New-York tribune., 1885-07-10
THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS.
LORD sALIsBURY's DIFFICULTIES AND HIS
APPEAL TO MR.. GLADSTONE.


in Arngton-st. proves to have been less OF surren
der than was believed at the time. 1t was rather
q compromise than a capitulation. Each side
yielded something We have seen what Lord sals-
bury yielded. If the lists Of the new Cabinet which
appear in Tory journals accurate, they contain
evidence of the concessions made by Lera Ran
dolph. Having carried his point about sir stafford
Northcote, turned him out Of the House OF Com
mons and installed his friend Sir Michael Hicks
Beach in his place, he gracieusly gave
his consent to the appointment of the two members
of the Beaconield Cabinet whom he most dsllked
and despised. Marshall and Snelgrove" are 10 be
members of Lord salisbury's Cabinet The respec-
table firm of drapcrs known as Marshall & Smell
grove may perhaps be called the Arnold IL Consta-
bic of London and these the names by which
Lord Randolph long since saw tit to designate sir
Richard Cross and Mr.. w. Ii. Smith. This sample
of aristocratic impcrtineuce had success at the
time out of proportion to Its merits, which are ex
ccedingly slender. But there arc always people
with when rudeness passes for wit, and the name
has stuck. Wit from the younger son OF a duke Is
not to be judged by the high standard applied to
the efforts of the general. Lord Randolphs con-
tempt, or aifcctatien of contempt, for Mr. w. H.
Smith seems to bs based on the fact that he
founded great commercial enterprise. and gained
au enormous fortune in trade. The chief offence OF
consists in his not having been born in ducal pnr-
pie. However, these objections have now been
walved. and Messrs. Marshall and Snegrove are
again TO be Cabinet Ministers. The men whom
Lsrd Beaconsield thought good enough to be MS
colleagues are to enjoy the further honor of being
colleagues to Lord Randolph Churchill.
Usess, indeed. Lord SaIisbury's Govern
ment should come to grief on the very
threshold of its existence 1t cannot
yet be said to exist l described yester-
day the means by which the internal dissensons of
the party had been composed. The external
troubles which th"n seemed ominous have since
grown to be most meEacing. For some days Lord
Salisbury's friends have been urging him to ask
from the late Cabinet same sort OF assurance
that their majority in the House of Commons
should no: be used wantonly to turn out the new
Ministry. He did ask for 1t yesterday, and did not
get it. The news became known III an odd way.
Three Liberal Ministers were at Ascot yesterday
Lord Granville, Lord Harrington and Lord Rose
berry About noon the rumOr spread III the Encios-
ure that they had been telographel for TO London.
and with this was coupled the story that Mr. Glad
stone had summoned meeting of the ex-Cabinet
TO consider Lord Salisbury's request. Nevertheless
Lord Granville and Lord Harrington stayed quietly
where they were and enjoyed ts the full the en-
chanting sunlight and pure air of Ascot in the
midst of n company which included n majority of
all the most beautiful aud we'll lressed womeu in
London. Lord Rosebery quilted this scsno and
took the first train back 10 town. The rumor was
true. Lord Salisbury had respectfully asked the
Queen to make communication TO Mr. Gladstone
TO the effect that he csuld not hope
to carry on the Government of the
Queen unless the late Ministry would
help him. lie did not ask for support. He asked
for toleration
The circumstances justify snch an appeal. Or
dinarily when a Minister takes Office with ma
jsrity Of the House of Commons against him. he can
dissolve. Lord Salisbury. il he allows the Redis-
trbution Bill to pass cannot dissolve. for
often explained before November. MeantHc. he
is at the mercy of majority which tho outgoing
Ministry can WELD at will They can refuse to
pass their own estimates; can refuse, and very
possibly would refuse, to pass ths Budget which
tie new Chancellor Of the Excheqner must bring
in The speeches Of Mr. Chamberlain and of Sir
William Harcourt have Indicated very clearly that
they arc Ia no mood to show favor to their foes.
Unless Lord Salisbury could obtain some guarantee
from Mr.. Gladstone that the sx-Ministry as "A whole
were of a different mind from his warke colleagues
il would be useless for him to go through tho form
of taking Office Mr. Gladstone Is asked, therefore,
whether the new Government may count upon his
Concurrence in the conduct of ordinary business.
and especially whether he will observe a be
nevolent neutrality with respect to the forth
coming Budget He is asked, more specifically. to
say whether in the new Budget should not
please him he will allow the deficit TO be met by
temporary loan. And the further request is made
certainly, rather strange onc-that the Gov
ernment nights in the House OF Commons shoad
include Tuesdays and Fridays we'll as Mondays
and Thursdays In ether words the new Ministry
want monopoly, and want to be able To shut out
inconvenicnt issues.
The answer seems to be- anything but satisfac tor
Mr. Gladstone, il is understood, declines TO give
any but the most general pledges, aud these Lord
Salisbury regards as insufficient To-day. there
fore, matters are at standstll. The meetings
yesterday came to nothing. Lord Salisbury held
conclave of his new colleagues In Arington-s st.
Mr.. GladstOnes consultation with his friends
followed by aljournlng to Windsor and an audience
with the Queen. Lord RoSebery accompanying HIM
If refer often to these journeyngs it is because
each one of them marks a stage III the negotiations
which have reached their most critical post. The
Queen had sent for Mr. Gladstone, and tkere can
he 10 doubt that Her Majesty urged her late
Prime Minister ts comply with Lord Saiisburys re-
quest. Had he done so, the whole body Of retiring
Ministers would have gone to Windsor to-day to
give up the seals of Office The new Ministers
would have kissed hands. Statements would
have been made this afternoon III both Houses, and
the newest and perhaps last Conservative Govern
ment Of England would have been fairly launched
1t is permissible to suppose that Mr. Gladstone
himself is more ready to lend land to his sue
cesser than ara Of his colleagues. Some of
them speak in tone winch shows no little bitter
ness Thcy have succeeded in persuading them
selves that they hardly used in office. Never.
they say, was a Ministry so bcset Never were
many votes of ccnsurc moved. Not one OF them