New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-14
Edward Henry Corson and the Right Hon. d. II
Plunkett for Dublin University
LIBERALS.

shaw Tor the Harwck District
LIBERAL UNIONIST.
! Hugh Arnold Foster for the West Division OF
Belfast.
PARNELLITES.
JOAN Daily. for Limerick city
| UNIONIsrs INOPPOsED IN MANY DISTRICTS.
TIE Unionsts started In Yesterday. the first
! day Of the elections for members OF the new
! Parliament. by returning twenty-elght men to
the House without opposition. while the Liberals
! returned only thrc. all the Parneuitcs three.
| Tho Conservative organs hail this result az a
| good omen The SUCCESS Of the Unionists at the
polls I'm actual contests cannot nearly correspond
| with this showing, bu' there Is an und0ubted
| significance IN ths fac that the Liberals have
| permitted judgment to go against them by de-
| fault In so large number Of CONSTITUENCIES at
| the beginning of the conflict. The remainder OF
| the constituencies In whirh there are no oppos-
| Ing candidates now show only fifteen where no
| Unionlst Is standing. against rs where there Is
| no Liberal candidate. This state of things Is
! regarded as the result II conviction the part
| Of the Liberals that the contest Is hopeless IN
these districts. Hitherto the Liberals have con-
| tested these seats with the idea that there was
a remote chance OF capturing one here and there.
| but now they seem to have concluded that IL
would be q waste 81 timo and energy 10 make
! the attempt. Consequently they have aban-
| doned the campaign In these districts. and the
| Liberal Executive Committee has decided TO con-
| centrate ia efforts contests for the doubtful
| seats IN the Consciousness that they VIII have
| enough 10 ID L. capture the share which me last
general election allotted To them. II they do this
| they will be extremely lucky, and indeed nobody
| believes that they expect a.
EFFECT or HEALYs DISCLOSURES
Tho wors, o. al the mlsforiuncs which have
| overiaken the Liberals ard Home Rulers In this
! cnmpalgr or I'm fact, since the retirement Of
| Ir Gladstone has been the disclosures made
| by Timothy Hesly con 'erning the relations 81
| the Liberal whips with the AnuParnellite
| leaders Every Liberal and every Mccarthylte
| depl1res these revelations. and the feeling II
widespread that all the power which the priests
| usually exert. or are capable OF exer'ing. over
| the irish electors viii fall far short 81 counter
| acting N. baneruI influence u Mr.. Healy's dis
| c'osurcs At the convention Of the irish National
| party held At Omagh. near Londonderry. this
week. Mr. Heaiy related how Thomas +. Fills.
! forn,erl, Premier ~ Ontario Canada. bargained
with the Anti Parn~llitcs for four Irish seats.
| giving i,Os year for each seat on the condi-
| tlon that they should be- regarded as LiDrrai ana
not irish Nationalist seats THIS transact, ,.,lh
VAS not at all ont ~ the ordinary HE 81 irish
| party dealings Indeed, the practice IL common
| ai'h ali the fac'b ~
| The money Of both the Unonists and the Lib
perses ~ the r.gis:ration 81 electors and other
| wise securing the Irish seats. and neither MI.
| Fits nor the nnti-parnellitc leaders considered
tn. arrangement a. implying the sale oi 'h'
| HON" Rule vote. II SUCH a question had oee'i
! involved In the transaction there certainly woulI
| have nc"n 70 bargain as neither parry wouiu
| have entertained such = prop 'sitlon Tor n mo
mont i'ut NJ. Ilell.. knowing this wei, aiSo
knew how TO dstort tho matter In the eyes oi
the public. as fc iafiic, "A terrible blow on the
| National cause In order Ia crafty his haired o,
his personal opponents In the Irish Parliament.
AIRY party. Tn" chickering's between members OF
| the Irish party have been prevalent since IN"
! party has existed. hut II has remained Tor MT
| Iealy 10 depart from the customs OF lighting out
personal fcuds man to man ana Use the parv
| which md" hiu. az weapon In a losing nsn'
| No explanation was given by Mr. iicaly - the
| manner N which the Whips who are the custo-
dlans " the party fuads are ac'u',omea 70 as
| tribute the money. nor can any explanation that
| may be made now dissolve the public. ana espc-
| clay tn. Irish suspicion that "l"ctorates ar"
| commonly bought ana sold the sam" as p"t'tv's
| or any other commodity
I-NToNisr ORGANS REJOICING
q, I,.aly.s stab has reached the public heart.
and the rnion!st organs are jubllant over the
Incident They revel IA dIsngenuous raniing
| over the Courageous practice OF traiiickns IN
| scats" and demand the immediate dismissal Of
| Mr. Ellis from his official place Although Mr.
| Ellis dsavows any connection with any contract
| with the Anti-Parnsll.tes. and notwithstanding
| the fact that every man whom Mr.. Healy has
| sought to befoul has been able to show c'ah
| hands In the affair. the incident VIII undoubtedly
| hay. the effect 81 throwing several seats to the
! I'arncitcs and parayzing the irish wore III 'ile
| great Industrial centres In Great Britain. wh"lc
| tina, vote Is expected To be the balance OF power
| The Irish voters in these centres have always
| been suspicious OF the English li0me-Nue1s anu
| ARE uoy In the last stages OF dlsan"cuon over
| ,hia epis ,le i'm the prolonged warfare within the
| Irish party. which thre items nnaiy to snatter
the Nat,onasts Int, mr'ualiy destructive iac-
tons. 49,, -
! With The exception OF ireland. where the per-
/ sonal fcrhs Of the iieaiyitce Dillonites nc'ar-
thy.fcs and Redmondites embtier polticai OH
| fcrenccs the elections are charact'riz"d by oniy
J mild excitement. They are not In any manner dis
tingushel by campaign scandal despite efforts
In certain quarters TO backen the repute OF LID
/ erai wire pullers over the Onagh Incident
ALLEGED SALES OF PEERAGEs.
Premier Rosebery. noticing the statement
that he crented four Peers IN return for contr-
buiona OF 100000 to the war-chest OF the Liberal
party. declares that two OF them had a promise
from Mr. Gladstone Ia 1892 Of being elevated to
the pccrare, and that he. IN recommending their
elevation. was simply giving effect 10 Mr.. Glad
stones promise. Tho third newly created Peer.
he adds. IL not Liberal. while the fourth was
| not I'm "A position to contribute to the campaign
funds Of the Liberal party, but was elevated on
account Of his services to the Government. Lord
| Rosebcrys explanation was needless. Every one
| who has anything to do with British politics
knows that both sides cell titles. large donors to
che party funds being honored II they are other
wise OF good repute. What attached odium 10
some OF the recent creations was that the men
! had the mere hallmark OF money ana not sur
fcicnt social distinction II an action which -
threatened comes off. wherein the plaintiff
gceks to recover 5000 for procuring a baronetcy
FOR the DEFENDANT. a valuable lesson VIII be given
To tina, part OF the public who take the talk OF
British political honesty for gospel. The truth -
that while the Unionsts use the Onagh Incident.
together with Lord Rosebery's bestowai OF
| titles as ground for abuse Of the late Govern
ment as conducting Its business on strictly com
! mercIal prime pies selling honors In the dearest
market and buying seats In the cheapest; Lore
salisbury continues to illustrate the principle OF
family appointments In filling up the posts. In
the royal household which have new incumbents
on a change In the Ministry. For these snecures
under the Salisbury regime only such aristocrats
30 the Duke OF Portland. the Marquis Of Car
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