Morning journal and courier., 1886-12-24
CHURCHrLL,s RRsIeNATIoN.

The Tories i'm a Dilemma-Lord Hart
 ington Called Home From Italy Bu
 1t Is Not Likely That He Will Go Into
 The Cabinet.
 :: LONDON, Dec. 23.--The Marquis of Hart
 ington having been summoned from Italy by
 telegraph will return to London immediately
 Lord Salisbury will take no action, nor will
 he express any opinion regarding the resig-
 nation of Lord Randolph Churchill until
 Lord Hartington's arrival It is not prob
 able, however, that Lord Harrington will
 accept the position of prime minister and it
 is extremely unlikely that he will be induced
 to accept any other office, Mir. Chamberlain
 and majority of the Liberal Unionist lead
 CTS having already given evidence of their opposition to his doing so. It is stated upon
 reliable authority that the Queen will exert 1 the utmost pressure to induce Lord Harting-
 ton to join the ministry and assume the gov
 ernment leadership in the House of Com
 mons, believing that in no other way can the effect of the withdrawal of Lord Churchill ! and the opposition of that statesman to many 1 of the projects the government has in view l be neutralized Should Lord Harrington | refuse to yield to the influence which her
 majesty will undoubtedly employ the Con- | servative element in British politics is in I | the chancellorship of the exchequer and the | appointment of the Rt. Hon. Edward Stan hope, at present colonial secretary, as chief | secretary for Ireland. Lord Salisbury had | long conference with MT. William Henry | Smith, secretary for war, and General Sir Frederick Ponsonby, the Queens private secretary, to-day and returned to Hatfield | this evening. The import of the conference | has not been divulged.
 It has transpired that the Queen summon
 ed Lord Randolph Churchill and Lord l George F. Hamilton, first lord of the admir- | alty, to Windsor on Tuesday and endeavored 1 to reconcile the former to the policy of the | latter, supported by nearly all his colleagues | in the cabinet. Failing in this her majesty gave Lord Churchill g specific period of time | in which to consider his position as opposed to that of the entire cabinet as well as the ! crown. Lord Salisbury was made aware of Lord Churehill's decision to resign yesterday | morning and the matter was whispered about l at ball at Hartield last night. He was | naturally astonished this morning to learn l that authorized statement of the fact of | Lord Randolph's resignation had been made | public in advance of it's communication to
 himself and the latters premature divulgence | of the fact to the Times is considered by ! Lord Salisbury and his friends to have been l 8 breach of faith.
 MT. Henry Matthews, home secretary, is | the only other member of the cabinet whose l. Ritchie, president of the local government board, and William L. Jackson, financial secretary of the treasury, are known to have shared Lord Churchills views and will pos l sibly also retire from office Lord Churchill states that the condition of his health is bet ter than it has been for months. His decision to resign, he says, was deliberately formed and arose from feeling of ill-temper or weariuess of the cares of office. He has abandoned his contemplated visit to Ireland. MT. Charles T. Ritchie, president of the local government board, has expressed him. self as perfectly satisfied with the local gov ernment policy of the cabinet and stated that he has no intention of resigning his office
 LONDON, Dsc. 24-The Post says Lord Randolph Churehili's resignation had no connection with the foreign policy of the government, his opinions on that subject CO., inciding with those of the otheSmembers of the cabinet. The Post also states that it has authority for denying that negotiations pending between the Vatican and the Eng fish government.
 The Standard says Lord Randolph in re- signing his office missed his mark and asserts that the circumstances attending his secession will deprive him of the sympathy ordinarily extended to ministers resigning from consci entious motives.
 The News understands that Lord Salisbury has requested the assistance of Lord Hart
 
 ment.
 The Telegraph presumes that the result of Lord Churchill's resignation will be the weakening of the Conservative cabinet mor- ally, Lord Salisbury personally retaining office because there is nobody else in the ministry to do the work.
 NO EXCUSE FOR COERCION.
 Parnen Thinks the Govern ment Has
 no Reason Now for Using Force fin
 Ireland.
 LONDON, Dec. 23.-A reporter called on MT. Parnell at the Huston Hotel to-day and upon presenting his card was promptly shown to the Irish leaders rooms. MT. Par nell looks much paler end thinner than he did at the end of the last session, but is evident ly making good progress toward complete restoration to health. To the reporter he said his physician believed that by the time Parliament assemblies he will be stronger and in better health generally than for many years. Mir. Pa1ne1l explained to his visitor that he had not as yet granted interviews on political subjects as the fatigue and excite ment attending the effort was too great for him to stand. but he would make exceptions in cases where the information sought was intended for the American public. His illness, he said, became acute about the end of October, but for several months previous ly he had been losing flesh, appetite and strength until at the autumn ses- sion he had felt almost unable to do any work ''After my malady had become fully developed" MT. Parnell continued, '1 was unable to read or write anything or to attend to any kind of business for several weeks, and it is only within the last three weeks that have permitted my self even to think of political affairs, while even the excitement and fatigue of the last few days have distinctly thrown me back and made me feel worse" Mir. Psrnell then turned his conversation to the political situa- tion and remarked that the government, now that Lord Churchill had resigned, would have something else to do than coercing Ire- land. It would have to struggle hard for existence. He did not, however, think that the government would have been likely to apply for coercive power in any case since noting the marked absence of crime and the general moderation with which the National leagues campaign had been con- ducted, and considering the fact that the object of the government and that of the promoters of the plan of campaign is identi- cal, namely that of obtaining fair abate- ment of rents from unyielding landlords. These points had taken away many of the usual excuses for coercion and the few re- maining were not strong enough to stand alone. Regarding the legality of the plan of campaign, MT. Parnell said he would be very unwilling to accept the law as laid down by Justice O'Brien or Justice Johnson, both of whom were strong political par tisans who had received their offices as rewards for political services, both being notoriously lawyers of mediocre ability. ftThere is confusion in this judg- ment itself," continued MT. Parnell, ''as we'll as in the proclamation, in any event, for if it should be finally and clearly de- eided by high legal opinion of recognized authority that the campaign is illegal you must remember that it will be only techni- cally illegal, and only so because the same right of combination which the legislature has legalized for British workingnen under the name of trades-unionism has not yet been extended to the Irish tenant farmers"
 A Lobbyist Gets Judgment.
 BOSTON, Dec. 23.-In the Supreme judicial court this afternoon Judge Gardner ordered