Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-08
Must Call Out the Veterans.

nate against the policy of the government
of which up today he has been a member
Must Call Out the Veterans.
1t seems more and more clear that the
government will have to call out the re-
serves-I mean it's old ministers such as the
Duke of Norfolk-if it is to continue to in
spire public confidence. The cleverer of the
younger men. such as Lord Hugh Cecil, Mr..
Beckett Mr.. Winston Churchill and Mr.. Ian
Malcolm, are free traders. but this list, of
course, does not exhaust the list of the pos
sibleS. Among the younger men already
in the government Lord Stanley. Mir. Ar
seem designed for promotion Mr. Gerald
Balfour may not improbably also get pro-
motion. Credence is given to this view by
reason of the fact that his right-hand man
at the board of trade, Sir Francis Hopwood
has had to cancel an official trip abroad
There are the potentialities of a tragedy
in the political futures of Mr.. Richie and
Lord George Hamilton. Both represent
villadom, the one at Croydon and the other
at Ealing. London suburbs. Now, in both
these constituencies unionism is overwh helm
ingly predominant, but it is not the union
ism of the big loaf Ealing, perhaps, is
the wealthiest and most select suburb in
London. Here city men reside. and city
men, it is notorious, are keenly in sympathy
with Mr.. Chamberlain's proposals At
Croydon there is a larger working class ele-
Nlent tndn at fal1nR, ana II is not possible
to gauge with such confidence the trend of
local feeling in the Surrey borough One of
Mr.. Ritchie's most influential constituents
Mr.. Mailman Barrie. is to move at the Shelf
field conference the resolution of the Croy-
don Conservative Association, adopted with
only two dissentients, affirming Conserva-
tive Croydons regret at the repeal of the
corn tax, and welcoming the proposed in
qury into the fiscal relations of this cou1-
try with its colonies and with other ma
TONS
Adding to this Mr.. Riches sour and I'M
sympathetic exterior and his failure to re-
tain his hold constituencies, there is
present something more than a possib ty
of his Punishment from parliament at tn ,
general election. Lord George Hamilton
will also have to fight for Ealing as he has
never fought before If he wishes to remain
its representative, but it is not imprOb1 BILE
that Lord George. with his cabinet minis
ters oldage pension of 1900 a year and
the snug snecure of the constableship of
Deal Castle. may regard his political career
as at an end
Mr.. Ritchie's Change Of Residence.
OF the three moves which are proverbially
worse than a fire Mr.. Richie will shortly
be able to furnish his Impressions Mr.
Richie as chancellor of the excheuuer has
an official res dence in Downing street-No
(which is next door to the official resi-
dence of the first lord of the treasury He
took up his residence in Downing street
less than twelve months ago, on the retire
ment of Sir Michael Hicks Beach having
removed from Grafton street, Berkeley
square. a house looking down Hay Hill.
which he had only resided IN for a very
short period before. For years Mr. Ritch:e
lived in Wetherby Gardens South kensing-
ton, SO that unless he can at once resume
occupation of his house in Grafton street
he will find himself the occupant within
about two years of no fewer than four town
houses. These frequent dom!ciliary changes
n "a RI of Of <l,1
the crown would probably disgust the aver
age London bricklayer, who has to keen
moving where his job lies
mere are three ministers of the crown to
whom grateful country has provided Off
cial residences They are the first lord of
the treasury, the chancellor of the ex-
cheQuer and the first lord of the admiralty
The first lord of the admiralty has beau
t1ful old house near the admiralty offices
overlooking the Horse Guards Parade and
here successive ministers have lived and
entertained on splendid scale The first lord
however, has to pay for his house in the
sense that he receives only "a 500 a year
compared with the f5.00O a year paid to the
five secretaries of state and the first lord
OF the treasury and chancellor of the ex
chequer. The admiralty is, however the
most highly paid office in the cabinet
apart from the lord chancellorship. the first
lordshfp of the treasury and the chancellor
snip of the exchequer AS the official resi-
dence of the first lord of the admiralty
Will us freedom from rent and the rate
collectors demand and even, / believe the
coal merchants bills, is worth much more
than the 1900 year by which his salary is
reduced from that of the other chief mem
berS of the cabinet
Shortcomings at No. II Downing Street
No IL Downing street which Mr. Richie
vacates. is a small building not nearly SO
comfortable as the official residence of the
first lord of the treasury next door, neither
has it the delightful garden attached to the
official residence of the first lord of the
treasury OF this garden, for which Mr.
Gladstone has q peculiar affection a
good GlddStonian story is told. Mr. Glad
stone on taking up his official residence on
one OCCASION was struck by the anaemic
character of the turf, and expressed a wish
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