The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-13
RNqLAND's ELECTION.
Gladstone Making Great Fight In
Midlothian.

Gladstone Making a Great Fight In
Midlothian.
LONDON, July 12.--Since Lord Salisbury's
return from Windsor the Carlton Club has
appeared to have received Information that
the government will remain in Office till 1t
is defeated on party division. Lord Sails
bury will meet parliament with the queens
speech, declaring his policy and inviting an
attack on the division following the debate
on an amendment to the address. The gov
ernment will be defeated and the cabinet
will resign. Lord Salisbury thereupon will
recommend to the queen that she send for
Mr.. Gladstone.
Prominent radicals IN the National Lib
sral Club are tonight discussing what Mr..
Gladstone ought to do. They favored post
poning the home rule bill for a year and 10
open the session of parliament with labor
and rural reform programme. The reasons
for adopting this course are, first, recogni-
tion of the fact that home rule will precip
itate dissolution the first year of parliament,
and, second. if home rule is postponed the
members can rely upon office for two years,
and, next, will give Mr.. Gladstone time to
perfect details Of the measure. Represen-
tations to this effect will be made
20 Mr. Gladstone, but it ia doubtful
if they succeed, as in his private oonversa-
tion with his colleagues he has never fall
tered in his intention to expedite home rule
and then retire from public life
The radicals will nominate Mr.. Labou-
chere for the home office or bhe local govern
ment board.
Owing to the defeat Of Sir Horace Davsy,
at Stockton, Mr.. Rigby, member for For
farshire, will certainly be solicitor general
Up TO midnight the conservatives have
returned 2l4 memb bers Of the new house, the
liberals 1873, the liberal unionists 81, the
aEti-Parnellites 35, the Parnelltes and the
labor candidates 8. The net liberal gain is
81, while that parry only wanted "a in order
TO extinguish the government majority.
THE FIGHT IN MIDLOTHIAN
The liberals will be agreeably surprised
tomorrow If Mr. Gladst0ne's majority in
Midlothian is not reduced by nearly 1,O0U
votes. Tonight reports credit Col. Wau-
chope with getting tie bulk of the farmers
ballots. Col. Wauchope, whose family has
long been connected with Midlothian in-
terests, resides on the ancestral estate, which
is par tly within the district, and he is held
in high esteem for his personal qualities.
He is tall, gaunt, big boned, sandy haired
and freckled in physique in visage typical
Scot and OF frank, generous nature,
rendering him popular with the electors,
high and low. He has a distinguished
record as an officer OF the Black Watch in
Ashantee and Egypt. He is strong union
Isl and bitter enemy of Mr.. Gladstoues
foreign policy. He has devoted
several years to assiduously nursing his
constituency, hoping, if noe able to oust
the liberal chief, at least to minimize the
Importance Of his return. There is no
chance that Mr. Gladstone has been de-
feated, but the liberals are full of fear that
the poll will disclose a greatly reduced vote.
HEAVY VOTE POLLkD.
Late reports from Edinburgh say that In
spite of bad weather the Midlothian poll
was remarkably heavy. The unionists had
the advantage Of possessing most of the
vehicles. Col. Wauchope made tour Of all
the booths to stimulate his supporter The
liberal church party made a strong effort
to give Mr.. Gladstone a lesson on
the church disestablishment question.
They had no desire to unseat him, but they
claim to have reduced his majority by 1000
as a warning. 1t Is known that at the
bankruptcy court in Edinburgh the poll
went against MIR. Gladstone In the propor-
tion OF five to one. The aggregate of the poll
ing so far iS: Ministerialists 1913, 1871; op-
position !, ,59S ,237.