Liberal candidates loom in contested constituencies
The report outlines party dynamics across towns as Liberals push for seats. Candidates discuss Irish Church disestablishment, reform, and public support. meetings in Launceston Preston Sheffield and other boroughs reveal Liberal unity and Conservative opposition, with names like Illingworth Lopes Mundella Brodrick and others prominent in local campaigns.
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Lord Hotham
Haworth
Gladstone
Eompuren
St. Andrews
Lyon Playfair
Young
Kyangpssonoven
Alfred Illingworth
Bradford
I. Holden
West Riding
Illingworth
Knaresborough
T G Trish Church
Ng Pap
Ric
Mr. Gladstone
Launceston
Lopes
Nortinouam
Bernal Osborne
P. W. Clayden
A. G. Marten
Josiah Merriman
Charles Seely
Lincoln
Robert Clifton
Robert
Preston
Treston
Edward Howard
Levie
German
Sheffield
Paradise Square
Mundella
Nottingham
Wepnes Burry
Brogden
Kerr
Robinson
Kenealey
Woopsroox
Barnett
Duke of Marlborough
Irish electioneering details stir Dublin and provinces
Irish Times correspondence records a lively, fragmented election scene across counties and boroughs. Liberal and Conservative candidates battle for ground in Dublin, Sligo, Cork, Louth, Monaghan, Wicklow, and more, with clergy backing, local intrigues, and evolving alliances shaping a tight race.
Peet and Claypen Urge Unfettered Candidates Reform
Sir Robert Peet’s Tamworth address laments unfettered candidates and pledges to curb party restraint. Claypen of Nottingham calls for universal education, redistribution of political power, and end to church versus dissenters in a broad reform agenda.
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Tamworth
House of Commons
Claypen
Nottingham
Gladstone
National Church
National Civil Service
Post Office
Inland Revenue
National Army
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