2 AUGUST 1884, Page 2

On Saturday night Sir R. Cross rallied the Conservatives of

Cardiff to the aid of his party, accusing the Liberals of raising this Reform cry in order to distract the attention of the country from the blunders of their administration. W ell, if that be true,—which it is not,—how foolish the Conservatives are in following the herring trailed across their path. Lord Beaconsfield would have opened his arms to household fran- chise, said that the Tories asked for nothing better, and declared that he appealed to the people enfranchised under it to condemn the present Government. Why does not Sir R. Cross advocate that astute policy P Perhaps, because he doubts whether the people are at all inclined to condemn the Government, even at the invitation of Tory democrats.