The morning call., 1893-03-13
HE IS IN HIGH FAVOR.
President Cleveland Meets With
English Approval.
Everything He Does Is Applauded in
the Expectancy of Fiscal
Favors to Come.
Special 10 TIE MoRNINe CALL.

LONDON, March 12.-The temperature Is
rising fast, and it looks as if before many
days or weeks are over the state of political
and social feeling in London may become
not less strained than it was in 1886. The
House of Commons is a barometer or
perhaps rather coastguard station,
where storm signals are already boisted.
Gladstone becomes daily more impatient
and more imperious. Mt Balfour, whose
command ever his own temper is more
complete than some OF his followers, is not
the man 10 submit to oppression, even if
the oppressor be the Prime Minister.
There was something like a scene be-
between them on Thursday in the
course Of rather priekly conversation
on order of business. Gladstone under the
usual pressure from the Irish members has
found hm9elf compelled to postpone his
motion for the second reading OF the home
rule bill from Monday to Thursday Mon
day is to be devoted to a discussion on the
report Of the evicted tenants commission,
over which Sir James Mathew presided
with such singular impartiality. On and
after Thursday home rule is to hold the
field
The meeting Of the Conservative party at
the Carlton Club has settled two or three
points of Importance. Lord Salisbury sum
moned it and took command. II was nom
inally meeting for consultation. It was
really held that Salisbury might impress
his will on the party. A section of the
Unionists were disposed to meet a motion
for second reading of the home-rule pill
with motion embodying an alternative
policy. NO." said Salisbury, there is
but one way Of resisting the proposal, and
that is by direct negative"
He Will have his way, as the entire party
assented. 1t was unanimously resolved
that an amendment be proposed that the
bill be read a second time SIX months hence.
That is he accepted Parliam entary clrcum-
locutiOn for a direct negative.
Cleveland's inaugural address. and Cleve-
lands Cabinet, and Cleveland's policy, and
Cleveland himself were covered with English
panegyrics early in the week. The English
are either very magnanmous or else some
what forgetful.
They no longer take account of the Sack
Vile incident, nor recall the terms in VIII ch
they denounced Cleveland's abrupt dis
missal of the British Minister near the END
of his former term as an act of brutality.
They are pleased with his professions OF
civil service reform, unaware, perhaps, that
no American President ever dismissed and
appointed so many public Officers on purely
political and partisan grounds. They con-
template his Cabinet with that respect
which the unknown inspires in the human
breast. They even applaud Judge Gresh-
ans acceptance OF office. politely refrainng
from applying to America the accepted
maxim of English public life. that if pub-
lie man deserts his party on question of
principle he shall not take a price for his
desertiOn in the form of an Office. 1t is
really delightful to see how the English
forego all their prejudice against things
American in their lively sense Of the fiscal
faYOrs % cnme from CLEVELAND