The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-04
And Lord ROsebery, One Of England's
Most Popular Aristocrats, Placed
at the Head of the Cabinet.
PROTEST FROM LABOUCHERE
Who Threatens to Rob the Minis
try of the Radical Vote.
Crisis Probable if the Government Does
Not Receive the Support Given
the Grand Old Man.

LONDON, March 3.-Hon. William Evart
Gladstone, long known as Englands grand
old man, to-day formally rendered his resig-
nation as Prime Minister. First Lord of
the Treasury and Lord Privy Seal. The
tender was made to her Majesty. Queen
Victoria, at Windsor Castle, where the
Premier spent last night and to-day This
evening it was officially announced that
the Queen had accepted the resignation of
Mr.. Gladstone, and that her Majesty had
summoned Lord Rosebery and offered him
the post of Prime Minister in Gladstones
stead. 1t was further officially announced
that Lord Rosebery had. accepted the po-
sition.
Mr.. Gladstone arose early this morning
and took a long walk in the grounds Of
Windsor Castle. The morning was fine and
Mr.. Gladstone, who was accompanied by
General. the Right Hon. Sir Henry Fred
erick Ponsonby, private secretary to her
Majesty. enjoyed his walk greatly. The
Premier looked in the best of health and
was certainly In the best of spirits. After
his morning walk Mr. Gladstone visited
his old friend, the dean Of Windsor the
Very Rev Philip Frank Eliot, D. D.
The Cabinet officers, with the exception
Of Lord Rosebery, went to Windsor Castle
about noon. What transpired at the meet
ing Of the privy council there is, of course,
unknown, but 1t is taken for granted, in
absence of contradiction, that Mr. Glad
stone notified his colleagues that he had re-
signed. Mr.. and Mrs. Gladstone left Wind
sor at this afternoon on the same train
as the returning Cabinet Ministers. The
route from the castle to the railroad sta
ton was thronged with people who hearth
ly cheered Mr.. Gladstone 1t is stated that
Mr.. Gladstone will shortly leave England
for the continent and that he will remain
abroad until the end of spring.
After Mr.. and Mrs Gladstone and the
Cabinet Ministers had left Windsor it be-
came known that the Queen had sent her
private secretary, the Right Hon. Sir
Henry Ponsonby, to London summoning
Lord Rosebery to Windsor Castle He left
here at o'clock. Before the Cabinet coun-
ell met at the council the Ministers con-
suited with Lord Rosebery at his residence
Castle he was commanded TO appear be-
fore the Queen, who at once offered him
tne mantle cast off by Mr.. Gladstone. and
THE NEW PREMIER.
curious fact in connection with the
the present split in the Liberal party, if
split 1t may be termed, is that less than
ten years ago Lord Rosebery was the dar-
ling of the Radical party, because of his
attempts to reform the House of Lords.
His scheme,as then proposed, took the United
States Senate as a model. 1t included the
proposition that the great municipal cities
and county councils should elect the mem
bers of the House of Lords. So far as Lord
Rosebery himself is concerned, he is un-
doubtedly one of the most popular men in
England to-day among all political parties
The st. James Gazette Conservative re-
fleets Tory sentiments in an article which
1t publishes this evening. In the course of
it's article the paper says it is not alone
what Lord Rosebery has done, but what
ne Is, that appeals to Englishmen. There
Is none or the canting, nonconformist con-
fine creature TO be fond of the national
spirit of horse racing, and the nation likes
him none the worse therefor 1t is inter
eStlng TO find how, even in this democratic
period, the Radicals, when they want a
leader, turn instinctively, not to any of the
new meS Of the people, trained in pro
gressive NShool by progressive methods, but
10 an arisCocrat of aristOcrats. a great peer
a great land owner, country gentleman,
has been brought up in the political ira
ditions of the. governing classes.
The story is repeated today that when
he was a boy at the great Eton public
school Lord Rosebery bet that he would
marry the heiress of her year, become
Prime Minister of England and win the
Derby before he died The first two con-
ditions have now been fulfilled, and with
his horse Ladas, which is entered for the
Derby, he will undoubtedly add the third
clause of his bet next June.
Lord Rosebery's accession to the pre-
mierShip will involve only three or four
changes in the old cabinet It is toierabiy
certain that the Earl of Kimberly or Earl
Spencer will go to the Foreign Office and
that Mr.. John Morley, the present Chief
| Secretary for Ireland, will become Secretary
| of State for India. The Nationalists have
| the Rt Hon a. H. Dye-Aciand, now pres
ident of the committee of council of educa-
] ton. must be the new Chief Secretary for
THREATENED SPLIT.
1t is understood that Mr.. Edward Majori-
| banks the chief Liberal whip, to whom the
| Radical deputation, headed by Mr.. Henry
Labouchere. protested against the success
| sion of Lord Rosebery to the premiership,
| has replied to the protestants addressing
his reply to Mr.. Henry Labouchere. Mr..
Majoribanks submitted the protest to the
Ministers, and his reply is said to have
been couched in conciliatory language. his
/ very evident purpose being to prevent, if
/ possible, the threatened detection OF the
! Radicals. At the time the deputation called
| upon Mr.. Majoribanks, Mr.. Labouchere
VINO spoke in the name OF the Radical
| party, declared his opposition TO the selec-
4 tiOn of a successor to Mr.. Gladstone from
| the House of Lords, and said that if the
new Prime Minister was not taken from the
| tically hold the balance of power, would
desert the government. Whether this threat
| can be carried into effect is somewhat a
matter of conjecture, but it is thoroughly
we'll known that Mr. Labouchere, who is
not at all a lover of the peerage, will dc
| all in his power to withdraw the Radica
! support from d Rosebery Cabinet. Mr.. Ma
joribanks's letter, ii is understood, is while
/ conciliatory, intended to strengthen in the
| governments favor whoever may be waver
ing in the Radical ranks.
| 1t is freely asserted tonight that Lori
Rosebery and the Liberal party will have
TO face a grave crisis after the retirement
| of Mr.. Gladstone In addition to the strone
| objection that is entertained by a large
section of the new Radical party to the
selection of a peer as a successor to Mr.
/ Gladstone, there is a feeling of soreness
among the more moderate Liberals at the
cavalier manner I'm which Mr.. Gladstone
had treated his colleagues In the matter
OF his resignation This soreness Is *
pressed in a variety Of ways, and wherever
the members of any section Of the Glads,on
ianS have met there has been some exhibit
OF resentment at the secretiveness OF theil
leader in Withholding from the party an in
timation OF his intention 10 yield up III,
seals of Office. In common courtesy auC
common fairness to his supporters IL IS de
clared, he should, before having taken 81
decisive a step called the party togethel
and favored them with the reasons fo
his REIMBURSEMENT of the leadership of tn,
party at a critical time. This feeling ane
the question that has been separately raiseG
BY Dir. Labouchere, anent the selection O