The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-17
SLEEPING.
coNFeRRING WITH HIS FRIENDS.
Salisbury Studying the Situation and
Talking IL Over.

salisbury Studying the Situation and
Talking it Over.
LONDON, June 17.-There was certainly
never time in the history of the Conserya.
tive party when it was so sadly in need of q
leader as now 20, for an hour of Dsraeli,'
is now hackneyed expression at the Carlton
club. Salisbury has been week and not
yet determined anything
No one doubts that Lord Beaconsfield in
similar circumstances would have accepted
at once, with just enough apparent hesita
ton to make it certain that the demand
upon him was imperative and his duty alb
solute. He would not only have ac
cepted ofiice-he would have seized it
with a firmness of grasp that would
have left no room for doubt as to who was
master. Many days before this he would
have been ont with a ringing address to the
country which would have put the Liberals
hopelessly in the wrong, captured the popu.
lar heart, and paved the way for the con
doning of any future mishaps by showing
what a legacy of chaos had been inherited
Tuesday Salisbury was busy holding con
ferences. Lord Randolph Churchill, earl OF
Carnarvan, Baron Rowton, Sir Michael
Hicks Beach, Lord John Manners and Others
having Deen closeted with him.
At the close of the conference between the
marquis of Salisbury and Lord Randolph
Churchill, which, by the way, lasted
just one hour, Lord Randolph pro-
ceeded to the Carlton club. There the mem
bers were gathered to hear the result of his
conference with the marquis The Con-
servatives, in general are disappointed that
no progress has been made, and the fear is
expressed that the delay to form cabinet
will damage the prospects of the Tory party
In the approaching general elections
The names of the new ministers will prob
ably be announced in the commons on Fri.
day. The conference of the Tory leaders
with Lord Churchill indicates that the
Spencer policy will not prevail in Ireland.
The Orange element, the Fosters and Cos
chens Of the Liberal party, and the old
fossils among the Tories want coercion
pure and simple; but Churchill, who
represents the young progressive Con-
servatives will lie satisfied with nothing less
| than the abandonment of the crimes act.
There is vascillation among the Tory lead
KRIS; dissension i'll the Tory camp But the
Indications are that some sort of a compro-
mise will be patched up Just now The
VI bhp paAty dIc
their influence felt. They are masters Of
the situation, and it is hardly possible that
they will uphold the reactionary policy
which finds favor with the graybeards Of
their party,
| SALISBURY ACCEPTS.
LONDON, June 17.-LOrd Salisbury has
definitely accepted the premiership. II
is stated that Sir Stafford Northcote has
accepted a peerage, leaving Sir Michael
Hicks Beach to lead the conservatives in
The commons Lord Randolph Churchill
will have an important position in the new
cabiLet, but the distribution of portfolios
has not yet been decided, and will not be
unit! the arrival of the queen, who i:
travelling with the utmost speed. Church
| i'll has agreed to the renewal of the coer-
ton act on the condition that it only be
enforced if found imperative. Several
liberal ministers held an informal meeting
at Gladstone's residence today to decide
upon their action in response to conserv-
ative overtures for support.