St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-18
These Are the Figures Indi-
eating the Lead Of Mr..
Gladstone.
The Liberal Government Pol.
icy Will Not Be Outlined )
Until October.
Work of Legislation Is Prob
ably to Be Postponed I'm
til Spring.
The Unionist Press Says Home
Rule Cannot Be Carried i
by Irish Votes.

LONDON. July 17.-All the cabinet
ministers have been summoned to LON
don for Thursday next. Mr.. Balfour,
arriving in town yesterday. proceeded
to Hatfield house to see Lord Salisbury.
The latter went to Windsor to meet the
Duke of Devonshire, who has been st ay-
ing at Fastnet for some time. 1t is ex-
pected that some develOpme nts of an
unwOnted character are impending. A
number of members of the Carleton
club came into town today to watch
events. The political clubs are
crowded. A rumor is afioat
that the Carleton club men
stated that portion of the cabi net
wanted Lord Salisbury to resign forth
with in order to force Mr.. Girdstone to
disclosure of his home rule and general
policy and SO precipitare the crisis. The
Liberal leaders are prepared to take
office Immediately or await the defeat
of the government on the anne ndment
to the address. No tactics that the pres
ent. government can adopt will force
the hands of Mr.. Gladstone. If Lord
Salisbury does not await formal vote
of expulsion, the Liberal government
policy.a las outlined in the queens speech,
can be so couched as to
Reveal Nothing
that the Conservatives do not already
know. If the Conservatives rely upon
forcing Mr.. Gladstone to declare him.
self fully on the debate to the amend
ment, that depends upon his pleasure.
The course that Mr.. Gladstone adopts
will not in the slightest be influenced
by the views of the opposition, but
rather directed to battle them. A con-
ference of Mr.. Gladstone and his col.
leagues is expected to take place on,
Thursday. The difficulties of working
with majority dependent upon the
Irish members are fully appreciated at
the Liberal HEADQUARTERS. Among the
troubles menacing the new govern
ment Is the habit of the Irish.
members of irregular attendance.
Many of them have had business affairs
III Ireland to look after hitherto, and
only appeared in the house when they
were summoned there by the eXigency
of Irish affairs. The special business be-.
ing finished, they vanished again. If
this practice is continued under the new
government, the absence of some forty
Irish members will render the govern
HuCut lIdOlC W oClCdb IilOnCnU, ,
Parnell kept his men together when the
party in the house was full by personal
payments at regular intervals, enabling,
them to disregard the claims of private
affairs. The Liberals might have re-
course to subsidiZing the McCarthyites,
but this would place the party =
Under Oblig cations
which it is almost impossible to accept.
II the American subscriptions freely
continue during the final crisis. the
home rule party will be wonderfully
heartened and strengthened. All sides
recognize the fact that the present cleo
tiOns, costing, as they have. about
92,500,000, are the only prelude to a
more decisive electoral campaign, when
more money must be expended, and the
local organizations everywhere must be
maintained in full vigor. The resources
of the UniOnists are ineXhaustible COM
pared with those of the Liberals, though
since resorting to the financial position
of the party, the Associated Press cor
respondent has learned that assurances
have been obtained by the Liberal ex-
ecutive that wealthy Gladstonians
are ready to respond to de-
mands during the coming crisis in
parliament. A month must elapse be-
fore the actual business of the house
OCSlUSs 4HO GiOCldlS CdlCuldtC blldb Ii
will be October before the new govern
ment can be called upon to present to
parliament its programme. The import
of this and the estimate of progress is
that it is probable that Mr.. Gladstone
will not begin the work of legislation in
the winter session, but will postpone it
until next spring. A section of the
Conservatives cherish the delusion that
Lord Salisbury, still holding majority
OF the British seats, can
Refuse to Resign
until another appeal has been made to
the country. Some Tory papers seek to
deny that such course would be I'M
constitutional, though the bulk of them
admit that the government must vacate
Office on the first adverse vote. An
analysis of the latest returns shows the
value of the British vote on which the
Conservatives now rely as the bulwark
for the rejection of home rule. The
number of members thus far returned
is 652. This leaves only Is results yet
undeclared. Scotland sends IL Con-
servatives, Liberals and 10 UniOnistS.
Wales sends 2 Conservatives and 26
Liberals. and Ireland. II Conservatives.
Unionists, Ga McCarthyites and
Parnellites. The opposition combined
thus aggregates 342, and the Unionists
olU. vi Tie 10 SEALS yct uuToIuTueU {
are Irish and British in the late parlia-
ment were held by the opposition and
by the Unionists. As changes are
unlikely, the new parliament will con-
sist of 355 Gladstonians and SIS Union
lists. The total number of Unionists
returned by Great Britain is 292, and
the total Gladstonians 275, including
tomorrow's results in the eighteen re-
naming districts. When Great Britain
shows clear majority for home rule,s
especially when these votes are twenty
in excess of their fair proportion ac-
cording to the relative population of the
countries. The total number of votes
recorded up to date is as follows: OPP
position, 2.199,594; Unionists, ZOO, 1892.