The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-04-19

The Organization OF . Constitutional
GovernEent-The Legislature I'm Rome
Sciia and RatazEi-Prospects OF the New
Cabinet-Finances and the Church.

Cabinet-Finances and the Church.
ROME, March 81 1874
Another means has been adopted for. in some
degree aDatng the difficulties arising from
slack attendance OF memoers OF the CHAM
Der. IL must be explained that the law. which
requires the number OF Deputies competent to de-
eide tne passing or rejection Of any to be half
the entire house plus one. supposes that those
Deputies who are absent by leave, regularly asked
and obtained, are first deducted from the entire
number. Thus the complete Italian Chamber,
consisting OF SOS members. II forty, say, are
absent on leave, the nall Of the remainder,
after these have been deducted, will be 234,
and that number, therefore, plus one-i. e.. 235-
VIII he the legal quorum. practice, therefore,
WAS adopted OF considering an obstinate absentee
TO have asked and 10 have obtained leave. thus
the number required by law to lie present was re-
duced. But. despite this and every other measure
that could be adopted, business remained
pended day after day, and the outcry in the coun-
tr was very great. 1t was SAID that the evil re-
suits OF the removal OF the capital to Rome were
now showing themselves that many members
could not or would not subject themselves to the
heavy expenses OF Housekeeping In Rome; that
honorable gentlemen were afraid of Roman lever,
or perhaps, to put the mat Ell more presumably,
were afraid to expose their families TO the chances
OF 1t. Certainly 1t was true that the difficulty OF
getting together a sufficient number OF members
to make House had never before been great
Nevertheless | am disposed TO believe that the
state OF things which year ago was making every
friend OF Italy ANXIOUS and disconnected, was, in
great measure, que to causes OF a different nature,
the statement Of which will afford an explanation
OF the marked change which the present session
has witnessed, and Will also tend to the right
derstanding OF the present situation.
THE FALL OF THE sELLA CABINET.
The iacl e. that during the whole OF the last ses-
sion The cabinet OF Sighor Sela, which finally fell
ut the close 1T, was supported by the votes of
majority which was not really in favor OF that min
ister's policy or measures. Why, tlen, did they
vote for him They voted for him because they
feared that his fail and retirement IRON office
would cause the advent to power OF one whom the
majority feared and disliked yet more than they
did sella- The individual whose advent to power
was TITUS dreaded was Urbano Rat azzi. Had the
Seiia ministry iallen while kattazzl was yet alive
the King would unquestionaby have entrusted TO
him the formation oil q new cabinet. And tins was
what the majority were determined to AVOID at
any cost For some time past the feeling OF the
country has been becoming less and less friendly
toward France. The general causes OF this are TOO
well known Tor IL to be necessary to explain them
in detan mere. Sutf,ce 1t to say that the attitude
tag pnistc TO the attitude OF Italy toward that
Power and it's CLAIMS was and, indeed, it must
he said, IS. the chief and most enduring Of those
causes. Now, Rattazzi had always been favorable
to France and the policy in Italy which habituay
looked France as It's guiding star. It mad always
been feared that the feelings and procivities the
King pointed IN toe same direction. And it was
Iurtner supposed that Rattazzi would be little
likely as Minister TO act as any check on the
royal wishes or tendencies 1t may De added fur
Their, that Raitazz, despite his Commanding tai
ents and undeniabs patriotism, was deeply mis-
trusted by the Chamber as an UNSAFE man man
likely to embark risky and adventurous courses;
a man OF whom. as the common saying goes, you
could not tell hat he migGt be next. For these
reasons majority OF the Chamber gave grudgnq
votes to he Ministry, and only JUS a sufficient
allowance OF them to prevent their being driven
IRON Office. When the death OF Rattazzi occurred,
IT seen at once thar rnat event would be fatal
to the Cabinet Dy removing the cause when had
hitherto prevented large portion OF the Chamber
fr1m voting against them. inc result soon made
itself manifest. After short struggle the Ministry
resigned, anu Signor Mingnettl was Entrusted By
the KING with the formation OF new Cabinet.
THE NEW CABINET
TIE task proved difiicut one, for the political
situalon was far from clear and well defined
SlsnOr MlnIucLtl was u mcinOer tT the "Rfghf.O
the same side OF the Chamber as the Ministers be-
lonaed TO who mad just fallen. The "Leftn declared
loudly that THIS was contrary to all the rules OF Inc
constitutional game that their votes mainly had
unseated the late Ministry and that leader on
their side OF the House ought therefore to have
been calied By the King to the task OF forming
government. Signor Minghetti recognized the
justice and RESPONSIVENESS OF these cl aims so far
10 commence MS Efforts Of forming Cabinet by
attempting fusion Ia co n1ubio, g marriage az 1t
Was then The fashion to cal IT. vita the leading
members OF the Lett The latter did not reject
these oyertures. Tney negotiated. And those
whose duties Tor one reason or another tietalpe ed
them in Rome till such negot atlons should be con-
Glued will not easily forget the rediousness nj
them. 1t was midsummer, and the Roman sun
was each day 1ercer than the day before. How
everybody abused the idleness and truancy of the
Chamoer, winch, with is long holiday at
Carnival time, and again at Easter, and
its loss OF day after day by not making
"a House." had pushed matters Oh till now
we were In the midst OF ministerial crisis
in the dog DAYS! People did mt co nslder that
what In reality would have been needed to rescue
us rom the former situation at an earlier period
was that poor Rattazzi should have died month
or two earlier And, after all, the negotiations
for a iuson came to nothing. The ''Letn asked
too much (what they specially insisted on was
that one oil their men should have the portfolio OF
the lnterior) or the ster would concede 4 %
little. Ar er some - days wraDgiinr in The
swelterng hear OF Roman Juy it became clear
that nothing could be done, and Srgnor Mingncttt
at last succeeded In forming Cabinet IRON Among
the members OF The "Ri nj Centre.u Ohl we
were al so glad to near that the matter was at
last settled somehow and that we might all
run away from the "fttnun ct opes strepituD,1ue
Rome" as fast as the cars could carry usl Even
the disappointed ones were glad at last that the
business was done and over. We all went "every
one Ia his own way" till the new Ministry met the
Chamber In November.
WHAT OF THE FUTURE.
ihen the interesting question was, What course
would the new Cabinet TAX S-or rather, what
course would sgnor tiinghetti take Dor le Cabinet
cest tutD-tor the obtaining OF a working majority
OF the Chamber2 lie had taken hla colIe ouca