The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-19

Special Editions of London Papers
and EuIoEfstfc Editorials.

LONDON, May 1850 a.. m.-All the
papers are out with special editions, in
heavily loaded borders, announcing the
death of Mr. Gladstone. The Daily Chron-
icle heads it's editorial with a quotation
from Wordsworth:
"This is the happy warrior; this is he
That every man in arms should wish to be"
The editorial says: "A glorious light has
been extinguished in the land. Mr.. Glad
stone is dead, and all his life lies in the
past, memory to us and our children, an
inspiration and possession forever The end
has come as to a soldier at his best. 1t
found him calnl,s expectant, faithful, UNI
shaken. Death has come robed in the terrors
of mortal pain; but what better can be said
than that as he taught his fellows how to
live, SO he has taught them how to die. 1t
is impossible at this hour TO survey the
mighty range of this splendid life. We
would assign to him the title The great
nationalist of the nineteenth century. TO
Italy, Greece, Bulgaria, Montenegro and
Belgium his name is hallowed, but, beyond
all, we claim him as the patriot, the great
est of the master builders of modern Eng
land. Timidity had no place in Mr.. Glad
stones soul. He was a lion among men,
endowed with a granite strength of will
and purpose, rare indeed in our age OF fee
BILE convictions.
The Daily News says: 1--WE cannot help
dwelling on the opinions which Mr.. Glad
stone held most strongly and the sentiments
which he felt most deeply because they are
the only key which unlocks his character
and his life. One Of his most characteristic
qualities was his personal humility. This
cannot be explained without the key; for
Mr.. Gladstone did not, in the ordinary
meaning of the word, underrate himself.
He was not easy to persuade. He paid lit
tie attention to other peoples opinions wnen
his mind was made up. He was quite aware
of his own ascendancy in counsel and his
supremacy in debate. On other questions
he did not indeed distrust his own Judgment:
IN In M. hI1f a nf
his humility was an abiding sense that these
things were of no Importance compared with
the relations between Gods creatures and
with characteristic candor, that he had a
vulnerable temper. He was quickly moved
to indignation by whatever he thought in
justice either to himself or to others and
was incapable of concealing his emotions,
for, if he said nothing, his countenance
showed what he felt. More expressive fea-
lures were never given to man. Mr.. Glad
stones exquisite courtesy, which In and out
of Parliament, was a model for all, proceeded
from the same source. 1t was essentially
Christian. To consider him apart from re-
ligion would be like considering Tennyson
apart from ,l poetry or DARWIN h apart ria from
make him gloomy, made him habitually
serious. Hence arose the fiction that he
had no humor. This curious desusion seems
to have arisen from the undoubted fact that
he could never be induced to laugh at any
thing indecent or profane; but he was a
master of irony and could be extremely and
even bitterly sarcastic Moreover nobody
laughed more heartily over an anecdote that
was really good. Different people, unless
they saw him often, got very different ideas
of him. He was many men in one; but he
impressed all alike with the essential great
ness of his character.
He was built mentally and morally on a
large scale. OF course it cannot be denied
that such face. such voice, such a
natural dignity and such perfect gesture
produced in themselves an immense effect
Mr.. Gladstone's genius glowed through him
ing commonplace about him. Even if he
said ordinary things he could not say them
in an ordinary way. In this respect he re-
sembled Lord Chatham. but Chatham. a
part Mr.. Gladstone was absolutely sim
pie, and his simplicity was not the least
attractive element of his fascinating per-
sonality."