New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-20

a Liberal Government than there was why Mr..
Mundclla should have declined 10 sit on tho
Royal Commission on Labor because it was ap-
pointed by a Conservative Government. and had
as chairman the leader OF the dssentient Liberal
party. 1t will be difficult for Mr.. Chamberlain
TO find an adequate reason for declining tho
invitation.
Meanwhile the labor question is forcing itself 10
the 'front.' in the clamor of the unemployed The
PRESIDENT of the Local Government Board has is
sued circular addressed to the boards Of guard
ians and other local authorities all over the coun-
'ry, urging them as far practicable TO naugurate
ana push forward public works aiIor1ing n wage
iund for the unemployed. A deputaton is daily
waiting upon the County Council. School Board
the heads of Ministerial departments imploring
work or some form Of assistance to carry them
over the winter.
The evidence given In support Of the election
petition against the return of Mr.. Balfour for
East Manchester discoscs on the Liberal side a
fatal tendency TO believe evil of an adversary.
The case chiefly rested on the evidence of a barber
named Green, who told the agents for the peti-
TONER that he had been intrustcd with large
number of tickets for drink to be given away
to Mr.. Balfour's supporters. He affirmed that he
had o large batch of unused tickets in his house,
and undertook to place them at the disposal OF the
petitioner for the purpose OF action. Chtor'u-
nately, as the Judge observed. on the
eve of the performance Of this promise
burglars broke into the BARRIERS shop, carried oil
'hc box, and the damnins proofs disappeared from
human ken. The Judge declared Barper Green
story utterly unworthy OF belief and dismissed
the petition The costs which Will be heaVy,
must be borne by Professor Munro the Loer"4
candidate, who presented the petition
The Liberals have found compensation az W IL
sail, where tho judges have declared the eec'ioi'
void. Local circumstances make this lmpoIt"n''
as pointing to a strong probability Of tho MiniS-
terial majority again standing at the round neure
Of forty, whence it was dispossessed by recount
of the Grcenock poll Walsall has been ioT more
than Gfty years a Liberal seat During 'he 'eh-
ancy Of Sir Charles Forster IT was regardcd - 50
impregnable that the Tories refrained from a'acN'
Among the surprises of tho General Election hohe
was more startling than TO hnd WalsaH so"o
Tory. How this was accomplished is disclosed by
,,Noo ho,oro tho election iudge The
Licensed Victuallers' Association came down hand
somclv Drink flowed like Water for any who
would vote against the Liberal candidate. Even
with +bcse advantages the Conservative got III by
only n small majority. Both sides expect that at
tbe new election Wasall will send q supporter oil
Mr. Gladstones policy.
The verdict Of the coroncr's jury on the IhlrsN
accident was really one of manslaugh'"r against
the directors. Signalman Holmes Is IN CUSTODY
and the verdict assigns the Gauge of the collision
TO his culpable negligence, but the jury hurry OIL
70 get AZ the directors, whom they declare TO be
n,llv responsible for the terrible loss Of life that
,ol,owcd on the accident. The evidence showed
that Holmes. having been on Internationally long
time at his post, and having in vain applied for
relicf fell asleep, and waking with start Sig
nailed the line clear when A goods tram was Oh
the rails. From the first Holmes made clean
breast OF the whole bad business. Pubic syH-
pathy Is strongly with him. Every one is now
waiting TO see what will happen 10 the directors
q body Including some well-llnown men, IhEee are
members OF Parliament, Mr. Wharton, Sir Joseph
Pease and Sir Matthew White Ridley, who from
time to time has been Conservative candidate for
the Speaker rship OF the House OF Commons.
The news Of the intention of the French Gov
ernmcnt 10 take criminal proceedings against the
Panama Canal directors created profound sei'a-
tion here which chiefly centres around NJ DE
I,Asscls. who mas many persona frlcn Is III Lon
don. and whose figure a. the creator Of the Sue
Canal looms large the British mind. a mcI0n-
choly coincidence in the episode Is the fact that
to-day is NJ. De Lsscps's birthday. "lr Grand
Francas,o as in the rush of enthusiasm round the
Panama Canal project the Parisians hailed him,
wa, born November 10, 1905, and Is Therefore
four wears and some weeks older than Mr.. Clad
stone. Up to a recent date tie French Grand
Old Man equalled his English brother IN respect
Of physical art mental energy. FoGr or hVc
Years aco there way no more familiar lcurc III
,he Pois dc Boulopnc than his as hc rode at Il
gallop at tie head Of a laughing caValca0c oi
grandchildren. OF late he las shown Signs Oh
breaking up, and. is not likely long 70 surNFo
oven the threat Of inclusion in tie Indictment
Cor fraudulent practices by which the French
nation has previously suffered. H. W. H.