Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-19
Mr.. Gladstone'S Majority in the Next
House of Commons.
READING COMBINE IN new JERSEY.
Son-in-Law of Mn. M. Evarts
Commits Suicide.
HOTEL FIRE AT LONG BRANCH.
oLADsrONE,s MAJORITY ~.

All but Three OF the House OF Commons
Elected.
LONDON, July 19-There have now been
elected 667 members Of the house Of comm ons
out Of the $40 composing that body. With the
result of the north Kerry election. due today,
the polling in Tippersry which takes, place to-
day, and the polling in the Orkney Islands.
which takes place next week, the contest will be
over.
The parties now stand: Conservatives, 314;
opposition, 353. The three remaining districts
are certain to return supporters of Mr.. Glad
stone so the latters majority in the next house
will be A.
The Daily Ne,rs. commenting on Mr. Bal
four's Ignorant statement that no home rule
is worthy Of the name unless it includes the
right of levying separate customs and power to
endow a church, reminds him that the
legislature OF an American state is
not subordinate to the national congress
but in its own sphere il absolute and indie
pendent, and yet no American state can indulge
ment or impose duties on the admission Of
goods from other states.
Sir Pryce-Jones, who contested the Montgom-
cry district in Wales in the conservative inter-
est and who defeated the Hon. F. Hamburg
Tracy, the liberal candidate, visited Llanid-
They were set upon by an Infatuated crowd
who stoned them and otherwise maltreated
them Sir Pryce was hit on the head with
stone and severely bruised.
CONSERVATIVE VIEW.
The Standard says: 1.-THE government must
meet the new parliament and leave it to Mr.
Gladstone to ask the house Of commons to vote
no confidence In the ministry. but
it does not follow that he will sue
coed in carrying such vote on
the address. The nationalist may move an
amendment TO his resolution that the house re-
fuses to withdraw confidence In Lord Sails
bury till it can repose confidence in
Mr.. Gladstone, and 1t cannot do this
till it knows the course Mr.. Gladstone
intends to pursue in the event Of his accession
to power. Such an amendment would raise the
whole question Of the particular measure Of
home rule Mr.. Gladstone is meditating, and
It il obvious that the anti-Parnellites quite
ss much as the Parnellites would then be
forced to compel him to make in the
house the disclosures which he has so far re-
fused to make to the country. This would be q
natural, logical and legitimate piece OF tactics,
ing in devotion to Mr.. Parneii's
memory and in obedience to his
counsels IL they do no. adopt it. They have
personal wrongs to avenge and cannot be ex-
pected to support Mr.. Gladstone until they
know something Of his plans. II Mr..
Gladstone refuses to be frank and can
and he will be beaten on his own
resolution and will fail to carry . vote Of want
Of confidence or will carry 1t by so absurdly
small majority as to make his accession to
Office anything but certain. II he
consented under the threats Of nomi-
nal adherents to tell the house what
sort of Irish parliament he wishes to create he
would Immediately find himself in this practical
dilemma: Either the plan would dissatisfy the
nationalist or it would dissatisfy the moderate
section Of his English and Scotch supporters.
This is what renders it doubtful whether
Mr.. Gladstone can carry vote Of
want Of confidence, II at all, by more than
light majority. It would then remain for the
government to decide whether to resign or to
continue to hold Office till such time-neces-
sarily not remote-when ii could reappeal to
the country. The government therefore must
stand its ground and invite Mr.. Gladstone to
do his WORT"