New-York tribune., 1885-03-01
WILL THE MINISTRY RESIGN?
A CABINET COUNCIL IN LONDON.

A SESSION LASTING OVER FOUR HoCho-"h''N'
OF THE DELIBERATIONS.
LONDON. Feb. 2s.-7he Daily Telegraph says that
q Cabinet meeting was summoned at ocloch W
consider the question of resigning. Inc queen
private secretary, General Sir Henry Ponsonby,
left Windsor to-day and visited Mr. GLADSTONE
A long interview took place between them.
Every member of the Ministry was present at the
Council. RumOrs are current that in case MI
Gladstone resigns he will propose as his successor
the Marquis of Harrington the present Minister VI
War.
The council lasted from until 6:35 p. IN. Inc
debate was excited and at sOme points exceeded
the bounds of decOrum. Three lines OF action were
proposed and each was stOuty advocateu. Oho
proposition was to resign Immediately and 'et the
Tories, who are so good at criticsing, see II they
can do better in action. The second proposition
was to push through the Redistribution DILL whicn
has already been agreed to by the leaders OF oo,h
narties then TO dissolve Parliament and take the
chances of general election by the con-
stituencies as constituted by the enlarged
franchise and the redistribution. The third
suggestion was TO stick TO emce ana leu
the oppostion howl The second proposition VIII
probably prevail.
The PaN Mall Gazette this evening exactly de-
scribes the opinion of the bulk of the Liberals IN
saving that the House of Commons has found the
old Irish verdict Not guilty, but don't do 1t
again" :,
In estimating the votes last night in the two di-
visions of the House of Commons, 1t Is an almost
unanimous opinion that the Parnellte vote should
be ignored as q factional and fantastic element,
having nothing to do with the subject OF the de-
bate Omitting tho Parnellites, the number of
members who voted for Sir Stafford Northcotesre
olution of censure was 246. The members
who thus voted to condemn the Governments
pol,cy, did so because in their opinion that policy
did not 90 far enough Then there were seventy
Liberals who voted for Johu Morley's soothing
syrup resolution, because they thought The
Government had gone too far. From these facts
and figures the argument is drawn that majority
of the members is hostile to the Government on
one consideration or the other 49,
On the Other hand the partlsans OF inc present
Administration argue that II Is needless lor tne
Ministers 10 resign and that IL Is 'hcT
bOunden duty to enforce the opinion c1preS,eu
hy n majority Of Parliament, Notwithstanding inc
nearness of the vote 10 do this II wOnld he ncccs-
sarv 10 abandon the policy which has been NaIl-
ously nicknamed as Rescue and Retire, sIanIh.
fer and Scuttc" and Butcher and Bolt.' IL
happens however, that the only perslsicnt adNo-
cate of this policy IN the Cabinet Is slf llIian
Vernon flarcourt. The question OF sacrhclng SH
William has been mooted in Liberal councils Tor
some weeks and there are few VINO would he sorry
to witness his downfall. lie has ailchalcu many
sound Liberals and has earned tne p''cIcs' H"'i'"
of the PaTnelhtcs. =. 4. .o.,l;,.
An instance of the pervading anxiety regafdlng
todav's { 'abiuet councl was furnished tong ht
when The Daily Telegraph issned a special EDITION
nj : O'clock The venders OF the paper were sur
rounded with crowds that blocked thc sldcWl'hs
and roadways. Men fought TO get places Where
they could buy the paper, ana III some Iocall't9
the paper which is published al one pehy' s"ia
readily for shilling. The IeeTdPh states 'iA' nv
the Cabinet council was occupied solely WIN dl1
cussion of the xpcdiehcy OF rcsignlng itWhs
that the sma ncss of the majority "as que 10 tnr
action of the Parneltes. that II would DC l'osSiie
aud easy 10 continue the Government WIN 'li'
nIrsent fIouse of Commons and that IL WIS h''n-
less to resign. =, -- ...... I,.,Io J,,,,It
thai the Cabinet council has decided upon diS'1iN-
in% p 'rIi,mrnt soon after the passage of the Re
distrihutiOn bill At the Carlton ana inc O'hei
Tory clubs tonight the pol iticlan' express lhehlI
eelyes a. satisfied with tIs decision. on hc glOhud
that in the months that Will elapse bc'"een no"
and the election the Government Is sure 10 Re'
deeper in the mlrc. The next rock ahead loi ,Ilo
Liberals is the budget for s56 1t IS certain lhat
there will be "A deficit, and the increased lhAatlon
which viii be redu red to supply the dchclehcy Is
not likely 10 make Liberalism more popular
PARIS. Feb 2s-Ihe Journal dtS DcGdt"; IN an
orticIe ON last nights proceedings IN the Brllloh
parioment saws that the fall Of Mr. Gladstone has
heen C,crmany ys political dream and bismarck SAM
The trouble with England Is, the IeOdt' lhihK,
that her people deaf TO irehGy
foreign counscls against which their British pTidc
rehcs i'm the assumption that they are attempts 10
interfere with British policy. 1t Is 1of tha reason
declares the writer that Germanys lullouS atiacAs
defeat their own purpose.