St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-06
GLADsTOpE's RETIREMENT.

Mr.. Gladstone chung to power too
long. The world went past him.-New
YORK Herald.
Lord RoSebery now bids fair to be-
come, by long odds, the most impressive
figure in the future of the British EN-
pire.-BostOn Herald.
Brains are the gift of Almighty God.
But a man is responsible for the use
which he makes of those he has. Glad
niquity.-Indianapo News.
Mr.. Gladstone is the grandest man
England ever produced, and his devO-
ton to his country will ever remain a
loving monument in the hearts of the
common peOple.-St. Joseph News.
He (Gladstone) is not the greatest man
whom England has produced. but he is
one among the great ones, and it will
be many day before she can boast of a
greater one.-St. Louis GlObe.Demo-
crat,
1t is little rough on Mr.. Gladstone
to have his own war OH the peers" find
its first application In the movement
against the succession I'm the premier
ship which he had arranged Washing
ton News.
Ii the grand old man resigns the Lib
eral cause will still be in power. No
backward step is taken in modern re-
forms, and the Gladstone spirit will still
abide with the party he has so long and
so ably led.-BOstOn Globe.
Mr. Gladstone refuses to accept an
offer of elevation to the peerage. The
grand old man" is all the title that he
coyetS, and 1t is one that confers more
luster on his name than any peerage
within the gift of the British sovereign.
Omaha Bee.
The work begun by Mr.. Gladston
will 20 forward to completion. The
rubbish Of ages will be swept away, and
the next century may witness the birth
OF another republic In the land from
which American derived their traditions
Of freedOm.-New York Press.
Every admirer of Mr. Gladstone,
every friend of his policy. and every
believer in the national and human uses
OF great men must prefer that the day
Of his resignation OF the premiership
shall be the day Of his final and decisive
withdrawal from public affairs.-New
York Tines.
For all practical purposes wonderful
career is closed. no doubt forever. And
the disappointment and pathos OF it ali
is that the crOWning triumph so often
nearly won. so long and bravely Strug-
| gled for. and so well deserved, remains
unachieved. although almost assured
Cleveland Leader.
BY a singular coincidence far from
accidental, Mr.. Gladstone, whose last
| speech seems likely to be his attack on
the house Of lords, is about to he sue
| ceeded as PREMIER by the only peer in
| the present generation who has vent
[ ured to demand a reform in the consti-
tuition of the English upper chamber
Philadelphia Press.
Within the next ten years, unless all
| signs fail, the very class who have
abused him (Gladstone) most persist
emily will cry. 10 for an hour with
| Gladstone to check the rising tide of
| democracyW But there will be no
| answer from gods or men to the des-
perate prayer, and the tide will RISE
! st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
| There is an element of pathos in Mr..
| Gladstone'S enforced retiremenI by rea-
| son of impending blindness. In any
! event the end Of his great career could
not be very long delayed; yet he has
shown no sign OF failing mental vigor,
| and it would seem more fitting that this
| grand old lion should die fighting than
that he should have to creep away into
the darkness with his great battles still
unWOn. Philadelphia Times.