The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-07-29

Peelites lost sight o. o hofgostea ~
10 the faot that " had oeen = ysAr W
once before that storm purst upon =" ehu
that 1t started with brilliant SUCCESS upon
o programme OF purely domestic Pohcy.
II 10 interesting 10 read the puke OF ar
gylrs reooliecaons OF nus ooiiea eues In w
Aberdeen Cabinet, Wnioh wee comPo.oo W
six Peelites n ofseven wings OF hadioaD'
an UNFAIR divtstonas REGARDS mere nuo
for the wings and RADICALS epresenueo
27o members OF the House OF
whereas the Peelite party couid not musver
above thirty. b oldest memeer OF the
Coalition Cabinet was loro Lensoo"he'
a son OF that Earl OF shelburns VINO %
Prime Minister In 1889 SGT on foot neeoue-
lions for peace with the Amerioan co'oniee'
Born in 1871, Lord L. nsdowne, then Lore
Henry Petty, had attained at the age OF
rs the post OF Chancellor OF the Exccequer In
the Cabinet Of "Ali the Talents : In which
he had Charles James Fox Tor q coiieague
He represented the purest traditions OF the
Wing party, and although In 1859 no was
not strong In health, he sti spoke well
and earnestly when no spoke at oil. IL
was the natural consequence OF q long ire
spent under conditions OF great pohtfcai
change that he was as temperate ana
philosophical in his opinions az no wa
weighty and grave in the expression Of
them. 1t a a curious thing to see that
fine old man who had begun bis omciai
life In one coalition Government now
ending 1t In another after the long interval
of fifty-six 1.-THE luke means forty-sixl
year, The Premier himself wa hardly
q less striking symbol Of times long n ~
Born in 1854, he had been q ward OF Will
lam Pitt, and within seven years OF Pitts
death had been sent by Lord Castlereagh ;
the headquarters OF the Allied armies, as
the oonfdentialagen OF the British Govern
mont. He had been one OF the Pienipotsn-
uaries who drew up the Treaty OF 1874
In later years he had held the Foreign
onios under Wellington, and had held II
again under Peel. 1t was Impossible that
the life of any other man could take his
oollea CUES back more continuously toa past
totally Inherent from the present In all tne
conditions OF political anairs, whether NJ
home or abroad
III there was any gap In the continuity a.
regards the years Immediately fonoWing
the end OF the wars against the frenon
Republic and Empire, 1t wal hIled by Lore
John Russell, who, O only q httle
"oe~
since been identified with all tho domestic
cha nges n reforms which mad altered tne
whole condition OF ariiamen n the
~people-with Roman Catholic EmanoiPa.
toni with the abolition OF the saeramental
lest IN municipal ana otner omces' with q
fuli and adequate representative system
In the House OF commons LORD JONI
was a dificuit man To get on with In omoia1
iue' but the DUKE testihes mat MS own
Original antipathy meited away nnder
personal intercourse ana on more lntimate
acquaintan nee ne was surprised 10 ma tne
pra gmancal wing statesman playful
humorous ndanecuonate whist OF COURSE
a long ana eVehuui pohticai lilo mao gwen
him a fund OF most interesting
A more charming companion IN private
society couio not " GUN SUI ~e soon
iormeo an in'i.ha' 10 ir'ehoShiP "n'ch iaseeo
ti ns oeath,
AS 70 ho,u rahhefS.on, VINO hao ooen
put, as we hsVe saia' III INC ho,ne onoe
In tne o oeiel ina ne wouso mus %
olsquaineo ior MASKING uouoie, We arp
reminded nat no hao neen almost con
uhuousiy III hie 9mce sinoe ioVs' unoor
every variety OF isagersn'p: tnreeo, IN
iso. the onahceilorsntp q rye E4cneqncr
nao peeA oueou tot"pu pyns,T, ceo'vsi'
ne nao Deen eeoretal1 LOT war auGlne .ne
whoie Oh hora nmene-
that 10 10 say LOT seventeen years. Flnahy
ne mao Deeh Secre.a[y Oh Staeo ior rore'sn
Ahalrs nnoer LOT grey LORD m~eioourne
ana LORD oohh RUSSELL a LUKE, OF
Argyl. hRe many anotnor coiieague oetore
and aiterwaro' had oiten reason TO com
PLAIN OF LORD faimerstons conduct. put
he admits that' impaisive and strong headed
as falmerston was No was csnoid In iisten-
ing and IN inquir1ng' ana II ne FOUND OBJ
1%ections reasonable would give way to
them with the most perfect good humor.
Among the peelite contributions to the
Aberdeen CABINET an important place was
assigned TO Sir James Granam, VINO had
originally been a Keen b and q con-
spicuous member Of Earl Grey's reform
Government. He had seeded. however.
with Lord Stanley on the question OF APP
propriating part OF the revenues OF sup
pressed Irish bishoprics to secular pur-
poses. He had then, also with Lord Stanley,
Joined the Opposition, led BY Sir Robert
Peel, and the author OF CHS autobiography