The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-05-26

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end was near. Mr.. Gladstone will be
given a national funeral, and hla re
mains will rest in Westminster Abbey
MIR. GLADsTONE'S CAREER.
sixty-six Years In Politics and -Four
Times Premier. ;.........
Gladstone is a name of power In all
the English speaking world. Not only
has the United Kingdom felt the i'm
press of his genius in every part OF her
government, but Canada and Australia,
! the Cape Colony and other self govern.
! ing dependencies have nodded their
new institutions largely according tu
his ideas, while In the United states ne
| has had as many devoted admirers as
! in his native island. Grand Old Man
is his title here as well a. in English
lands
/ And yet the man presents paradox
! No other politician of modern times,
! none probably of any time. has changed
! positions so often or so radically, anu
it is scarcely possible to find any de
! fined principle lately advocated by him
that he had not at sorne time in thc
past assailed with vituuerative elo-
quence. Yet there Is a certain consist.
! ency even in his changes, Contrary I.
an almost universal rule among stu
! dents of society and government. II.
steadily grew more radical az he grew
! older, less cautious as he grew physi-
! cally weaker. and less tolerant of crit
/ icsm as his course raised create
armies of critics
! Mr.. Gladstone entered parliament a
Tory of the Eighteenth century sort
/ grew into mild conservative, held OF
flee as an advanced Whig. and theu
/ led the opposition as Liberal so YER
radical that many English Radical
/ abandoned him and even Irish Radical
! had to restrain him.
His father, John Gladstone, was "a
prominent merchant and his mothC;
was of Scotch royal descent. William
Ewart Gladstone was born in Liverpool
Dec %. 1909. He was educated mt Eton
and at Christ's church, oxford. ~
3 1891 b. was graduated, and the ne1
year was elected to parliament from
: Newark.
He continued to represent that bor-
ough till 1916. In 1884 Gladstone first
took office" as under secretary for tho
colonies, Sir Robert Peel being premier
Being thrown out" by the defeat Fl
Peel IN 1885 he employed his leisure
in literary work and published the once
celebrated Church and state"
| In 1898 he married Miss Margaret
! Glynne of a Welsh family, and In 1879
put forth another peculiar work On
| church affairs. In lS4l he again took
a place in the cabinet and soon became
| eminent as a fnancier. In lSl5 he re-
! signed because the government favored
the Catholic college in Ireland, but soo-
| came in again. In lS41 he was chosen
! to represent oxford and then, for IN.
| first time. began to advocate liberal
! measures, the first being the bill for
removing the disabilities of the Jews
which he had opposed in 1871. In lS5l-
80 he became leader of the IiHra1r
and entered on that long contest viii
Disraeli which continued without true
till 1876, when Disraeli became LORD
Beaconsfleld and entered the house -
lords
In 1865 Mr.. Disraeli succeeded I.ord
Derby as prime minister, but before the
year had run out Disraelis cabinet was
dissolved and Gladstone was called I,
the premiership. In 1874. owing to the
defeat of his Irish university bill, Glad.
stone rendered his resignation as pre-
mer. but on Disraeli refusing to form
cabinet Gladstone consented to re
main In office. Early in the following
year parliament was dissolved, and IN,
Liberals were Overwhelmingly defeated
in the elections. This caused Glad
stones retirement. but he returned IS
the premiership in 1850. In 1885 he
again resigned, being succeeded by
Lord Salisbury. In 1856 he was restored
to power for the third time, but held
the premiership for only five months.
being again succeeded by Salisbury
In 1892 he became premier for tn.
fourth time. but in the following year
owing to the defeat of his Irish hom,
rule bill in the house OF lords. MT
Gladstone again retired, and SALISBURY
once more became premier
Gladstone was never a favorite with
Victoria. Indeed. the queen has said
more than once with emphasis that she
detested him, and said II in a wav 10
imply that she also feared him. Their
personal discussions more than onc-
terminated In angry words. but the pre-
mier never flinched from facing royalty
You must take this action" he once
said to her.
Must! Did you say must?" she
angrily retorted. And do you know,
SIR, whe 7 amp"
MAD le." answered Gladstone cool-
ly. "ye ire the queen Of England; but
do 20, low who am? am the peo-
pie OF ngland. and in this emergency
tfe II 'le say 'must!'