The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-12-06
STORMY PETROL GLADSTONE.
The Grand Old Man Talks from His
Retirement

Retirement.
The following is from a recent
London telegraphic letter:
Mr.. Gladstone, in reply to re-
quest for his views as to the proper
methods OF dealing with the House
OF Lords, declines to express an
opinion upon the subject because OF
his retirement from the leadership
OF the party. At about the same
time, however, the ex-premier has
thrown a bomb shell into the midst
OF the strongest group OF his follow
ers by addressing a letter to tho
Bishop Of Chester against local OPP.
ton. In this letter Mr.. Gladstone
declares that il local option pretends
to be remedy for the evils Of drink
ing IL Is little better than an i'm
posture. The principles of the
Gothenberg system lie maintains to
be the only one permissible or at all
tenable, aud to the great amazement
Of both Gladstonians and the Con-
seryatives adds that for long years
be has been strongly Of this opinion.
The temperance party in Great
Britain has been highly scandalized
by this declaration aud their organ
recalls the fact that when Mr.. Glad
stone last came into power 1t was
largely in consequence Of his having
/ repeatedly pied ged himself to secure
the passage Of local option meas
ure. Subsequently during his in
cumbency OF the premiership he APP
proved the bill aud did not say a
word in reference to the Gothenberg
system. Since Mr.. Gladstone's re-
tirement, Sir William Harcourt, who
IL his successor in the leadership Ct
the party, has renewed the pledges
made, absolutely and unquali6edly
committing the government to the
introduction Of q local option bill
before the dissolution Of Parliament.
In the course OF his letter to the
Bishop OF Chester, Mr.. Gladstone
said: II am glad 20 see that Cham.
berlain actively supports the Goth
enberg system" Sir Wilfred Law
son, NJ. T., president OF the United
Kingdom Alliance for the suppress.
sion OF the liquor traffic, protesting
against the change Of front, says
that II the Liberals now depart from
the recognized principle Of their
party and sanction even moderate
drinking under the Gothcnberg sys-
TEN, IL will be the heaviest blow ever
dealt to the temperance cause IN
Great Britain. His party, he de-
clares, will refuse to accept any COM
promise. The influential British
Weekly Review, dissenting in com
menting upon the declaration of Mr..
Gladstone, says: "To what things
are we coming IL Mr.. Gladstone has
taken the field in this wise against
measures Of bis own cabinet2 What
does the reference tn Mr.. Chamber.
lain meant II seems certain that
the last aud most astounding Glad.
stonian development is yet to he
witnessed" This remark refers to a
rumor that has been put in circula.
ton that Mr.. Gladstone has been al.
vising Lord Rosebery to subordinate
home rule to questions OF English
social reform, and try to come 10
terms with the Unionists with refer.
snce to Irish Affairs.
ANTI SOCIALIST MANIFESTO.
Two OF the strongest aud wealth.
est labor organizations in Gr.a,
Britain, the Boilermakers' and Ship,
builders Unions, have issued u Join,
manifesto denouncipg the Socialistic
tendencies shown by the majority oi
the delegates To the Trades Union
congress recently held at Norwich.
The manifesto says in part: ave
differ fundamentally with the ideas
advanced. The congress has ceased
to represent the unions and has be,
come q gathering OF advanced So.
cialists, who, were their ideas to pre-.
vail, would prove curse to labor
and whose methods would ultimate.
ly result in restricted freedom and
diminished resources. Progress would
DO arrested and in q short time the
working classes would be placed in a
condition OF abject dependence upon
the state. Collectivism cannot take
the place OF individualism; the man
can never be absorbed by the crowd
IL the shOuters at the congress would
work more for the unions aud less IN
passing wild resolutions il would be
better for those they represent
This organized movement against
the Socialist wire-pullers is support,
oil by several other unions, which
wish to follow the old lines limiting
the combined action to purely trade
matters, as apart from pay. The
Free Labor Association, All organiza
ton which has been in existence
several years, has suddenly sprung
into prominence through the activity
displayed by it in its opposition tc
the Socialist members OF the con
gress. The association publishes /,
report showing that, out OF 9,7s6,07;
male workingmen in the UniteG
Kingdom, only l,Ol9,0l4 are union