Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-26
ACCEPTED AS RETREAT
Construction Put Upon Letter
of Chamberlain
IN THE UNI0NIsT QUARTERS
Phases of the Political Situation in
London
LOT OF THE BRITISH BARoNET
Kings Injunction to Lord Aberdeen
Marquis Captured Richest Heiress
Best Dressed Man in Commons.
special Correspondence of The Star.

nal OF retreat. DOWN Till the beginning OF
this week the tariff reform leader was in
| his most high-handed and reckless mood
| and made no secret Of his dramatic in
| tentions. The note of defiance sounded
] in the Standard and other Chamberlainite
| papers was only an echo (and almost
| verbally exact one) OF the language en-
| ployed In quite an extensive correspond
! ence. His attitude toward the unionist
| party was one of an ending mending"
| character. He must either have the need
| full surrender from Mr.. Balfour or he would
! raise the standard of tariff reform on
| perfectly independent platform.
1t Is no secret that Mr.. Chamberlain
| looks upon unionism in itself a played
| out cause. and has the greatest objection
to being compromised any further in the
| defense of church schools or opposition
| to labor legislation. And for moment
! he believed that he could induce the con-
| servatives to take a leaf. under his guild
| ance, toward a new democratic standpoint,
| such they consented to under DiSraeu
| just forty years ago.
Since last Saturday he has learned that
| this is not possible. He finds that the
| average tory is disguised indeed with Mr..
| Balfour's ineptness, but not on that ac-
/ count anxious to place himself under the
| direction of politician who Is VIGOROUSLY
| indiscreet. Those men who are not whole
| hoggers," the proteetionists are called,
| a ''rough-and-ready" demagogue. as they
| describe him. These sentiments have been
| candidly communicated to Mr. Chamber
! lains immediate henchmen, and he mas
| been shrewd enough to recognize and &C
cept the situation. All that he asks for
| now is a party meeting and reform In
| organization, and Mr.. Balfour will be al
| lowed to retain the nominal leadership, at
| all events for the time being
|
cessful parliamentary candidates are now
| busily engaged making out their returns OF
| election expenses, which have to be for
| warded to the returning officers within
thrty-five days Of the election. The re-
| turning officers. on their part. are bound to
| publish a summary of the expenses of the
candidates In at least two local papers, and
any one who is curious in these matters may
| inspect the detailed accounts on payment
of one shilling. The expenses are regulated
| by statute. and differ in borough and
| county elections. In borough elections the
maximum Is 2350 per 1000 electors on reg
| ister with $50 for every complete 1000
above that number. while In county cleo
| lions the maximum is practically double
| that amount.
possibly be revived in connection with the
| recent elections, Is the time In which election
| expenses are to be counted. AS rule, they
! are reckoned from the date of dissolution,
or from the actual proclamation of vacan-
| cy but in some cases they have been COM
| puted from much earlier date. In the
! Lchheld case. 1895. a candidate attended
| meeting four months before the dissolution.
and 1t was held that the expenses of this
and subsequent meetings were to be includ-
ed among the election expenses
The longest period to which expenses have
been dated back Is three years. This was
| at the Haggerston election Of 1898. Gener-
ally speaking, candidates who are not SIT
! ting members are al a disadvantage In the
! matter election nd 10
! that a London candidate who gave an en-
tertainment to some old ladies on the eve of
| the election has had some trouble with his
| returning officer who insists precise and
accurate vouchers in connection with this
tea party.
| learn that the king sent for Lord Aber-
deem some time before he made his state
entry into Dublin. and told him that he
must bear in mind that he was there to
represent the sovereign, while 1t was the
duty of the chief secretary to especially
| look after the policy of the government
| This reverts matters to the older and bet
ter regime first violated by Lord Carnarvon
and most outrageously so by Lord Dudley
| for the representative of the crown ought
| theoretically to carry out the views OF the
government of the day, and not to initiate
policy. The king is extremely annoyed at
| the evident boycott of Dublin Castle by the
leading Irish families. and l have the high
| est authority for announcing that his ma
| jesty has promised that though he may not
| be able. owing to the Spanish marriage and
the death of the King of Denmark to go to
! Ireland this spring, he will positively be
present at the next Dublin season, If he
/ does not go over for the horse show In Au-
gust. A royal visit by means pleases
| Lady Aberdeen and 1t will certainly pre-
vent the viceroy for one year from fulfilling
his intention of keeping his expenses within
| his salary of f100U0.
|
~
The romantic career of the Marquis of
| Graham has reached a climax, when his en-
gagement is announced to Lady Mary Ham
| ilton, the richest heiress in England. He
is twenty-seven, has been before the mast
has served on Lord Brassey's yacht, has
| worked with the Naval Brigade in South
Africa and been press censor at Cape Town
He Is very good-looking, while his future
bride can best be described as comely. She
has G45000o, as well as an annuity of
! $1,000, year, while her estates are worth
900 a year more. From Scotch point
of view a union of the heir of Montrose to
! the only child of a Duke of Hamilton Is
positively inspiring and ideal.
| X
The best-dressed man in the new house of
| commons will almost Certainly be Mr. Cod
| frey Barring. the government member for
/ the Isle of Wight. He is likely to make
| his indrh as one OF the DeSL democratic
radicals but in appearance he is most arts
! tocratic. and dresses admirably. without be-
| ing in the least effeminate or dandifled
/ His wife. who Is stepdaughter of Lord
| Veruiam. is one of the beauties of London
| society, and most energetic on liberal COM
mittees.
| y
! The lot of the British baronet, It seems
/ like that of the policeman. has its un-
happy side. A baronet may go to bed hav-
Ing the names OF all his confreres at his
fingers ends, and wake up to the unwelcome
| fact that another has Joined the goodiy
company without taking the trouble to ac-
quire letters patent. Indeed any one who
| wishes to call himself baronet may do 80,
and though his friends may ask him SCOT
1 fngly to try to prove it. neither they nor
| any one else can prevent him using the
/ prefix SIR
! ! am told by an expert that there are
nifty or sixty .baronets' who would find 1t
quite impossible to prove their right to the
title. And 80 the bona-fide baronets think
It Is time to make It stand. and an q result
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