New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-02

A HOTLY FOUGHT CAMPAIGN.
THE CANDIDATES AND THE RowDIDS-THE |
LABOR voTE-FoRECASTs OF THE RESULT.


Copyrisht; 1892 By me Neu York Aisociatsd Pross
| London. J;ly 1.-THE present generation has seen
no general election hoty contested as Will be the
| one now proceeding. Party spirit is embittcred
that open conflicts IN the streets are pr"-
| vented only by the restraints OF the )ndlclDuS
system existing for the control OF election pro
| cedure Political feeling bols at all the meet
ings especially those held in The candidates
are howled down, rowdysm is rampant, and the
assemblages are broken up Many Of the candidates
| find 1t necessary to adopt the plan of making tours
Of their districts IN wagonetes aud speaking to their
audiences IN the open air where they generally get
a hearing These often impromptu gatherings largely
occur in the districts In London Inhabited by working
| men. where organized bands Of bules arr bnbcd
| to iucte 10 riot When the assemblagcs are ad
dressed from wagonees these bullies do not have
time TO arrange their plans to interfere ana the
candidate makes his speech and gets away before
the leaders of the bulscs can get their gangs Il"
gethcr
Enormous sums Of money are being spent BY both
parties In hidden ways, 10 evadc The Bribery
act The Liberals charge the Conservatives, whose
purse Is ampler than anything the Liberal Executive can
obtain with running paid socialist ana Labor candi
dates 10 break tire Liberal vote. A. matter ot
fact the LIT OF both socialist and Labor cindidatrs
who are standing for election has become thnned
during the week. To-nglts list presents thirty three
Labor candidates. inducing those who are seeking
-, election eeve, Of them have no chance Of sue
cess and their only IS 10 spoil the chances Of The
Liberals standing in their districts. Thus there arh
Jnly twenty six genuine Labor candidates III ti'
field of which number only fourteen are likely 20 lie
elected maing the labor vote in the next PARLIAMENT
of about the same value IT in the list The
socialists are nowhere. several pose - Labor men,
Int pure Socialism has absolutely vanished. stiil'
the labor ques lion is the front plank in the platforms
Of the Liberals ard Conservatives ahhc. The '"h-
servativcs In London and other popul0s centres Out
bid their opponents In the extent OF Their social
programme The case Of the Tory candidates at
stepncy and LimchOuse applies TO Others. They ad-
vocate tie establishment Of dghthour day the
creation Of a Labor Minister and the taxation of
ground rents. They also advocate the fixing OF rate
Of wages by the unions. programme Ike THIS cnts
out the Labor party and beggars the socialists Inc
trades unions suspicious as TO the Conservative
pledges and continue incline toward the Liberal
candidates.
No new factor has appeared during the week 10
alter the party forecasts. high Government Official
told the representative of the Associated Press NAT
the Cabinet bad shown their conviction Of coming
defeat by setting their private papers In oIucr III
readiness vacite their Offices. The Ministers never
leave their official papers for their successors
Documents revealing too much disappear a general
clearance Of those documents which the Liberal GOV
ernment Will lie unable 10 claim has hlreauS oo
CURED.
Mr.. Gladstone,s declaration that the rejection OF
the Home Rule bill by the House Of Lords Will not in
volve fresh appeal to the country as Parliament WI"
then proceed with other measures ha, been stroke Ia
the Irish party. Ii IS certain that they VIII Ho'
tolerate any action OF the House OF Lords tending ts
shelve indefinitely the Home Rule question.
The British NoncOnormlsts have issued "A manliest
as a counterbast TO the Ulster movement The
declaration Is vigorous defence Of Mr.. Gladstone, but
IS signed BY hardly in hundred Of the British
Noucon fornist ministers. Its adherents express
supreme confidence that Mr.. Gladstone viii not be
guilty Of treason that religious freedom will never
jcopardlze tho liberties of Ulster Potestants that
Parliament win never pass scheme avO1ng the
Romsh ecclesiastical system and, generally, that the
fears OF the Ilstcrites utterly gr0undless
Dr. Dale the leader Of the Congreg gaonalists and Dr.
Dalnger the leader Of the Methodts, protest against
assigning 10 the manifesto the character of representa-
TIVE NoncOnfornist opinion. .
.ThP SpeakerS' estimate OF the Iish electoral result
is. Auti-lameilites seventy five UniOniss, twenty,
Farnel!cs b. The UniOnsts say they arr certain to
r.turn of wcnty-fOu Of their candidates. Timothy
Hcaly offers 10 to that the Parnees will get only
live seats. ,. -. A.. ,,-.. hit.
speaking last night, was asked whether or not Mr..
Gladstone had got the assent OF Messrs. Dillon,
Mccarthy and Healy to his declaration that the re-
lection Of the Home Rule bill by the House OF Lords
would involve fresh apptal 10 tNc country, AS
Parliament would then proceed with other business.
Mr. Goschcn replied that such course was i'm.
mean the dissolution of Parliament and the putting Of
the question straight TO the people, without accessory
programmes confusing the issue.
Ihe opinion Of Mr.. Goschep Is the opinion oi every