The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-21

the tory intrigues are successful in
weakening the liberal unionist element in
the government The symptoms Of the in
tehtlon OF the tories 10 guide the govern
ment policy with a masterful hand indie
pendent OF the feelings Of the Iberal-Un-
ioiiisls mas become so pronounced that it
Is really not premature to predict that
Mr. Chamberlain followers Will be
oDllged TO submit 10 or desert the ex-
lstlng coalition. Thus Sir Michael Hicks
beach tells his constituents that about
the irst act Of the government will be the
uhdolnS OF the effects Of Sir William Har-
courts democratic budget by returning
large sums 10 the landlords in rebate of
the rates paid by them Similarly the
tory candidates everywhere announce
that the public funds must be used freely
TO assist denOminational schools, and in
the manufacturing districts they promise
10 repeal the cotton duties
Lord Salisbury undoubtedly begins his
administration Of the government unham-
pered by single pledge, but his support
ers, having heartily and honestly prom
lsed much, will insist that their pledges
be carried out.
In their latest speeches Mr.. Balfour and
Mr.. Chamberlain fOreshadow the intro
duction in parliament of two great Irish
measures. Mr.. Balfour declared his In
tention to introduce measure confcrr-
ing greater economic advantages upon
Ireland, which is interpreted to mean thar
the government will put the Irish con-
tributons TO the imperial finance upon
the Juster level long claimed for them by
irish politicians. Mr.. Chamberlain indi-
Gated that a bill would be introduced
dealing with what he calls the greatest
anomaly" of the existing electoral sys-
TEN, which allows Ireland twenty-three
members in parliament more than her pop
Q uNIf fHfann . 10 HHs.a
to assign these IWenty-three members to
England, as Scotland is already fully rep
resented. Well-informed conservative pa
pers talk Of reforming the Irish admins
tration by the abolition of the vice royalty
and the creation of a state secretaryship
for Ireland similar to that now existing
for Scotland The Irish members of parlla-
ment, though they hold in the greatest
detestation the castle control will vigur-
ously resist any measure looking to the
abolition of the vice royalty as depriyinS
the country of the last semblance of sep
arate national existence.
Intimate friends of Mr.. Gladstone say
that the eX-premier has followed the cleo
tion with mixed feelings. He is not, his
friends declare, sorry to see the discs
tablishment of the church of Wales reced-
ing into the distance but he is loud in
his denunciaton Of the action of the
cabinet in rejecting his advice to dissolve
Immediately upon the rejection by the
House Of Lords of the home rule bill. Mr.
Gladstone attributes the collapse Of the
party to this delay
The unionists have had another good
day. Fridays pollings, which We're de-
ciared to-day show a gain Of eight seats
for the tories three for the unionists and
two for the liberals. The eight Saturday
pollings declared show 2 tory and union
ist gains Thus the net gain of the union
lists on Friday and Saturday was 13. Their
total net gain is SO. The returns thus far
show the election of 293 conservatives,
IS unionists, 10i liberals, 81 anti-Parnell-
ties, and Parnellites. An incident of
the day was the reversal of the conser-
vative majority in the Birgiis division of
Lincolnshire, where the tory gain in the
bye-election in December was regarded
as one of the significant heraldings of
a liberal collapse.