Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-04-08

Scotland, for England, for India, for
Australia and for Canada. He held that,
from each separate parliament, there
should DO elected House TO which only
peers,or men OF certain standing, should
be eligible, and that the people OF these
several countries should also select 3
Lower House, 20 which ANYBODY they
might choose would be ehgible-these
two august bodies 20 assemble in parlia-
ment house as federal council for the
whole empire. His theory OF government
was founded on the model OF the Amer
lean constitution. When Lord Lorne
was Governor General Of Canada, Rose
berry came over for the purpose OF
studying the American system, and so
convinced was he OF It's applicability, IN
a modified form 10 Britain, that he has
practically advocated the adoption OF
the federal plan ever since. His con-
tsntiOn is that unless some such system
Is adopted, the present structure Of i'm
perial administration in Great Britain
will fall 20 pieces OF its own weight,
aud the historical experience OF Rome
will be repeated.
Regarding the peerags, too, the new
premier holds views that shock not a
few Of the bluest-blooded families in the
eight little island" kingdom. Once, he
went so f-raS 70 suggest that it might
be a good plan 20 leave the election OF
peers 70 the house Of commons. He is
stoutly opposed TO the hereditary peer
age system. and believes that
such hOnOrs ought TO come
only as the recognition or most
distinguished services TO the nation,
n az all. To obvlate the heredit-
airy stumbllng-block, be has suggested
the institution OF "liie-peerage"
system as reward FOR eminent service.
Although not yet disposed to fully
pledge himself 20 a proposition so radi-
cal, still he IL honestly In favor OF the
reform OF the House OF Lords as IL now
stands, and believes that the desired
end might DO reached by having mem
bsrs elected 20 the upper bsuse, as IS
now done IN Scotland, instead OF heredi-
tary membership. 1t Is no won
der, there, 10 view Of these opinions,
that Lord Roseberry should be
somewhat OF an enigma, even TO his
friends. A peer opposed TO all the
privileges peers have chung TO with such
tenacity for generations, Conserva-
tive at heart, Yet with strongly pro-
nounced Liberal leanings, foe 20 feud-
allsm and land oppression, yet the IN
compromising opponent Of Home Rule
on the "pIece-meal plan" he certainly
possesses the elements OF stateSmaRli6e
surprises when occasion offers, and
they may be expected during his pre-
miershIp. He has, as different times,
been written down as a Radical and a
Tory; but 10 is probably nearer the
truth to say that, while he is COnSer-
vative outright as regards England 5
foreign policy, In an else he is as pro-
eressive as the foremost Liberal.
Roseberry Is now forty-seven and
looks Younger than bis age. For many
years devoted 20 the turf, be has OF late,
and especially since he became a wild
over, Withdrawn from such pleasures
10 devote himself 20 political affairs.
Whether BIO will be able, with his IN
doubted powers OF leadership and
organization, % hold together the
elements Of the Gladst0rian party IS
very generally doubted; but his
real political career has only begun,
and be is leader OF many re-
sources. 10 has been said that Rose
berry thrivss on opposition. lie stands