Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-07
Quite as Prominent at Elections as
They Are Anywhere Else.
VOTES CAST FOR MEN LONG DEAD,
And Other Desperate Straits Forced on the
Tories Nowadays
HEALTH is Not IMPROVED
tBr CABLE TO THE DISPATCH,


between the two great parties was arranged
beforehand by the whips, SO when Mr.. Pee
was proposed a. speaker all went as harmo
niously as though there were no two partie!
in the State. Members have since beer
sworn in, and contrary to expectation, NJ
objection was made to Michael Davitt, sew
eral Tories having threatened to oppose h d
taking the oath on the ground that he was .
convict who had not completed his time
Of course this was pure malice, as Davit
was released on ticket of leave and hi.
time has long since expired.
The great battle opens on Monday, wher
the Liberals move q vote confidence in the
Tories, with the certain result that Sails.
bury, Balfour and Go. will be ousted from
Office. The Irish Nationalists will vote
solidly for the grand old man, though there
is some soreness on the part of the Healy
ties that their champion was not invited to
confer with Mr. Gladstone at the same time
az Dillon, Davitt and Sexton. That, how.
ever, will wear of before the supreme de.
mand for q united front on behalf of Ire.
land.
HARD work to Get q Division.
The Parnellites will also help to turn out
Salisbury, while reserving to themselves
the right of independent action later in the
event of the measure of home rule not being
sufficient to meet their views But they
have not yet put in an appearance at West
minister. John Redmond, however, has in
tinated his intention of speaking on the
no-confdence resolution, and as so many
others have given similar notice it is be-
lieved to be impossible for the House to
divide so soon as Tuesday night. The
whips on both sides, however, ere doing
their utmost to effect this.
The number of election petitions which
have been lodged against Tory members
has been further increased this week, and
was driven to maintain its position in the
country. The most significant object of all
is that against Mr.. Balfour, whose agents
are charged with wholesale creating and
bribery" Beside this, some of the
voters, by an unexampled dis
play of cunning, voted three times,
while a number of INSCRIPTIONS Tories
voted for Liberals and Tories who had re-
Gently died. The petition alleges that gen.
eral corruption prevailed, and all the state
ments 60 to show that this is true The
trial is not likely to take place before No
vember.
Fun FOR the New Members.
The new members seem to find the House
of Commons great fun. They walk about
filed with wonder at the series Of ever
unfolding surprises. The palatial suite of
dining rooms, the patrician private smok-
ing rooms looking over the river, the state
ly library and the delightful series
of writing rooms. with their unlimited
supplies Of crested paper for the use
of honorable members all these excite the
admiration of the new legislators. Their
ular they all take deep private interest in
Mr. Parnell, ruminating at the table where
he usually ate or smoked, or dropping slyly
into the fallen chiefs chair. Upon the ter
race they skip and race.
One of Justin McCarthy's recruits was
walking in the corridor, yesterday, when
policeman touched his hat as be passed.
The honorable member stopped, and think
ing it the proper thing to do, shook hands
mentioned last week the anxiety which
was felt in regard to the Grand Old Mans
health. I regret to state that, from the re-
suit Of the exhaustive inquiries 1 have
made, Mr.. Gladstone is visibly failing.
There has been no great and sudden change,
but he has no longer that robust
vigor which made him the wonder
of the age. Only a short time
sprightliness of youth. To-day he more
frequently shows the lassitude of the old
man. The strain of the general election has
been great. The strain of conducting the
affairs of State will be greater, and with
such measure IS home rule to be con-
Quoted through the House, 1t is imperative
that the great leaders strength should be
husbanded for those final efforts which he
alone can make.
Gladstone In His Own Way.
The Liberal lieutepants recognize this, but
the greatest obstacle to this care-taking
process is the Grand Old Man himself He
cannot bear to be anywhere but in the front
rank when the battle is raging. 1Teverthe-
less, only the constant pressure OF his doc
tor and wife are effectual in making
him realize that to fall before ac-
complishing the great task upon which
he has set his heart will only be
playing into the hands of the enemies of
Ireland. Seeing how much the Liberal leader
needs repose, some members of his family
are urging him to take seat in the House
Of Lords, under the title of Lord Liverpool
But the Grand Old Man says he does not
desire new name, and he adds pathetically,
when I die want men to read on my
tombstone William Ewart Gladstone.
The first public appearance OF Hon. E.
Blake before an English audience at the
Eighty Club this week was distinct sue
cesa His speech was carefully prepared
and read from manuscript He was sup
ported by q number of advanced Radi-
Gals and Irishmen, and the Liberal papers
all speak highly of his performance.
He made one distinct hit. When refer
ring to the British House of Lords he de-
,lined, he said, to assume beforehand that
'he Lords would reject any bill which was
passed by the Commons after a general
election following upon six years discus
ZION in the country. thine enough" said
Mr.. Blake, 'to bid the devil good morning
when you meet him."
The War That Is Bound to Come.
The English Foreign Office has been
uttered BY the appearance of Russian
lying column on the Pamirs, the horsemen
laving advanced as far as the Hlndoo Koosh.
The party are only explorers, but they
nay be making notes for more formi- |
able forces later, and the dispatches |
i an English party of observation |
how how much alive Lord Roberts is to |
possible Russian descent upon India. Old |
Anglo-Indians, however, regard the Rus
ian movement as directed more against
)hina than India They hold that such q
escent would be fatal to anv
orce seeking to attack India.
When the descent upon England's
reat Asiatic possessions does take place,
hey argue that it must come through |
Nevertheless, everyone feels
are that sooner or later the war between
ingland and Russia must come, and that
Lsia will be the battlefield.
An EpistIe on Parochial Schools.