Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-05-26

ately sent touching expressions of
coincidence to the widow.
The Daily Chronicle, in its
editorial on Gladstone, says:
"His life presented aspects of
charm to all minds. His learn
ing captivated the scholar; his
eloquence and statesmanship the
politician; his financial genius the
business man, while' his domestic
relations and simple human gra-
ciousness appealed to all hearts"
Beneath the editorial is the fol
lowing quotation In loaded type:
There is prince and great
man fallen this day in Israel"
The Standard says:
" Whether men agreed with him
or differed from him in matters of
party politics, they could not come
within the range of his influence
as au administrator without being
profoundly impressed alike with
his extraordinary powers of dis
patching public business most eff
ticiently and his absolute devotion
to what he believed to be the
highest interests of his country"
The Right Honorable William
Ewart Gladstone, the fourth son
of Sir John Gladstone, Baronet,
was born on December 20, 1909,
in Liverpool He was therefore
in the seth year of his age.
Sir John Gladstone was a pure
Scotchmsn, Lowlander by birth
and descent, who lived to become
one of the merchant princes of
Liverpool, baronet and a mem
Der of Parliament. His wife is
described as lady of great &C
complishments, a fascinating
woman of commanding presence
and high intellect-one to grace
any home and en1esr any heart.
Thomas Gladstone, the grand
father OF the late statesman, was
prosperous corn merchant in Leith
when Napoleon went down at
Waterloo. John Gladstone, the
father of William, did not hide
his talent in a napkin. His ener.
gy and business qualifications won
him place as one of the wealth
lest of Liverpools millionaire
merchant princes.
William Ewart Gladstone was
sent to Elton school at the sge of
IL, and learned everything that
was to be learned at the school in
those days. He started college
journal, the Elton Miscellany, and
wrote it himself. The youth left
Etnn in December, 1927, and after
studying for six months with DIR.
Turner, afterward Bishop of Cal
cutta, went to Christ Church Col
lege, Oxford. How well he studied
is evidenced by the fact that, 60
ing up for examination four
years later, he gained the highest
honors Of the university, gradual
Ing Double First.
Gladstone was in Italy the fol-
lowing year, when the summons
came in obedience to which he
placed his foot on the first step of
the ladder of fame.
In the House of Commons, his
mercantile origin, the success of
his university career, his devotion
to business and his high character
recommended him to the notice OF
Sir Robert Peel, who in Decem
Der, 1884, appointed him a
junior lord of the Urea
sury, and in February, 1885
Under Secretary for Colonial
Affairs. He retired from Office
with his Ministerial leader in
|. April, and remained in the oppo-
sition camp until Sir Robert
Peel's return to power in l84l
Gladstone accepted Office as vice
president of the Board of Trade
and Master of the Mint, and was
, thus sworn in as a member of the
Privy Council.
1t would require full page OF
this paper to even sketch the entire
career of William Ewart Glad
ston, who, dubbed in 1889, "the
J rising hope of those stern and un
bending Tories" was claimed, moi
msny years later, by the Liberals
as the commanding genius of the
opposition, and known through.
out the civilized world of today as
! the Grand Old Man of England
Suffice it to say here, of his poll
, lical life, that he was foul
tinnoc Drnnni nr &C H. d.; L g.