Evening star., 1902-02-22
HATRED OF THE CEC|LS
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Lord Salisbufy's Sons Have
Aroused Deep. Disgust.
THEIR PRESTIGE GONE
CONSERVATIVES cR1T1cIsE
THEIR GREED FOR OFFICE.
Recent Action in the Commons is Also
Severely Criticised London
News and Gossip.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
LONDON. February II, 1902
| The house Of Cecil, of which Lord Sails
bury is the nlust rious head, Is coming In
for a great many kicks just at present.
Even conservatives In England can hardly
| overlook the fact that the members of the
Cecil family bulk largely in the govern
| ment Of the country and fill to considera-
bic extent lucrative offices of state There
are many families as illustrious as Lord
| Salisbury's whose many sons would like to
handle the plums Of office. and who while
| faithful to tory interests are nevertheless
disgruntled at seeing the Cecils calmly ap-
propriate for themselves the best of the
patronage at the premier's disposal 1t Is
becoming more evident every day, this feel
| ing of dissa atisfaction, and every now and
| then when opportunity arises vent is given
! to this feeling by word or action The lat
| est ebulfition of this state of things oc-
| Cured the other night in the house Of
commons, when Lord Hugh Cecil by means
| of rather contemplate tactics, tried to de-
| lay the progress of telling a motion on the
deceased wifes sister bill, that hoary old
| chestnut which is hardy annual" in Brit
| ish politics.
Keen Interest in the Bill.
| Ine interest IN tnlS OIL Is Just keen
| as 1t was a dozen or so years ago, and re-
| cent sessions have added greatly to the
| adherents of the measure, but the Cecils
| being ultra Church of England people and
| stepped in church prejudice are against
| the bill to a man.
| Lord Hugh so conducted his opposition in
| delaying the count that he is accused Of
| dirty tricks" and of not playing the
| game and politicians of all parties de-
tL.,t Ii
| There is no question Of partisan preju-
dice In the matter. Feeling against
| him and those associated with him
| is, II possible, even stronger on the
ministerial than on the opposition benches.
What the ordinary unprecedented man
| of gentlemanly instincts thinks of the
incident may be gathered from the divers
Scornful comments of the Spectator, which
plainly tells the Cecils that they can no
| longer reproach the Irish members on ques-
tions of department. Unless Lord Hugh
apologies to the house the Irish national
lists will take fine innings over the pro-
| posed apology regulation in the new
procedure rules introduced by Mr.. Balfour
Sacrificed His Prestige.
1t is pity that young man of such
brilliant parts as Lord Hugh Cecil is gen.
orally admitted to be should have sacri-
feed his personal prestige at Westminster
by resorting to tactics small and so con-
temptible In the case of anybody else the
irdiscreet impulses Of youth might have
been pleaded, but Lord Hugh has never
been content to address the house of COM
mons from the mundane platform which
the man of the world finds good enough.
He and his friend, Earl Percy, who was
implicated with him In the affair. have con-
stantiy posed as young men Of moral ele-
walton to whom every public question pre-
sented itself with more or less of a reli-
gious aspect. and in his speech last week
Lord Hugh scared higher than anybody
else into the mystical 1t was painful
anti-clinlax when the house discovered what
he had stopped to in his excess Of Chris
tian zeal. and as the Ceciis have been
more or less in bad odor ever since the re-
construction OF the government the result
Is much more serious than those concerned
could ever have dreamed.
Two Coronation Professions.
Now IS the time for Americans to secure
their seats to see the coronation process
sion. There are to be two professions, one
short one on the day Of the crowning to
Westminster Abbey from Buckingham Pal
ace and back and the other longer one
after the king is crowned. The short route
has only today been settled. 1t will be up
Constitution hill. through Piccadilly, ST.
James street, Pail Mall and Whitehall,
thoroughfares Well known to every fre-
quenter Of London, come from where he
may.
AS there Is no hope Of Americans, except
our representative Mr.. Whitelaw Reid, OBJ
tanning seats in the abbey, not even for
the dear old American lady who wrote to
Dean Bradley to reserve pew for herself
and four daughters, near the king because
she was deaf" 1t behooves all who wish TO
get the most out of their visit to apply
early for places to see the procession.
All the thoroughfares from the top Of
Piccadilly via st. James street, Pail Mall
and Whitehall are well adapted for the
purposes of such a pageant, for, In addi-
ton to affording opportunities to spectators
to witness the progress Of their majeSties,
| they will pass through what may be called
| the heart of the West End. Since the late
queen was crowned several OF the streets
| have been widened considerably, and far
more people will be able to see the splendid
/ function than was possible In 1888. On
| that occasion 1t was computed that f2OO,OOO
| were paid for seats alone. It Is fair to
| assume that next June this amount will be
more than doubled
| Greville In his Memoirs" gave brilliant
| pen and Ink sketch OF what London was
never was anything seen like this town."
wrote Greville. ut Is as II the population
had been on sudden quintupled. The up
roar, the confusion, the crowd, the noise
| are indescribable Horsemen, footmen. car
riages squeezed, jammed intermingled: the
pavement blocked up with timber hammer
| Ing and knocking, and falling fragments,
stunning the ears and threatening the
| uedu, IlOt d HlOD mere ana There, Dul IAo
town all mob, thronging. bustling. gaping
and gazing at everything, at anything or
at nothing; the park one vast encampment
with banners floating on the tops OF the
| tents. and still the roads are covered and
the railroads loaded with arriving multi
| tudes." A repetition of these scenes may
| be expected to preeede the event Of next
| June. T.
| Demand for British Goods.
1t will not be the fault Of the king and
queen II there Is not strong revival in
the demand for goods of all kinds produced
on British looms. On every possible occa-
sion the queen, the Princess OF Wales and
other royal ladies have definitely declared
their preference for homemade dress fab
rics and the like, and have shown an earn
| foreign industries Their, action has had
an extremely beneficial effect upon many