The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-05-18
MR.. GLADSTONE'S CAREER.

SiXtN-~iN cars IN iOllllcS ana fOuf
Times Premier.
Gladstone is a name Of power in all
the English speaking world Not only
has the United Kingdom felt the inn
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 then
new institutions largely according to
his ideas while in the United States he
has had as many devoted admirers as
I'm his native island. Grand Old Man
is his title here as well as in English
lands. and 1t has been even more freely
accorded
And yet the man presents a paradox.
No other politician of modern times,
none probably Of any time, has changed .
positions so often or so radically, and .
II is scarcely possible to find any de- |
fined principle lately advocated by him /
that he had not at some time In the
past assailed with Wtuperative elo- |
quenCe Yet there is a certain consist |
ency even in his changes. Contrary to
an almost universal rule among stu
dents of society and government, he
steadily grew more radical as he grew
older less cautious as he grew physi-
cally weaker. and less tolerant of crit
icism as his course raised greater
armies of critics.
Mr.. Gladstone entered parliament as
n Tory of the Eighteenth century sort,
grew into a mild conservative, held Of
! flee as an advanced Whig, and then
! led the opposition as Liberal so very
radical that many English Radicals
abandoned him and even Irish Radicals
| had to restrain him.
He took office as protectionist' bur
| aided in establishing free trade; Iauhch-
ed into literature with plea Tor the
union OF church and state so extreme
that even the Iorles Iepudlated H. ana
ended by destroying the lrlsh estaD-
| lishment; and though his hrst pubic
| utterance to be generally houced IN
! America was euloSy on JEFFERSON
! Davis and the southern confederacy'
! and his next a savage crltlclsm on the
Irish party, he lived TO be the most
| popular OF EnFIishmen TO Americans
and the IDEAL statesman 10 lrlshiileh'
his talher' Johh IIausloue' was
prominent merchant ana ms lnother
was OF scotch royal ueSceiI' Wll'laI',
EWart Gladstone was porn IN LiVerPooi
Dec 49, lNo9. lie was educated al EtoH
anu anu a. IN ''' D.
1881 De was graduated ana lhe heN'
year was elected 10 parliament from
Newark
lie cohIlnueu TO IepIeseHt l"a' po'
ough TIL 1896, In lS"f Gladstone hrs'
TOOK once as u"usl see e.''y io' .h'
colonies, olr i'opeII Ge' ne'"s PIel'l'e'
Being thrown out ny the ueteaN u
Peel IN 1850 ne eli'P'uyru ms ie'su'
In literary work ana pupll5heu uhe o"e'
celebrated Churcn anu 9'a'e'
In 1888 he married MISS Marsare
GIynne' OF Nelsh lu'Ii'iE' anu W io'
put forth annther pecul'ar "o'h VI
f church aHalrs IN lHtl ne as"ii' 'oo'
a place In the cabinet ana soon pecatIl
eminent as hhahcier' IN loao ne re
70 signed because the government taVore'
p the Catholic college IN lrelahu' pu, sooI
a came III again In let' ne was CHOSE
TO represent oxford ana lhen' Tor IN
, first time, began to advocate Iipera
Z. measures. the irS' helhE Ihe p'll 10
removing the diSab'Iltles OF the Jews
IT. which he had opposed IN lntl' IN 1901
81 h" became leader OF the RAJ al
" and entered on that long contest VII
e Disracli which continued without Tuo
st tin 1875, when Disrael became Lor
BeacOnsfeld and entered the mouse
lords.
3 In 1868 Mr.. psraeli succeeded LOT
u Derby as prime minister, pul pelore u
e year had run out l'israel's caplhet w,
a. dissolved and Gladstone was called
r the premiership IN l"''' o","S .S7, " -
II defeat Of his Irish university bill' Gla'
O stone rendered his resignation as pr
/ mier, but on plsraeh refusing W ioi
n n cabinet Gladstone consented TO II
10 main in office. Early IN the toIloWlt
'e year parliament was dissolved ana u
'e Liberals were Overwhelmingly deleat'
al in the elections. rms ehuseu Hla'