New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-07-13
COALITION GOVERNNENT.

The current lllmOrs respecting the CoalillOn
Cabinet are reasonable, il premature. As the
Conservatives will not. have Il clear majority
in the new House, their leader Will naturally
* TO sccuIe the permanent support ol llt
Moderate Liberals who have been bathing with
them against Home Rule. lie does not :cqullt
Mr. Chambei liin's aid and would be enDdr-
rassed bv his presence i'll the Cabinet ana con-
scouentlv he will not make oveltues to him.
Rut the Wigs he is anxious 10 separate non
the Liberal party and is likely to ofier to then
leaders important Cabinet positions. 1t Is not
probable that the Wing leaders have been nance
or that formal programme has been decided
upcn as a basis for negotiations. LOrd SANS
bury being in impaired health and at a distance
from London, it is safe to assume that Tie
announcements made III the dispatches are
premature But there is every reason TO De
Icve that a Coalition Ministry Will be loimcd'
tlat Lord Harrington, Sr Henry J'Anes ana
Mr.. Goschen will iSc invited to join IT, anu that
the ploglammc TO be adopted will not be unlike
the one outlined in the dispatches. The Con
scrvative party has been steadily out-deD"Hd
in the House of Commons since MI. Dlsfacl
WAS raised to the peerage. Ii Il Coalition MINIS
hv involves ultimately the fusion OF the nga
and Tories, there will be IA goat accession OF
debating powel on that side of the House. Ihc
palty itself would bc greatly strengthened,
if the body of electors represented by THESE
WING leaders cOuldbe incorporated with 1t. ii
Lord Salisbury acts under good advice, he
will not only fom Coalition Cabinet Dnl
tcat his allies with exceptional generosity Ill
assigning offices to them.
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constructed readily enough. Home Rule hay
ing been emphtically condemned by The con-
stitucncies, there will be no attempt to revive
Mr.. Gladotonc's measures. The appeal to the
country on that subject WAS direct and
the answer uncqu yocal. No Ministry VIII
have valid authority TO grant legislative
autonomy to Ireland until another general
election can he held. The " only sub
stitute foI Home Rule which the Coalition
Ministry can offer is an enlargement OF the
functions of local government. This Is sub
Jcct ON which there is 10 chance for division oil
opinion among the UniOnlstS. large Local
Government measure applicable To the United
Kingdom will be unqucstionaby The first woik
Which the Coalition Ministry will undertake.
Coupled with it VIII be aninor measures, such
al
labOreis' dwellings, act, de-igncd to
strengthen the hold of the Conservative
party upon the newly cnlIancliscd classes,
whose support was alicnated last year
but has been attracted during the present
elections. This is Il policy to which
Moderate Liberals like Lord huntington and 81
Henry James would readily assent, and a COah-
ton Ministry formed for the purpose of carry
ing il into effect would have temporarily at
least, smooth water and abundant ooa-Ioom.
Coalition Ministries have been diatusted Ii.
England ever since the famous Ministry oil Ali
the Talents came TO an inAlOrlOu, end. That
Ministry included Lord Aberdeen, Lord John
Russell, L0id Palmcrton and Mr. Gladstone,
and III administrative Capdity and political
authority has never been cquailcd III In Dish
public lie. Yet il diu not remain III Office Two
yc.us and was igno.nlniouSly elected ny ho>il,
majority OF 451 On the eve oil the formation
OF that Ministry Nj. Dsiacll exclaimed " CO.ll-
lions, though they may be successful, hI,c
always tOund that their trlumphs have been
brief. This ! know, that England docs Aol
love co;lliions.' Loid Salisbury, with TIN,
historic warning confronting hIn may succeed
in converting an adventurous coalition mic
Il Permanent fusion.