Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-09-20
ELECTION IN ENGLAND.
Tas Liberal. Declare They 10 Not Want
90 Carrs ths Election.

TAs Liberal. Declare They do Not wsni
10 Carrs she Election.
London. sept. i9.-Lori salisbury has
passed busy day in London. holding
his usual weekly reception aud seeing
ak or eight ambassadors. His health
has improved during his holidays in the
Vosges. and he has the manner OF a
statesman who considers himself equal
20 any political emergency and 10 all
the anxietias Of state. The marquis Of
IAnsd1wne Is almost the only colleague
who has been clo-eted with him during
the last "a hours-but,the war Office IL
the point at which the cabinet recon-
Struction must naturally begin.
Sir William waldrOui. the chief gov
eminent whip. has kept large force OF
clerks busy since the announcement Of
the dissolution Of parliament was off,
cially made. but he was not taken by
surprise. nor the Unionist canvass was
NOT IN an advanced state o. preparation.
Herbert Gladstone has been at Leeds,
Who're he had an appointment TO address
his own political supporters aud the Lab
erhl headquarters have been deserted.
The Liberals are not making noisy
canvass. bat are conducting what would
b. described In America as a "still
hunt" They do not expect 10 carry the
elections. aud. indeed. would be embar.
rassed II the unexpected should happen
and they should find themselves in the
majority and then be unable TO form
working homogeneous ministry. Their
leading men frankly concede Unionist
victory, and assert that Mr.. Chamber.
lain must have this responsibility Of set.
Ting the war.
What they do expect is that by a care.
ful and Judicial choice Of candidates,
and by avoidapoe Of wasteful contests.
they may b. able 20 reduce the Unionist
majority TO 90 or ~ Every appeal To
the electorate is fraught with surprises,
and the Liberals may do better than
their most hopeful politicians Imagine.
and without doubt 10 Is true that the
. last parliament was more strongly
Uni0nist than the country. aud that at
least 80 seats under normal conditions
would be regained by the Liberals this
year.
But a many more are impcrilled be-
cause their radical holders were out OF
touch with British policy when the
soldiers Of the queen" were fighting
In South Africa. Political experts for
! this reason are disposed 10 believe that
Liberal gains viii BE- balanced by losses.
! and that the new parliament will be "a
strongly Unionist as the old parlia.
meni.
4 While the China question does NOT
4 enter into the political canvass. and in
4 deed. Is temporarily laid on the shell
A until Count Won waldersee can arriv,
y In Pekin from Hong Kong % take com.
mand Of the international forces and
d save the dignity Of the German emperor
South Africa has again become the cen.
ter Of public interest. General French
has been converted into an electioneer
ing agent. whose captures Of engines
d, aud military stores are invested will
: political significance. and whose arriva
at Koomatipoort Is looked for about Oh,
70 date o. the final nominations for paslia
: ment
T. Special dispatches describing the do,
, moralzation 81 the Boer forces, and
forecasting a general surrender Of thu
burghers still Ia arms are well timed fol
election purposes and the rumor hA
: been revived that General Roberts viii
. resign the command and leave General
Butler in charge Of the army OF occupa,
ton about the time when the first con
tests are held IN England and Scotland
, General Roberts j.. however. n zoo,
/, soldier and a poor politician. The wa
is coming to an end. but 1t is not yet I'm
p ished
r As the siege Of a British garrison foi
j. weeks in the western Transvaal sum
J GENTLY indicates. and his Judgment will
BE- indispensable In the final stages
when police work is substituted for mil
l. itary campaigning. and the defeated an,
desperate burghers need b be alter
e nately coaxed and bullied into layinI
. down their arms and Abandoning