The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-08-31

William E. Gladstone, leader OF the Lib
eral party in Great Britain, visited Queen
Victoria on the Isle of Wight to lay before
her the names of those who would comprise
the Cabinet. and to perform the usual cere-
monies attendant upon the taking Of
ofice by new Prime Minister.
On the following dav Mr.. Gladstone re-
tured to London, and the new Government
was officially announced as follows:
William E. Gladstone, Lord Privy Seal
and First Lord Of the Treasury.
Earl Rosebery. Foreign Secretary.
Baron Herschell, Lord Chancellor.
Sir William Vernon Harcourt Chancellor
OF the Exchequer.
Herbert n. Asquith, Home Secretary.
The Right Hon. Henry q. Fowler, Pres
ident of the Local Government Board.
The Right Hon. d. Campbell -Bannerman,
Secretary Of State for War.
Earl Spencer. First Lord Of the Admiralty.
The Right Hon. John Morley, Chief Secre-
tary for Ireland.
The Right Hon. A. j. Muudolla: Presl-
dent of the Board OF Trade.
Sir Charles Russell, Attorney-General
John Rigby, Solicitor-General.
The Right Hon. Samuel Walker. Lord
Chancellor OF ireland.
Mr.. MacDermott, Attorney General for
ireland. .
hanks. Patronage Secretary to the Treasury.
Alexander Asher, solicisor-General for
Scotland.
vocate of Scotland.
The Earl of Kimberley, Secretary OF
State for India and Vice-freslden0 OF ene
Council.
The Marquis of Ripon, Secretary OF State
Sir George o. Trevelyan, Secretary for
Mr.. Arnold Morley, Postmaster-General,
Mr.. Arthur Herbert Dyke Aclani, Vice
President Of the Council Of Education.
Baron Houghton, Viceroy OF Ireland
without seat in the Cabinet.
James Bryce. Chancellor OF the Ducny OF
Lancaster. with q seat in the Cabinet.
An Associated Press dispatch from Lon
don SAYS that ''the composition OF the new
Government is the cause Of intense dlsap'
pointment among the Radicals. Not O single
man. except John Morley, prominently
identified with the Radicals has been ap
pointed Cabinet Minister, and among the
ex-Cabinet posts few members OF the new
set have any but the remotest cnance
Of getting place. Inc Ola seS
ara masters of the situation. Representa-
extreme views have been Mr.. Gladstone's e1
elusive choice. Even Mr.. Stansfeld, who IN
the last Gladstone Cabinetrepresented demo.
cratic opinion, has been shelyed. The official!
list. when scanned tonight at the National
Liberal Club. awoke vehement protests
The bulk of the members Of strong Ra1lcal
tendencies turned from the announcsmtent
with expressions Of scorn and anger. w az
it for this uudiuted list OF Did men assocl'
ated with the traditions Of WnlgSery, WIN
some new recruits from the territorial anu
aristocratic class, that the Radicals had
given their money and their time? This was
the general question. and the responsive
prediction followed that such Government
could not last three months after Parliament
resumed business.
WApart from Radical opinion the Cabinet
IL really composed OF eminently reputable
men. Mr.. Gladstone has preferred collect.
ing around him tried colleagues accustomed
to subordination and certain not TO
deviate into strange ways. His three
new Cabinet Ministers, Messrs. AS
ouith. Arnold Morley ana Acland,
are sound Liberals. Mr.. Asquith alone is
slightly tainted with Radicalism, but he has
a legal mind, with such strong bias oward
high Office as makes him malleable on prln-
ciples. Arnold Morley is In everything
Giadstonian. Mr.. Aclan1 has potent old
Whig family connections and is heir to largo
estates"
Speaking of Lord Houghton's appoint
ment as Viceroy for Ireland, the Dublin
Freeman's Journal says: IF there is sub
stance in the modern theory OF heredity,
Baron Houghton is likely to be a
Justly popular Lord-Lieutenant Of Ireland.
His father was a gentleman AMI o
scholar, OF winning personal courtesy, with
deep sympathy for Ireland's national aspi'
-ations. The son is said to be active, dis.
tinguished and popular in his own country,
endowed with political ambition and ability
and with wealth and personal accomplish
ments tnat will enable him to fill the po-
sition with dignity and SUCCESS. But
unouestionably the chief lesson Of the
appointment of Baron Houghton as
Viceroy, without seat in the Cabinet, is
that John Morley will tako the administra.
tion of Ireland completely into his own
hands. We trust and believe that his adj
minissration will be thorough. Hitherto
change of Government has but slightly
changed the administration OF Ireland, This,
the first Government ever elected with a
distinct mandate to do full justice to Irish
oo;n;o, y,,oopc a ravolntjon in Castle math.