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GRAND OLD MAN GONE
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olined to take office. Mr.. Glads,ta
| though With reluctance ypSb ne
March 1s) to reconstruc, axEu h; ioeh
In August. 1873, diltIfely after the
close OF the Escsssion the cabinet was
| eonsiderabiy remodeed. Mr.. Gladstone
! a,ssailiins the chancellorship of the ex-
chequer, In addition to his office of first
lord OF the treasury. On January "a,
1874 fortnight before both houses
were to have met for the dispatch Of
public business, Mr.. Gladstone took
everybody by surprise by announcing
the Immediate dissolution of parla-
ment, and issuing his address to his
constituents at Greenwich, in which he
promised to abolish the income tax.
At the general election which ensued.
the votes were. for the first time taken
by secret ballot. The result proved
most disastrous to the Liberal party.
The returns, completed on February 81.
showed that 35l Conservatives had been
elected and 302 Liberals, inclusive of the
Home Rulers, who. in. point of fact.
declined to Identify themselves with
| either of the old political parties. MI
Gladstone at once resigned, and Mr.
Disraeli became prime minister. In the
session of 1871, Mr.. Gladstone, who had
been reelected from Greenwich. was
rarely to be seen in his place in the
House OF Commons: but at it's close he
offered a persistent opposition to the
amid the turmoil OF political life, Mr.
Gladstone had devoted a portion of his
time to literature. His "Ecce Home"
printed from Good Words appeared in
1865; a pamphlet on the Irish church
question, entitled "a Chapter Of Au-
%. 1865; and "Juventus Mundi-the
| Gods and Men of the Heroic Age" in
| 1868. After his unsuccessful attempt
to prevent the passing OF the Public
Worship Education Act. he contributed
to the Contemporary Review for Octo-
Der II. 1874 an energetic article on
'Ritualism." which gave rise to an an
mated controversy. In it he asserted
that Rome had substituted for the
proud, boast of semper cadem n policy
of violence and change In faith" that
! she had refurnished and paraded anew
every trusty tool which she was fondly
thought to have disused." that mo one
could become her convert without re-
nouncing his moral and mental free
dom. and placing his civil loyalty and
duty at the mercy of another" and that
''she had equally repudiated modern
thought and ancient history" chal-
lenged by his Roman Catholic friends
to subStantiate these grave charges
Mr.. Gladstone published (Nov. 7. 1879 a
bulky pamphlet entitled THE Vatican
DEGREES in Their Bearing on Civil Ale
glance, Il Political Expostulation,"
which elected numerous elaborate re-
plies from Mgr. Capel. DR.. Newman,
Archbishop Manning. and other dis
tinguiShed members of the Roman
Catholic church. Mr.. Gladstones re-
ply to his opponents. published Febru-
airy "a 1875. is entitled "Vaticanism:
An Answer to Replies and Reproofs."
Mr.. Gladstone followed up his attacks
on the Roman Catholic church in an
article on The Speeches of Plus IN,'
m the quarterly Review for January.
lSl5 On January 10. 1875, three weeks
before the assembling of parliament,
Mr.. Gladstone announced In a letter tn
earl Granville, his determination to re-
tire from the leadership of the Liberal
party AZ the age of 65," he remarked.
and after fcrty-two years of & !aborj-
Gus public life, think myself entitled
to retire on the present opportunity
This retirement is dictated to me on NV
personal views as to the best methods
or spending the closing years Of nv
ne Soon afterwards the MARQUIS Of
harrington was chosen by the Liberal
party to he their leader in the House
of Commons. Subsequently, however.
Mr.. Gladstone constantly took part In
the discussions of that assembly.
The history of Mr. GIadstone's ser
ono ministry may be summed up in
three words--Ireland. Egypt, Franchise.
In 1855 Mr.. Gladstone was overthrow
by vote on the budget and the Con
servatives, under Lord SalishIrv's
leadership. came into power.
a general election took place in No
yember, just five months after Mr..
Giadstone's defeat. and the Liberals
were successful Their strength nu-
mer:cally. was about equal to that Of
the Tories and Parnellites combined.
When Mr. Gladstone returned to office
ne announced his readiness to Introduce
a Home Rule measure for Ireland and
tnis created dissention in the Liberal
ranks and practically broke ND the
party. Lord Harrington and others de-
clined TO accept Offices and Mr.. CHAM
Nerlain and Mr. TrcYeIxan .. alnl,r -.