Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-02
TO GO TO WINDSOR
Mr.. Gladstone Will See the Queen
This Afternoon.
GOSSIP ABOUT HIS SUCCESSOR
The Radicals Will Not Follow
Lord Rosebery.
COMMENTS OF THE PAPERS


will remain the guests of her majesty
until tomorrow. At noon tomorrow privy
council will be held at Windsor castle and
upon this occasion Mr.. Gladstone will ten
der his resignation of the premiership.
The Earl of Kimberly, lord president of
the council; Earl Spencer, first lord of the
admiralty, and the other ministers, with the
exception of Lord Rosebery, will be present
Mr.. Gladstone is in excellent health and
spirits, and spent the forenoon at home.
Position of the Radicals.
The radicals. headed by Mr.. Labouchere
have decided not to serve under any peer
and they say that if Lord Rosebery Is made
premier the existence of the new ministry
is limited to a week.
Mr. Labouchere has written a letter to
the Right Hon. Edward Majoribanks, the
liberal whip, saying that the feeling against
a peer assuming the premiership Is strong
with the liberals as well as with the rad
icals.
Continuing Mr. Labouchere says:
During the tory administration the fact
that the premier was in the house or lords
was a stock complaint of the radicals IN
and out of parliament Mr. Gladstone
popularity was largely due to the fact that
he was regarded as the peoples minister
scorning even old age, while holding the
premiership. Without its being in the house
of commons, We also complained, the party
leader, and we cannot for a moment admit
that either the queen or the cabinet can
select our leaders in secret conclaVe. 1t is
obvious that the queen Will select the man
most grateful to the court, instead of the
people The secrecy maintained IN regard
to Mr.. Gladstone, the semi-official deniais
up to the last moment, the manner in Whlch
his successor was sprung upon us ana the
house not sitting, have a very ugly aspect,
and smacks of cabal and intrigue.
That the queen has right to select the
fact. and it is probable that within the
next few years. If we remain united, we
shall sweep away the hereditary chamber:
When we welcome them in the house OF
commons elected members, they Will
have the same claim as others to lead US.
MIR. Gladstone's Career.
The Times says: We have reason to be-
lieve that Mr. Gladstone has made his last
speech in parliament premier, and that
he is determined to resign before the hew
session opens. Our Information is to the
effect that he announced his decision to a
few persons before he went to Biarritz, and
that he never swerved from that decision.
At the audience on Wednesday he Informed
the queen of his intentions. He will take
the necessary official steps in the next few
days. The cabinet were not taken into the
premiers confidence. and only few init
mate friends were Informed of his inten-
tons.
The Times in an editorial says: THE close
of a great career cannot be contemplated
save with sadness and regret, the least of
all by those who cannot command the con-
ISOLATION of faith in it's beneficence and I'M
qualified admiration of its achievements.
Friends and opponents are united in this
crisis by common sentiment of respectful
sympathy that overleaps all difference and
antagonismS.
1--WE could, indeed, have wished that in
his last appearance as the leader Of the
house of commons he had been able to con-
m q a nil ha arIs
him today and touched. he well knows
how, the chords of universal emotion.
There is something disappointing, unworthy
of the OCCASION in his speech, dealing, AS it
did throughout, with the meager and bitter
venalities and current partisanship. His
most persistant opponent must regret, for
his own sake, that he was unable to leave
a Sweeter and more impressive recollection
than an echo of the crudest clamor of a
radical club He leaves his post with out
Offering program or formulating a policy
or enunciating a principle He has not a
word to say with regard to the problem be-
fore the country and he simply exhorts his
fellow to pursue his own method of getting
up steam by setting fire to some of our in
situations. What will the party make of
this precious bequest?
GIadstOne's Passing.
The Daily News announces that although
Mr.. Gladstone has not resigned and all
definite announcements on the subject are
premature, 1--WE fear that owing to personal
reasons. which have often been described,
the event cannot much longer be post
poned"
In leader commenting on the foregoing
the News says the splendor of yesterdays
speech and the yigor with which it was de-
livered make it difficult to realize that the
nation is about to lose the value of incom-
parable service. The unimpaired strength
of his physical frame and the undiminished
brightness of his magnificent intellect are
ounterbalanced by the cruel malady which
has afflicted his eyes
1t is useless to blink at facts because they
are inexpressibly pathetic and intensely
sad. He has, we trust, years of life before
him, and there is no reason why he should
not witness before his final departure the
triumph of the principle on which he has
laviShed his matchlesS powers, his eloquence
and the inexhaustible stress of his wisdom.
When the day Of that victory comes as
come it must it will be Mr.. Gladstoae's
victory. No event, no combination of
events can rob him of that enduring glory
The News, discussing the question of a
successor to Mr.. Gladstone, again argues
that the accident of birth ought not to de-
bar Lord Rosebery of the premiership 1t
says he certainly could get elected to a
seat in the house of commons
With reference to the house of lords
the News says: Mr.. Gladstone struck a
note that will ring through the land He
has given the signal for which the people
were waiting. The final decision will not
be given yet There is no intention to dis
solve parliament this year. The house
of lords has not filled the measure of their
mischief. The News says that Mr.. Glad
stone spoke without the use of single
not AMI, contrary to the habit of younger
debaters, without the assistance of a glass
of water.
Lord Rosebery, Earl Spencer. Mr. John
Morley, chief secretary of Ireland, AMI
Mr.. Asquith, the nome secretary, met at
the foreign office after Mr.. Gladstone's
speech. Later Mr.. Gladstone took dinner
with Lord RoSebery.
The Chronicle says: THE old warrior
has gone fighting. His last night in the
house of commons marked an epoch in
English history and that will for years
count themselves happy that they took
even an inconspicuous part in 1t. His de-
parture seems for the moment to leave
the world bare. How we shall miss him
his courage and faultless bearing subtly
blending the old world and the new
Addressed by Gen. Adams.
PHILADELPHIA, March 2.-The second