Autobiography and memoirs . MANTUAN MEDAL. [ To face 2). 384, vol. i 1881-86] REDISTRIBUTION 385 and thus to avert a movement against the House ofLords. To Mr. Gladstone {July llth, 1884). Excuse an ebullition of conscience on reading yourDowning Street speech. You reproach Salisburyseverely for describing the position of Redistributionists(after the passing of a Franchise Bill) as that of men fighting with a rope round their necks. You re-present this as an insult to the new voters, and generallyas an unfair description of the position. Yet, as itseems to me, you proceed to make an explanatio
Autobiography and memoirs . MANTUAN MEDAL. [ To face 2). 384, vol. i 1881-86] REDISTRIBUTION 385 and thus to avert a movement against the House ofLords. To Mr. Gladstone {July llth, 1884). Excuse an ebullition of conscience on reading yourDowning Street speech. You reproach Salisburyseverely for describing the position of Redistributionists(after the passing of a Franchise Bill) as that of men fighting with a rope round their necks. You re-present this as an insult to the new voters, and generallyas an unfair description of the position. Yet, as itseems to me, you proceed to make an explanationwhich is tantamount exactly to the same thing. Yousay that you cannot pass any Redistribution Bill un-less the Opposition is placed under the pressure ofsome motive ; and you further explain that motiveto be this—that, unless they take your RedistributionBill, they may go without. This seems to me to be simply a frank confessionof the truth of Salisburys description of the positioneveryone will be in as regards Redistrib
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