The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-01-07
sHoLlsH LIBERALS AND SILVER
oome Light Thrown Upon tha Result Of ths
Late Parliamentary Elections.

ssns Light Thrown Upon the Result Of tAs
Late Parliamentary Elections.
Sir Morton Frewen, the eminent
Engllsh bimetalllst, throws some Light
upon the late contest for seats In the
British parliament In letter TO the
Atlanta Constitutions. lie SAYS:
THE attitude OF Sir William Har.
court and the Right Hon. George
Shaw-Lcfevre, In dealing with the cur.
rency question in Mr.. Gladstone oabi.
net, had served 10 concentrate the ef.
forts Of Mr.. Grenfell's parliamentary
committee upon the Constituencies
Of Derby aud bradford. In Derby
the silver vote had merely the
eject Of somewhat swelling the
great majority against Mr.. Glad
stones late chancellor Of the OK.
chequer. but In bradford the Austen.
ton OF some sixty liberal voters who
had drifted together almost by acoi.
dent the day before the election has
suficed TO retire from public life that
eminent contractionist statesman,
Mr. Shaw.Lefevre. To Mr. snaw-
Lefevre belongs the distinc.
ton Of being the most violent
and also the most ignorant
monometallist OF all the members Of
Mr. Gladstone's late cabinet, and MFR.
Lefevre was defeated by a majority Of
only forty-one votes by Mr.. Wanklyn,
who, unbeknown 10 Mr. Lefevre, had
written 10 Mr.. Grenfell that he was
heartily In favor Of an international
settlement Of our silver trouble After
the Bradford election Mr.. John Mo.
Laren, who had lobbied these sixty
total abstainers,' wrote frankly TO
Mr. Lefevre, pointing out that the fall
In the exchange with Asia had de.
stroyed the leading industries Of the
north OF England, and declaring that
agrowing section OF the liberal party
was determined at all future elections
10 see this silver issue through TO
the bitter end The last letter Of
the series which has passed between
Mr.. Lefevre and Mr.. McLaren shows
the irritation aud the amazement OF
those Gladstonians who have hitherto
held the view that this great creditor
nation could be relied upon 10 heap
untold burdens upon is debtors and
support any monetary policy which by
reducing prices would increase the
amount Of produce paid 10 England In
the form Of interest an her foreiga
loans
LET me only add that Mr. w. IL
0renfelrs vigorous canvass has for the
hrst time, at these recent elections,
brought the currency question within
the domain OF practical politics. am
not for q moment depreciating either
The Intelligence or the earneatness OF
the timetable league hitherto. but that
league has contented itself hr too
much with protests and pamphlets
and II Is only fair TO Mr. Grsnfell
10 say that albeit the elections were
sprung upon him very unexpectedly,
he has contriyed 10 import into not .
few constituencies that moiicum OF
passion which was required 10 enlist
tho men In the street on the side OF
currency reform. Your readers may
remember that when the efforts of
Mr.. Bertram Currie, Lord Farrer, Sir
William Harcourt and Mr.. Lefevre had
closed the minis OF India Ia 1893 and
had deprived 800. OOO, 900 Of our fellow
subjects OF any money metal whRtso.
ever Mr. Grenfell, at that time a sup.
porter Of Mr.. Gladstone, resigned his
seat for Hereford In disgust think
the zeal and energy devoted TO the
cause Of reform by this gentleman will
make him many friends amongst those
industrial communities abroad which
are suffering severely from the fall In
the price OF what they exports
fall which has been engineered here
BY that legislation which has appresl.
ated the money standard"