The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-17
SPEAKER PEEuS SUCCESSOR.
CAMPBELL-BANNER SEEMS TO
he THE WINNER.

10 Secure the Nomination of Leon
ard II. Courtney hut not Likely 60
Succeed-A Suspicion That Sir VIII
liam WOnId Like the Position
HimseIf-His Physical Disabilities,
However Debar Him From the Po-
sitiOn.
London March l6.-The great interest
which has been aroused In the question
Of the election OF a new speaker TO sue
coed the Right Hon. Arthur Wellesley
Peel has become heightened somewhat
since IT is known that the retirement
OF Speaker Peel and the selection Of his
successor is likely 10 involve n change
In the personnel OF the cabinet. II Sir
William Harcourt should succeed IN per-
suadlng his colleagues to accept his nom
inee for the speakorship. Leonard II.
Courtney who occupied the position Of
deputy speaker from 1856 to 1892. the sit
uation would be made less complicated.
Mr.. Courtney, It is believed. would be
able to secure the chair in a struggle
against the conceded nominee of the
conservatives. Sir Matthew White Rid
a
ing against Mr.. Courtney. but although
this feeling is strong it Is not sufficiently
bitter to afford any material assistance
to the opposition in electng a conserva-
tive to the speakership. Sir William Har-
court is so greatly interested in the can
dhacy of Mr.. Courtney that he has per
sonally canvassed the radical section OF
the House Of Commons in his behalf
against II. Campbeil-Bannerman whose
election is really desired by a majority
OF the ministerial party. Gossip in the
lobby Of the House of Commons has as
sociated Sir william Harcourts inter
ference in behalf of Mr.. Courtney against
Mr. Bannerman with personal inelina-
tion to secure the speakership
for himself but If the can
didacy Of the chancellor of
the exchequer has ever been entertained,
the idea has been confined TO himself, as
he rs regarded as wholly impracticable.
Apart from the fact that he is &C years
of age and the additional fact that his
defective eyesight is getting worse, he
has other physical disabilities which
would render it impossible for him TO
| discharge the duties Of the spcgkership.
! The speaker is some times compelled 70
sit at his post six hours without inter-
! mission, and this IL woulfls.bsl llfnpossible
| for Sir William to do. However, since
/ a majority of the members Of the cabinet
/ have selected Mr. Campbell-Bonnerman
/ as their candidate for speaker, ana that
/ gentleman has accepted the nomination,
IL appears to be settled that he viii be
| the next incumbent of the Office.
Thus the matter appears to be settled.
| The opposition rank and file admit the
| eminent fitness Of the present secretary
/ Of state for war for the place and It IS
| quite probable that his nomination VIII
/ be made unanimous. Mr.. Gladstone has
intimated that he will make his reap
pearance in parliament on the occasion
] of Mr.. Pcels retirement as a tribute of
! to the departing speaker.
! The Chronicle, in an article on the
| probabilities OF the succession to the
/ eakership, forecasts the rearrange-
ment of the cabinet in the event Of Mr..
! Campbell -Bannerman's election, which is
/ regarded as almost certain. The assign
| ments, according to the articles, are as
| follows: Henry Fowler, at present secre-
| tary for India, secretary for war; John
| Morley, chief secretary for Ireland, secre-
tary Of state for India Herbert Gladstone.
| first commissioner Of works, chief secre-
! tary for Ireland
! 1t is pretty certain, however, that II
| this programme is carried out the Irish
| nationalists will vehemently oppose the
! substitution of young Mr. Gladstone for
| Mr. Morley. The suggestion OF the retire
ment Of Mr.. Morley from the Irish secre-
/ tarysi1ip and the withdrawal OF MIR. Camp
! bell-Bannerman from the war office at
/ this tuncture, however, may so threaten
| to disturb the ministry that a change
! will be caused in the selection Of a speak
| ership candidate.
Mr.. Peels resignation will not be sub
/ mitted till the return Of the queen from
! the continent.
! Hugh Everard Hoare, radical member
/ of parliament for Cambridgeshre west,
! and other anti-Turkish members in the
/ radical section, have recently been trying
! to obtain the publication OF a collection
! Of dispatches from Mr.. Hallward the Brit
| ish vice-consul at Van, in regard to the
| Armenian atrocities The Armenian as
| ISOLATION processes to have learned that
! Mr.. Hallward dilates upon Armenian
| atrocities not as incidents, but as evil
| dence Of the increase Of their brutalzing
| influence upon the Armenians them
| selves.
The foreign Office has refused to cause
| the publication of the dispatches on the
/ ground that their publicity would preju-
/ dice the case already under investigation
| by the Armenian commission Of inquiry.
| Mr.. Hallward seems to have lent an ear
/ to the Arnenians, who, the cOrrespon-
| dent Of the Telegraph at Kars says, are
Gifted with a faculty Of eXuberant ly-
| ing far beyond any other people, and are
| ready to invent sanguinary battles and
/ blood-curdling massacres TO a degree OF
| Conference and plausibility that would put
/ Falstan to the blush"
The Speakers correspondent at Con-
I stantinople has again come to the sur
! face and reappears in the Speaker in a
/ letter in which he reasserts the state
/ ments of a distinguished man. than
whom nobody living has a closer knowI-
/ edge Of Armenia, and who has moral and
! Intellectual qualities emitting him 10 i'm
| plicit confidence" This is a preamble to
/ a statement on the part Of "a distin-
| guished man. that the belief gains ground
| that the authorities in Constantinople
| have no serious intention to intervene In
Armenia. and that If persistent agitation
fails the fate of the Arnenians and ali
Christians in Turkey is sealed. The po-
litical bias Of the letter is so obvious az
Ia deprive the Armenians Of whatever
value the alleged facts regarding their
situation might have.
The long suppressed scandal concerning
the subsidies which newspaper proprle-
tors drew from the postal department
through the system of press telegraphy
has obtained a slight ventilation through
the debate in the recent congress Of the
Of commerce The oefrooata,.