The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-10
ROSEBERRY IS APT TO RESIGN.
OVERwORII AND INFLUENZA BRING
on INSOMNIA.

cry Is Long As Possible Before
COnsentinE 20 His Retirement.
Mr. Peel Also Apt 10 Resign the
speaISership of the House of Com
mons.
London, March 9.-The persistent re-
ports that Lord Roseberrw is contemplate
ing retirement from office. together with
the announcement of Arthur Wellesley
Peels intention to resign the speaker
ship Of the House Of Commons, has re-
lieved parliamentary circles of the dull-
ness which has prevailed for the past
week Lord Roseberry's capacity for
work is doubted by nobody. but this fac
ulty has unquestionably been seriously
affected by the recurrence of his insom-
mia. This is with him an old complaint
which on a former occasion caused him
to refuse to accept office. A judicious
system of living banished the complaint
and restored him to his normal condition
Now overwork and an attack of influenza
have reproduced the ailments which in
capacitated him before, and with the ad-
diton of extreme nervousness it has be-
come necessary for him TO take a pro-
colleagues, even those who before his Ill
ness were intensely hostile to him, now
sympathize with him, and one and all
decline to accede to the taking of any
step which would lead to political COM
plcatious. Even his political enemies,
the tories, are disposed to wait his re-
covery as long as the public convenience
viii permit. His physicians cannot ex-
press an opinion with certainty as to
what period will be sufficient to restore
him to health, but they are hopeful that
a months abstinence from work and
care will enable him to resume his du-
ties.
In regard to the new speaker, in the
event of the intimated resignation of Mr..
Peel, wild surmises are afloat, and vari-
GUS names are suggested for the success
sion. Among the most prominent ones are
the Right Hon. II. mpbell-Bannerman
secretary Of state for war; Sir Robert Il.
Reid, John F. AIoulton. Sir Julian Cold
smid and the Right Hon. Leonard II.
/ Courtney. The lobbies of the House of
Commons to-day have been filed with
members, TO an extent very unusual for
Saturday, and the succession to the speak
ership has been almost the whole topic OF
discussion. 1t is generally admitted that
Mr.. Campbell-Bannerman possesses all OF
the requisite qualifications for the posi-
ton among them tact, an unvarying good
temper, judicially trained mind and long
/ experience with the rules and forms OF
the House, but his great wealth and the
/ probabilities that in the near future he Will
come 70 the front as a political leader,
make 1t seem doubtful that he would ac-
cept the place The speakers salary Of
5000 a year, with an official residence,
might be alluring TO many even moderate
! ly rich men, but to him this compensation
would be no inducement. Neither Sir Rob
ert Reid nor Mr.. Moulton have obtained
sufficient parliamentary distinction to en-
able them to obtain the place, and the
post, when it shall become vacant, really
lies between Sir Julian Goldsmid and
Leonard Courtney, though the latter, al
though a liberal, was a deserter from Mr..
Gladstone's home rule policy and is in
tensely disliked by the radicals. This state
of affairs has been taken into considera-
tion by the Westminster Gazette, which.
a strong article in his favor, recommends
the ministerial party to overlook his union
/ ism and elevate him to the position
Of all the candidates thus far suggested
Sir Julian Goldsmid really has the best
chance of success.
The work Of the House of Commons com
mittee appointed to investigate the con-
dition of the unemployed and suggest
means for their relief appears to be end
ing in a fiasco, greatly to the joy of the
| conservatives, who declare that the re-
suit confirms their contention that the
| howl about the wretched condition and dis
/ tress of the unemployed workers was
merely socialist clamor and had no gen
! uine basis The report of the committee
] which is now in course of preparation,
! practically makes no recommendations,
and the statements Of witnesses under
! examination were found in great number
| of cases to be much exaggerated, and the
claims of men like Kier Hardie have been
ignored because they were ridiculous.
he Of tha Irish land bill has
been issued, the conservatives declare they
find important discrepancies upon com
pairing it with the statement Of Chief
Secretary Morley when he introduced the
measure in the House of Commons. For
instance, the clause dealing with the IN
creased letting value of holdings gives the
tenant what is due from the natural fer
tility of thes soil, instead of giving him
only what he has created by his own
skill and industry. The clause defining
improvements is strongly opposed by the
landlords as being too general and too
ambiguous. NiscOunt CranborneH has
given notice of his intention to introduce
a motion to reject the bill, and Sir Michael
Hicks Beach viii move the conservative
party amendment to the measure.
The leaders of the opposition have de-
cided mot to make any attack upon the
governments naval programme.
The war and admiralty departments are
Q
scheme for series Of grand
army and navy maneuvers, in
which the volunteers will take
part. The scheme is a colossal one
and will require a great deal Of work in
the way of organization.
The currency debate at the bankers in
stitute last Thursday disclosed the fact
that there had been a very considerable
growth of bimetallism in the institute
Heretofore bimetallism has been frowned
upon and bimetallists have been well nigh
excluded from the institute. For the mo-
ment the disclosure is not discussed very
much in the newspapers, but it cannot re-
main suppressed a great while longer
The Economist. referring to the decis-
ton Of the finance committee of the United
states Senate in regard to the arrange
ments for appointing delegates to an
international monetary conference, holds
that the committees action is glaringly
premature. The convening of such con-
terence. the paper says. is problematical,
and it is doubtful whether President Cleve-
land will think it judiciOus to act upon
tbe commuters resolution until the pro
nosal for a conference assumes something
ike definite shape.
FRICTION between the Anglo-Armenian