... twaddle. He informed the Conservatives of Taunton that a melancholy change had come over the conditions of party government. The Whigs instead of going over the Tories like right-minded men persisted in adhering to a party, the Radical element of which threatened ...

... nay, to that, William Ewart replied, Too closely you're seeking to pry ; But if you insist upon knowing the cause, The Whigs can the answer supply. You are old, William Ewart, the young man cried, And yet you're more honoured each day; Now, tell ...

... Conservative party of forty years ago was the peace party, and such charlatanism would then have been scouted to the country. Both Whigs and Tories were elevated to higher level in those days than to be able to stoop and descend to found their political greatness ...

... concessions will be made to the tradition unit local representation (small account being taken of numbers) which most of the Whigs as well as old-fashioned Tories swear by. Moreover, it was dead against the theory proportional or minority representation ...

... containing sneaking humbugs like Mr. Trevelyan and Earl Spencer, and said Mr. Gladstone was the most respectable cut-throat in the Whig Cabinet. The following are the average prices of British corn for last week, received from the inspectors and officers of Excise ...

... 1887, for its coming into operation. No amendment has caused much anxiety as this. The Conservatives were in its favour; the Whigs looked with kindly eyes upon it. At one time was said that a combination would be arranged which would lead to its passage ...

... from election to election, but all the new men vote Tory. South Hants is now become Tory stronghold after having long been a Whig seat. A majority of 1,500 out of a total poll of some 7,000 votes is conclusive. But Mid-Surrey shews no change whatever. The ...

... safety. In a crisis like the present is highly consoling to know what they think at Brooks's, but this is really the view of the Whig gentlemen who meet there, John Willett's state of mind after the Maypole was wrecked was lucidity compared to theirs. Mr. John ...

... erected to the memory of my dear old hereditary friend, E. S. Drive, the squire of Grange ; gsnerous, frank, genial; a staunch Whig, good landlord and sportsman, ; on the opposite side is another of the same pattern. I would like to linger and describe this ...

... Mr. Gladstone and his colleagues seemed to be that they could not work miracles. The Tories had stolen the clothes of the Whigs, and whether they filled them or not the makeup was rather grotesque. Their opponents had adopted the Liberal Caucus in all ...

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... ago-that there was creat danger extending the Franchise. But since then the Liberal party has made great advance- Not even a Whig like Mr. Albert Grey was found to support Mr Goschen. All the predictions the croakers of twenty years ago to the ignorance ...