has been holding its annual congress ab Rochdale this year. That this sometime Radical stronghold, the birthplace of John Bright and the constituency of Richard Cobden, should be chosen as the locale of the greatest Conservative gathering of the year is a curious example of the change which the Home Rule movement has brought about, even though it be conceded that the present Conservative member for Rochdale owes his seat to the Independent Labour candidate who split the opposition vote. Lord Salisbury did not attend the Congress this year, but Mr. Balfour was there, and in his speech at the great mass meeting which is always held in connection with the Congress he seized the opportunity to offer x word of much needed warning to the Churchmen who have been demanding
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