St. Paul daily globe., 1888-11-25
COLONIAL fiADlCALIsM.


The Kick of Queensland Stirs Up
the Anger of English Heredi.
tary Legislators.
Special Cable to the Globe.
LONDON, Nov. 24.-The amaZement of
the English hereditary Legislators that
any of the colonies should dare to have
an opinion of their own in regard to the
governors sent by the mother country
to rule over them, appears to Increase.
and the heirs of some of the noble lords
may be suddenly elevated to the upper
house, if this shocking state of affairs
continues. The conduct of the Queens
land people III informing the home gov
ernment that they declined the honor
of living under the sway of Sir Henry
Arthur Blake, late of Newfoundland
has developed apopletic symptoms in
several worthy peers, and the prompt
support accorded to their brother colon
lists by the most prominent men Of
New South Wales and other neigh
boring sympathizerS has thrown the oab-
met into flutter. Many conservative
lords think they can trace the steady
advance of radicalism III England to
the decline of the old-time port wine
drinking and the introduction OF cheap
er cIaret by that arcl-enemy. Mr.. Glad
stone. Henry Blake, having. vested .iE-
terestS in office, as well as having filled
one position with marked imbecility
and incurred the dislike OF every one
under him, must of course be provided
for, and the governorship of Queens
land, with it's $4,000 per annum and pro-
portionate pickings, would, it was
thought, suit him very we'll. The in
habitants of that colony, however, met
the nomination with such vigorous
protest that the government dared not
insist upon the appointments. and it is
now denied that be will even be inf1ict-
ep upon Mauritius, which colony it was
later stated he would misgovern. Lord
Carnarvon's letter to the Times on the
subjec, is fine specimen of the old
this really won't do, you know" feel
ing held by him and his compeers.
The often threatened downfall of the
British constitution will, they con-
slider, be one of the least terrible results
of thus yielding to the common herd,
and Lord KnutsfOrd is horrified by the
assertion of the premier of New South
Wales to the assembly that colonies
should be informed in advance of the
names of governors selected for them,
illus giving tllclu q CiidilCC W plOttSt
against Objectionable persons, exactly
the thing which Lord Knutsferd would
prevent them from doing. The remarks
of the premier to the colonial assembly
were probably not entirely uninfiuenced
by the conduct of Capt. Darlington,
brother to the governor of that colony.
Australia. of course, has due sense of
her present and future Importance, as
have also the North American provinces,
and the sighting assertion of a prom
inent statesman that India is of more
value to the mother country than ten
Australias or Canadas may lead their
inhabitants TO reflect upon the com
parative benefits and disadvantages. of
a continued subjection to England. The
cabinet at it's session to-day occu-
pied two hours in discussing the matter
of appointing colonial governors, es-
pecially the governor of Queensland.
The discussion of the Queensland mat
ter resulted in the withdrawal of the
appointment of Sir FL. A. Blake, late
governor of New Foundland, and if the
appointmentment had not been revoked
there
WOULD HAVE BEEN A ROW,
not only in the cabinet, but in the col
ony to which it was proposed to send
him. The prime minister of Queens
land, Sir S. W. Griffith, is ultra radical
on the question, and is ready at any
time to precipitate a separation from
England whether any other colonies
follow or not. Sir Harry Parks, the
premier of New South Wales, has
opened the eyes Of the government to
the impending danger of a colonial re-
volt by his support of an address to the
crown in favor of requiring the In
dorsement of the colonies before theap-
goyernorship shall be confirmed, aud
this entirely new view of colonial In
dependence may give the home authori-
ties something to think of that never
engaged their attention before. I!