New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-03
AN ELECTION STORY.
THE UNIONISr VICTORY AT HEREFORD
HOW IT WAS WON, AND WHAT
TT PROBABLY MEANS.

Grenfcll elected a. Glndstonian in 1892. hat
resigned because he could no longer stomach
Home Rule and, in q lesser degree, because h
could not convert his leader to bimetalism. MI
Grenfell, naturally and Loyalty. told his owl
side first that he meant to go. The Gladstonial
Whips had start of several weeks They made
secretly Of course, every preparation to re
place Mr.. Grenfell by some one who would regar'
the interests of party as paramount. Time. II
such cases, Is of much advantage. They in
duced Sir Joseph Pulley to stand. lie is Here
ford man, and sat for that constituency in 1888
He IA rich, popular. respected-the last two d.
not always 20 together-charitable, and for hi
good character. wealth and party services was
created Baronet by Mr.. Glads.one's advice t.
Her Majesty on the last royal birthday. Wher
the Unionists were allowed to know there wa:
to be Q vacancy in Hereford, they had to find
. candidate rather suddenly. They selected Mr.
Radcliffe Cooke. also Herefordshire man. but
nth nothing like the local influence OF Sir
Joseph Pulley. There can he no doubt that
both in the electionecring conditions of the con-
test and in their candidate the Gladstonians
had clear advantage.
But what made both parties regard Here
ford 90 eagerly was the fact that it is the first
constituency which had chance to declare It's
opinion on Home Rule since Home Rule has taken
its present shape. with the Ninth Clause IN the
last, or more accurately speaking. in the
latest. share it has received from the manlpula'-
ing hand OF it's venerable author. 1t is also inc
frst 10 vote since Mr.. Gladstone has set mp the
Gag and Guillotine as instruments of Paria-
mentary procedure Politicians were Keen 10
know what impression had been made on the
country by these interesting novelties Here
ford has given them, not Of course complete
answer. but An answer 1t has rejected Sir
Joseph Pulley, the Gladstonan. and elected Mr.
Radcliffe Cooke. the Unonist. 1t has turned
Gladstonian majority of l2,7 into Unionist ma
iority of A. The borough was fought by the
Jnionjsts on a bad register. and at a time o,
year when a proportion OF their voters are away
At the seaside on the moors or abroad. Aet
fhe Unionist vote increased from 1880 to 1,oo4
and the Gladstonian vote fell from 1907 to
1850.
T. il rather remarkable that the Gladstonians
erread abroad false account Of their bill and
df the Ninth Clause. "A circular issued py
the Home Rule Union. which is run py MT
Morton, NJ r for Davenport, informed the
electors Of Hereford that the number Of irish
members would be reduced from 103 to so,
which il true and that the so would not be
allowed 70 vote on British questions, which is
untrue Under Mr. Glndstone's present scheme,
being the third he has in succession recommended
70 the House Of Commons. the Irish remain for
all purposes. They will have their own Parlia-
nent in Dublin. and they will come to west
minister to vote on English and Scotch ques-
lions; precisely the scheme TO which Mr. Glad
stone. az Manchester in 1885. pledged himself
never TO be a party Does Mr.. Morton's cir
euler f0reshadow some fourth scheme or wus
= only an individual indiscretionP Then there
Vas the railway question. The Gladstonian
6srsns invite You to believe that the election
turned on the question whether the servants OF
the Northwestern Railway Company should or
should not be allowed to contract themselves out
d the new Employers Liability Bill. That
NAV have influenced votes, but are we to I'M
dsFstsnd that. in 1.-THE opinion of the Gladstonians
themselves Home Rule is a matter about which
Homo Rulers in England care 80 little that they
make 1t subsidiary TO the Employers Liability
Bill? Altogether, Hereford, though far from
beiuR q safe guide to the opinion Of the country
u q whole is, to certain extent, significant.
Il YOU doubt il. read the Gladstonian organs
md listen to the sounds Of woe and OF rage which
recsed from those instruments.
listen also, if you will, to voice from the
Unionist camp. "The Times" prints to-day a
vury remarkable letter signed "Herefordiensls
the writer Of which believe to be very dis
Instructive from many points Of view, not least
by reason of it's eulogy upon the Gladstoniap
candidate. Of whom this opponent writes in
tsems which might 60 far to shake what seems
10 Ae Q common American notion, the notion
tAae personal acrimony is, in England, the in
varisble accompaniment OF political disagree
nents He says:
ITO Sir Joseph Pulley. Hereford, the whole
Unionist and Gladstonian--is de-
voted. In Hereford and Herefordshire he has
fought some seven contests. No man has
kinder heart or freer hand than he. Not caring
for return reward, Sir Joseph Pulley has been
doing much good for its own sake. Men and
women. young and old, rich and poor, have learnt
to bless him for his unostentatous charities. Lv-
ing near Hereford, his charming residence and
grounds have been periodically opened to all
it's citisens."
A man on whom an adversary pronounces such
q eulogy a. that must have some very valid and
attractive virtues Of character. II is eulogy to
which everybody vino knows him will subscribe.
But II the personal part of this letter is amable
the political part is p.sinspoken enough, and the
writee-who certainly is not writer by trade
draws som6 very large conclusions. The Glad
Btonians, he remarks with energy, had better know
The truth,-the Ninth Clause has brought their
loom upon them. To convince them Of that he
.rrayu. one by one, the advantages the Gladstoni-
,us. beside the immense popularity Of their can
lidate. had ON their side. The Unionist candi-
late was comparative stranger. What is called
ust now bad register means the new register
4 last autumn, on which the Gladstonians were
100 to the good they had gained 200, that is. on
he revision Of the old register The Unionists
vere taken by surprise; they had no organization.
10 agent, not even marked register at their CON-
uand. The Gladstonians had thirteen members
4 Parliament to speak for them, including some
4 their most effective campaign orators; men,
win add, who thoroughly understand the art
4 delivering their most damaging attacks too
.ts 20 be answered. They had Mr.. Herbert
Iladstone to bring personal charges against Mr.
,noka which. when challenged he neither with