St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-11
GLADsTONE'S DOOM.
The Grand Old Man Cannot Be
the Salisbury Phalanx.

The Grand Old Man Cannot Beat
the Salisbury Phalanx.
zone would be 10th to believe that the
English people have the vague and .er
ratio idea of American politics that-they
really have" said j. S. Hillyer, at the
Merchants yesterday. A brief introduce
ton to Mi. Hillyer may be necessary.
lie was formerly a banker, miner and
miller OF Bismarck. anu is now con-
nected with a milling industry in Du-
iuth. He has just returned from three
years stay in England, and will now
Superlntend his vast interests at the
head of the lakes. He was in st. Paul
on business mission, and he chatted
freely upon the.political situation both
of this country and England. 80
over there" he pursued, "they have.
the most vague ideas of everything
American. They get our political de-
marcatiOns so COMPOUNDED that had to
laugh when party undertook to dis
cusS the situation i'll this country. 70
me it was very amusing. And on the
other hand =! am sorely puzzled to know
how on earth the people can SO misun-
derstand the political situation across
the water. | tell you that Gladstone
hasn't the least Imaginable show of
election. l notice that the claim is
made that lie expects to get
majority of the counties. This
is ridiculous on the very face of
1t. 1t is equivalent to asserting that the
lana owners are recOnciled to the Lib
eral movement, when it is notorious
that the counties are the stronghold of
Conservatism. They will elect Sails
bury by a mighty majority. The fact is,
home rule cuts no figure in the contest.
Since ParnelI'S fall the home rule cause
has not been prominent factor in poll
ties in England. The fancy is pretty
deep-seated that the leaders of the
movement are in for special motives.
The belief, in other words, is that the
great aim is to get sinecure. An easy
life in London has its attractions, and
people enter any plan with ayldity that
promises to land them in parliament.
That is the secret"
Mr.. Hillyer expressed in an interest
ing strain his many experiences while
abroad. He pronounced London the
finest city in the universe, and his elO-
Quence knows no bounds when describ-
ing the admirable arrangements of the
mighty metropolis that has been the
seat OF so many strifes that have made
the entire world thrOb with excitement.
in Europe, and that it even surpasses
the cities of this country in many
respects, although he is loyal to
his nativity. 1t is the east
est place in the world to go
about, he insists. owing to the system of
conveyances. The street cars are al
lowed to come only to a certain point,
whe ncabs do the service. The Ordin-
ances regulating the handling of traffic
confine the number of passengers that
any conveyance may take, and a stiff
fine is provided in case of violation of
the prohibitive clause. The prices are
nominal and easy and there is scarcely
any danger of making mistake. Traffic
VIGILANCE of the police of London. and a
better regulated police force, says MIR.
Hillyer. does not exist.
The return trip on the ocean was one
of the most exciting events that Mr..
Hillyer experienced during his travels,
he assured the reporter. 1t was a race
between two mighty steamships. He
came on fhe Alaska, and the rival boat
/ was the Aurania. The former left the
wharf at Queenstown forty minutes
/ ahead. but when out two. days the
steamer had to lay to for repairs
Isto the machinery, and an hour and
lorty minutes were IOSt. allHnlie
the Aurania passed and signaled good.
again all that could be discovered on
the horizon was the smoke of the
Aurania. and this continued for two
days, when the boat was once more III
sight, and finally the Alaska succeeded
in passing and really arrived in the
New York harbor fourteen minutes in
advance. The excitement was intense,
and the eXultant shouts of the yictors
carried chagrin to the defeated.