The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-09-17

measure; that many of the state 1egis-
! lures had unanimously passed resolu-
/ riuns favOr,ng it, and tlat the house of
represen tatives, by A unanimous vote
! had received Mr.. Parnell Now, our
! English kinSnan loves frankness and
! fairplay. He is an intense partisan and
1 a born fighter, but has too good an
opinion of himself to like an imitation
of himself from any other country.
/ He don't care for AngiO-Amerfcans or
! AnglO-Frenchmen, or Anglo-ItalianS.
| He likes genuine represer natives of any
! people, and is most hosDitabfe to them
! in his home and family. Certainly.
did not experience any of the dreadful
! consequences predicted for telling the
/ truth.
"A Conservative leader said to me:
! we have won a great and rather en-
! barrassing victory without making a
! pledge or promise. We had no plat
! form and on affirmative principles. We
simply assailed the incompetency Of
| the Liberal government But while
| the Conservatives are safely in power
| for six years. the Liberal-Unionists is
already making matters uncomfortable
for his Tory partner. A large program
| for local self-government throughout
| the United Kingdom. for a broad
! scheme of state socialism or paternal-
! ism and plans more or less vague for
the benefit of what they call the labor
| ing classes are maturing. The restless
! brains of Mr.. Chamberlain and his
friends are disturbing the rest and
comfort Of the true Conservatives.
Our recent trouble with the British
foreign Office over Nicaragua and Ven-
, ezuela, increasing interest in foreign
relations and possibility of an admin
istra ton which will enforce the Monroe
doctrine, have created a new and unus-
ual interest in the affairs of the United
States. This is evidenced in the Times
appointing Mr.. Smalley as its special
| correspondent in the United States
| and printing several columns a week
Of his cables. The statesmen of both
parties would like a. sort of an offens-
i've and defensive alliance with us.
| They want our help in China, Japan
and in the difficulties arising out Of
Russian, German and French hospi-
tally and aggressions in the East and
would gladly bundle all American mat
tiers into our hands in exchange for
such an understanding.
The strength of the Tories is in the
| cities. They have no prohibition nor
temperance or reform fads and fad.
dists and powerful liquor and beer in
terests are solidly with them. The
London districts wfSsSh return members
OF parliament have five times more pop
ula ION and voters than the Irish dis
ti'tcrs. and the one uppeT7noSt Idea with
every Conservative you meet is to
minimize Irish power in parliament by
taking away twenty-three seats from
Ireland and giving most of them TO
London.
The English elections were remark
| able in demonstrating how little there
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it there. This disendowment and dis
establishment of the church by the
state seem in accord with modern pro-
greSS. but form the text of The Rob
berry Of God Every pupil in the church
or England Numbered against the
Liberal governments and thousands who
never Went TO church and scoffed at
religion rallied To the support of the
| umehonored establishment ANY meas
ure can pass the house of lords when
the Tories are in power and none when
the Liberals have the government so
long as the hera3ity ma jOritv exists
and Yet Lord Salisbury distinctly chal-
lengeS the cry for ending or mending
the lords by filling his cabinet with
beer two weeks before election to tn
umphantly show that all classes OF
Englishmen love a lord and are over
whelmingly in favor OF this middle age
"A large proportion Of the ajority
elected to the house OF commons are
heirs 70 peers or connected with the
families of the nobility
The excitement in South Africa'S
gold mines equals the widest specula-
tons in Colorado or California booming
times. Both London and Paris are crSa-
". One Of the best Informed bankers
in Europe told me that 100 men had
- :.
Soth.o0o.Oe0 by the sale OF the stock or
shares Of these companies. The money
mas come from the confiding British
puollc and The usually cautious French
Forty million dollars of IL was won by
Il man who entered the cape as a jug
gier IN a circus. and he is now climbing
rapidly the social ladder. The stocks
ara constantly rising in price and OF
course capitalization and at no distant
day The bubble VIII burst. scattering
rum more widely than has been eNpe-
rienced for a genera tion.
The singular political event in France
has been the sudden disappearance of
the Royalist and Imperialist parties
\ Royalist gave me this version: He
said that the fear of socialism had
made his people opportunists. which Is
another name FOR Conservative Repub-
leans. and by common consen. they
have voted that ticket. He also said
tn<at MI f'surs was the most popular
and strongest president since the for
nation Of the republic He has more
couraseously and ably fought the So
cialis;s than any public man ever dared
- do and in the late election almost
annlnilated them.
AN Where were you when the as
ssuIt occurred = asked the judge of the vic
an '-Sure'n OF dun no. yer honor. He
nIt me so hard OF couldn't say.r-Harperss
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