davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-19

Irish church That institution had be-
come the absudest anachronism of the
century. Nevertheless it was upheld
by the Conservative party and was
defended in both fact and principle by
the ablest leaders of that party. Dis
raeli, himself a Hebrew by descent, q
strong combination OF Asian mystery
and western science, led the forces of
the Conservatives in this conflict
Gladstone led the Liberals. He led
them to victory. He secured the over
throw of the Irish church. AS prime
minister he accomplished the great
reform. He determined also in what
manner the consequences of the re-
formatory legislation should be con-
trolled in the interests of progress. In
like manner he went forward to pre-
pare the land act, having in view a
revolution in the system of Irish land
ownership. He became energetic and
humane in his determination to re-
lieve the Irish peasantry from the aw-
full abuses to which they had been sub
iected from time immemorial.
In this work he was hampered by
the conservative temper of the British
nation. 1t was one thing to knock
down the effete ecclesiastical eslap-
lishment in Ireland; it was another
thing to disestablish business in
terest." and woe be TO him who at
tempts to reform business. The Glad
stonian measure OF 1876 was so strong
~ antagonized that after a partial vic
tory was achieved for justice the Lib
eral ascendency began to decline.
Gladstone went to the wall in 1874
and conservatism was again enthron-
ed
1t was at this juncture that the
home rule agitation became active.
The reform which had begun in the
way of rectifying ecclesiastical abuses
and had proceeded to the reform of
the system of lsau ownership now
came to the crucial test of reforming
the political condition. Gladstone
may be said to have consumed the
last twenty years of his life in the at
tempt to reform the political estate of
the Irish race
This was work worthy of the
highest genius and the highest devo-
ton. Gladstone's place in history
ought to be determined by the valor-
Gus endeavor which he put forth to
undo one of the vilest systems of po-
litical government which have existed
in modern civilization. In this work
he went forward from stage to stage
of national progress doing as we be-
lieve. the best he could to give lust
autonomy TO Ireland He fought the
battle heroically. He made the world
ring with his eloquence and brought
the world to his side of the conten-
ton. Gradually his conservatism and
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-19
THE DEATH OF GLADSTONE.

test. extending from about the mid
die Of the century to 1876, that the
political policy of Great Britain was
chiefly shaped and determined. The
influence of the one leader and then
of the other was as potent as may well
happen in the case Of any personal
agency in determining the course of
historical events.
1t was in this contest that Gladstone
rose to a stature which has given him
a just pre-eminence in the history Of
his age. His first great reformatory
measure was with respect to the suf-
frage in Great Britain. In 1867 he es-
poused the cause of suffrage reform
He took the ground that with respect
to the suffrage England should be mod
erately revolutionized so that a much
larger proportion of her citizens might
be admitted to the governing body. If
his policy was not democratic, il was
at least liberal and tended to democ-
racy. On this issue Gladstone rose to
the first Office in the kingdom. He be-
came prime minister for the first time
in December of 1868. 1t was at this
time that Disraeli, when about to fail
and fall before the Gladstonian forces,
performed his great coup, by which he
wrested the laurels from his rival and
became for a season himself the leader
of the party of reform. He even went
beyond the Gladstonian proposals and
brought the suffrage to so popular a
stage as to render it virtually demo-
cratic.
In like manner the two men were
Ditted arainst each other on the
great question of disestablishing the
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-19

Maud his denunciations of the Turk.
We note with pleasure the philan-
thropic expressions Of the old hero in
behalf OF the downIrodden among all
nations. We admire the vigor of his
old age. We surround the wood
chopper, group Of boys and young
men gathered from all nations, and
shout as the bareheaded veteran
swings his AK.
We read and republish his exquisite
bit of little song addressed to his
granddaughter, Dorothy Drew. We
Join little space in the play with her
kittens and sDitz on the big rug,
in the halls of Hawarden castle we
visit the old mans library. We go
with him to Holland to attend the
opening of the Kiel canal. NE return
and note with anxiety the frightening
shadows cast up from the sunset
through the forests and parks of his
ancient estate We wait with SYM
pathy for the final event. We see
the conclusion of the eighty-eighth
year of this marvellous human Pilgrim
age. We mark the lettering step, the
slow incoming of the decreptitude, the
deepening wrinkles on the furroWed
face. the blossom of the almond
tree, the observation of the light, the
settling of the darkness, the incoming
of the final night, not unrelieved, how
ever, by the benignant star OF hope
hanging luminous in the western sky,
Death has taken the Grand Old
Man out of the world. The drama is
concluded. The last act is done. There
is funeral across the sea; the nations
are the mourners. Humanity has lost
a friend, and the nations have lost
leader. William E. Gladstone by the
vigorous battle of a long life has
earned a serene repose for his eX-
hausted body in the silent house to
which they have borne him, and for
his spirit some elevated sphere out OF
which he may look well pleased on the
results of his labors. He has gone to
Burke and wellington and Palmers-
ton: he is reconciled with Beacons-
field. JOHN CLARK RIDPATH.
THE STORY CT GIADSTCNE'S LIFE
William Ewert Gladstone was born
in Liverpool, England, on December
20. 1869. He was spinning tops at i've
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-19

when a man who finds he is headed in
the wrong path turns completely
around and leads in the other direc-
ton Gladstone, when he was first
elected to the house of commons, just
after the passage of the reform bill
that made English representative gov
eminent, previously mockery, into
something like a reality, was a Tory
of the straightest, old fashioned sect.
His maiden speech in the house was
in the debate upon the measure abol-
ishing slavery in the British colonies
and was defense of the slave holders
against attacks made by radical aboll-
tionists. For nearly twenty years he
was one of the shining lights OF the
Conservative party and the foremost
lieutenant of Sir Robert Peel, its great
leader. Then he gradually drifted into
Liberalism, and, after being for some
time more or less "a free lance, he
became a member of Lord Palmer
stons cabinet in 1853.
AT the death of that statesman he
succeeded him as leader of the Liberals
in the house of commons, and when his
party regained office in 1868, after Dis
raeli's first government, Gladstone at
tanned the premiership. He held 1t for
six years. and again from 1880 to 1888,
whe he declared himself in favor or
the Irish demand for home rule, whlcn
I'D to that time he had strenuously OPP
posed. The result was the secession
Of a large body of his supporters and
his defeat at the polls in 18S6-a defeat
which the. dauntless veteran afterward
retrieved. Gladstone perfectly recog-
pized the fact that his mental history
was one of development rather than
one Of consistency. Il was educated,
he is reported as saying in conversa-
ton. ito regard liberty as an evil.
have learned to regard it as a good
That is a formula which sufficiently
explains all the changes of my polltl-
cal convictions" A glance at the fol-
lowing chronology will show the prln-
cipal events in Gladstones career as
statesman and author:
1so9-December 20. born at Liverpool.
1916 ra Qua ted at Oxford.
1S32-F.nterei Parliam3 mt.
1234-Junior Lord of the Treasury.
1835-Irrder colonial secretary.
Resigned.
1S3S-Married
1S39-'"The State in Relation to the
1S40-"Church PRINCIPLES Considered"
1s41-Vice president OF the board or
trade.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-19
An Estimate Of the Grand Old Man by
John Clark Ridpath.
The EVenul Career Of the Greatest Statesman In the
English Speaking World--HiS Family
and His Friendships

one to deliver its purpose in words.
1t was in this frame that Gladstone
in 1882 entered public life. He was
sent into Parliament as a Tory repre-
sentative of Newark under the patron
age of the Duke of Newcastle. His
first noted efforts in that body were in
defense Of slavery in the West Indies.
He held back the abolition of slavery
in Jamaica and Demerara as long as
he could He showed how tolerable
slavery might be when the lash was
held by such philanthropist and
planter as his father.
This sketch can include no more
than a shadowy outline of Gladstone's
rise to political influence in Great
Britain He was strongly supported
from the first His large talents and
sterling character furnished basis of
merit too frequently wanting in the
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-19

1S43-President of the board of trade.
1S45-Resigned
Colonial Secretary.
184e-Resigned
1S47-Advocated freedom for Jews.
1S52-Chancelior of the Exchequer.
1sJ5-Resigned
1SsS-Lord High Commissioner to the To-
'''''' Studies Of the Homeric Age"
1S59-ChancellOr of the EXchequer.
1S65-Leader of the Commons.
1S66-Inl opposition.
1S6a-Prins Minister.
-"Ecce Homo
"A Chapter on AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
1S69-Carried Irish disestablishment.
-"Juventus MunGi.
1S70-Carried Irish land bill
1s71-Unyeiling Of his statute BY Adams
Acton in his native city on Sept. III.
Abolished purchase of army COM
missions.
1S73-Irish university reforms proposed.
Resigned, but resumed power.
1SI4-Dissolved parliament.
1Sl6-Homer Synchronism.
1s19-Mid Lothian triumph:
.-.Gleanings Of Past Years.
lSS9-Prime Minister.
1SS5-Resigned.
1Ss6-Pr.n.e Minister
Irish home rule proposed.
Resigned.
1S92-Prin1e Minister.
1SS3-Irish home rule passed commons;
defeated by lords.
But Gladstone, the Elton boy, was as
interesting as the Grand Old Man. =
His special and inseparable friend was
Arthur Hallam, the subject of Tenny-
sons In Memoriam. The friendship
commenced when Gladstone was in his
thirteenth year and was never weak
ened until death came to loose the sill
yer cord. Hallam was a delicate boy.
and although his associate was much
inclined to outdoor games of all kinds
he gave up the pleasures of play in or
der to keep company with his friend in
their long walks across the country or
their heightened talks beneath the old
oak trees around Windsor. Gladstone
at this period was a fighter and an
"argufier.' In fact, argument ran in
his family, and the father of the three
young Gladstones at Elton always en-
couraged them to discuss the pros and
cons of every subject, however insig-
nificant
William seldom lost an opportunity
of improving the occasion. Once the
head master called him to his desk TO
account for his not having marked
down in his monitors book the late
arrival of one OF his schoolfellows.
1t is violation of your trust. sir y
said the pedagogue, and I'll have to
fog you
The boy replied, Sir, If | had sought
the position of monitor, this might no
called violation Of trust, but since
the position was thrust upon ne I
would most respectfully submit that 7
am innocent"
The old man-who was great IN
technicalities-was SO delighted with
his pupils ingenuity that the WINNING
did not take place.
Mr.. Gladstone in later life remarked
that his reasoning was wrong since
sherlns, jurymen and others have to
discharge duties which are thrust nm
on them and which they would be glad
to avoid. My defense he said. was
more culpable than my fault. but then
you know, had really only forgotten
TO put down the boys name, and also
| had to avoid the fogging which /
saw clearly in my taskmaster's eve,
During the Elton period it was Gus
tomary on market days for some of
the more fun loving students to rusb
through the town with sharp knives
cutting off the tails of the young nies
and bearing them in triumph to their
rooms. Gladstone either made ba-
rangue or wrote a sarcastic screed in
The Miscellany about the brutality Of
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-19

mountains have fallen,
Leaving gap in the clouds and, with
the shock
Manfred
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-03

hands Of old or modern EnGlishmen, Is In moth
ing more feiicitous than in its vividness; it Is
full of compact tangible images and alike in
the spheres Of Ehosty and dramatic themes it
Stirs the emotions with the power of a scene In
actual life Mr.. Ncwbolts facts all clearly
stated. but they not fused together, and in
such a poem that just cited he fails de-
cidcdly tC paint well to sing his hero.
Personality Is Of enormous significance in the
ballad. With Mr.. Newbolt you get the air the
spirit. and for this he deserves high praise.
But We wish one also got from him some Of
the more concrete elements OF pOctcal por-
traiture. He is most cXccent when he comes
nearest to securing them, as in the following
fragments from the ballad which gives the
title to his tiny pamphlet:
Drake nor devil nor Spaniard feared.
Their cities he put TO the sack;
He snged His Catholic Majesty's beard.
And harrcd his ships to wrack
He vas playing at plymouth rubber OF bowls
When the great Armada came;
But he said. They must wait their turn, good
souls"
And he STOPPED ana finished the game.
Fifteen sail were the Dutchmen bold,
Duncan he had but two.
But he anchored them fast whore the Texcl
shoalcd.
And his colors aloft he flew.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-03

sheer fun Of showing of his newly acquired
command over his weapons If this book is to
be followed by another the author must read
more and reflect more. But il is a pleasure TO
note that he has not read too much. nor re-
fectcd too long, that he writes on, Of an honest
desire to say something fresh and strong about
things that have Interested him. Anything is
better than the retrospective maundcrngs Of the
young decadents who have never seen n thing
outside their libraries. and whose books smell
OF other books until the atmosphere is sitting
Mr.. Chapman Is, at any rate. In earnest, and he
gives unusual promise.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-03
SIR FRANCIS DKAk II.
(From an old prtnt)

rive taken the depth to n fathom." he cried
And III sink with a right good VIII,
For ! know when we're all OF US under the
tide
NV flag will be nuttcrng still
Adrnirals all they said their say
che echoes are ringing stID
Admira!s all they went their way
TO tn, haven under the HILL
But they left us "A Kingdom none can take
The realm OF the circng sea
To Toe ruled by the richtful sons OF haKe'
And the i.odncys Yet to be
ON the whole Mr Ncwbolts is manly 'etS''
and II the literary sophistication chara'''rN'"
~ his time Is visible here and there we r''"|
marc often IN. sincerity ard courahe OF ms ''"S'
rh.rc are ambitions poems IN TINS pa'"P'''"'
,yhich are out q harmony with me p"r' ""''''
NJ the sea and sea nghtcrs. These serious e''"''S
49,. may dismiss in silence. The stanzaS h'''-
o.,.1 - u,akc and his fellows AZ" Srate'uS
remembered
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-03
MIR. NEW BOLTS BALLADS.
MINOR POETRY IN A MAJOR KEY.

ADMlRALS ALL. AND OTHER VERSES BY
Henry New bolt. Pamphlet Pp. g. John Lane
1t Is great comfort to come upon "A new
singer who, if ne is not great is AT least fresh
and invigorating. with note Of sterling honesty
In his song The piping Of the flute docs not al
ways fall swcctly on the ear. When the minor
poet touches the stops the piping grows thin
shrlli. qucruous and maddcning Then docs
blast from II trumpet bring genuine delight
Such a blast Mr.. New bolt blows He is still the
miror poet one misses the utter spontaneity
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-03

:, , ma, ,rue We are told 10y "Thc London
i,,.rary World that sarah Grand IS pen,
same II is The one and only name by WIZ, VIZ,
This lady wishes to be- known. I'm 'ac'; ,,,,y
,ynrrd.' adds Mime. Sarah Grand ad"p''u '''9
,,. .,,,, wears ago for all PURPOSES. ""lHS
+" the fact that her late husband had a Efra cav
dislil. TO having his name associated WIN wv
;,,.,s and with a view to save MN ailh"S
,,,,',,, D.. Ix.d Mrs Sarah Grand did not icrl
able to publish any explanation ana me e"''sS
"ncnrc 10 her has been unpleasant fr"" tn'
suggestions OF 'ecccntricity '"h,r"' vi nr
sur ,. ~ .b,ritalIy made by critics and para
yr,nh writer's in the press. .
Nine Grand. who Is something OF an 'h'"'"
nronoses to begin u new book soon
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-09-22
The Issues are National.
New York Sun says:

The New York Sun says:
"The Hon William McKinley's
administration is to be endorsed or
disapproved by the voters of New
York next November. The cam
paign and the election cannot
reasonably be regarded as local or
personal. The issues are national.
The result and effect will be
national. -
Certainly the issues are national.
How can they be anything else :?
We have sent our men to war, and
those that were not left dead upon
the field of battle are returning to
us after an arduOus campaign, but
flushed with victory. They have
won for us the Philippines, the
Ladrones, Cuba and Porto Rico.
They have planted the American
flag upon the islands heretofore
owned by Spain. We cannot in
suit these men by hauling down
that flag, nor can we give up the
control Of the government to those
who would thwart the great enter
prise upon which the United States
is about entering and which our
troops have made possible.
We shall open up these posses
siOns to commerce and trade. We
shall pour capital into them. We
shall make new markets and send
our manufactured goods there. We
shall put more men at work. We
shall build ships and cover the
seas with our merchant marine
We shall carry intelligence and
education to benighted lands. We
shall build great port at the very
gateway Of China and share in that
immense Asiatic trade for which
Russia, Germany and England are
striving. This is the new, grand
and moment0us policy that opens
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-09-22
Discovered by O Woman.

Another great discovery has been
made, and that too, by lady in this
country "Disease fastened its clutches
upon her and for seven years she with
stood its severest tests, but her vital
organs we're undermined and death
seemed imminent. For three months
she coughed necessarily, and could not
sleep. She finally discovered way to
recovery, by purchasing of us bottle
of DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con
sumption, and was so much relieved on
taking first dose that she slept all night
and with two bottles has been absolute
ly cured. Her name is Mrs. Luther
Lutz." Thus writes w. @. Hamnick q
Co., of Shelby, N. G. Trial bottles free
at L. Taggart's drug store. Regular
size soc. and $1,00. Every bottle guar
anteed.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-09-22

on the 18th and Sth of October, and
has under consideration, invita-
tions to make speeches in Nebraska
and Ohio, He will accept as many
invitations as he can.
There is already evidence that
the democrats, in their anxiety to
make political capital, have over
done the criticism Of the War De-
partment by spreading stories 50
ridiculously false as to carry their
own refutation. Is will not be the
first time that Democratic campaign
stories have turned out to be boom
crangs.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-09-22
Travellers Guide.

PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
L PHILADELPHIA AND ERIE RAIL
ROAD DIVISION.
In effect MAY 20, 1895
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-09-22
Leach is Out for n. S. Quay.

Philadelphia Inquirer
Frank Willing Leach, who up
to a few months ago was the active
political manager of John Wana-
maker, is out in an open letter de-
claring for Colonel NJ. $. Quay for
United States Senator. IN this
document he reviews the entire
situation and frankly gives his
views for deserving the Wana-
maker party.
He says the alliances that are
now being formed throughout the
State in Mr.. Wanamallcr' S interests
are nothing more or less than
alliances with the Democracy for
the overthrow of Bepublicanism.
Such alliances he charges, have
been cunningly planned by the
National Democratic Organization
for the purpose of clecting Demo-
Gratis to the next house of Congress
and to the United States Senate
As Republican, Mr.. Leach says,
he cannot afford to be identified
with any such movement.
While he expresses his esteem
for Colonel Quay, Mr.. Leach does
not hesitate to score some OF his
former lieutenants whose activity
he declares drove him away from
the Senator's ranks three years
ago. He also reviews the work OF
the last Legislature, which he says
was no worse than other Legisla-
lures that preceded it. He was
theWanamaker agent at Harrisburg
during the last session and as such
he knows the inside Of all the
legislation that was enacted.
DEALS WITH DEMOCRATS.
With this knowledge, he declares
that Senator Quay could not in any
sense of justice be charged with
the sins of ommission and commits
sion committed by that body, fol
the Senator did not pay the slight
est attention to what was being
done at Harrisburg, his time being
taken up with his duties at Wash
ington. In fact, Mr.. Leach says,
the trouble with the last Legisla.
ture was that Senator Quay "did
not boss it enough" "
In speaking of Mr.. Wanamakel
he says that in 1896 he believed
that Mr.. Wanamaker would make
a splendid Senator and as such he
fought hard with him and for him
inside the party lines. II could
not" he continues, 'follow Mr.,
Wanamaker into a Democratic
alliance, having had taste Of thai
sort of thing in 1889, and secondly
because | knew he never coulC
win in such a contest
In concluding, Mr.. Leach says
"While urging that your friends
refrain from personal abuse, as a
method Of campaigning, / do not
lose sight of the fact that the chic
weapons of your own opponents
are slander and villiiication of the
most vicious kind"
| In another column we publish the letter 0
Frank Willing Leach, in full. ED. PRESS.