The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1885-06-18
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LONDON, June i3.-The queen. IL is
said, is delighted over Mr.. Glad
stones downfall.
The Parnellites who accomplished
his overthrow are going to encounter
the hardest times they have ever had.
The Marquis Of Salisbury everybody
begins to see, lacks self-eOnfidenee.
He has been bold but never fore
sighted as q leader OF the opposition.
| But, the very moment the Gladstone
ministry resigned, the Marquis Of
Salisbury became q supplicant for
public help and vowed that he would
not take the power unless the Liber-
ais gave his government a show"
Mr.. Gladstone never asked
"show" from anybody.
| The squeen would not conceal her
satisfaction over the change in poll
tics. She never liked Mr.. Gladstone.
He was too superior to her in eti-
quette-cOuld not flatter and was i'm
/ patient as a state servant to the
throne.
Her majesty was so pleased over
the prospect of again having q Tory
and an aristOcrat at the head Of af-
fairs that she telegraphed her accept
anee of GladstOne's resignation and
by wire summoned the Marquis of
/ Salisbury to accept the trust Of FORM
ing q new government.
| IL Is understood that the Marquis
Of Salisbury will refrain from enter
ing upon the work OF forming a new
cabinet. He has held conferences
with all Of the Conservative leaders.
/ Singular as IL may appear to for
eigners, the chief political interest Of
/ BritOns just now does not seem TO be
In the constitution Of new ministry
but principally In the foreign policy
and secondly In the Irish policy Of
/ the Conservative government. Mr..
/ Parnell certainly must have the mea-
sure OF his ambition nearly filed
when he has succeeded in making the
affair Of Ireland the most important
| subject of British interest after Eng
lish Foreign affairs.
When the Irish members on Mon
/ day night threw their votes with the
| Tories and wrought the ruin Of the
minority that gave Ireland dlsestab-
/ lishment and the land act, they
/ jumped upon their seats and hur-
rahed. They were then certain that
the Tories lifted into power by Irish
help would at once Parnellize the
government, but the Tories having
recovered from their first excitement,
appear 10 attribute GladstOne's de-
| feat, not to his hardness toward
Ireland, but to the loss Of Liberal
votes driven from him by disgust at
his Submission to Irish bulldOzing."
Now this ''disgusted Liberal vote" is
far larger than the Home Rule vote
The Tories knew this. They are wise
in their day aud generation. They
are playing for the larger vote, aud
the Irish are going to get left.
The Conservative party Is largely
controlled by the prevalent opinion
Of the Tory clubs. The Carleton and
other leading Tory clubs are all In IA
vOr Of the theory advocated by Earl
Spencer, the Irish vicerOy-that there
is an absolute necessity for q eOntinu-
ance Of the coercion policy In Ireland |
and on this point the Tories and a |
majority Of the Liberals will agree |
and on it they may continue against |
the Radicals and PRrnellites. II they |
do, the Home Rulers will be In such |
a pitAble minority that their voice |
will count for nothing in parliment |
aud a long lease Of life will be Sc
cured To the present mode Of English
rule in Ireland.
1t is not believed that the Marquis
Of Salisbury will seek assistance from
any Of the Gladstone ministry In
forming his policy toward Ireland.
His plan will be to split the Liberal
party completely by proposing mea-
sure Of coercion based on Earl Spen-
GERS reports-a measure the same as
the Marquis Of Harrington, Mr.. Glad
stones war minister, and q majority
of GladstOneis cabinet insist upon
continuing In spite Of the opposition
of Sir Charles DikO, Mr.. Joseph
Chamberlain and Mr.. Trevellyn.
Such a line Of Irish policy would be
almost certain to lead 20 at least
temporary coalition between the mod
crate Liberals and the Tories against
the Radicals and Parnellites and give
the new government q tremendous
majority. It would be hard to guess
what would become OF Irish home
rule under q government whose very
start In power was based on its deter
mination TO maintain coercion in
Ireland, Sir Stafford NortheOte the
Tory leader In the house Of commons,
has already been in consultation with
Irish officials concerning the real state
Of affairs in Ireland and IL is under
stood that nearly every one Of these
gentlemen have stated that the Eng
hsh government could not afford 10
be Responsible for the government Of
Ireland during the coming winter
without the continuance OF the Irish
crimes act. Sir Stafford can easily
acquire testimony that will bolster up
his intentions toward Ireland. Lord
Randolph Churchill, Il may be safely
stated, is the only lone Of the men
likely 10 form the Conservative eabi-
net who is at all likely to advocate
the abandonment of coercion. His
influences will be far lesslEith his par
" when Il Is In power than it ap-
peared 10 be when he was an OppO-
sitlOn leader I'm the commons.
Telegrams from Balmnral indicate
that in the conferences which have
taken place between the queen and
the Marquis Of Salisbury, her majesty
has shown that she h concerned most
about the foreign policy Of the gov
eminent.
In court circles there is no longer
any ooneealmelt Of rejoicing over the
fall Of the Liberal guSernment. Mr..
Gladstone, court officials now admit,
was never in harmony with the queen
on any subject and her majesty and
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