The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-05-25

December %, 1863 He was educated at
Elton and Christ church, Oxford, taking
some time in a continental tour. he was
returned a. the general election in Decem-
Der. 1892, in the conservative interest for
Newark, and entered parliament just as
the struggle of parties was at its height
On January %, 1893. he entered Lincoln's
inn, and when he had been a member for
six years and three months petitioned TO
have his name removed from the books of
the society on the ground of his having
bar. Sir Robert Peel in December, 1884. APP
pointed him to a junior lordship of the
treasury, and in February, 1895, under sec
rotary for colonial affairs. Mr.. Gladstone
retired from office with his ministerial
leader in April and remained in opposition
until Sir Robert Peel's return TO power in
September, 1871. On accepting office under
Sir Robert Peel in 1S41 as vice president of
the board Of trade and master of the mint
Mr.. Gladstone was sworn a mem Der of the
privy council In 1913 Mr.. Gladstone sue
ceeded the earl of Ripon as president of
early in Is45. In January. is4S Sir Robert
Peel announced his intention of proposing
a modification of the corn laws. Mr.. Glad
stone, who had succeeded Lord Stanley
in the post of secretary of state for the
colonies, adhered to the leader under whom
he had entered upon ministerial n, ri life, re;
for some time out of parliament. In Au-
gust, 1917. he was elected for the University
Of Oxford
Chancellor of the Exchequer.
IN the parliament OF lSiI-0Z the questions
of university reform and the removal of
Jewish disabilities were agitated. Mr.
Gladstone felt that on both these points the
exigencies of the times required that some
concessions should be made. He conse-
quently found himself frequently opposed
to his former friends and eventually sep
arated himself from the great body of the
conservative party in February, 1851 In
July following Mr.. Gladstone was reelected
for the University of Oxford On the forma-
ton of the coalition ministry under the
earl Of Aberdeen in December, 1859, Mr.
Gladstone was appointed to the chancellor-
ship Of the exchequer. After the breaking
up of the Aberdeen administration at the
beginning of 1855 Mr.. Gladstone at first con-
tinued to occupy the same post. but ne re-
some time Mr.. Gladstone. who held no pub
lie office, gave Lord Palmerston's ministry
resumed office under Lord Palmerston as
chancellor of the eXcheQuer. In this ca
pacity he was mainly instrumental in re-
pealing the paper duty and in promoting
the negotiations conducted by Mr.. Golden
which resulted in the commercial treaty
between this country and France. Besides
being eminent as a sta tesman, Mr.. Glad
stone had acquired celebrity as an author.
Mr.. Gladstone's Remarks on Recent Com
While the Country was on the eve of an
important change in her commercial sys-
tenn were intended to pave the way for the
extensive modification in the restrictions
on commerce imposed by the corn laws.
Leader of House of Commons.
In 1883 he published an elaborate work
on Homer. ana IN July. 1901, ne was So
Iicited TO become candidate, in the lib
eral interest, for South Lancashire, but
refused TO forsake his former constitu-
ents Having been rejected by the Uni
yersity of Oxford at the general election
in July 1863, Mr.. Gladstone was returned
for South Lancashire. After the death of
Lord Palmerston he became leader of the
house of commons, retaining the chancel-
lorship OF the eXchequer in Lord RusselPs
second administration. Early in the ses-
sion OF 1866 he brought in a reform bill, and
a motion on committee having been car
ried June IS, against the government by
IL votes Mr. Gladstone and his colleagues
resigned The divisions in the liberal
ranks prevented him from defeating Mr..
Disraeli's reform bill. which he strenuous
1y-opposed. In the early part OF the ses-
sion of 1868 Mr.. Gladstone brought forward
and passed through the house of commons
a series of resolutions, having for their OBJ
ject the diSestablishment and disendow-
ment of the Irish church. These resolu-
lions were the basis Of the Irish church
suspenSo-y bill, which, on May % passed
a second reading in the lower house by
3l2 votes to 25S, but was soon afterwards
rejected in the house of peers by a major
fty of 95. At the general election of 1868 Mr..
Gladstone stood as one of the candidates
for Southwest Lancashire. After fierce
contest he was defeated, but his defeat
did not exclude him from the house of
commons, as in anticipation Of such an
event the electors of Greenwich had re-
turned him by large majority.