Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-02
WILL BE Holly CONTESTED.
Party Spirit In England Hss Rarely Been 6
Bitter.

fafty spirit IN England Has HAroly B0en So
Bitter.
The presentsenerationh has seen no general cleo
ton which win be 20 holly contested a. the one
nowproceeding. says an Associated Press dispatch
from London. Party spirit 10 % embitsered
that open conflicts on the streets are prevented
only by the restraints Of the judicious systam
now existing for the control Of election pro-
cedure. Political feeling boiis over ct all the
meetings, especially when they are held in
rooms. The candidates are howled down, row.
dyism is rampant and the assemblages are
broken up. Mnny Of the candidates fnd IL
necessary to adopt the plan Of making tours Of
their districts in wagonettes and speaking to
their audiences in the open all, where they gen.
orally get hearing.
These often impromptu gatherings largely
occur in the districts in London inhabited by
workingmen, where organized bands of bullies
are bribed to incite to riot. When the assem-
blages are addessed from wagonettes these
DULLES do not have time to arrange thor plans
to interfere, and the candidate makes his
speech and gets away before the leaders Of the
DULLES can get their gangs together.
CORRUPTION FUNDS.
Enormous sums Of money are being spent by
both conservatives and liberals in hidden ways
SO az to evade the bribery act The liberals
| anpler than anything the liberals executive can
obtain, with running paid socialist and labor
| candidates to break tho liberal vote. "A a mat
ter of fact the list Of both socialist and labor
candidates who are standing for election has
| become thinned during the week. The list
presents thirty-three labor candidates, includ-
| ing those who are seeking reelection. Seven Of
| them have no chance Of success and their only
aim is to spoil the chances of the liberals stand
/ ing in their districts. Thus there are only
| Syenty-six genuine labor candidates in the
| field, Of which number only fourteen are likely
to be elected, making the labor vote in the next
parliament OF about the same value il was in the
last.
| THE LABOR QUESTION.
Several socialists pose as labor men, but pure
socialism has absolutely vanished. Still the
labor question is the front plank in the plat
! forms of liberals and conservatives alike The
conservatives in London and other popular
centers outbid their opponents in the extent of
their social program. The case of the tory can
didates at Stepney and Limehouse applies to
the others. They advocate the establishment
OF an eight-hour day, the creation Of labor
/ minister and the taxation Of ground rents.
They also advocate the fixing of the rate of
wages by the union. program ike this cuts
out the labor party and beggars the socialists
The trades unions are suspicious as to the con-
eervative pledges and continue to incline to-
ward the liberal candidates.
| PARTY FORECASTS
No new factor has appeared during the week
to alter the party forecasts. high govern
ment official told the representative Of the As
sociated Press that the cabinet had shown their
| conviction of coming defeat by setting their
private papers in order in readiness to vacate
their Offices. The ministers never leave all their
official papers for their successors. Documents
revealing too much disappear. A general clear
! nnce of those dOfr1mpOt ia which fbr 1heral
eminent will be unable to claim has already &C.
CURED. Mr.. Gladstone's declaration that tho
rejection of the home rule bill by the house Of
lords will not involve q fresh appeal to the
| country, as parliament will then proceed with
other measures, has been a shock to the Irish
party. 1t is certain that they will not toiera te
any action OF the house Of lords tending to in
definitely shelve the home rule question
NoN-coNFoEM1sIs' MANIFESTO.
The British non-conformists have issued
manifesto as a counter blast to the Ulster move
ment. The declaration is a vigorous defense Of
Mr.. Gladstone, but hardly one In a hundred of
the British non-conformist ministers sign il.
Its adherents express supreme confidence that
Mr.. Gladstone will not be guilty of treason; that
| religious freedom will never jeopardize the lib
critics Of Ulster Protestants; that parliament
will never pass O scheme favoring the Romish
ecclesiastical system and generally that the fears
| Of the Obstetrics are utterly groundless
Dr. Dale, the leader OF the Congregational ists,
and DIR. Dailinger, The leader OF the Methodists,
protest against assigning to the manifesto the
character of representative non-conformist
opinion.
| RESULTS IN IRELAND.
The speakers estimate of the Irish electoral
results is: Anti-Parnellites, IS; unionists, 90;
Parnellites, g. The unionists say they are GER
tain to have twenty-eight seats and the Parrcl-
htes predict the return Of twcnts -four Of their
candidates. Timothy Healy offers ten to one
that the Parnellites will get only five seats
Lord Roseberry has made q speech in which
he approved Lord Salisbury's foreign policy
and has thereby so angered the radicals that
| they are already wire pulling to place Lord
Ripon in the foreign office. French papers
| concur in the opinion that Lord Roseberry has
dispelled the illusion that Mr. Gladstone's ac-
cession to power would mean the evacuation of
Egypt.