Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-04

| Morley 10 succeed the Earl of Kimberley.
| az Secretary Of State for India. Some say
that Herbert Gladstone will succeed Ed
ward Marjoribanks as chief Liberal whip.
and patronage secretary TO tho Treasury.
and Marjoribanks will be made Secretary
| for Scotland. In tie room OF Sir george
TreyeIyan, who will succeed Earl Spencer
as First Lord Of the Admiralty. The same
persons expect Earl Spencer will be re-
tired from the Cabinet. All this II. how
ever, ACKNOWLEDGMENT prophesy. without
any foundation In positive information.
There IL no doubt. however. that the
Cabinet managers and wire-puller5 and
many club-men Of the government party
prefer STR William Harcourt 10 Lord Rose
| berry In the Premiership. The extremists
among them declare absolutely that they
will not have Lord Rosebery, who has
done none OF the governments hard
work, was never commoner. and Is
| tainted with tngnism.
The fact Is that Lord Posebery IL
! strong, reserved man. While many OF
the elder ministerialists may not wish TO
serve under him. he is the ffvorite OF the
great majority Of Liberals outside OF Par
lament. The voters who look 10 him are
not the class who attend meetings and
/ gaitate. bur on elcctiOn-d7ys they ar the
| backbone Of the party. They prefer Lord
Rosebery 20 others because he proved 50
amply his firmness. tact. and foresghted-
ness when he was chairman Of the London
| County Council. The Midlands and the
| North Of England remember him for his
! success I'm settling the disastrous coal
/ strike OF last year. while Scotland, re-
| garding herself as the natural heir to the
| Liberal leadership. prefers him 10 any
other candidate yet mentioned for the
| premiership.
ROsEBERY A STATESMAN.
| Lord Rosebery is n natural statesman.
He always desires a comparatively free
hand, which the Radicals are ever unwil-
/ ling 10 give. and which In his present posi-
/ ton IS out OF the question. Lord Ran
doiph Churchill once compared Lord Rose
berry with Machiavelli. The comparison
/ was made IN JEST but many OF the most
/ intimate friends think II might be ac
cepted in earnest. Rosebery has been q
| schemer. and therein lies one cause Of
! Radical dstrust, although Labouchere
and his friends say that tho opposition
/ is quite impersonal. and f. directed
against the hereditary principle alone.
! The Radicals believe also that Gladstone's
/ withdrawal was not due wholly TO the
weakness Of his health. but largely 10 the
pressure exercised by his colleagues in
favor OF larger naval expenditures.
Ii IS not by any means certain that
Lord Rosebery viii succeed in holding
his party together long. but it is GER
| tain that he Is better able TO reconcile the
discordant clements than any other. Not
a few think that the difficulty and deli
| cacy of the situation VIII discourage MN
| In advance and cause him TO refuse the
leadership. at the same time that he will
push forward the Earl OF Kimberly. now
| Secretary of State for India, as a stop
zap. 1t ia not likely. Rosebery is am
bilious and self-coniident. Moreover. his
| refusal OF the Premiership would greatly
injure his popularity, which is due largely
| 10 the peoples belief in his strength Of
character.
THE ANARCHIST SCARE.
The Anarchist scare has abated on the
Continent and but for the announcement
| OF numerous arrests I'm Paris would be
FORGOTTEN. Ellsee Reclus. the Anarchist
| geographer. delivered in Brussels yester-
day the first Of series Of lectures. The
| same lectures were intended for the uni
| versity, but were postponed by order or
the faculty. The result Of the postpone
mcnt was riot and protest among the
students. Yesterday. however. there was
not the slightest disorder. The lecture
was delivered to a large audience in n
| Masonic hall 1t was entitled, "The
Search for the New Eden" The next
lecture Will be on Universal Happiness
and the rest Of the series will concern
successes in comparative geography.
| INDIAN TARIFF.
The omission Of cotton from the list
Of articles durlabic under midas pro-
posed 5-ucr-cent tariff has aroused much
bad feeling. The Imperial Government
is denounced bitterly by Indian news
papers for making India the victim Of
party Vaccinations at home. In Lanca-
shire. whose cotton manufacturers VIII
reap the benefits OF the arrang ment the
| newspapers make no comment on the
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