New-York tribune., 1886-07-30
CHARACTER OF THE NEW MINISTRY.
.u,. rNc11su STORMY PFTREL-A DESCENDANT OF
cAsrIKkFAGH-THE "GRAND OLD WOMAN
sI.npRIsE In IHG HOME
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1oxDox. July 29-Lord Salisbury has staked his
all mon a desperate throw upsettlng preceueu'''
on+~ao,pg the "old gang" and adventurlnG upon
an experiment which every one swearS Is 100 IiNhS
for Government on crutches. But thenlt Is break
,,r the hank OF suicide Lord Randolph ChuIchlHS
onno,ntment "a leader of the House of Commons
and Chancellor Of the ExcheQuer Is the most daring
novelty. 1t is putting at the head OF 'he
House the most irritating OF us ihe"i-
hers and at the head of the great hhahce
dcpartment of free trade England an avowed pro-
tcctlouist OF course IT is on the cards that Loru
Randolph may develop entirely new character
TO suit his new position as he did on the only pre-
viops occasion lie was called TO power, but nlesS
he does there is bound to be fasco The leader
shin of the House of Commons is post calling for
the utmost tact and good temper, for the warlness
of a red Indian the pkyslQuc of a dray horse ana
the patience of a saint. In none oil these
ouahtics except perhaps. IN wariness has Lord Ran
dolph Churchill hitherto excelled. Miracles have
bappened IN English politics before now' Inc
ontbor of " Henrietta Temple and a revolutionary
epic became Prime Minister OF Lugduu anc ioiS'
Lord Randolph Churchill has already become al
most a serious politician. Why should not the
scalpe1 Of debate lay down his tomahawk ana be-
come the head conchatorf The sublime andacity
Of making the author of the last Paddington eec-
tlon address leader Of the House Of Commons rem
dcrs anything possible.
But whatever be Lord Randolphs alternate pos
abilities he has begun b. creating serious danger
for the new Administration. His appointment Is
boubsheu In the ranks Of the party through whose
favor d Tory Government has been called Into eA-
isteuce Liberal Unionis not beng IN opposition
will h. pnder Lord Randolph Churchills command
and Lord Harrington and Mr. Chamberlain WI"
hardly relish the notion Of following such leader
l., ,ft ho 1
stormy petrol of English politics. Still, TWO years
ago at Blackpoo he used the following language
in speech he delivered there:
"You find foreign iron, foreign WOOL foreign
silk and cotton pouring INTO TINS country
Roodlng yon drowning you. SINKING you
swamping you. and | suspect free imports
10 be the murderer of our industries much ID the
same way as If | found a man standing over
corpse and plunging his knife into H. shou'u
suspect that man Of homicide. SIX leather' wooi
and IRON are all coming INTO the country duty iree
bopelessIy undeIselling your own products ana
diving your industrial population to America, 10
tbe colonies TO the wOrkhOuse or TO the prison."
Nv no means the least striking fact OF TINS po-
ltical crisis IS that for the first time since CoDueh
arose a nan who believes the salvation Oh EhgIahu
hes in the the rejection OF fee-trade Is Chancellor
of the British Exchequcr.
The Marois of Londonderry as Lord-Lieutenant
of Ireland Is an appointment of evll omen lie Is
descendant of Castlereagh, who was IItI 5 ChlcI
instrument in carrying out the union ana uhtli MS
fathers death short time ago he bore the ute ol
Lord CasteIeagh himself He aud sir Mlch~eI
Hicks-Beach follow the benehccnt vlceroyalty oI
Lord Aberdeen much a. CORVALLIS and his anccs-
tors succeeded Lord Ftzwllliam. lie is an VI
angemau and the dismissal OF Sir Robert haihh-
ton the Home Rule permanent Under Secretary
would seem to herald an intention OF restoring "
Dublin Castle is character as an orange houso'
On the Of her hand Lord Londonderry IN 1878 was
returned to the House Of Commons lOr CounIS
Down by promising Nationalist voters 10 vote io
an inquiry INTO Home Rule He Is young gOou
looking and very wealthy and his wife, one OF the
lovely 1albOts, is one OF the most beduIhu' anu
successful leaders of society In London. lie owns
colliery sells coal by retail, and is a cousin ol
Lord Randolph Churchill.
Sir Michael Hicks Beach, the Chief Secretary, Is
apoor creature. ChurchilPs appointment TO the
post lie filed IN the last Tory Govern
ment Is cruel setback to HIM. lie
once before Irish Chief Secretary
when he distinguished himself by being the cool
est liar that ever filled the Office. lie IL bitterly
snt-IIish, but he will not be allowed his own
way too much whatever Irish policy his chiefs de-
termne upon
Lord Iddlesleigh's appointment as Foreign Sec
retry is another surprise lie Is an anlcaDle olu
man of whom, while Sir Stafford North
cote and leader of the Commons. the
present leader of the Commons remarked
70 Liberal member If you have got
aHand old man we have got a grand old woman"
lie was never in the Foreign Office before and
everybody IS wondering why hc Is sent there now.
lie Is one of the old gang who kicked up
tlalrs 10 the House of Lords last year.
lhe Home SecretaIysbip has been given TO Henry
hatthews, T. Z and his appointment is the great
est surprise of all. Matthews was Craw
iOfds counsel in the late Crawford-Dilke divorce
sase lie Is good nui prias lawyer. but u man of