Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-14
HARCOURT AS FINANCIER.
But Roseberry May Not Be Secretary
for Foreign Affairs.
MORLEY SECRETARY FOR IRELAND
And Lord Aberdeen to Be Lord Lieutenant
of the Green Isle
NO GENERAL ELECTION AGAIN JUST YET
rBY CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. ]

LONDON, Aug. 13-[ CopyrigM 1.-The
oppressors of Ireland are gone. By a ma
jority of 40 the new House of Commons ha.
sent Mr.. Balfour and his colleagues into the
cold shadow of opposition. 1t was a mem
orable scene. Acting in concert, the Lib.
erals, as a body took very little part in the
debate They were quite content with the
exposition of their views as given by the
Grand Old Man on Tuesday. The Unionists
kept the ball rolling to the last, but the
monotony of their charges became tiresome
TO degree.
At the stroke of midnight on Thursday
the Speaker put the question. The ayes
responded. with the determined yell of men
who had waited long for their chance. The
Tories returned defiant no. Then the
House divided, and 20 minutes later the
Speaker announced the figures. There was
q great shout, though the result was FORE
gone conclusion.
The Tories cheered Balfour when he rose,
but as the Grand Old Man walked out the
scene was one of the widest description.
Cheer upon cheer arose, and the waving of
handkerchiefs set the atmosphere in flut-
ter, until it was thought the demonstration
would continue until daylight.
BaIfour Kissed Till Tories Yell.
Then the Irishmen shouted "Down with
eoercionw and hissed Balfour. The Tories,
maddened, shrieked back defiance and
eheered Balfour to the echo. For a moment
1t seemed as though the rival camps would
settle their differences upon the floor of the
House, but cries of "Order!' and the stem
torian shout of the doorkeeper, "Who goes
home?" caused lull, and the mem
bers slowly filed out, glaring at
each other, through the lobbies and the cor
ridors, into the street, where the cool night
air played gratefully upon their heated
frames and caused them to speedily turn
homeward, with such satisfaction as may be
derived from having taken part in the most
memorable scenes in the House of Commons
since the reform bill of 1882
There were some humorous incidents at
the winding up of the debate. The whips
had fixed the division for IL o'clock, but at
that hour three or four Tories had not ar
rived Thereupon, Henry Chaplin, the
Agricultural Minister, was put up to talk
until the delinquents arrived, and he con-
tinued to speak commonplaces and read
from old debates amid continuous cries of
divide"
Whisky and Water for a Speaker.
The House became supremely weary.
When in the midst of all, and Just when
Chaplin's eloquence was at its height, DR..
Tanner pushed his way through the throng
and presented the "talker against time"
with glass of whisky and water. Chap
lin pushed it aside Indignantly, but in
stantly relented, either because of the
cheers of the House or the grateful fra
GRANGE of the beverage, and taking the
glass, drained it with a show of great enjoy
ment, while the House looked on in half
curious amazement. Chaplin still believes
that he had the best of the Joke.
The division was the most remarkable on
record in the House of Commons. Six hun
dred and sixty members voted. Of the ten
missing there were two tellers on each side,
and also the Speaker. Two seats are prac-
tically vacant. William O'Brien has been
elected twice, and the Holborn constitu-
ency is without a member. A Conservative
and Liberal were absent because of illness
and paired, and one member is absent in
Australia
Several of the members were taken from
their beds to vote Two came in on crutches
and one member lay on an improvised bed
in private room in the House until he was
assisted to vote.
Now the Grand Old Man has but to form
his Government and assume command.
Salisbury resigned Office this morning, and
the Queen this afternoon has conveyed her
mandate to Mr.. Gladstone to take office.
He will go to Osborne on Monday, and
kiss hands" on his appointment as Pre-
mler, apd will then submit the colleagues
he proposes to intrust with the affairs of
state.
Possibilities of the New Cabinet
1t was believed that Lord Roseberry
would be Secretary for Foreign Affairs, but
some question has been thrown upon that
statement Lord Aberdeen, in all
will be Lord Lie utentant of
ireland, and John Morley Secretary
for ireland. Mr.. Gladstone is de-
sirous of having Lord Spencer
with him, and will ask him to take the
Lord Presidency of the Council. Lord
is designated for the Colonial
Office, and Lord Herschell, Campbell Ban
herman and Shaw Lefevre will also have
brought into the Cabinet will be H. II.
Fowler.
When Mr.. Gladstone last took office the
exact course of communication between Os-
borne, where the Queen was staying, and
London was thus: The defeat of the Con-
servative Ministry having taken place on
Mr.. Jesse Ceilings amendment on Tuesday,
January 26, 1886, and the House
Of Commons having been ad-
ourned till Thursday, the Min
sters considered the situation at a
Cabinet council on Wednesday They |
resolved to resign, and dispatch announc-
ng this determination was forwarded to the |
Queen at Osborne On Thursday it was an |
lounced in both Houses that Lord Salisbury |
lad gone to Osborne that day, and conse- |
luently there was another adjournment till |
Monday.
Just How 1t Was Done.
Lord Salisbury remained at Osborne
Thursday night, and returned to town early
friday. In the evening Sir Henry Pom
onby came to town with message to Mr..
gladstone, which he delivered half an hour
tter midnight. The Daily Meas was able to
ntorm its readers that Mr.. Gladstone had
een invited to facilitate matters by put
ing himself beforehand in position TO lay
etoIe theQueen the names fthose on whose
cooperation he could count in the event
is receiving a commission to form gov
On Monday morning, February
Mr. Gladstone went to Osborne and re-
lrned the same night. 1t was stated that
fternoon, in both Houses of Parliament,
nat he had received Her Majesty's COM
lands to form an administration.
N Thursday February 4, new
rits were moved for elections in
Midlothian, Derby, South Edinburgh, Stir
ng Burghs, West Birmingham, Hawick,
heffield and South Hackney, vacancies
aving occurred through the acceptance of
lice by Mr.. Gladstone, Sir H. Harcourt,