Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-05-19
adaptability as an orator made him equal
to any emergency"
Sir Charles Dilke's Estimate.

Sir Charles DiIke's Estimate.
Sir Charles Dixie, radical. member for
the forest of dean said: Mr.. Gladstone s
leading personal characteristic was old
fashioned courtesy; while as statesman it
was his absolute mastery of finance, both
IN principle and detail, a mastery which
was Incompatible and superior to that of
any of his contemporaries.
Mr. Henry Labouchere, editor of Truth
and LIBERAL member for Northampton, said:
what impressed me most was his power
or concentrated effort. Once he had de-
clded upon course Of action every
thought was bent to attain the end. No
body was too arduouS. He was animated
10th by his supporters and opponents, in
spring the former with his own fierce en-
ergy, while IL he could not gain over the lat
ter he crushed them. II was to this grim
determination that he owned most of his
successes"
Mr.. James Bryce, liberal, member for
South Eberdeen and author of THE Ameri-
can commonwealth" said: II cannot recall
any other case in English history where
the whole nation followed the sunsetting
of a life with so-much sympathy and re-
gret''
Mr.. John Redmond, Parnellite member
of parliament for Waterford, said 1.-THE
loss to England is absolutely incalculab BILE.
ErgliShmen of all parties should be CRATE
fu! for mis- services in promoting the pros
perity of their empire"
Evidences of Grief.
The deepest manifestations Of grief are
reported Throughout the country. Flags are
everywhere half mastad, the bells are toll
ing, shades are drawn down, and in the
public galleries here the pictures Of Mr..
Gladstone have been draped with Grape.
The queen and the Prince of Wales re-
ceived an early intmation of the sad news
and Immediately sent touching expressions
to tha low
Further details from Hawarden Castle Of
the passing away of the great English
statesman show his end was the most
peaceful imaginable; there was no sign of
pain or distress. Mrs. Gladstone clasped
her husbands hand and occasionally kiss
ed 1t, while the Rev. Stephen Gladstone
read prayers ard repeated hymns. The
nurse in the meanwhile bathed the brow of
the patient, who showed gratitude, muir
muring How nice" Then came the gen.
tie, almost imperceptible cessation of life
In the midst Of his sons prayer, and the
weeping family slowly filed from the room,
taxing Mrs. Gladstone, who was induced to
lie down, and who soon slept quietly.
Mrs Drew. Mrs. Henry Gladstone Mrs
Stephen Gladstone, Miss Helen GLADSTONE
ard others attended early communion this
morning at Hawarden Church, conducted
by the Rev. Stephen Gladstone. The or
binary service was prefacod Nth selected
prayers from the burial service.
very many kilograms of sympathy are
arriving at Hawarden Castle.
President Faure has teiegrapEed his con-
colenceS.
House Takes Action.
Just before the house adjourned yester.
Gay telegram from Mr.. Herbert Glad
stone reached Lord Stanley announcing
that his father was sinking. Already, be-
fore his death, the hush of grief seemed to
fal! over the scene of his triumphs, and
from the present men turned to the past,
recalling sayings and doings.
Anticipating the inevitable the members
of the government discussed the appropri-
ate procedure to be observed. and resolved
that no effort on their part should be want
Ing to mark a suitable sense of their loss.
DlsreSarding recent precedence. 1t was
DECIDED that the program in parliament
should be the same as that adopted In the
cases of the Earl of Catham and of the
younger Pitt, namely, an address to her
majesty praying for a funeral at the pub
lie charge and monument erected in
Westminster Abbey
Throughout the whole kingdom every
public gathering added its words of deep
grief to the volume of national mourning
clearly Versed in the telegram from the
Prince of Wales to Mr.. Henry Gladstone:
My thoughts are with you. your mother
and your family at this trying time you
are experiencing. God grant that your
father does not suffer-
An Attack Withheld.
At the banquet of the Home Counties
Liberal Federation last evening Sir William
Vernon Harcourt, liberal leader in the
house OF commons, instead Of delivering an
important party attack, only uttered a few
words of grief and left the room. The Duke
OF Devonshire. lord president of the coun-
Gil of ministers, speaking before the Brit
lsh Empire League, referred touchngly to
the mourning scenes at Hawardin, where
the greatest of Englshmen was slowly
passing away"
In other places Lord Mayor Horati ito Da-
Vfes, Lord George Hamilton. secretary Of
state for India; Sir Henry Campbel-Ban-
herman and many others in London, as well
as i'll Birmingham, Swansea, Cardiff, Liv-
erpool, Edinburgh and elsewhere at all
sorts Of neutrality-suspicious. divines, re-
formers, aSitators and women-joined in
the expression of national and individual
grief, while the press, without exception
published columns of detail and columns
of editorial comments.
Abroad the evidences of sympathy were
almost as universal. NJ. Faure president
OF the French republic daily inquired, and
has regularly received every bulletin. The
press OF Belgium, Italy and Greece in a
spontaneous outburst recalled how many
oppressed peoples during Mr.. Gladstone's