St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-28
ENGLASD,s COLOSSUS.

The alternating political fortunes of
GLADSTONE read like a romance. His
falls and rises come with a rapidity of sue
cession that keeps the scene in a continuous
whirl. To-day down among the English
peasantry the great commoner, smarting
under the humiliation of recent defeat,
moves around amidst the excited throng So
Letting votes to return him to a seat in par
lament Tomorrow he is the premier of
the ministry, riding triumphantly into
power over the head of royal opposition.
GLADSTONE is the colossal figure of mod
ern politics. His power and influence is
greater than that of monarch.
Victoria is in name the queen
of the united realm and en-
press of India. GLADSTONE is in fact the
king of Britain and emperor of all the
British dominions. His career is an eXcep-
tional illustration that there is nothing in
name. Titles of nobility and royal prerog-
atives can add nothing to the grandeur of
his fame or TO the greatness of his power.
Crowns and diadems could contribute moth
ing to the lustrous majesty of his individu-
ality. He is GLADSTONE, and GLADSTONE
is greater than Britain's throne.
GLADSTONE will again take up the scep-
tire which he laid down Immediately
preceding the dissolution of the
last parliament. His restoration brings
greater responsibilities than ever be-
fore invested his supremacy. For the
first time the Irish question has been
submitted to the people of Great Brit
ain as a direct ISSUE the verdict is favorable
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must stand. Although the queen inter-
posed the presence of her majestic presence
TO influence her parliament to reverse the
decision of the people of the realm, that
body, with remarkable fidelity to its constit-
uency, has refused to be swayed by the
royal eXhortatiOn. AS rebuke to this
piece of royal impertinence. the house of
commons will now proceed to elevate to
leadership the man who of all others is most
objectionable to the royal court because
of his fidelity TO democratic prin-
ciples GLADSTONE is man OF the
| people. His instincts are republican. He
despises the shams and hollowness of roy
atty, and ardently loves the freedom and
simplicity of democratic institutions.
| GLADSTONE is the THOMAS JEFFERSON of
English history who. disregarding the con-
ditions and accidents of birth, believes in
the equality of the human race and knows
no higher mission for government that to
bring all of its citizens up to the same plane
of intelligence and the equal enjoyment of
social religious and political freedom.
| Such is the man who is now charged with
the duty of restori g local government to
Ireland and of recOnstructing the political
conditions of England. 1t is a grave re-
sponsibility and mightier one than ever
rested on premier.
In addition to these responsibilities the
GLADSTONE administration will be con-
fronted with another difficulty of more
than ordinary magnitude at the threshold
of its advent to power. The relations that
the British government shall occupy toward
the impending conflict between Greece and
Turkey is delicate subj ect for determine
ton. If England pursues the selfish policy
it has maintained under the SALISBURY
government without regard to any prin-
ciple involved in the conflict, then the En-
glish fleet will be sent out to the aid OF the