercising the constitutional
right to interfere, yet known to be ready
10 repel Mr., Gladstone if he cndeayors To
alter the constitution nf the upper house
without an express mandate from decis-
i've majority of the nation. heconserva-
| tives .n0w they can absolutely rely on the
| ofqueen to suppOrtthe lords in the rejection
| the homerule bill rs passed by any majority
| Mr. Gladstone can now obtain.
The queen and Mr.. Gladstone have never
| had other than triglu Official relations.
| The queen only received him when bust
| ness dictated for the information of the
ministry. Mr.. GLADSTONE will find his
| opening trouble with the queen if he offers
a post to Mr.. Lahoucherc; yet the Radicals
| hold that Mr., Gladstone has pledged a
place to Mr.. Labouchere, whose attacks on
| royalty, apart from certain details Of his
tory, have made him obnoxious to thu
queen. Ii Mr.. Labouchere does not get al
office he will be thorn in the side Of tbs
Liberal ministry, and nothing is more
certain than that the queen will refuse tC
| receive him AS minister
The first tight in parliament will be owe
the election pt speaker A section of TIN
Liberals oppose the reelection of Speaker
Peel, and, unless MIR. Gladstone sits on TIN
project there will be hot party contes
for the speakership. For the past 30 year
party leaders have always assented to re
elections to the speakership RETAINING
from regarding the chair OF the house as
party appointment, and probably Mr.
tiladstone's customary reiterance of preco
dent will cause him To suppress the attacl
on Mr. Peel
1t is different, however, with Mr.. Court
ney's post of chairman of committees
which is strictly party post, and Mr.
Courtney will be ousted
Arrangements have heen made to Civ
the defeated minister, Mr.. Richie, sea
by giving Gainsfnrd Bruce the new mem
Der for Holborn, vacant iudgeship.