The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-02
MEN SCARCER THAN MONEY.
THE LIBERALS SHORT OF MAG
NETIC CANDIDATES.

ux4y to seventy Constituencies Here
tOfore Contested by the Party Now
without Suitable CandIdates-A
Drain Upon the Funds of the Party
in the Coming Election n FOregOne
ConcIusiOn-Tbe Defeat of the Par
II Also Seems acknowledgements
ion of the Tory Cabinet.
London, June The decision arrived at
" the cabinet to resolutely continue the
government bills in the House of Commons
until autumn, no matter how small the lib
.ral majority, is chiefly due to the desper-
ale position of the party through its un-
preparedness for a general election. The
latest report Of the executive committee of
the liberal federation shows that there are
still from sixty to seventy constituencies
that have hitherto been contested by the
liberals that are without suitable candid
ltes. There are plenty of men Offering to
stand but they would require the aid of
the party purse, and they lack the local
Influence or general reputation that would
give their candidacy a chance of success.
drain upon the funds of the party is in
evitable, and the Weather liberals are
again subscribing freely
The baronetcies just conferred on Messrs.
Brunner Dale and Dunn. and the knight
hoods conferred on Messrs. Furness, Lees
and Pullar all of whom are commercial
magnates, have their first reason in the
large sums each had contributed to the
support of the party.
The weakness of the liberals does not
lie so much in a scarcity of money as in
the lack Of good men to make a fight in
the constituencies. This weakness threat
ems to overwhelm the party in disaster at
the elections, which are believed by many
10 be close at hand. The members of the
government think that delay will enable
them to better consolidate their forces.
The business of the House of Commons
has been so arranged for after the Whit
suntide holidays that the local veto bill,
the stumbling stone in the pathway of the
government, will be thrown back until the
end of July. If the supporters of the local
veto measure persist in putting it in the
front rank, a general party conference will
be summoned to decide upon the course to
be followed.
The unionists are eager to force the dis
eu4ullDu OF the House. 10eN ldih Ol IlON-
ing a vote of want of confidence in the
government as soon as the House resumes
business, but the impatience of the rank
and file is controlled by the leaders, who
continuing confident of the defeat of the
government on the local veto bill, are will
Ing to wait until July before they attempt
to overthrow the ministry.
The liberals will enter the electoral cam
paign expecting to be defeated
The unionists, who feel assured of a
majority in the next house, are already
discussing the composition of the next
cabinet. 1t is almost certain that there
viii be startling changes from the last
unionist ministry. The members of the
Carlton Club are deao set against the
Rt. Hon. George ]. Goschen again hold
ing the office Of chancellor of the ex>
chequer and insist that Sir Michael Hicks
Beach be appointed to the post. Mr.. Cos
chen's old colleagues want him to go to
the House of Lords, but political burial
does not suit him. He declares that he
Is not rich enough to take a peerage.
Hitherto it has been supposed that he
was among the wealthiest men,
bers of the liberal unionist party. 1t
transpires that the income from the firm
OF Fruhling & Gosehen is distributed
among numerous proprietors. Mr.. Goschen
is also required to provide for a large fam
lily, and consequently he does not feel able
seph Chamberlain, the leader of the lib
sral-unionists, also aims to become chan
celor of the exchequer. The conservatives
desire that he should take the post of Sec
retary of state for war. They
want a man in that office who is
strong enough to tackle the ques-
ton of the Duke of Cambride's retention
Of the commandership-in-ch of her
majestys forces. 1t is a mistake to sup
pose that the conservatives favor the Duke
Of Cambridge. The old tories have old
time notions on this subject, but the
Younger conservatives, rejecting the feel
ing of the army, strongly resent
The dukes continuance in the post.
They would abolish the position, thus de-
prlving the Duke of Connaught or other
members of the royal family of the chance
OF claiming the hereditary right to the
chief Comamnd of the army