The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-21

| has now entered upon his we'll earned rest
fer the people r.alyed that A. was precisel,
| because he had cbampiOned their interests
and their prcrogdtiWS against those of the
crown that he was Oh the blacklist OF the
| queen.
The memory of the remarkable words
But you must, ma'am" which he uttered
ON an historical ocGasicp, when she was
| hesitating to amin her royal signature to /,
measure successfully passed through both
! houses Of parliament. and which only need
| cd her signature in order TO become law
of the land. rankled in her bosom,
| Excellent woman rs Ia her majesty, she
is very imperious. easily angered, and i'm
patient of contradiction. Mere than sixty
years Of sovereignty over the greatest en-
| pire of the world have contributed to this,
and there has been no minister OF the
crown who throughout her entire reign has
more frequently contradced her, and com
peled her TO give way to the demands oil
the people than Mr.. Gladstone True. Lord
palmerston some times ran counter to her
wishes. he merely disobeyed them, but did
not boldly tell her that she must do this,
or could not do that as Mr. Gladstone was
in the habit of doing whenever he was In
office.
II is well known tina, on the last three
occasions when the queen summoned Mr..
Gladstone to form cabinet, she only did
so after much hesitation, delay and mani
fest reluctance, and after endeavoring, in
vain to persuade some OF his followers 10
undertake the task which they were either
unable or unwilling TO fulfil. Thus Lord
Granville, the Duke OF Devonshre. Lord
Kimberley and Lord Rosebery have each
OF them been urged at various times by the
queen 10 help her out OF the difficulty OF
calling upon Mr. Gladstone to form cabi-
net and perhaps. some future historian
will one day place ON record the part
played by the court in bringing about the
resignation of the premiership by Mr..
Gladstone in 1894 and when the Grand
Old Man" was practically jockeyed out OF
office In order to make way for Lord Rose
berry who, while persona gratissima at
court has never peen popular with the
masses since that time. being held TO have
been lacking in loyalty 10 his venerable
chief
That is indeed, why the majority Of the
liberal party absolutely declined TO con-
cede their allegiance to the earl ana pre-
fer even the leadership OF sir William Hhr-
court TO the owner OF Ladas.
II am no longer queen, Mr.. Gladstone 10
king" her majesty Is reported to have
exclaimed when. in 1880. she was compelled
TO intrust him with the premiership ana
some time afterward her fayorite political
adviser and close friend. Lord Bsaoons-
field gave voice to the sentiments Of her
| majesty. when, In the course OF an impas-
stoned haraneue at n political meeting at
| Buckingham. he declared that "Mr- Glad
stones methods OF rule aud his mode Of
| administering the government would only
be excusable II the queen were physically
and mentally incapable OF performing the
duties Of a sovereign"
Nearly every one Of the most famous
measures with which the name of Glad
stone Will remain identified, and which owe
their existence TO his championship, have
been strongly opposed by the queen and by
the court. and only carried In defiance OF
her majesty's objections,
Among the best known OF them were the
establishment OF the Irish church. the
abolition of purchase Of officers commits
sions In the army. and the compulsory ed
ucstion bin Of 1870. which was regarded
as an encroachment not only on the rights
~ the citizen. but also as an usurpation OF
the prerogatiyss az the established church
Prior To the death Of the prince oonsort.
NJ 'cladstcne he'd already ifen.ifel him
self 10 such an extent with ps'iciss els
ccuntensneed by the court hat the nrince
violently protesting aTainst th~ libe- al
leader. Is on record as having decl,rsd that
Mr., Gladstone was OF all English statesmen