Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-07-16
OUR BRITISH BUDGET
PROBABLE COMPOSITION OF THE
GLADsToNIAN MINISTRY.
Liberal Government Psogramme-The
Iiome-Ruie and " "0ne-Man Ono Vote"
I!ilI--Gcneral Notes.
Copyrighted. 1902, by the New York Associated


Copyrighted, 1902, by the New York Associated
Press.l
LONDON, July 15.--Mr. Gladstone will re-
turn to London at the end of next week.
He has accepted an invitation TO tempora-
rily reside OF the house Of Mr.. Stuart Rem
del. the member-elect for Montgomery
shire, at Carlton Gardens, prior TO re-
suming his official residence IN Downing
Street. His first conference on the forma-
tion of the new Ministry occurred at Dal-
meny Park. the residence of Lord Rose
berry. Before he stated for Braemar he
summoned Mr.. John Morley to meet Lord
Roseberry and Sir George o. Trevelyan.
As far as can be ascertained IN official
Liberal quarters here the deliberations at
standing set forth in this letter last week
that is 10 say, SIR William yernon-Har-
court will be First Lord of the Treasury
and government leader in the House OF
Commons under Mr. Gladstone's direc-
ton, and that Henry Fowler will be Chan
cellor of the Exchequer. Mr.. John Morley
does not desire TO be Chief Secretary Tor
Ireland He wants the secretaryship of
the Colonial Office. but influential pressure
stone to appoint Mr. James Bryce Colonial
Secretary, as he is in closer touch with
colonial questions than Mr. Morley.
FURTHER FORECASTS.
The best-informed Liberal forecasts OF
the Ministry assign Lord HerschelI to the
Lord Chancellorship; Earl Spencer, to the
Viceroyship of Ireland;. the Hon. George
Shawl Lefeyre to the Chief Secretaryship
of Ireland; the Hon. George o. Trevelyan,
to the Secretaryship Of the Home Ofhce;
the Hon. Henry Campbell -Bannerman, to
the Secretaryship of War; Lord Ripon, to
the First Lordsnlp of the Admiralty; MIR.
John Morley. to the Secretaryship for In
dia; Mr.. James Brice, TO the eSecretaryshlp
OF the Colonies; Lord Roseberry. TO the
Secretaryship of the Foreign Office: The,
Earl of Kimberley. TO the Presidency OF
the Council, and the Hon. A. j. Mundella.
to the Presidency of the Board OF Trade,
while MIR. Gladstone will take the sinecure
of the Chan cellorship of the Duchy OF
Lancaster. These constitute the Cabinet.
The leading posts outside the Cabinet
are assigned as follows: Mr.. Francis A.
Claiming as President OF the Board OF
Agriculture, Mr.. Sidney G. Buxton as
President OF the Local-Government Board,
Mr. Henry Labouchere as Postmaster
General, Mr.. William A. Hunter as Secre-
tary for Scotland, Sir Charles Russell as
lcitor-General.
When Sir Charles RusselI's early eleva-
ton to the bench occurs he will be sue
ceeded in the Attorney-Generalshlp by
Mr.. Rigby, and MIR. Herbert Asquith will
become SollcItor-General. The Radical
press puts forward Messrs. Benn,, stuart,
and Canston. three favorites with the Lon
don Progressives, as entitled 70 once
Other aspirsnts are Mr.. Dyke Acland ana
Sir Walter Foster and Mr.. Burt, who, as
probably the best representative of the
Liberal Iaborists will Eli the place of MIR.
Broadhurst, the Under Secretary IN the
Home Office in the last Gladstonean MiDls-
try.
NEW PLACES AND NEW MES.
Mr.. Gladstone will not attempt to satisfy
the Radical clamor to give new places 10
new men. He has an abiding tendency 10
group around himself tried colleagues.
Beyond accepting the halt dozen new men
IN the above list il is probable that he VIII
not 90 The most important change 10 the
inner administration of the party Will be
a clean sweep of the whip offices. The
present Whips, Arnold Morley and Cecil
Flower. will receive peerages. Herbert
Gladstone will become chef whip. Inc
Hon Edward Marjorlbanks would yaeate
his whipship for the position OF Secretary
for Scotland, but he is too useful IN his
present capacity.
A Ministry thus composed would give
the Radicals a fair share of the places,
though short of their demands.
Among the chief court officers, Countess
Spencer will be Mistress of the Robes;
the Earl OF Cork, Master of the Horse, and
Lord Darlington, Lord Chamberlain.
THE MINISTERIAL PROGRAMME.
In deciding the ministerial programme,
Mr.. Gladstone's main difficulty Is the de-
pletion of the party finances. The present
elections have almost exhausted the party's
resources. Lord Brassy and other OF the
larger subscribers to the election fund
cannot be relied upon to give next year as
they have TINS; yet If home
rule bill is Immediately forced
through the House of Commons, dis
solution in the spring is inevitable. Hence
the party managers favor postponlng the
home-rule bill for year and proceeding
with the "one-man one vote Dill ana
also with further democratlzing the rural
vote by parish councils and compulsory
allotment measures.
Herbert Gladstone. speaking at Hawar-
den, declared that the home-rule bill must
first be passed, and added that as the tenn
perance question had cost the Liberals
many votes, bill giving the people dl-
rect veto would come next. Herbert
Gladstone is not ALWAYS faithful reflex OF
his fathers plans, still If Mr.. Gladstone
gets assurance of financial arrangements
sufficient for an early renewal of the elec
tion struggle the home-rule bill will be In
troduced without delay.
STRONG TEMPERANCE PARTY.
The new House will have 167 members
pledged to direct veto and Sunday clos
ing-the strongest temperance party Par
lament has ever seem
A. har InQa
sion of Lancashire, joins the Independent
Liberals.
THE LABoRIsTs DEFINED.
Mr. Hardie, IN an interview to-day, de-
fined the Laborists as Socialists in eco
nomics and Democrats in politics, and IN
nowise connected with Liberals or Tories.
He asserts that an organization IS being
formed and funds are being collected to
run 200 Labor candidates IN Great Britain
at the next election, and that they will
utterly rout the Liberals unless the party
managers assent to mould legislation on
the lines of Socialism in the meantime.
This bluff" does not affect the policy or
spirits of the Liberal executives.
THE JEWISH MEMBERS.
The Jewish contingent elected to Parlla-
ment remains the same as IN the last Par
lament. Tney still belong. to one fnan-
cial set and to one family, All of the
seven Jewish members Oh tne Rouse OF
Commons are related to the Rothschilds.
Baron Henry de Worms, Sir Julian Gold
smId, Mr.. Stern, and MIR. Cohen are
cousins, MIR. Montague IS a brother-in-law
of Mr.. Cohen, and Mr.. Leonshfe is a
cousin of the others.
SYMPATHY WITH THE HoMEsTEADERs.
The labor struggle in Pittsburg is
watched with excited interest here, espe-
cially among the working classes. The
ardent. sympathies of the trade-unlonists
are with the strikers. Last evenings
meeting of the London Trades Council
voted urgency for resolution. which was
unanimously passed. protesting against Mr..
Carnegie's employinga gang OF irresponsi-
Bile armed bullies to coerce men struggling
against q reduction of wages" and salts
faction was expressed that the men had
been able TO defeat the tactics of their EN-
ployers. One prominent member sug-
eested that If Mr.. Carnegie was still q
member of the National Liberal Club he
ought to be immediately kicked out. The
leading workmens organ depiores the ac-
ton OF the Aberdeen corporation con-
ferring the freedom of the city upon Mr..
Carnegie, and expresses regret that Ameri-
can capitalists have tbs power to use q
gang of ruffians to shoot down workmen."