Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-10-04
CABLE LETTER FROM LONDON
The Election Campaign De-
velopS Unexpected Heat.
BITTER PERSONALITIES FIGURING
Church Associations Taking
Active Part.
Copyrighted. 1900. by The Associated Press.

Copyrighted. 1900. by The Associated Press.
London, Eng, Sept. 90 The election
campaign is developing unexpected
heat, chiefly due to the vigorous efforts
of the Liberals to show united front.
Personalities are figuring more than
usual in the contests. Joseph Cham
berlain, the Secretary Of State for the
Colonists, by reason Of the aggressive
tone of all his speeches, Is the object
of many bitter personal attacks. Some
of his enemies have declafed him to be
politically dishonest. and even go
farther than that. Winston Churchill,
in Oldham, has been so vigorously at
tackled that Sir Evelyn Wood, the ad-
tant-general, had to come to his as
sistance with letter, declaring there
was nothing dishonorable connected
with his resignation from the army,
and vouchipg for the correctness Of
Churchill's recent dual role OF officer
and correspondent. Some Of the Lib
erals of Oldham apparently maze more
serious insinuations against the young
candidate; but like his father, Oh urchill
seems to revel in a fight, and is said
TO stand good chance Of being
elected. Another war character, Capt.
Lambton of the British cruiser Power
ful has been assisted in his fight
against the government by getting
letter from Lord Rosebery. He IL also
backed by all the aristocratio interests
of the Durham family. Church asso-
Citations are figuring actively in the
campaign. The Imperial Protestant
Federation has received promises from
80 candidates to oppose to the utmost
any movement tending to bring Eng
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or towards "Romanizing' the estab-
leading Roman Catholic papers ALMOST
believing that, il they are returned
with a solid majority. they will achieve
the PROJECT of giving Ireland Catholic
university and in other ways SEQ that
the educational inter- sts Of Catholics 10
England do not suffer-
The annual Church Congress, in pro-
gress at Newcastle, was attended by
tine archbishop of Canterbury and
nearly all the other episcopal and lay
dignitaries including several American
and Canadian olergymen. Though held
in the MIDST of the election excitement,
politics were carefully avoided, ana the
proceedings were marked by unex-
pected harmony. The spectacle Of
John Kensit, an anti-ritualist agita-
tor, speaking good-humoredly before
ritualists upon the effect of the re-
formation suggested to a writer the
lion lying down with the lamb.
The Queen now has long list of
names submitted to her as those of
persons worthy of honors for service in
South America. The identity of those
who figure in this list is already
causing keen speculation in certain
circles. The shower Of O. B. S. (com-
| panion Of the BATH, O. M. g. s. tcom-
panion of st. Michael and s. Geoigel,
&c., will be unprecedented. it is
rumored that Lord Wolsefey will be
made an Earl, and be appointed vice.
roy of Ireland, to succeed Earl Cado-
gan, whose resignation seems impend-
ing.a What Lord Roberts will gat still
remains a secret, but Lord Kitchener,
1T is said, if he remains in South Africa.
| will be given the local rank ofifull
| general, 80 that he can be second in
command to Gen. Butler after Lord
Roberts leaves.
Lord Wolseley. by the way, Is quoted
in an interview as saying that China,
Through love OF nature and art, must
one day develop into q great nation. !"
The end of all things, in Lord Wolseley's
opinion, will be China fighting the
United States for the. supremacy Of the
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