New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-17
sKErrHES OF THE MINISTER'S.

rn. r,os. ,mportant OF the so-caed "new men
IN the Administration Just formed by Mr.. GLADSTONE
Is undoubtedly the Right Hon Henry fo"er' "e
nresident of the Board Of Trade. MI. fo"iei' az
co-,,nc TO "The London Daily News Is ''c n'''
socitor who has ever been sworn OF the rn''
Council, and also the first sohci'or !" e ~
con,nat Mr. Fowler besides being SOLICITOR Is
xonn,ormist and Nonconformisls have not IN past
,,moe rsc.iv.d either from Liberal or Conservative
administrations nm unduly large share OF hohorS
and rewards Mr.. Bright and Mr.. Champeri"'" "e.@
tho solitary executions TO the uniform Churchmanshp
of Mr.. Gladstones successive Cabinets Mr' fo",e'
has n nained something more 'hah s'aho" ~ % Wv
religious body In which he was prouen' up ~,
has moi become "A real or a nominal Churchmah' he
AZ an active. influential and prominent meihper %
The wc.I.yan Connection. says "Tlic News
aTba wesleyans as everybody Knows, are '''e
mos, co,serysuve Of English dissenttrs, ana 'iie
least hostile TO the Church Establishment" nut VI
Fowler is and has been all his life sirohs,
and consistent Liberal To call him kadcai wou'u
perhaps be going too far for TIC "nw con.
moderate man. He exempihes as well a. any 20. ~,
Temporary poitlcan the decorous respectaoit! vi ~"
micdle class the class which the IreeN P''iosop"e
described as the salvation OF SOCIETY," 4. % ~
MIR Fowler ever shrinks from defending Nohooh
formity or even from pushing It's cialnis' y" .'
contrary, Dsscnters have no stead'e'N o' "F'o ~
sistent advocate when their case Is really s'o'e
nersecuYion Of the Salvatonsts at Eastoourhe' All"
IN M one is their dellverancc moro largely ou''
at Is chiefly though by no means solely rs u ha''
cier that Mr. Fowler has his great pohticai Iep
tion Mr. Goschen, who Is very fond OF taxing t"e "s
line and assuming that nobody knows the difference U
tween interest and discount except himself mas iouhu
that he cannot deal in that way with MI. fo"ie''
IL would be TOO arrogant Jest MIR. Fewier haS
tracked Mr. Goschen through all the intricate maAe'
Of his complicated system. and has brought NQut 'c
pain facts that his SURPRISES fictitious. Ns re-
ductions in the taxes made out OF borrowed money
There is not better Of business In the HoFss
of Commons than Mir. Fowler not even Mr.. ChSm-
terlaIp Mr.. Fowler possesses not merely great Gu
pacity and experience but that instructive grasp oi
what figures mean, without which the most ploddne
industry Will never make a Chancellor OF the Ex-
chequer.'
The present Earl Sf Rosebery Archibald Philip
Primrose is the fifth OF his family who has held
the title. He Is fortyfve years old, ana graduate
Of Oxford. He succeeded to his grandfather's titles
In 1865 The first time he spoke In public was In
1871 when Mr. Gladstone selected him to second the
address in reply to the Queens speech. lie took
a decided place on the question OF national edu-
cation. and he early sought to exclude catechisms
from public schools. by his active part In politics
he acquired AN enviable reputation. lie was elected
President of the Social Science Congress In 1874
Lord Rector Of the University Of Aberdeen In 1878
ana Lord Rector OF the University OF Edinburgh In
1870 In 1881 he became Under Secretary Of State
for the Home Department. and In 1884 he became
First Commissioner OF Works. In 1885 he was made
Secretary OF state for Foreign Affairs BY Mr.. Glad
Stone. In 1858 he was elected to the London City
Council and later was made Its chairman. In 1875
he married Hannah, only child OF Baron Meyer Dc
eethschid. She died in 1890, leaving two sons and