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must 80 down with his. so that
the cost Of production generally may
lie decreased for his benefit. That. in brief.
is the FREQ trade theory. 1t Is low wages.
| low production. and cheap prices.
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Tho Outcome Of n Weeks Voting in tho
| United Kingdom.
According 10 the returns received up to
| the cnd OF last week. 4o5 seats had been
flied out of the GO comprised in the House
| Of Commons. or these the Unonists have
| obtained pit and the Opposition 1873. The
| net Opposition gain Is 81 and. as the oppo-
nents OF Lord SALISBURY only need net
| gain OF Is to give them n majority OF 9. they
are now reasonably sure OF securing
| slight prcpondcrance in the next House.
That they will gain at least seats more
out OF the 265 still unaccounted for may
doubtless be takon for granted. The 1873
opponents OF the present Government. now
ever, do not constitute homogeneous
body. They include 15s Liberals. % Nc
Carthyites. Redmondtes. and Laborists.
Tho representatives OF labor have already
declared their intention to take line OF
their own. and in Wow OF the signs OF a
secret understanding between the Union
lists and the Redmondites. the latter con
scarcely be relied upon for answering sup
port by Mr.. GLADSTONE.
To counterbalance possible detection on
their part and that OF the Laboris.s. the
Liberals must gain not merely but IL
seats in the 265 from which returns are not
as yet Forthcoming. If they do this. and no
more. the Liberals and McCarthyitos COM
b!ned will indeed have IL majority over all
possible opponents. but 30 small ono that
it will be hardly possible for Mr.. GLAD
STONE to form q Government. But suppose
that the gain Of the Liberals in the remain
ing 265 seats is exactly proportional to tho
gain made in tho 4o5 already filled. Then
they will gain not 4. nor II seats. but 90
seats. Such result would give tho Glad
stoniGns a majority OF 30 on a division over
Unionists. Redrnondites. and Laborists
combined. II the counties which vote next
week have as many pleasant surprises in
store for the Liberals as had those which
voted on Friday and Saturday. the estimate
OF an additional net gain OF 20 seats may
prove rather under than over the mark.
Let us leave out of view the Red
mondi'es and Laborlsts and assume that
Mr.. GLADSTONE will have sufficiently
Homogeneous and compact majority OF 20.
made up Of Liberals and McCarthyites. 1t
is not much. but 1t will serve. Under such
circumstances both wings Of his party will
feel the necessity OF making concessions to
each other. and 1t should be possible to
frame Home Rule bill which will receive
their united support. Ofcourse the passage
OF the bill by the slender majority OF 20 or
thereabouts will emboden the House Of
Lords to reject 1t. but Mr.. GLADSTONE has
already given notice that he will not dis
solve Parliament on that ground. On tho
contrary. he will proceed to pass two meas
ures OF peculiar value from the view
point OF vote-getting power. These will
be aimed respectively to crafty first
the wishes OF the agricultural voters.
who are by no means content with the Al
lotments and Small Holdings act conceded
by Lord SALISBURY. and. secondly the de-
mands OF the masses Of the population Of
London for q great extension Of the func-
tions and resources Of their County Coun-
Gil. Not until both Of these bills hlve been
carried through the House of Commons.
and either approved or rejected by the
House Of Lords. will Mr.. GLADSTONE send
up his Home Rule bill second time. Then.
when the Peers again repudate it. as they
are sure to do. he will appeal to the coun-
try on the whole record OF his Ministry.
It is evident from tho county elections
and the returns from the fifty-nine cleo
toral divisions OF London that II Mr. GLAD
STONE had relegated home rule to a Sec
ondary place In his programme. and put
forward most conspicuousy a pledge to
ameliorate the lot OF tho rural laborer, and
tolargely extend the powers Of the London
T~,,n tu hA daft - %h,C ~
tives would have been overwhelming. But
no was determined to avert second seces-
sion like that made in 1886 on tho pretext
that the restoration Of the Dublin Parlia-
ment had not boon pivotal or even a
recognized question In the preceding cleo
ton. This year no man returned as q
Gladstonian can pretend that he Ia not
bound in honor to give Ireland homo rule.
A small majority obtained under such une-
quivocal conditions ought to be more
workable and durable than q much larger
one. secured through placing other issues in
the foreground. by pushing Homo Rule
bill at once on tho opening OF the first work.
ing session OF the now Parliament, Mr..
GLADSTONE will demonstrate his own fldel-
ity to his word and irrevocably commit his
folowers after which no may take up the
other features Of the programme upon
which the triumph Of liberalism In Eng
land must ultimately depend.
In word. it now seems possible that
the Gladstonians and MoCarthyites COM
bined may have a majority Of twenty over
all possible opponents. In which case they
will probably be able to carry Home Rule
bill through the House of Commons.
Tho Tariff Isn't In 1t.
Our valued West Virginia contemporary,
tho WbeeLiy0 Re1iste, still thinks that wa