The San Francisco call., 1898-05-19
GLADsToNE's HOME, IN WHICH HE DIED.

free-trader cost him his seat at Newark. His patron, the Duke of New castle, would have no more of Tory1sm of his shade. Think of such nobody being patron, mere territorial auto crat! MT. Gladstone went to Oxford. His university returned him proudly as a scholar fit to represent 1t, and TOT eighteen years he held the seat with confidence.
 Here again the progress of his po- litical education severed the relation ship with his constituency. His dawn ing liberal views on church matters were taking shape in political purpose, and as the university constituency IS largely composed of graduates who have entered holy orders, he had ar rayed against him very large pro portion of the ecclesiastical voters, ana they overthrow him at the general cleo tion of 1865, which followed the death of Lord Palmerston. What was OK ford's loss was South Lancashires s gain. During these years his work made stir in Europe as we'll as at home. He made known by visit to Naples in 1850 the infamies and bar barities of government in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, and Europe rang with the exposure. He also took the strong ground of advocating Italian independence, and earned the undying
  attitude. He next went on mission to the Ionian Islands, then in the pos session of England, and the information he obtained led to the cession of the group to Greece in 1864. Two great legislative proposals were carried. One was the commercial treaty with France, negotiated by Golden, which pathy and trade during twenty years, and the other was the repeal of the duty on paper, which had operated as a heavy tax on knowledge. It was the removal of this impost which instantly called into existence number or daily newspapers at the then unprecedented price of l penny.
 No man in English history has ever held the position of Chancellor of the Exchequer with the signal ability which MT. Gladstone displayed. It is the sec ond position in the Cabinet, and ord1- narily carries with it the leadership or the House of Commons when the Prime Minister Is a peer and is com pelled to sit with his class in the House of Lords. From 1852 onward, whenever he was in office, MT. Gladstone was either Chancellor of the Exchequer or Prime Minister. He was first Chancel- Tor under Lord Aberdeen In 1852, a year which marks the turning point in his career. The Earl of Derby offered him office in his short-lived Ministry, but MT. Gladstone declined, and his after ward willy opponent Benjamin Dis- raeli, was installed at the Exchequer- Disraeli began as a Radical and ended as a Tory. Gladstone began as a Tory and ended as a Liberal of very broad though not radical type. It Is curious to note that Disraeli also preceded him in 1868 in the honors of the Premier ship, taking office in February and go- sx~ GIn1 1cto succeeded.
 The way was not clear for MT. Glad stone as Premier until Lord Palmer ston and Earl Russell had passed away. Other men have been at the head of Cabinets longer, but none have been called upon so often to form Ministries. Thus William Pitt, from 17S3 to 1901, had a tenure of seventeen years and eighty-four days, and was again Prime Minister from 1894 to 1906. Lord Liverpool also held office from 1872 to 1927, nearly fifteen yearsa MT. Glad stones first Ministry lasted five years and seventy-four days, his second five years and fifty-seven days, from 1880 to 1885, and his third, in 1886, had the brief life of IFS days. Then in 1892 he formed his fourth Ministry, and in 1893, in his eighty-fourth year, work ing almost harder than ever he had done in his life. carried home rule for Ireland through the House of Com mons, but suffered defeat in the Lords. Quite a number of statesmen within this century have been Prime Minis ter twice, and Lord Derby was the head of three administrations, but only MT. Gladstone formed four Ministries.
 During the greater part of his official life, therefore, MT. Gladstone was chosen for the highest offices. but he did not lead the House of Commons until 1866, after the death of Lord Palmerston. His good qualities as Chaneellor Of the Exchequer were con spicuous in his thorough grasp of the nations finance and his thorough knowledge of all affairs of commerce and trade. Had he thrown the same ardor into the transactions of private business that he bestowed upon the af- fairs or the nation he would have suc- ceeded as merchant, manufacturer or banker in probably amassing mill lions. But he had a moderate private income and he was contented with that and his official income which had the maximum of e7500 year when he was both Prime Minister and Chancellor of the EXchequer.
 budget night was positively inter- eshng, when MT. Gladstone unfoIded the nations financial position and sub m1tted proposals for fresh taxation or. the remission thereof He alone could make fgures eloquent and luminous, could evolve perspicuity out of debt and interest, and weave a romance out or trade and it's fluctuations. The House or Commons listened to his sil- very voice and followed his enuncia- tion of policy on finance with an al most unquestioning willingness of as- sent, though the opposition was bound to make good it's constitutional status py criticism and occasionally by hostile votes when details were considered.
 Ordinarily. budget speech is a pos lt1ve torture of complexity, and dry as aust, and MT. Gladstone may be al- lowed the rank of genius in eIevating financial statements into fascinating oratory. But he did more than this. lie made finance successful. He gen. eraily had reduction of taxes, or the easing or some burden to announce, and the revenue was usually redundant. leaving good surplus to be applied to the reduction of the national debt He was also careful to avoid running up debt afresh. his aim being to meet all expenses, Whatever they were, out If current revenue. This was sound finance which kept the country out of embarrassment. So facile was his mas tery Of resource, that his budgets were m striking contrast to those of the Tories, who rarely did anything 10 re