Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-30
GLADSTONE ON BRIGHT.
A Grand Tribute to the Dead
 Statesman.


Church Law Forbids His Iuterment in
 Westminster Abbey-Thousands of Per
 sons View His Remains-Other Oid World
 News of Interest.
 LONDON March 3o-In the house of com mons Mir. Gladstone delivered an oration on the life and services of John Bright. Mr. Bright's life, he said, had bccn happy in remarkable desree even to the moment of his departure. He Lad lived 10 see ihn triumph of almost every great cause to which he had especially devoted hi; heart and mind. He had established q special claim to the admira- tion of those who had otherwise differed with him by his concurrenceS with them upon the prominent question of the hour. Though he had separated himself from the great bulk of the Liberals on the Irish quest on, there had never been a word of dlsparagement on either ride. Mir. Brights views with regard to the Crimean war he iMr. Gadstcnol had been unable to agree with, but he lad even felt profoundly what must huvo been the moral elevation of men who had all their lives been nurtured ill the tempe Of popular approval, yet who could at q moments notice consent to part with the whoe of that favor they enjoyed and which their opponents might think the very breath of their n0strils.
 During the CTS of 1888, when the fate of the Irish Church hung in the balance, Mir. Gladstone said it was 6 difficult task for him to induce Mr. Bright to enter the ministry, so little did off ,e attract him. Mir. Bright's eloquence and courage were shown when, in 1861, foreseeing the issue of the struggle in America, he stood as the represen tatve of an exceedingly small portion of the educated th1nph be doubtedly represented a large part of the national sentiment. All causes having his powerful advocacy made distinct advance in the estimation of the world.
 Pursuing his encomium Mir Gladstone con- cluded by saying that Mir. Bright name was iudelibly written ill the annals of time. upon tue hearts of the great overspreading race to which he belonged, whose wide extension be rejoiced to see and whose power and promin- euce he believed were full of promise and glory and for the best interests of mankind.
 Eulogistic speeches were also made by Mir W. H Smith, Lord Harrington, Mir Cham- berlain and Justin Mccarthy Mr Mccarthy said he heartily endorsed the noble speech Of Mir Gladstone. His memory of Irish events carried him back to the time when Mir Bright had championed the Irish cause, and thcIo fore he claimed the right of Ireland To lay a wreath of imniortelles upon the stataSn,an's grave.
 More than 5000 persons viewed the corpse of John Bright yesterday, .approacb ching the body in . reverent manner
 LONDON, March 30.-Tbe Very Rev. G. Granville Bradley, dean of Westminster, has met the suggestion that the body of John Bright be inferred in Westminster abbey with the regretful statement that an act oi pariament forbids the intcrment in the abbey of any person not having received the rite of baptism in the established church This bar to special honor to the remains oi the BTmins ham statesman will be greatly depiored by many who in other cases would uphold tue ac, as not only p oper, but ueces sary tO tbe maintenance of the church.