New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-08

London oct The National Union OF con-
scrvative Associations. which will meet at Car
diff early in November. Will elect the Earl Of
Dunraven owner Of the VallIyrie. to be it's
president This cOnferenc" of the National
Union is to the Conservatives what the great
annual caucus Of the National Liberal Fedora
ton is to the Liberals. and its highest office is
an exceptional political honor The Marquis OF
Butte who has great financial interests in the
Cardiff district possible candidate l"r
the office. but the Earl Of Dunraven IS pre-
fcrrcd as he is not only great Welsh land
owner but also a sound politician lie IS there-
fore the unanimous choice of his party. Al
though Yachting is his dominant passion, ne ~
an earnest student Of public affairs lie IS an
effective speaker, and. while Understanding OF
the Colonies he displayed unexpected quaHUes
as a discreet statesman.
The conference probably will not add any
new pIank to the Conservative platform. when
naturally cannot be enlarged with the ease at
tending the development Of the Liberal pro-
eram,ne The Marquis of Salisbury Will make
his first speech since the adjournment oil fdriia-
ment before the conference. He VIII indicate HIS
limo of policy for the Opposition, and VIII eN-
plain with some detail the means with which
he hopes to effect his grand purpose-an early
dissolution
CONSERVATIVES Confident OF VICTORY
Conservatives are confident that the Govern
ment will be badly beaten in the next general
election The British majority against the Eiao-
stonians is expected by Conservative states
men TO be so decisive that the Irish vote Will
he swamped in the House of Commons. ana the
Unionists will be certain of seven years IN
power This expectation is based largely on
the returns from the constituencies upon the
completion Of the electoral registrations Every
whore the registers show Unionist gains
Mr. Ralfour leader Of the Unonists in the
House of Commons recently described London
as the KEY to the electoral situation, and eX-
pressed the conviction that the returns from
London would reveal an average gain OF 500
votes in every one of thirty metropolitan con-
stituencies He draws from the registrations
the inference that the intense reaction which
he finds to be in progress against the Gov
B eminent ought to be utilized by his party as
soon as possible to push Mr. Gladstone from
power. The trouble with the Conservative man
ayers is that they cannot find any means OF
forcing the Government to a dissolution at
once and when Mr.. Gladstone consents to go
before the country the whole situation among
the voters may be changed.
PROPOSED REDUCTION OF IRISH REPRESENTA-,
TIoN.
Speaking in Edinburgh this week. Mr..
OOScnen, Chancellor OIL the T>AtHequci III tHV
last Salisbury Cabinet, limited that Mr.. Glad
stones projected Registration Reform bill would
be rejected by the House of Lords, unless the
measure should be accompanied by provisions
for such a redistribution Of Parliamentary
seats as would reduce the number Of 1rshmen
at Westminster The Cardiff Conference will
pass resolutions favoring a redistribution Of
seats which will limit the Irish representation
in Parliament TO eighty members. instead OF
l0s as at present. Liberals say. however, that
the rejection of the Registration Reform bill by
the Lords would not lead to a dissolution any
more than did the rejection of the Home Rule
bill Even If the Peers nerve themselves 10
throw out every important Liberal measure
sent up to them by the House of Commons Mr..
Gladstone will proceed to pass through the
lower House all the measures announced in
agreement with the Newcastle programme.
The Speaker comments thus on the report
that the Lords will make fight all along the
line:
If the House Of Lords be bent such a
course, ii is not for the Radicals 10 complain.
The enemies Of the Peers may well eXcaim,
THE Lord has delivered them into our hands
TALK OF CHURCH REUNION FUTILE.
The Church Congress in Birmingham is in
the familiar rut. 1t opened apparently in
Dissenters and toward Christian Socialism. With
every hours proceedings the old intolerance of
dissent has developed more plainly. During
the discussion on reunion OF the churches the
references to the Bishop Of WOrcesters friendly
intercourse with Nonconformists at the Grindel-
wald Conference were received with cries oi
Orator" Men Of such varied theological
tendencies as the Archbishop Of Dublin. Arch
deacon Denison. and the Rev Charles Gore,
author of Lux Mundi," agreed that reunion
was impossible unless the Nonconformists ac-
cepted the sacraments and the historic epsco-
pate AS leading Nonconfornsts have already
refused to consider these conditions. further
talk of church reunion is futile. The Con-
cress's conception of Christian Socialism has
proved to be merely that clerical ideas and in
fuence must be extended more powerfully
among the poor.
different conception of Christian Socialism
prevailed in the meeting of the Ministers Union,
held In London simultaneously with the Biz
mingham Congress DR.. Clifford who presided
at the meeting. described himself as Chris
tian Collectivist, who believed in the collective
control of Industries, beginning with nation
alization manipulation Of the gas works.
water works, tramways and coal mines The
other speakers-one Of them Tom Mann the
labor agitator-denounced every form Of
ploitation of the workingmen" In short. all
the speeches were notable for the language
and tendency which are affected by keir larde
and John Burns
TOM MANN 10 TAKE HOLY ORDERS.
The newspapers making much Of the re-
port that Tom Mann will take holy orders in
December. To Mann's friends the report is no
surprise. He has had wide religious expert
ence as q Methodist a Swe1enborgian. etc. Like
Tiett Hardie. Pckard and most other labor
agitators in England, he can talk as well from
a pulpit as from a truck. AS a curate of the
Established Church he is likely to have some
curious experiences. his future colleagues in
the clergy are already eying him askance
THE Statist" whose money articles are often
hN high Government officials that