The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-03-10
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Political Developments are always social at
their roots. Mr.. Disraeli boasted, the other
day, that there had been no war of classes
at the elections; that manufacturers had not
been ranged against agriculture, nor work.
men against employers. This is, true to a
certain extent, but it is not the whole truth.
II is natural that Mr.. Disraeli should take
credit for the majority he has just won rs the
result OF his reform act, and this ma
ionty has, no doubt, been the first
and immediate result of It. The extern
sion offranchise has frightened the old mid
dle-class voters over to the conservative
side as their only chance of escaping from
being swamped by the radicals. If they
hac stuck to the liberal party they would
only have given greater weight to the DEM
ocratic vote. which very clearly influences
the character and tendencies of the party.
By throwing themselves into the other scale
they have recovered their influence for the
present; they have taught the liberal leaders
that they must not reckon only with the ad-
vanced wing OF the party; and, on the other
hand, the conservatives are shrewd enough
to understand that they, too, must be
moderate and reasonable, in order to retain
the support of their new allies. Hence the
present state of affairs is rather a triumph OF
moderate liberalism than a conservative
TedcIlO0. buJ now long Will THIS last! lt Is
quite clear that the working classes have not
either yet discovered their political strength
or are too idle and Indifferent to use it. A
great many have not taken the trouble to
see that their names are on the register of
voters. They have no organization for
electoral purposes, no leaders in whom they
confide. Evidently the trade-unions have
not as yet succeeded in getting hold of the
working class vote. In point of fact. there
has not yet been time 20 get this new and
mysterious power fairly into working order,
and therefore it is impossible to say, from
the experience of the recent elections, what
will be its ultimate tendency. Inasmuch,
however, as the working classes are the most
numerous body in the country, they must,
in the long run. have the command of the
elections, ifthey care enough about 1t to go
to the poll. The numerical majority is on
their side, and the middle and upper classes
must trust to their superior 20 isical sagacity
H. THE NEW GOVERNMENT. "a.
1t is expected that the new conservative
cabinet will be mainly a reproduction of the
former one. And, indeed, it can hardly be
otherwise, for there Is but limited choice of
materials. The conservative party went OF
pieces in 1876, and it may be said that this is
the first chance 1t has since had of forming
genuine government. 1t has been in Office
once or twice, but only by brief snatches
lin one day, and out the next
and those of the younger generation who
had never before sat on the treasury bench
had no time to acquire official experience in
these sudden Fittings from one side of the
house to tho other, and back again. The
older men have now all passed away and.
although there may be a vast amount of la
tent administrative power in the party, it
has vet to be discovered. As much of it as
| is known certainly does not constitute an
enlargement of wealth for the conser-
vative chief. Mr.. Disraeli and Lord Derby
are sufficiently familiar figures the one
romantic, fiighty, flashy; other prosaic
cold, and cautious. The Marquis of Sails
bury is of yet another type-keen, impul-
sive. mpronlisingly loyal to his prir
4 ciples, and full ofintellectual conteInpV foi
cant and stupidity. A government that
contains Lord Salisbury can hardly fail tC
be what the French call a government oi
combat. So far, indeed, does he carry this
eager combativeness that he would probably
almost welcome the abolition of the house
of lords as a means of opening the lower
house to peers, and enabling him to meet
his opponents there face to face. The Ear
of Carnarvon, delicate in health and rather
Edilettsnte by temperament. is an intelligent
lcultivated man, an industrious political stu.
dent, fair-minded and reasonable, who
however, sometimes gives one the impres
sion that he tries to WELD ar --... ....t.
A SWORD TOO BIG FOR HIM.
In his brother, Auberon Herbert, the milo
radical and utopian, we see the imaginativ,
qualities of the family in an extreme form
Lord Carnarvon is certainly not hard
shell tory. Lord Cairns, who will be tn,
new lord chancellor, is a clever Irish lawyer
who is also something more than lawyer
Disraeli got him accepted when the part,
r went out of office as its leader in the housI
of lords, but he had after time to give it up
partly on account of weak health-be i
rather consumptive-and partly perhaps be
cause hereditary peers preferred heredi
tary commander. Lord Cairns is grave
cold, and rather supercilious, but vigorou
, in debate, and with more breadt
) than most lawyers. Mr.. Hardy, MI
Disraeli's second in the house @
7 commons. makes a rattling common sens
. speech, fluent, plucky, and never over tn
: heads of his audience. He is the man j
, whom, above all others, conservatives pu
their con iidence. They feel at ease with hi
plainness and sincerity, and his hot, stronl
everyday words 60 home to their hearts
He is an excellent man of bus;ness-the bes
t home secretary since Sir George Lewis. S
Stafford Northcote, once Gladstone's pr
vate secretary, with yellow hair and golde
spectacles. is thought TO be just the man
distribute the surplus Hitherto, howeve
he has not been a success. He has hars
! dry voice, and is altogether too thin an
/ gritty and small in his views for anythiT
a great in the way OF craftsmanship. s
Seymour Fitzgerald has also a sort OF dl
: iuency, like the pouring out of sand, whiC
: is not prepossessing, but he is quick, cap
>. BILE, and exceedingly plausible. He has bee
under secretary at the foreign Office, al
; since then governor Of Bombay.
n THE ROYAL FAMILY IN LONDON.
! OF the return of the Duke of Edinbure
t and his bride a London paper saVS:-It