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Written at National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, S.W. The proposed holiday. Expects the session to extend to the third week of August: 'I mean to stick to their gullet until the Prorogation tears me off - & I'll draw some blood'.
Written at National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, S.W. The previous day's meeting at Halifax was a great success. Is very busy with the railway. Business matters. 'Ordinary work in office getting on. Our new Manchester agency firm have given us two rather good cases'. Goes to Grasgarth with Maggie that evening. Phil's testimonials.
Written at National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, S.W. The Penrhyn cases; urges William George to take sole responsibility - 'I am quite out of it. This is your chance. Take it & don't bother about me. This is not my metier. They only want me for a splash. You are the man for real business'.
Written at National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, S.W. The Nottingham meeting was a great success; the reports in the newspapers. The funeral of Thomas Gee has upset all his arrangements.
Written at National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, S.W. The newspaper contract has been signed - 'It is the sensation of the hour & for the moment I am the centre of it. Dim ods'. Spender's dilemma. Kitchener's telegram.
Written at National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, S.W. The news of the 'Diwygiad' is very interesting. 'Your friend & protégé Mrs J Dyffryn seems to be quite a remarkable woman. Un digri ydyw Bob Evans. Bu chwerthin mawr am ben ei ystori'. Balfour's speech.
Written at National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, S.W. The meeting at York was an enormous success. The reports in the newspapers. Hopes to come to Cricieth on Thursday evening.
Written at National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, S.W. The meeting at Warminster was a great success. Was driven to Stonehenge that day, and goes to Darlington the following day.
Written at National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, S.W. The Llanachhaearn case. Legal matters. 'Observe new candidate for Barnsley has gone in strongly for Home Rule all round. Yr achos yn llwyddo'. Morgan Thomas is not worth attention.
Written at National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, S.W. The letters he has received that day from Haydn Jones and W. P. Evans: 'All the same they are suffering from funk & won't go into action except they be driven with the cat's nine tails'. Will be at Church Stretton the following night with Sylvester Horne. Will go to Llandrindod the following day.
Written at National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, S.W. The lecture is off: But I gained nothing by it for Pwllheli insist on a meeting. Inclined to get grumpy about it. How selfish we all are even - or I should say especially - in our affections. Conway is also getting restive & I have Nevin still unsatisfied - one of the most faithful of the lot. I worked last night on Scotch speech'. There is a committee that afternoon 'to arrange Conference of Progressive Councillors for England & Wales. Carried my scheme'.
Written at National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, S.W. The last paragraph of Y Cymro's letter is libellous. William George should write to him at Blackwood the next day. The tour has thus far been 'a distinct success'.
Written at National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, S.W. The journey was not totally in vain as he had a long talk with Sir William Robson MP. 'Casson was there looking green & quite uneasy at the attention Robson was paying me'. The previous night's reception. 'Acland ill. Quite broken down. Poor Chap'.
Written at National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, S.W. The journey home: 'The rushing about took one's mind clean off politics. We were half way through France when I found Joe had resigned. Wily dog. True to his rodentary instinct he has deserted another sinking ship. ... Nothing but the Opposition Front Bench can now save the Ministry'.
Written at National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, S.W. The introduction to the history of the controversy over the Free Church - 'It is very striking & I would not omit a sentence or even a name?' Goes to stay with Lord Rosebery the following day.
Written at National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, S.W. The interview with D.Ll.G. in the South Wales papers and the Guardian. It was curtailed in the Guardian - to his great annoyance.
Written at National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, S.W. The Injunction Motion was won 'after a stiff fight. Judge very severe on Prichard Morgan'. The outlook in Cape Colony is very serious. Has been too busy to see Daniel. Raising money for the newspaper. There is to be a meeting to peruse the draft contracts the following day.
Written at National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, S.W. The idiocy of the Bishops. Has discussed with the Bishop of St Asaph 'trying to arrange Merioneth so as to fight in Carmarthenshire wh[ich] is a better case'.
Written at National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, S.W. The Government are aware that something is to happen on Monday - 'So that is off. Reducing the majority is not worth doing unless we can pull it under 20'. Has dined with Lord Spencer who wished to discuss the future.
Written at National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, S.W. The funeral was 'a Methodist gymkana'; 'they spat on him whilst alive but they pounced on his bones like beasts of prey or carrion birds - they wouldn't allow anyone to get near'.