The herald., 1894-03-06
HOUNDED OUT OF OFFICE
Why Gladstone Resigned the
Premiership.
The Grand Old Man Driven to
Retirement.
His Old Colleagues We're Not Strong
in Their Support.
The Old Lady of Windsor Was Anxious
to Have = Premier Marry Her
Granddau ghter-P RrliRmsnt
ProrOgued.
By the Associated Pras..

By the Associated Press
LONDON, March Sat the annual
meeting of the council OF London the
Liberal U nion Radical. James Stuart,
Mp, proposed resolution OF regret at
the resignation of Gladstone and ex.
pressing confidence in Rcaeberry and
Sir William Harcourt.
George Howell, M. P. an advanced
Liberal in favor OF home rule, seconded
the resolution but said he did so with
regret, because he thought Gladstone
was bounded out of political life. [Cries
of Oh! Oh! Mr.. Howell said it was
useless to disguise matters, but the eup-
position was that the old lady of Wind
sor misses and oh'sl and some of mis- old
colleagues had not been as strong ss
they might have been in keeping the
grand old man at his post.
Another speaker declared the queen
had influenced Gladstone to retire be-
cause she wanted Roseberry to be pre-
mier before he married q princess, this
being reference to the rumor that
Roseberry would marry q daughter of
the prince OF Wales.
More oh's greeted this, and the reso-
luton OF Stuart was adopted.
On the recommendation Of Gladstone
the queen conferred the following hon
ors: Stuart Rendel, member OF parlia-
ment for MontKomeryshire and chair
man OF the parliamentary association of
Welsh Liberals, raised to ,peerage; Sir
Algernon West, appointed privy coun-
cillor. and Chairman Cowan of the
Midlothian Liberal association, made a
bsronet. George W. psncer Lyttleton
and George 81. Murry. Gladstone's sec.
retaries, are made Companions of the
Bath.
The Standard makes the following Of
fetal announcement: The earl of Kim
berry will assume the foreign portfolio I;
Right Honorable Henry Fowler, the
Indian portfolio; Mr.. T. S. Ellis. now
lord Of the treasury, will become pat
ronage secretary to the treasury, sue.
ceeding Mr.. Maioribanks, the liberal
whip. John Morley has consented to
retain the portfolio as chief secretary
for Ireland, at the urgent request of
Lord Rose berry.
Lord Roseberry spent The morning
conferring with the cabinet. He visited
the queen this afternoon and kissed her
hand in recognition of his appointment
db pEOmloIs
The st. James Gazette says it is re-
ported Roseberry will probably effect q
reunion with Liberal Unionist leaders.
The house of lords met this afternoon.
Royal assent was given to the local
government bill. The queens speech
was read and the house adjourned.
Gladstone was busy all morning with
his secretary and received many callers,
including the queens private secretary
and Justin Mccarthy, leader of the Irish
Nationalists.
Harcourt, chancellor OF the ex-
chequer, assumed the Liberal leader
ship in the house of commons amid
enthusiastic cheers from the Liberal
benches.
When the members OF the commons
were summoned to the lords to hear the
queens speech, Labouchere and some
other Radicals remained behind. After
the reading of the speech the common
ers also adjourned.
The queens speech proroguing parlia-
ment is purely formal, only 15 lines in
length,