Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-19
STORIES ABOUT GLADSTONE.
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Must 20 the Queen OF England.

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Must 70 the Queen Of England.
A tradesman ia st. James street has q fine
collection Of Napoleana OF which intend to
tell you one Of these mornings This trades
man Is a dealer in spectacles and eyeglasses,
and his shop Is patronized by the best people
In London. IL is interesting TO hear him tell
Of the notabes with whom he has had deal
ings. Gladstone has traded with him many
years, and the man tells Of an experience
which illustrates the thoughtfulness of the
'sGrand Old Man, One time this shopkeeper
had visitor in the person Of a rich uncle
who had come in from the country to see the
sights, and of course the house Of commons
was one of the sights which the uncle was
most anxious 70 see
1t occurred to the nephew that he might,
without presuming too far, apply to Mr..
Gladstone for a ticket of admission to the
gallery Of the house. 1t was true that Mr..
Gladstone was premier, and should hardly be
bothered with triiing matter Of this kind,
but Ii was also true that the twenty years
business relations between the premier and
the tradesman justified to degree the hope
that the request should be granted. So my
friend dispatched polite note 10 the premier.
The next day happened to be Sunday, but In
the morning there came hearty knock at the
bridesmaids door. 1t was Mr.. Gladstone,
who, ON his way to church, had called to leave
the ticket Of admission for which his humble
townsman had asked. -
am told that Gladstone has always been
most scrupulous In his attentions to the hum
bier classes, conducting himself toward the
lowly with a thoughtfulness which he does
not always observe toward the nobility and
the wealthy.
my own opinion" said the tradesman
have spoken Of, sis that the policy now ad-
vocated by Mr.. Gladstone Is the worst one
that England could adopt but, all parti-
sanship aside, IL you were to ask me the name
of the greatest Englishman of the present
time should say Gladstone, by all means"
Gladstone Is hated by his political oppo-
nents with virulence indescribable. have
letter from the leading literary man In Lon
don In which the ex-premier Is referred to as
"a just punishment" sent by God ITO punish
us for our hypocrisy The common asser-
tion among his bitterest adyersaries is that
Gladstone is weakening intellectually--that
senility has developed to an extraordinary
degree his natural vanity, and that he is now
simply paranoiac
strong enough to reject peremptorily every
proposition to elevate him to the peerage. He
might have been an earl long ago, but he pre-
fers to remain commoner. The old queen
has hated and feared him most cordially for
many years. The two have quarreled like
cats and dogs on numerous occasions, but
Gladstone has never yet weakened in the face
Of royalty.
"You must do so and so" he once said to
the queen.
Whereat her majesty bridled up, and be-
slowing upon him whitening look, she cried,
angrily "Must did you say9 And do you
know, sir, who amg'
Madame" answered Gladstone coolly,
''you are the queen Of England; but do you
know who ans am the people of England,
and in thisemergency the people say 'mustr "
London Letter in Chicago News.