St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-01
Indications Point to Balfour
as the Coming Leader
in the House.
Young Conservatives Rally
to His Side as Their
Rising Hope.
Lord Randolph Desperate, But
NC~Oefinite Programme
Made Out.
Coryrlght Cahle to the Globe

but there is no longer talk of important
acceSSions from the outside. The latest
report is that Mr.. Balfour and Mr..
Smith will exchange offices before the
meeting of parliament. Mr. Balfour
has had Il fatiguing season of Irish
work, and in the eyes of a large number
of friends he has given proof of quail
tiles which will be urgently called for
in the leader of the house in the coming
session. Mr.. Smith has long been cred
tied with making special study of the
land purchase question, and with hold
ing definite views as to the proper Solu-
ton of ii, which, in the main, are ap-
proved by his colleagues in the cabinet,
while Mr.. BalfOur has given no con-
Spicuous Indications of financial capac-
ity. Certainly the present leader of
the house would be likely to fare badly
under the persistent ''heckling" of the
Irish members, but he would have the
assistance of Col. King-Harmon, as Mr..
Balfour has had in the past. What
gives Importance to the report is the
evidence it affords that the dead set"
which was made against Mr.. Smiths
leadership last session in certain Con-
sentative quarters is likely to revive.
Everybody admits the urbanity and
GOODNESS with which he discharged his
duties during the early session, but in
the eyes of
THE YOUNGER CONSERVATIVES,
who are disposed to look upon Mr.. Bal
four as their rising hope" he was far
too tolerant, not merely towards the
Irish members, but towards the general
body OF the opposition. The next ses-
sion will be one of strong measures
against every form of obstruction or
delay, and strong man will be needed
to carry them into effect. Since Lord
Randolph Churchill is out of the race,
Mr.. Balfour, who cannot be accused of
carrying courtesy towards his oppo-
nentS TO the point of weakness, seems to
be indicated by pretty general consent
as the proper man for the task. In
these quarters Mr.. GoSchen as leader
would be an intOlerable spectacle.
About Lord Randolph Churchill all
sorts of vague and contradictory ru-
morS are atioat. According to the out
and-Out supporters of the government,
Lord Randolph has proprio motu made
Overtures to Lord Salisbury with view
TO his readmiSSion to the cabinet,
and in support of this some apparent
evidence is given by the relation of GER
tain stories, with regard to which it is
only worth noting that their details
hOpelessly conflict. On the other hand,
Lord RandOlph's friends assert that,
not for the first, or even the second,
time during the recess proposals have
been made to him with view to b is re-
turn to Office, if not as leader of the
house, at all events as a secretary of
state. There is
SOMETHING IN THE AIR,
and it is believed that the talked-of re-
arrangements are connected with devel-
opments of foreign policy. After shiv-
ering on the bank for a considerable
time, Lord Salisbury is about to yield
to Prince Bismarck's urgent advice and
plunge into an alliance with the Gen.
trail European powers-that is, to the
extent of the active cooperation of the
British feet in the Mediterranean.
Until Lord Randolph's flight to Berlin
and st. Petersburg, there was no reason
to think that he took sufficiently per-
sonal interest in matters of foreign
policy to induce him to ''Stump the
country" against any move in the Euro
pean game which Lord Salisbury may
consider advisable. Lord Randolph
Churchill fully understands that wher-
ever Lord Salisbury's interest is power
full Mr.. Balfour is upheld and pushed
forward with the prime object of ''disil-
IN frN1. f1,o To-
house, and, quite after his own
method, is preparing to do his
utmost to defeat it. This is the
secret of his trip to Berlin and st.
Petersburg. 1t is now an open secret
that Lord Salisbury, who unexpect-
edly took Lord Churchill at his word
when he rendered his resigna-
ton a year ago, and so pushed
him from the cabinet, is not personally
anxious to resume the connection:
neither is Mr.. Smith, who does hot for
get the flouts and gibes which were flung
from below the gangWay at Sir Stafford
NOrthcote and himself.
BUT PARTY INTERESTS
are superior to personal feelings, and if
possible, an invitation to Lord Randolph
Churchill to rejOin the cabinet will be
made within few months. Every effort
will be made, however, to keep him
from the leadership of the house. The
announcement that John Morley is
convalescing has been received with
general qualification. His friends do not
recOllect to have ever heard before of
Mr.. MOreley being ill. His Slight figure.
bright complexion and hair touched
only here and there by gray, make him
look peculiarly young for man in his
fiftieth year. In addition to the Irish
troubles, the government before long
Will have to face a serious anti-tithe
agitation in Wales. Last year a number
of bailiffS were very severely dealt with
in the Vale of Clevyd, and now disturb
anceS are occurring in the south, where
the
FEELING AGAINST THE CLERGY
runs very high. Only those who are
well acquainted with the country can
realize the bitter fend which exists be-
tween the dissenting farmer and the re-
cipient of the 1.-THE. The official an
nOuncement is made to-day that another
attempt is to be made forthwith to en-
force the payment of titheS in Wales.
and will undoubtedly cause a large
amount of apprehension throughout the
country. The exciting scenes on the
last occasion are not yet forgotten,
and if the rulnor is correct the arrange
mentS made this time are to be likened
rather TO the advance of hostile army
than the advent of few bailiffs for en-
forcing the payment of the debts. The
most skilled emergency men of Ire
land and number of army pensioners
and ex-policemen have been engaged:
and further than that, the home secre-
tary has promised both civic and mill
tary help on all occasions when it may
be needed. The inevitable result must
be REIMBURSEMENT of the cues
ton of tithes; and within
reasonable time, too. The change in
the appearance OF European affairs is
only on the surface. The
DANGER OF WAR
has existed for a whole year, and the