Tue absurd suggestion made by the Morning Post that Lord Salisbury should. retain office until February next, even if detented on a vote of coueure, was promptly. repu-chated by the Times and by other Conservative journals, and it is not likely that it was entertained for a monient by Lord Salisbury or his colleagues. As the Overland Mail says; ''Even when the-unity of the Kingdom is at stake, politicians must: play according to the rules of the game." The Mr, Gladstone a majority which m majority of the electors of the United Kingdom want to see Mr. Gladstoi i the Qu how she could prevent Mr, Gladstone's being Prime Minister, and was answered, "Quly by abdicating the throne," is of course apvoryphal, but it is true enough in substance; and to Mr. Gladstone it has been reserved to be the only man in this or the last century who has been four tim inister. The papers.are still full ty as to how long Mr, Glad-atone's majority will hold together. The Daily Chronicle, which has dropped its. opposition to Home Rule, but is atill a working-man's organ, warns Mr. Gladstone's opponents generally that their opsition had better not be what is somewhat indeterminately known as " factions The democracy has decided that. Mr. Gladstone and nobody else shall have the government of this empire at this juncture of affairs. Tt has accepted the terms.on which he said he would undertake it, The nation has therefore distinctly willed that the Irish question shall be dealt with before any other, it has not specified how Mr, Gladstone is to with it, and the composition of his ish majority clearly shows that the national demand is also that a-scheme of agrarian reform for England shall be linked, without delay, to his Irish. policy. "This Focal authorities can distribute land in small primarily means that the process where; lots among the peasants, who want to till it as occupiers or owners,, must be made easy, cheap, and operative, if need be by strong compulsory powers, and an economic of transfer and registration. Along wit demand there is another which nearly every county Member in the House, no matter what-side he sits. on, is pledged to satisfy namely, the demand for a reform of the Poor Law. Its quite ridiculous, then, to pretend that a majority of forty-two in face of the capable el giving effect to it by legislation, ion of public opinion is not Those who thwart the will of the people as expressed: at this election, whether they be [es or Labour. Members, by factiously obstructing Mr. gladstone many honestattenpt to obey hia mandate will probably have a hed
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