The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-20
POLITICS AND SHAMRoCKS
LONDON ADOPTS CUSTOM OF
TAMMANY NEW YORK.
Even the Lord Chief Justice Appeared
On the Bench With Sprig of
Green Pinned to His Robes-John
Hay In Greece-Trouble In Trans
vaal-Rosslyn Starts Paper.


tiers in the Marquis of Salisbury
health, and the city is full of rumors
of impending changes in the cabinet.
In addition TO influenza, the premier
is suffering from depression and form
OF brain fag." as a. friend puts it,
which viii render it impossible Tor MN
10 continue his present heavy labors
at the foreign Office. It is believed ne
will remain premier, but the recon
struction of the cabinet is possible
curing the Easter recess.
The temporary instaIlment of Mr.. A
J. Balfour, the first lord of the treasury
and government leader in the house OF
commons, at the head of the foreign
office, exercises the minds of all par
ties. The Liberal Unionists deny IL has
any significance likely to prejudice
their political status, and insist IL Is
merely a StOp-gap arrangement
MIR. Balfour has no special training
or liking for foreign affairs, but he IS
warmly in sympathy with his uncle S
views in regard to the present troub-
ling international relations, and the
fact that he was chosen to direct the
foreign office indicates that his policy,
for the present at least, will be con-
Quoted upon the MARQUIS of Sails
buryS lines.
1t is regarded as certain that Mr..
George n. CurZon, the parliamentary
secretary for the foreign office, will
be admitted into the cabinet at the
first opportunity. He has made rapid
advances in the estimation of pontlc-
ians, especially during the past rev
weeks. Even his political opponents,
and important weekly papers, are
sounding his praises for the skillful
manner in which he has handled tick
lish questions in the house of COM
mons.
ST. PATRICK'S DAY
St. Patrick's day was generally cele-
brated on Thursday last here. The
shamrock was to be seen on all SIDES,
and at the Birmingham assiZes the lord
chief justice, Baron Russell OF Nil
Iowen. appeared on the bench with a
sprig of shamrock pinned to his robes.
The Duke of Connaught, escorting the
Duchess of Connaught, who opened the
Irish industries sale at Lansdowne
House. London, had bunch of sham
rock in his buttonhole, and Rear Ad-
rniral Charles Beresford and other
Irish members of parliament of note
all sported the emblem.
At Dublin the principal event of the
celebration of st. PatricS's day was the
trooping OF the colorS in the castle
ward. Lord Roberts of Kandahar, the
coinmander-in-chief of the forces IN
ireland, commanding the troops, which
before the lord lieutenant of Ireland,
Earl Cadogan, and a distinguished
Darty including the Duchess of Man
chester and the Marquis of Ormonde,
all displaying clusters of shamrock
In London the day was observed at
the guard mount at st. James palace,
where the band played Irish airs and
a brilliant crowd attended the Irish in
dustries sale at Lansdowne House. The
list of patronesses contained almost all
of the royal family. Lady LansdoWne,
Dufferin and Blandford were among the
interchangeable saleswomen. Many of the
stockholders wore green.
IRISH TACTICS.
Mr.. John Redmond, the Parnellite
leader, has adopted very clever tactics
to force a hearing of the question OF
Ireland over-taXation. He has put down
his motion about the financial relations
between Great Britain and Ireland, in
which matter he is acting as spokes-
man for all sections of the Irish MEM
bers. for the evening of the budget.
He obtained priority and by his &C
ton the budget is blocked and the
chancellor of the eXcheQuer, Sir Mi
chael Hicks Beach, will be unable to
make his annual financial statement
until the Irish debate has first taken
place It is generally believed that this
action will force the government to pro
vide facilities for a discussion OF the
question, which, up to the present, the
ministers have refused to do.
JOHN HAY IN GREECE.
Colonel John Hay. the United States
ambassador to the court of st. James,
who has been travelling in Egypt, ar
rived at Athens on March Z, and the
next day he was invited to the palace
and had a private conversation Of an
hours duration with King George of
Greece. Colonel Hay left Athens on
the 18th, with his family, and sailed
from Patras for Venice. He returned
to London on Sunday
Bishop Hartzell, the Methodist Epis-
copal bishop of Africa, who is now here,
has a. mission from the president of Lii
IBERIA to Great Britain and the United
States. He will endeaVOr to obtain
treaty with those countries and with
Liberia, guaranteeing the integrity of
the little republic against Franco-Ger-
man encroachments.
He has been well received at the Brit
ish foreign office. where sympathy was
shown toward his plan, but it was sug-
gested that it would be better, consid-
ering the interests of the United States
in Liberia, if the suggestion of a treaty
came from the United States
Bishop Hartzell sails for New York
on March % and Will go Immediately
to Washington. where he hopes TO meet
with a favorable reception.
SCOTTISH LIFE
The Earl of Rosslyn, the peer who
has adopted the stage for a profession,
is starting a new penny paper, called
Scottish Life" In an editorial an
nouncement he says:
MY sister. the Duchess of Suther
land. offers you an interesting story,
and amongst other writer's are the
Marquis of Lorne and Ladies Ran
dolph Churchill and Warwick"
The huge surplus of the present
financial year and the high price of
cousols finds the government with more
money on its hands than it needs and
il has been decided to spend 92,50O,000
(S12. 500. 000) in buying sites and erecting
buildings for the great public depart
ments, including a new war office
The premiers brother, Lord Sackville
Cecil. left $3.50, 900 g, 250, 0O0), almost
entirely of his own earnings. Like his
brother. ne had an absorbing interest
in electricity. He was once chairman
of the Exchange Telegraph company,
and assisted in the development of the
Eastern Telegraph company.