The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1900-10-20
|LoNe LEASE or POWER
81 FOR CONSERVATIVES.
Overwhelming Defeat q the Llb.
erals Has Discouraged
the Leaders.
DIXIE Iakes GLOOMY VIEW.
Noted Kattcat Says He Looks fof
Long Period or Tory Ascend
some UnexPsctsd
EJECT on Tsesults.

lQndOn,fSHOc t. l6.-(SOpyEiSie . 1ASSVeS'
BY Associated Press)-The new house.
Of commons is practically elected ana
the conservatives have been returnea
to power with q majority that POT
tends that they will IN oIacs
another six years. The lustiifca.lon
pf5 the South African war, Tor tnnt Was
the only serious issuein the camPA,gM,
has been accomplished IN less tnaM
two weeks, and the election machins
fry, suddenly put in action, Is aireaay
relnpsing into the q~niescence OF orul-
nary times. OF the contests thaSs
mark this weeks polling two a.tract
ed particular attention, that which, re
sulted in the defeat OF 4 Rights taoM.
Horace Cnrzon Plnnkett, VINO ran Iors
the south division of Dublin county,
In the conservative interest. andethat
An which r. Gavin Brown Clark, radi-
al candidate in C%aithness, was. beaten:
The conservative journals OF England
5eplore the opposition within their
own party which resulted In Plum
kett.s downfall, regarding it as Q sc.
rious omen for the future stability 81
the unionists in Ireland and signih-
.ant of the serious lack OF federation
IN heir part which bids fair to per-
petuate religious and political str1fes
to the detrimentF of Ireland's business
prospects. While the opposition to
Plunkett was nominally based on his
giving avowed home rulers { goyern:
ment positions the representative OF
,he Associated Press learns that p
most bitter u~ndercurrent of personal
feeling has had as much ii not more
to do with it than the causes which
in the PAPERS.
"A W6maM an the S;ns@.
1t is once more a case OF Look for
.he woman in thescase." Plunkett,
mas long maintained great personal
friendship for one of the most charm-
ng of Dublin women What caused
|&lmbrage at this friendship was the
fact that she Is an ardent Catholic and
i home ruler, and through her infiu-
ence, SO Plunkett's uilionist} opponents
believed, he came under the direct i'm
huence5 Of the Catholic priests. So all
The forces of Professionalism We're put
70 work with the result that a nation
alist won the seat SO long held by
plunkett, and defeated Ii of the
most important government officials
N Ireland, Plunkett being vice presi-
dent OF agriculture and other techni-
.al industries, commissioner of the
~.ongested districts board OF Ireland
md commissioner of the colonization
board of Scotland and Ireland. He
founded and was chairman of the re-
.ess commission and of the Irish Agri-
cultural Organization society.
The saIne strong feeling manifested
against Plunkett exists under the
surface against General Balfour. If
he is reappointed chief secretary for
ireland it Will be against the wishes of
some of the richest and most powerful
unionistss in Ireland.
DR.. Gavin Brown Clark's sweeping
reverse at Caithness ensures his re-
tirement from public life, to the great
relief of leading liberals, who have
publicly disavowed responsibility for
his actions.
See No Hopc for Liberals.
Sir Charles Dixie, In nn interview
On the political outlook, says:
y see no prospect of the liberals
getting into power by gaining enough.
seats TO dispense with Irish support,
nor OF their adopting policy which;
would secure Irish support: look
forward to a very long period OF ex-:
:lusion ofsthey liberal party from pow
er, in spite OF the terrible weakness
Of the government as displayedin for
eign affairs and in the preparation
and conduct of the var"
The future of the liberal party is
now exciting searching Of heart
among Gladstone's former followers.
but there are few among them who
haH Sir. Charles Dilge's courage in:
staring his convictions with perfect
~frankness and consistency.
Upton Talhs of Pork.
Sir Thomas Upton still insists that
he is not trying to corner the pork.
market or trying to speculate on his
present holdings.
The pork L now hold" said Sir
Thomas, II purchased for purely le-.
ultimate trade purposes. / need 1t in
my business II propose to sell 1t Ito
my regular customers. / do not be-
.ieve In corners, and il I thought that
the advantage Inow hold in the pork
market would worls any hardship to
American people or *wouldsin any way
compromise my reputation as a.
straight man inzS business would
throw up the whole deal.s
Not n pound Of the pork that I'd
have bought in Chicago ID to be used
for speculative purposes. AS / said
before, it will all go into the regular
channels Of trade.
The people who are now short on
pork and who are raising all the cry
brought the situation on themselves:
hey are Spectators and I am not, and
see no reason why should let them
have what pork own and need IN,
my regular business toEpull them out.
ct a hole
II the American consumer is te suf..
Ter, that is another matter, but 50 far
rs am advised it is the spectators
Alone who are concerned, and / have
no sympathy with them,tY