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--THE GENERAL ELECTION.I"
THE GENERAL ELECTION. I" LORD SALISBURY'S ADDRESS. The Mirquess of Salisbury has issued the following Address To THE ELECTORS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM Gentlemen,—Before we submit to Her Majesty our advice that she should proclaim the Diisulution of Parliament, I feel bound, t under existing circumstances, as a matter of re- spect, to plaee before you a brief statement of the issues upon which, iu my judgement, this Election turns. "Much has recently been said concerning tiues,iotis of iuternal legislation. I am deeply sensible of their extreme importance. The diminution of poverty, the prevention "f ruinous disputes in trade, the amendment of the Poor Law, the protection of the lives and health IIf the industrial community are matters of which it is not easy to exaggerate the momentous interest. t-tider our existing Constitution, the working classes are evidently powerful enough to obtain any measure which, upon discussion, they gener- ally believe will conduce to their welfare. No Party will have the power, or is likely to pursue the policy, of refusing to listen to their unani- mous wish. In respect of such measures, the present Election possesses a special and critical importance, principally in that it will determine whether Parliament is to have the power of at once grappling with those questions, or whether the whole time of the next Parliament sliill he devoted to a struggle over Irish g veriiiiietit. Tue policy which the present Government is pre- pared to pursue is sufficiently indicated by the course they have followed during the last six years. They have practically shown tint they iiave no aversion to change, if it is shown to be required by the welfare of the people, but they have never forgotten that stability and confidence are essential to the life of industry. Such reforms as the establishment of local govern- ment in Great Britain, the gift of gratuitous education, the relief of chronic suffering in Ireland, are measures of more extensive social influence than any that have been passed in this country for many years they have been effective in their operation, yet they have passed with little resistance, they committed no injustice and have left 110 resentment behind them. This Session one of the most difficult problems of trii) elucation has been solved by a incisure which has received general assent. We shall be animated by a similar spirit in dealing with the large controversies that are opening nut bef .re us, the relations of labour to capital, the laws wliicli control the acquisition of land, provisions by which poverly may be diminished, and its sufferings rendered less acute. A sound system of finance, based on a pacific policy, has enable 1 ns to mitigate taxation, to deal effectively with difficult social questions, and to provide for the Fleet aid armaments of the country a maten,.1 strength which they n jver possessed before, but which, in the community of armed nations which surround us, is not greater than our need. Similar aims and a similar policy will guide us in the future. "But there is one interest to which this Election is, above all others, vital. It is the interest of a large portion of the Irish people, who are-threatened in effect with separation from Great Britain. To them this election is of terrible importance. On your votes du I iflg the next two or thre. we--ki Nvill depend whether it will be to them a message 1 f hope or a sentence of servitude and ruin. Other questions are not burning as this is upon other matters, if mis- takes are made they can I f-, repaired, and remedial measures, if they are inadequate, can be strengthened and made fuller later on. But for the loyal minority of Ireland the crisis is supreme. A wrong decision now in for them the certainty of bitter and protracted strangle, culminating probably in civil war, and, it may be, ultimate condemnation to the doom which they dread beyond any other fate -tho subjection of their prosperity, their industry, their religion, their lives, to the absolute III lstery" of their .uicieiit and unchanging enemies. I should not be discharging my duty if I did not, before you go to this Election, join my voice to that of others to implore you to pause before you decide to reverse the policy of ceuturies, by casting out of yojr protection the men of Lister and the other loyal 111.11 in Ireland. We do not, indeid, know die details of the revolution (hit is proposed. Ttiey have been carefully concede! from us up to-) tiis tittle perhaps they will be produced when the oppor- tunity for criticism his passe 1 by. We do not know the precise designation and tppe ii- nee of the hollow and fragile securities which no doubt, be offered in order to allay your fears, and to hide the wrong which is beiti,, done Tuey will SJfVe to hinder the w >rld fr 111 seeing the full cruelty of this abandonment, though they will certainly hinder nothing else. But B 11 though, up to the time of my writing, we are ignorant of the details of the projected plan, we know whit its broad feitures must be. It must be the abandonment of the loyalists of Ireland, and especially of the Protestants of l ister, to the unrestrained and absolute power of those with whom they have been in conflict for centuries, of the men, and the followers of the men, who,u crimes were denounced b-.fore the wiiole world by the judgment of impartial Judges sitting in the Special Commission. Ireland, we have baen informed, is to be governed by an Irish Parliament ruling through Irish Ministers. They deceive you grossly who tell you that this is a restoration of the form of government which was abolished at the Union. During the seven centuries through which the two Islands have been connected, no such government has ever existel in Ireland. Nevtr until now has any British Statesman pretended that Ireland could be governed 011 such a plan, For generations the Irish population has been divided into two sections, between whom a bitter antipathy has prevailed. It is due to historical causes, to struggles that have endured throu 'h centuries, tu differences of origin and race and it is acutely aggravated by differences of religion. With whichever section we may sympathiStJ, it is flagrantly unjust to make either of these sections the absolute master of the other. They must be governed as part of a larger system, in which their antagonism can be controlled by more im- partial associates. Hut an Irish Parliament, governing through Ministers dependent upon it, in us1, give over the smaller of these two intensely hostile sections to the^unrestrained despotism of the larger, The Loyalists are the smaller section. Tiley are also the more industrious, the more prosperous, the more exposed of the two to un- just taxation and predatory legislation They are linked to Englishmen and Scotchmen by many ties of similarity and kinship, by many evmmon efforts and common sufferings in the past. There would b<j no risk whatever of their being abaudoned now by you, if the danger in which they stand could bj brought home t,) YOLir minds. But the prophets who say 'Peace' where there is no peace, are exhausting every effort to mislead you. The danger is denied. It is said that the antagonism of the Nationalist Party is all imagination, anI. that the men who Worked the Land L and the Plan of Campaign, all whose methods of government hive been notorious for the last fittecll yeus, would be the most tolerant, the most honest, and the most high-principled of rulers. "To us such a contention seems ridiculous. But it is 11-t a question what one Party or the other in this is'and may say. What do the men my whose fate is in the balance, whose whole future existence is at stake Do they ignore or deride the danger The Belfast and Dublin Conventions have show n to all who are not wii- fuliy deaf that the L of Ireland entertain no illusion as to the character and policy of an Irish Parliament ruling through Irish Ministers. We have the testimony of Loyalists of every rank, gathered from every part of Ireland (not fr,,til northern as we are told), imploring you in accents of passionate earnest- ness to secure them ^from the fate wliieli the Party strategy of English politicians is pre- paring for the 111. They represent no Isolated or sectional interest. Landowners and tenants, cultivators and traders, men of the world and ministers of religion, speak wit 11 one voice in assuring you that the penis (hey see before thorn are no: imaginary They of that they do know. It cannot be pretended that their judg- ment 16 biassed by any Party feeljng. When Presbyterians, Wesleyans, Baptists, join with the members of the Disestablished Church, and with many Roman Catholics—ei^ht out of every nine of the non-episcopal iiiiiiis-ors have signed their namts to the stirring appeal for succour which they have addressed to you -it is an audacious mockery to tell you that their entreaties have been prompted and arranged by the cunning of some C uiservative organisation. When there is such a striking unanimity among those who agree in little else, but who are alike in this,! that they alone know, by the knowledge of long intimate personal experience, what manner of men they are under whose feet you would place them, what kr.d of subjection you are forcing for them, you cannot refuse credence to the witness of their bitter cry, or throw a doubt 011 the sincerity of their prayers. "It is for you to determine whether this rash experiment, this dang.-rous novelty, shall be tried. We have shown by experience that under the exis! i-iL, system Ireland call be maintained j in peace and o der that under a steady govern- iiielit the interests of all classes have been pro- 1 tected, and confidence and prosperity it,il progress lure returned. You are asked to shatter these results to try in Ireland a mode of government which has never been tried before, but whoso WI rking many sinister memories in this and other lands will help us to furecast and for this purpose to subjugate the people who are bound most closely by history and kinship to the inhabitants of Great Britain, and to fasten 011 their necks a yoke which they abhor. I pray that, you may be guided to shrink frjm this great outrage on liberty, 011 gratitude, and on good f lth, 11 Your obedient servant, SALISBURY.
PROFESSOR TYNDALL ON THE IRISH…
PROFESSOR TYNDALL ON THE IRISH QUESTION. Th« following letter from Professor Tyuda'l, was read at the Da'>! 11 Unionist Convention Hind lead House, 1 lasleineiv, Surrev, June 20, 15«J2. I >ear Sir Th nnas, -Broken health will, f grieve to siv, prevent me from attending the meeting of the Dublin Convention on the 23rd. The t'onvention was j a happy thought. Wanting it, the loyalism of Irelai d, and the opposition to Mr Gladstone's Irish policy, might be supposed eojtined to Ulster. I know Le- land well, and still remember the nub e eun¡.!Tug<tli"ns, chiefly Methodi-t, with which in early days I mingled i-I tile s')Iltll. Throughout the island, and more parti- cularly along its eastern fringe, are to be found in- dividu ds, families, and communities whose civic irtue- would b 'ar comparison with those of any other people Oil the face of the earth. These law abiding, loyal, but out 1 linbered ones, almost wholly Protestant, whom Mr Gladstone would hand over to the tender mercies of th-ir hereditary foes, will be worthily repre- sented by the Convention. To no priesthood ought to be conceded! fie snpremacy at which the Uomish hierarchy in Ireland aiiii, and other mat ers they already' exercisa. (iladstoniau prints describe me as an I Ister Orangefan. Were this true I should accept the designation with pride. The term Oran email is, for the time beiu,r. the t to the term "traitor." Ullt T am a Leinster mail, born on the banks of th-bemtiful Harrow, nearly sixty miles s null of Dabtm Ittave ne-er bjenau Orangeman. Indeed, my desire through- out life has b.en to softy a those sejtaria 1 animosities which tftet- tt Iii I of cousid irable duration, the evil genius of \I r li;ts ,i,) effvt.ii-ill l'hat be S jparatists are take 1 aback I-N- the attitude of Ulster is not surprising. For, when Mr Gladstone and that arch-ti c riuaire. Mr John Morley. who it is alleged, first pi tnted the microbe of rcp.-al ill the brain of his venerable friend, launched the first Home Pill scheme, th 'y f Jl'ot that there was any Ulster at a 1. With tiic sam j fatal ig.iorance, they now 111 simerp.et the attitude of UUter. Of Mr Morley I would sp -ak iiiore in sorrow than in anger. Those of us who once knew him as a man of elevated mind, and regarded him with a fe IinL,, warmer than friendship, now mournfully behold him degraded to the level of the professional politician. III an amicable mo uent I onceoffete 1 to ac.omp.iny Mr G'a Istone to Ulster, and to make him a< q taint ed with the laud of rogues and fools. As an illustration of the roguery and foolery, I proposed to ta\:e him thruu.;h the city of Belfast. I ventured to invite him to pay a visit to the famous Ulster Hall, where, he might tell the people his Home Rule story, a"d allow me afterwards to tell them mn.e. Had h e couu and had he opj.ied h s eyes he would never have ventured on his atrocious insult to the men of the. For this he has already beguntoe.it humble -I process which practice renders easy to him. More than four years ago. I had the prive'ege of conversing with Mr John Bright, whose letters at the time were so many nails in the coffill of Home Rule. He confined himself, lie told me, to writing letters, lest in the heat of speaking he should rend his old chief to piee s. \Ve dwolt oa the appalling wickedness of Mr Gladstone's [¡,¡"It policy, am) UIl tlw bloodshed which, if successful, it would inevitably cuise. At the cl< se of our conversation, lie s'aid, tii-inly and fervently, "It must neve be." No t:aec of p.-rsonal hostility'can mingle with my fe lings towards Mr Gladstone. At a time when my physicians predicted that a few hours would finish my career011 earth, his warm and generous sympathy was abundantly shown. Would that his c >urs > were one that 1 could follow and applaud. I But fealty to him would be treason to something in- finitely higher. In 18W, when I visited Belfast"the late Sit- %-ai-,l C(,witii, Lot-(I Lieut(--iiaiit ( ,f the county Antrim, :aill t > me with it sigh, "Up to 1880 ir Gladstone was our idol; we worshippid him, until his treadiery almost broke our hearts." Tnis was the sentonent of every man who is now a Liberal Unionist in U ster and these are the meii whom Mr ( Madstone and his flippant sun think fit to insult and revile. Th the men who, with their brother Unionists, now confront liini like a granite cliff. I have 110 doubt as to the power of that cliff to repel and roll back anv wave which Mr Gladstone dares urge against it. The first Luyalist blood shed in Ulster, fur the sake of Messrs Wa'sh, Croke. and Healy, would rouse in this country a fediug which would sweep his Irish policy to perdi- tio I. A"d now for a practical wiuding np. I occupy no p >st, I receive no wages, I enjoy no pension. But a money driolet comes to me occasionally from it more precarious source. Some time ago I received froili illy publishers the sum of tl03 7sod in payment of two little books of mine. This Seasonable windfall I lian-o divided into two parts, (,iiu, )f which, 4:3 7s 5d, I keep for myself the other, £ 100, I send to you. May y tir efforts aid the warnin of Lord Salisbury in avert- i II the catastrophe which must follow Mr Gladstone's return to p over. My heart's desire would be to see Protestants ami Catholics living together in amity, as they might and would do were it not for pestilent agi- tators with a political priesthood at their back. If Ir Gladstone has rendered such peace impossible, then I can only s iv that I would spend something far more precious than money in defending the rights of Iridi loyalists and the integrity of this glorious empire.— Yours very faithfully, TYNUALL. SirTh s. Butler, Bart., chairman of the Irish Unionist Alliance. &(-.
_._----THE SCOTCH HOME RULERS…
THE SCOTCH HOME RULERS AND MR. GLADSTONE. Tiie following letter has been forwarded to Mr (J'adstone the Hawardeu, by the office beavers of the Scottish Home Rule Association in Edinburgh 79, Princess-street, Edinburgh. r,, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P. for Midlothian. Sit;, -Having read your address to your constituents, the undersigned oflicia's of the Scottish Home Rule Association, beg respectfully", on behalf of all Scottish Home Rulers who may concur with us, to express our regret that we are unable to supjjortyou and your Party at the Gereral Election. You have forgotten, apparently, the declaration made by yon at Aberdeen about one and twenty years ago. to the Rule as Ireland. The Scottish Horne Rule movement effect that Scotland and Wales were as much entitled to Home is as completely ignored in your address as if it did not exist The professions of such of vour followers as are candidates for Scottish seats who have almost without exception declared themselves in favour of Home Rille f,)r Scotland- are rendered worthless by your evident intention to deal with Ireland alone, your sole purpose being to set Parliament free for the work of overtaking the vast arrears of business and supplying with reasonable despatch the varied legislative wants of England of Scotland, and Wales. "The Scottish Home Rule Association ha" dllrill" the last six years, ullde it clear to everyone yvlio cares to read its publications that the grievances of Scot- land, social, political and financial, under the present centralised system of government from London, de- niand as urgently as those of Ireland the remedy of Home Rule, and that it cannot be applied excepting ali round upon Constitutional lines. The Association would, therefore, in our opinion. betray the trust reposed in it by multitudes of Scottish people both at home and abroad, if we do not at once express our indignation, as we now do. at the neglect with which, although a Scottish M.P., yon are treating Scotland. Our country cannot afford longer to be made the cat's-paw of the Liberal Party, yvhi'e it is overtaxed to the amount annually of about a million and a half pound-1, and loses in that anl other ways about forty shillings a year for every man, woman, and child in Scotland. We pro- tested two years ago against the granting of Home Rule to Ireland first, without any promise or guarautee that the claim of Scotland to a Legislature and Execu- tive would be conceded- as an act of treachery towards the Scottish people, and we pointed out that as the result of what appeared to be your policy the Irish would become the masteis of tlie^British Parliament. You promised that 011 your visit to Midlothian in October 1 Si 10, you would embrace the opportunity afforded' bv our protest to state your views on the ubject, but vou gave us no satisfaction then. yolir pdicy as now disclosed is s> fraught with danger to Ireland as wc.l fis the sistci C 'lintiies, that we aad other Scotsmen should, in our opinion, rather bear those ills we ha* t than fly to others that yvu know nut of.'
CARDIGAN SHIRE. !
CARDIGAN SHIRE. MR WILLIAM JONES AT ABERPORTH. 1 Mr %Vill tiii -Jo,.les, the t'iiio,,iist catidid-ite for Uardiganahire, in the course of his canvass visited, Aberporth, on Monday evening, and addressed a very enthusiastic meeting of the electorate at the Club-room. It was at one time thought all open- ai gathering would be necessary, as the number of persons would be large, but a little packing in the room did away with the necessity anticipated. The chair was taken by the Rev. James Jones, M.A. (C.M.), Tanygraig, who in a few well- chosen i-eiiiirks introduced Mr Jones to the audience, amid applause. At starting it yvas agreed that the candidate should not be inter- rupted throughout his speech. This, however, was not necessary, and the convincing utterances of Mr Jones cariied thorough conviction, and he I did not once get a word against him. Mr Jones spoke for an hour and a half, and at the conclu- sion. of his address invited (lues,ioils. No one | had .1 he; .Jia>dihood to d ) so, and Mr Jones res^tiTecl his seat nmid enthusiastic applause.
' REPRESENTATION OF CARMARTHEN…
REPRESENTATION OF CARMARTHEN | BOROUGHS. SPLENDID UNIONIST MEETING AT LLANELLY. Oil Monday night a meeting in support of the candidature of Sir J. Jones Jenkins for the Car- marthen Ror. ughs, yvas held at the Athemeum Hall, Llanelly. It had been announced that Mr Commissioner H. C. Bompas (Recorder of Ply- mouth and Devonport) would be present, but, unfortunately, he was detained in London, hav- ing to be present at an important case before the Privy Council. The chair was occupied by Mr Hughe Neville, J.P., and he was supported on the plat fprITI by Sir John Jenkins, Messrs. W. W, Brodie, C. S. Iteid, Daniel WTilliams, J. G. Dayv, C. F. Thompson, W. Y. Neviil, J. Allen Williams, Captain H. Rees, and others. Long before the proceedings commenced, the hall was crowded to its utmost. capacity, and when the speakers filed on the platform there could have been no fewer than 800 to 1,000 people present. At the back of the room, far removed from the speakers, was a knot of youths, who were in up- roarious spirits. When Sir John Jones Jenkins, preceded by the popular chairman, and followed by his prominent supporters, appeared on the platform, loud cheers were raised, which com- pletely drowned the hoarse hisses of the malcon- tent*. It is a significant fact that this meeting was o the chairman's first appearance at a political uatheritig in the town. He explained that he felt it his bouden duty to" come out at the present crisis in the history of the country. In a fe..v well chosen words he showed that there was no choice but between Union and Separation He (the speaker) had been in Donegal two years ago, and yvhat did he see I Cattle mained, old men shot, and houses burnt (Cries of Shame.' ) He would be going there in a few weeks, and what would he see? A network of railways, enabling the produce of the country to be re- moved and thus made profitable, and the inhahi- tants generally in a state of comfort and quietude. This was due to the beneficial measures passed by the present Government.—Mr Dan Williams, in the course of a livoly speech, challenged the meeting to point to a Government which had done so much for the working clasjes as the present Unionist Administration.—Sir John Jones Jenkins, who was well received, referred to what was currently reported in the towll, viz that there was organised opposition on the other side. If that was true, it spoke very little for the Separatists, He then proceeded to refer to the programme of the Liberal Unionists. The pre- sent position of affairs in the Gladstonian camp, lie said, reminded one of the story of the boy, who was asked to "open his mouth and shut his eyes." Mr Gladstone professed to take as his motto, "Trust in the people," but he did not act up to that, else he would make public his pro- posals with regard to Ireland (applause). The meeting closed with a vote of thanks to the chair- man.
------------MAJOR JONES AT…
MAJOR JONES AT CARMARTHEN AGAIN A large meeting was held on Friday night at th( Guildhall, in support of Major Jones's caudidature The largeness of the attendance was due to th( fact that Mr J. Lloyd Morgan, M.P., and Mr D Rvndell, M.P., were announced to addres3 tlx meeting, and not to the enthusiasm of the towns folk in favour of Major Jones, who has lately flooded the town with meetings. This was demonstrated by the audience dwindling im- mediately after Mr Lloyd Morgan had resumed his seat and before the business of the even i ng was concluded. Mr Lloyd Morgin's speech was criticised unfavourably as flimsy and superficial by groups outside the hall. M ijor J mes must excuse its for curtailing his speech, as the public now know it off by heart nearly as accurately as he does him3elf-they having heard it so often and seen it reproduced in print. It was amusing to notice bow punctual some of Major's lambs took their seats, and followed up the clap given now and agiin as a signal to them from the platform. The chair was taken by the Rev. D. Cadvan Jones, and Major Jones was accompanied on the platform by Mr J. Lloyd Morgan, M P., the Rev. Wyndham Lewis, Rev. G. II, Roberts, Rev. D. S. Davies, Mr T. D lvie, Spilujan-stroet, Mr W. R. Edwards, etc.—A vote of condolence with the family of the late Mr Dillwyn, M.P., was passed in silence. The Chairman sai l the present G jverniuent took a great, deal of praise tor themselves for what they claimed to be their g>)d administration, but he hoped the calamity of 18Sti, when the Uuimists were returned to power, would not occur a, tin at the coming electiou. They had a eindidate before the'u that evening who hid pronouueed the shibboleth of their seer, who hid first at heart the disendowment and disestablishment of the Church, who would <jo to the right lobby when voting on questions affecting tenant rights and the control of the liquor traflij. He would try to raise the poor and curtail the power of the rich he would try and prevent war bjtve;n nations by means of arbitration, and last, but not least, Major Jones was in perfect sympathy with Young Wales and looked forward for the millennium of "Cywrll Fydd." The Rev. G. H. Roberts moved the worn-out, stereotyped resolution, "That this meeting has entire confidence in AL»ijor Jones as the Liberal candidate for the Boroughs of Carmarthen and L'aneTy, and pledges itself to use every legitim te effort to promote his election to Parliament.' which was seconded by Mr David Williams, tinplate yvoiker, Priory-street, and supported by Mr Hee-, ewcastle-on-lyne, who was a St. Peter's boy, and was carried. Major Jones commenced his address (which was delivered alterniltely in Welsh and English) by saying he did not knoiv what to tell them, as he bad spoken to them so often, and he had forgotten which of his stories he had already related to them. Some cowboy had asked him his views as to land tenure. The shortest answer he could give was that he did not agree with the present land laws. The land had been taken from them. It was an historical fact that when William the Conqueror landed in Britain he orlered his followers to drive the Welsh before them, and take possession of their land. The Welsh were now bestirring them- selves to get the land back, and to throw some of the burdensome taxation from the ma-ses on to the land by taxing ground rents, Ac. He wanted to make the Irish people happy and prosperous in their country he wanted to bring concord and har- mony to the benighted isle and establish mutual love between the two countries. Then the Irish people would not cross the channel and Hood their markets aud industrial centres wilh cheap, un- skilled labour. He never forgot to say a word ia favour of education, which was one of the great engines for bringing about that period of beauti- tude such as "Cymru Fydd." Welshmen of learn- ing were, by no means, so numerous as they ought to be. They, as artizans should take to heart the fact that education was the lever for the elevation of the people' for bringing about a greater measure of equality between rich and poor, and lessening the existing distance between the Crown and that withering portal established by the State. Major p Jones then went on to speak of riches—which lie did not think were very iuaJcessible-and said he would rather be tue author of the old Welsh hymn, Bydd myrdd o ryfeddodau," than be the owner of the richest coal mine in VVales (hear, hear, and laughter). He repudiated the statements made that he had assisted in passing the Mc'ICinley Tariff Act. He had always been opposed to it, and written severil articles against it in his paper, The Shipping World The policy of the Tory party had always been to legislate foi the rich, and against the poor. lie cared not where they tested that Ljuestiou, it was quite true. lie wanted to remove the duty off every article that went upon their i breakfast tables. The speaker then repeated the statement he made oa the previous Friday evening as to Mr Bompas's action in the trades' union cases, and appealed to the audience to choose betyveen hitn and Sir John, who had such ai enemy to the wo.-kingi))at), as Mr Bompas, to support him. Sir J. J ones Jenkins told them that excepting the question of Home Rule, he was the same place as he yvas in 1835, but he (Major Jones) j disagreed with him, as in 1885 he said he Would consider a well-framed Bill for giving the public the control of publichouse licenses, but now he was in favour of the present system of granting licenses by magistrates—magistrates who were not inter- ested in the trade, and who were, on the contrary, not pronouueed prhibitionists. Heowcd an apology to the licensed victuallers of Carmarthen as he had not answered their questions. It was not from "want of manners"; he had mislaid the quest ions, but he was certain that the licensed victuallers j knew his views in advance. The gentlemen of the liq nor trade had nothing in particular to expect from him. He would not willingly injure any man but it. for the public good, it was found necessary to remove a public house which was sn injury and a nuisance to the community, then it would be queer justice to tax the public for the removal of such nuisan e. Oat of evil occasionally cometh good, and the money the Government h-ideellected to compensate publicans with had been devoted to- wards intermediate education and technical educa- tion. Sir John had sent very favourable reptitsto the publicans, but he (the speaker) would give to the ratepiyers the right large landowners had, to forbid the licensing of a house on his esta*e. Mr Lloyd Morgan, M.P., who was cheered on rising, said it was some 4 or 5 years since he had the pleasure of addressing them in that hall, and he was glad to find that absence from their midst did n It diminish the friendship that had always existed between them bear). He was then that eveuiug against the injunctions of his medical man, b-it private' inclination must give way to public d ity (cheers). He had no vote at Carmar- then a? his residence there was not suffisient, but he c >aid do a little good for Major Jones by speak- in? an I begging of them to poll their votes in his favour. Success in .war depended not so much on tactics and strategy au on the enthusiasm of the rank and file, and that was what he relied upon in the c tiiin4 elec iou. There never was an occasion in the history of Liberalism when it was more necessary for them to use their influence in favour of futhering Liberal priuciples as the issues to be tried at the next Parliament. An Unionist, writ- ing to the Nineteenth Century had said that the Home Rule party was composed of an heterogenolls mass of lI1.m-u)t merely the ineducated mass of people, but small artizans and shopkeepers, people who at,t?n led Nonconformist cbapels, and people who read low-priced nrwspapers. Looking at the statement from one point of view it seemed a t errible thing, but when they thought of it, it was not so bad after all. The retail men were the backone of the country, the artizans had, by their thrift and honesty raised themselves in their calling, and Nonconformists were the men who had always stood up for freedom an I equaljty, and against tyranny and oppressions, whilst the charge of rending low. priced papers dwindled when they remembered that the only high priced newspaper in the king- dom h ld won a deal of its notoriety by publishing forged letters (hear. hear). It was nearly 20 years ago since a Tory was returned for the Carmarthen boroughs, and they must all do their b«st to keep the borough still longer from the Toiies. From what they had heard of M >jor Jones they could see be was a man worthy to heir the Libera,! standard. He could not understand how Unionists could call themselves by such a name, as their policy was to divide the two people at a time when they were nearer together than they had been for a great many years before. II • objected to the present Government b, cause it bad not kept its pledges. They made promises in 1836, of no coeicion for Ireland, and no laud purchase in Ireland-it wa on that programme they d ludcd the people to return them. They said they would extend the same rights of Local Government to In land as they had in England ard Wales, but the first thing they did was to pass a worse Bill of coercion than before; they passed a Land Purchase i Bill which pledged the Eaglish taxpayer to buy out the Irish landlords, and almost within the la&t gasp of the Parliament they introduced a Bill for the purpose of extending Local Government to Ireland which was not even a honest a measure a.s they themselves had in Wale3. Again tie Government had passed certain measures which they described as Liberal measures, but, if looked into, they were based on the principles of Toryism. The Free E lucation Act did not give • control to the public, the Allotments and Small Holdings Acts lacked the very ess(-ntiii-coiii- pulsion, the Local Government Bill was so hedged 1 in by restrictions of one kind and another as to prevent the people fiom having full sway in questions which they ought rightly to control, and it had been refuted by those who represented the Irish people that the Government of the present Parlia.'nent had conduced to the peaceable state of the country. He did not say but that there was a great deal of good in their legislation, but the Acts had been passed owing to pressure beino- brought to baar on them by the Liberals. If they wanted real and substantial legi-Iation they rull t return men who had their hoart in the work of doing the best. for the masses. The attitnde of the Li be -al party with' regard to the Home Role question was substantially the same as in 1886— merely to allow the Irish people to establish a Government in Ireland subordinate to the Imperial Parliament at Westminster. It was merely for the purpose of letting the Irish manage their own internal affairs. When they hid more freedom they would settle down much happier and bring together the different sects which at present seemed to be somewhat divided. The speaker then tried to criticise briefly the speeches recently delivered by the Prime Minister. It was absurd for them to think that the Irish would take to be dictated in politics by Rome for O'Conuel bad said "We will take as much theology as you like from Rome, but we will take no politics." Having spoken briefly on the question of one man one vote and disestablishment, the speaker concluded by appealing to the audience to support the Liberal candidate. Directly Mr Morgan resumed his seat the audience left the room in droves, and the meeting had to be hurriedly brought to a. close. 0
W ELSH CANDIDATES.
W ELSH CANDIDATES. Below is a complete list of present aspirants frr Parliamentary honours in Wales. L" denotes Liberal, "U" Unionist, and C Conservative. An asterisk denotes a sitting member. BOROUGHS. CAti,i)ii.,i, DISTKIOT—NO. of electors-16,886. *Sir Edward James Reed, K.C.B. L John Gunn, shipowner U PREVIOUS ELECTIONS. 1885. 1886. Reed (L) r;,GüO I Reed (L) 5,307 Harben (C) 5,129 I Brand (U) 4,965 -I Majority 1-10 I Majority 34L, CARMARTHEN AND LLANELLY—5,289. Sir John J Jenkins, Knight U Major Evan Jones L 18S5. 1880. Jenkins(L) 2,981 St,?piiey (L) 2,120 Tregoning (C) 1,281 Jenkins (U) 1,897 Majority 1,703 Majority. 223 CARNARVON DISTRICT—1,723. *D Lloyd-George, solictor L Sir J H Pulestou, Baronet y 1885. 1886. Jones-Parry (L) 1,923 Sweteiiliaui (C) 1,824 Swetenhaw (C) 1,858 Jones-Parry (L) 1,684 05 | 13li In 1890, on the death of Mr Swetenham, Mr Lloyd George yvon the seat for the Liberal party by a small majority over Mr Ellis Nanney. DENIUUH DISTRICT—3,521. #Hon. George Kenyon (j T Howell Williams, L.C.C L f 1885. 1880. Kenyon(C). 1,701 Kenyon (C) 1,657 Cunlitfe (L) 1.455 Barlow (L) 1,416 306 211 FLINT BOROUGHS —3,710. P P Peunaut C J Herbert Lewis L 1885. 1886. Roberts (L) 1,835 Roberts (L) i(327 Pennant (C) 1,713 Jackson (U) 1,403 I 421 ilEK]1inlK (two mcmber3)-li,2il. -David Alfred Thomas, colliery proprietor L *Pritchar.d Morgan L J B F Williams, C << Vj In 1885 and in 1886, Mr Henry Richard and Mr Charles Herbert James were both returned un- opposed. Ou the retirement of Mr James, in 1888, Mr D A Thomas was elected unopposed. Mr Pritchard Morgan, in the same year, was returned f r the vacancy caused by the death of Mr Henry Richard, defeating Mr Ffonlkes Griffiths, another Liberal, by a majority of 2,193. MONMOUTH BOROUGHS—7,097. .Sir George Elliot, Baronet C Albert Spicer, paper manufacturer L 1885. 1886. Carbutt. (L) 2,932 i Elliot (C) 3,033 Cordes C) 2,922 Carbutt (L) 2,508 10 | 405 MONTGOMERY DISTRICT-2,9.36. #Hou. F Hanbury Tracy L Sir l'ryee l'/yce Jones C 18S:J. lSHô, Pryce Jones (C) 1,409 I Hanbury Tracy (L) 1,424 Hanbury 1 racy (L) 1,320 Pryec Jones (C) 1,251 83 173 PEMBROKE BOROUGHS—5,980. General Laurie C j Egerton Allen, gentleman L 1885. 1886. Allen (L) 2,115 Mayne (C) 2,305 Mayne (C) 2 Morris (L) 2,033 265 I 272 SWANSEA—8,447. Sir J T D Llewelyn, Baronet C Robert D Burnie, manufacturer L 1835. ISGö. Dillwyn (L) 3.660 I Dillwyn (L) 3,040 Meredyth (C) 2,520 Lambert (C) 1,740 1,140 1,300 SWANSEA DISTRICT—J0,017. Ii<ir Henry Hussey Vivian, Bart L Alderman Monger, solicitor U L Sir Hussey was returned unopposed both in 1885 a.nd iu 188G. COUNTY DIVISIONS.' ? ANGLESEA—No. of Electors, 10,093. #Thomas Lewis, merchant L Morgan Llftyd, Q.C U PREVIOUS ELECTIONS. 1S85. 1886. Davies (L) 4,412 Lewis (L) 3,727 Rayner (C) 3,402 liayner (C) 3,420 950 307 BRECKNOCK—10,551. *W Fuller Maitland, gentleman L Major T Wood, gentleman C 1885. Maitland (L) 4.7,84 Morgan (C) 3,232 I 1,502 In 1880 Mr Maitland was returned unopposed. I CARDIGAN—13,155. -W Bowen Rowlands. Q C, L 'I William Jones, draper U 1885. 1880. David D ivies ,(L)5.9f)7 Rowlands (L) 4,252 Vaughan Davies (0)3,044 D Davies (U) 4,213 2,323 ) 9 CARMARTHEN (EASTERN DIVISION)—9,13(5. Abel Thomas, barrister-at-law L Capt. Thomas Davies L,U. 1885. D Pugh (L) 4,487 Sir M 0 M Lloyd (C) 2,122 2.365 In 1880 MR Fugh was returned unopposed, and on his deiith in 1890 Mr Abel Thomas was elected without opposition. CARMARTHENSHIRE (WESTERN DIVISION)—9,202. *John Llovd Morgan, barrister-at-law L 1885. | 1880. 1885. ) 1886. Powell (L) 5,566 I Powell (L).. 4,181 Emlyn (C) 2,940 j Lawrence (U) 1,916 1,G26 2,265 On the death of Mr W R H Powell, in 1889, Mr John Lloyd Morgan was elected in ,i stead by a majority of nearly 2,OJO over his opponent, Mr Williams-Drum mond. CARNARVON (Southern Divis-ion)-9,630 *John Bryn Roberts, barrister-afc-law L W Humphreys, farmer C 1885. 1886. Roberts (L) 4,538 ) Roberts (L) 4,24t Nanney(C). 2,570 1 Farreu (C) 1,207 -I 1,908 2,977 CARNARVONSHIRE (Northern Division)—9,354 Will iam Rathbone, merchant L Colonel Wynn Finch C 1885. 1886. Rathbone (L) 4,502 ) Rathbone (L) 4.072 Piatt (C) 2,831 ) Piatt (C) 2,950 1.731 1,122 DENBIGH (East)-:1,94t, *Right Hon. George Osborne Morgan, q.c L Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Baronet. C 18S5. 188G. Morgan (L) 3,831. | Mqr.-gan (L) 3,536 Wynn (C) 3,438 ) Wynn (C). ;GlO -1 393 ) 26 DENBIGH (W«eat)—9,913. *Colonel Cornwallis We!V, U J. Herbert Roberts L 1885. IVest (L) 4.586 Main waring (C) 2,992 In 188G Col. WEFST was returned unopposed. FLINTSHIRE—10,075. *Samuel fcimith, merchant L Sir R O'.nlifife, Baronet U 1885. 1886. Grosvener (L) 4,768 Smith (L) 4,248 Mostyn (C) 3,132 I Pennant (C) 2,738 1,626 I 1,510 GLAMORGAN ^EAST)—11,741. Alfred Thvmas, gentleman L Herbert a Lewis, mining engineer C 1885. A Th,mas, L 4,880 Clark, C 2,080 2,800 In 1886 Mr Alfred Tlioms-ttvas unopposed. GLAMORGAN (West or Gower)—11,937. F .Da.rid Randell, solicitor L [ 1885. :1 Yeo, L 5,560 Miers, C 2,103 3,457 Mr Yeo was unoppogail in 1886. On bis death f in I88S. Mr Randell was elected, the figures being | Randell, 3,904 LleweS^wu, 3,358. Liberal majority, 606. GLAJioaoA^ Mid)-11,373, ^Samuel Thomas EV:IJIS, harrister-at-law L F C Grove, barrister »-at-lf»w C I In 1885 and in 188 5 the late Mr CRM Talbot was elected unopposf Id, In 1890, on the death of I Mr Talbot, Mr S T Evaus was elected without a contest. • -a GLAMORG/J* (Rhondda)—9,547. « Wm. Abraham, m ineL-r,' ageut,Labour & Liberal Rd. Morris, school ma&fer Labour and 1 L 1885. Abraham, L 3,859 (' ) F L Davies, Tj. 2,9- 867 In 18t)(j Mr Abraban i was unopposed. Glajbok^aj f (South)—12,481. toArlhur.J WiHilltJlJ¡f g entlemau L Sir Morgan Mcwsraa, Knight C 1885'- ° 1886. Williams L 045 Williams L 3,497 Llewelyn C 3; .51 Mowait U 2,177 1 m 1.320 MmuoO NETH—9,137. ^Thomas Edward ESI is Henry Owen 1835.. -;1880. 419- Robertson L Si Ellis L 4,127 Wynn C >0 | Vaughan C 2,860 Lloyd L >7 I I 1,26* 1 MONTGOMERY—8,880. *Stiiart Rpudel,, gentieniiii L Capt. Myt ton C T 18S5< 1S80. Reudel L 4.01.4 Rendel L 3 70'J Wynn C 3,389 Mytton C 3,2.0 655 579 PEMBROKESHIRE—10,895. air Charles I'hilipps, Baronet (j I W Rees Davies, barrister-at-law L I 1885. 1880. W Davies L 4,099 Davies L 4 0<»<» Pbilipps C 3,733 Philippe C 3/J83 1,201 — RADNOR—4,535 J L Bradney, gentleman C Frank Edwards, gentleman L w ,1885" 1880. walsh C 1,880 -Walsh C 1 910 R°Se" L 1,813 Green-Price L 1,V>08 -I 67 242 MONMOUTHSHIRE (Korth)-12,130, Thomas P Pi ice, gentleman L John Allan Rolls, gentleman C „ T lbS5- 1886. Price L 5.H92 Price L Rolls C 3,220 JonesC 3,285 2,400 I 1,403 MONMOUTHSHIRE (S-otitli)-13,211. *Ilon l'i-ed Nlor,tn C Baron I)rofiiino L 11985. 1880. Morgan C 4,891 Morgan C 5 235 Jackson L 4,293 Bryant L 2*,2h5 < I 2,950 MOSMOVTIISHIRE (West)—11,251. M Warmington, Q C. L W H Meredyth (j 1885. Warmiugton L c ron B F Williams C 1 311 In ISSG Mr Wannington was unopposed. 5.3S9 1
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LLANWRDA. MAKKIAOE REJOICINGS.—Wednesday, the :?:?ml J11 tie, will remain a day ever memorable in the history of the above quaint and pleasant little village. It was a day set apart to celebrate the marriage of Mr C. P. Lewis, M.A., third son of the late Mr Frederick Lewis, of Llwyncelyn and Gilfach, Llanwrda, to Miss Elizabeth Walters, youti,,est d-tu,,Ii ter of the late Mr Watkin Walters, of Llandovery, which happy event came off at Llandovery Oil the above mentioned date. The above was all occasion upon which the people of this 1 ooality had the opportunity of shewing their regard for the family of L'wyncelyn, and the loyal and he'rfy manner in which all the re- joicings were carried on, conclusively proved that the high esteem and universal lespect in which the family ate held regains wholly undiminished. Mount Tabor, or as it is better known The Pigyn," was the place selected for the cele- brations, and a place better adapted could not be found within a day's inarch. It affords a chaini- in view of nearly the whole range of the Brecknock Beacons and the Black Mountains, together with the lovely Vale of Towy stretching from Llandovery to Llandilo, from the summit of which can also be seen on a bright and clear day a pleasant view of Paxton Tower, Carregcennen, Dynevor Castle, etc. A committee, composed of the tenant farmers of the Llwyncelyn Estate and others, had made the necessary arrange- ments days previous to the event, and everything came off with perfect eclat. The following were the working committee, viz. Chairman, Mr M. Morgans, Cefnbenydd treasurer, Rev E. H. Jones, Bryndyfan House, Llansadwrn secretary, Mr D. Davies, Sculptor, Llar.wrda, whiht Mr 11 Edwin Powell, of Plasnewydd, and Mr L. Morgan, Cefnbenydd, rendered very active and useful assistance throughout. By special request of the bridegroom a bountiful supply of tea, cake, etc was provided for the school children of both the Llanwrda Endowed and Llansadwrn Board Schools, and for all others who desired to part- take, whilst the managing director, Mr J. F. Williams, Crocsyceilog, with the sanction of the committee, had made amp'e provision for those who preferred light refreshlllents." The tea tables were presided over by the following ladies, viz. Mrs Morgan, the Schools Mrs Powell, Plasnewydd Mrs Jones, Gilfach Mrs Davies, Penybank Mrs Morgan, the Feathers Inn, and Mis Williams, Cefnbenydd. The weather was such as reminded one of that well-known aOll. Oh, that summer smiled for aye," and the sight of upwards of a 1,000 cheerful faces assembled iu perfect harmony, on a green-turfed hill to do honour to the scion of an old and respected Welsh family was such as is seldom witnessed at Llanwrda. Amongst those present we noticed the Rev and MrsM. Lewis Jones, Rosemarket Vicarage, New Milfoid Miss Violet Jones Mr and Mrs D. Jones Lewis. Llwyncelyn Miss Emily Lewis and Master Elydir Lewis Dr. and Mrs F. \V. Lewis, Llandovery, and the Misses Ida and Trixie Lewis Rev and Mrs Jones, Llansadwrn Vicarage Mrs McClellan, Llandovery Mesars C. and C. E. Chapman, Llandovery, &c., &c. During the evening merry games were freely indulged in, and prizes were distributed amongst the best competitors in athletic spirts, Ac. The greatest enthusiasm prevailed during the interesting tug-of-war contest between resident adults of the parishes of Llauwidji and Llansadwrn. After a very hard and exciting contest the Llauwrdaites over- powered their rivals, and were deemed victors amidst loud and prolonged cheering. Mr J. F. Williams, of Llanwrda, also won the ltiire's for throwing the sledge. The Llandovery and Llandilo Brass Bands were in attendance, and played a choice selection of well-known airs throughout the day. In the evening, before dusk, a promenade entertainment was given, when the brothers Messrs C. and C. E. Chap- man, of Llandovery, entertained the audience to some capital comic songs and recitations much to the amusement and appreciation of all present. Mr Rees, Llandovery, Mr Jones, Brynteg. and Mr J. Ctwrda Lnomas, Llanwrda, also rendered a few splendid songs; whilst Mr Edwin Roberts delivered an extemporelspeech touching on the event. Dancing was afterwards proceeded with to the strains of the brass band, which con- tributed not a little to the harmony of the evening. After dusk the huge bonfire was lit, the light of which was seen miles away. No fewer than 40 loads of timber had been utilised to build the same, and the fire was immense. Cannons were also brought into requisition throughout the day, their loud reports thunder. in die echoing vaUey raoru tin i ht When the blazing heat of the bonfire had some- what subsided the band struck up the National Anthem in grand style, the refrain of which was taken up most heartily by the large and enthusiast ic assemblage which at this time was estimated to number close upon 1,500 people. A more loyal, patriotic and enthusiatic gathering one would never wish to see, and although there WjlsMai|1. a,11P ° supply of eatables and drinkables of all kinds, we did not witness a single case of inebriation—a fact which, from a moral point of viow, reflects the highest credit upon the vast gathering. It would be invidious to make any distinction between any of the parties who wera responsible for, or assisted in, the arrangements as each one performed their allotted duties in a creditable and praiseworthy manner. We are given to understand that the committee have a large surplus of money in hand wherewith they intend to make Mr C. P. Lewis a handsome wedding present. We wish the happy pair a long life of joy and felicity, and beg to subscribe our humble account in the words of the bard, .v; V Bri,de ;Uld the Bridegroom, "J W ^'s fm"1 iH'arts flowing o'er Lrod* blessing surround them; and sunshine t. ,1 [around them, And sorrow ue er darken their door." „ OWKJJA.
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