The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-05-26

Elton and Christ church, Oxford, taking a
double first class in 1881: Having spent
at the 9u IN
Der, 1892, in the conservative interest for
Newark, and entered parliament just as
o ts frssEs Pssfs t il he
six years and three sG moths petitoned to
The society @ oa the ground Of his paw Savng
bar. Sir Robert Peel in December, 1884, ap-
h and to %nor 9sash u of the
retary for colonial affairs. MI Gladstone
retired from office with his, ministerial
until Sir Robert Peel's return to power in
September, 1871. On accepting office under
Sir Robert Peel in 1s41 as vice president. of
Mr. Gladstone was sworn mem Der of the
privy council. IN 1S43 Mr.. Gladstone sue
ceeded the earl of Ripon as president Of
s :asy IN 4 a In ss sir Robe qf
Peel announced his intention of proposing
a modification Of the corn laws. Mr.: Glad
IN The of Of sae 1
colonies, adhered to the leader under whom
he had entered upon ministerial life, re-
for some time out of parliament. In Au-
gust, 1s47, he was elected for the University
Of Oxford.
Chancellor of the Excheauer.
In the parliament Of 1S47 80 the questions
Jewish disabilities were agitated. Mr..
Gladstone felt that on both these points the
sxigencies of the times required that some
quentiy found himself frequently opposed
to his former friends and eventually sep
arated himself from the great body of the
July following Mr.. Gladstone was reelected
for the University of Oxford. On the forma-
ton Of the coalition ministry under the
~ 81 tn M
Gladstone was appointed to the chancellor
ship Of the exchequer., After the breaking
up Of the Aberdeen administration at the
tinued to occupy the same post, but he re-
signed In the course of few weeks For
some time Mr.. Gladstone, who held n 20 pub
an independent support. In June, 1859, he
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 eo mn treaty
being eminent as a statesman, Mr.. Glad
stone had acquired celebrity as an author.
MI pHb ln Rdceh mt 49,
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.
Tn 1858 he published an elaborate work
on Homer and In Juy 1884, he was vas SO; So
eral interest, for. South Lancashire, but
refused to forsake his former constitu-
ents: Having been rejected by the Uni
in July, 1862 Mr.. Gladstone was returned
for South Lancashire After the death Of
Lord Palmerston he became leader of the
iorship Of the exchequcr in Lord Russell's
second administration. Early in the ses-
sion of 1866 he brought in a reform BILL and
ae %oton % the
ii votes, Mr.: Gladstone and his colleagues
resigned: The DIVISIONS l in 1o< the liberal
Disraeii's reform. bill. which he Strenuous
Sion of 1863 Mr. Gladstone brought forward
feet the. disestablish and disendow-
en %ers the The bas ihu Of the h rss
suspensory bill, which,. on May %, passed
g second reading in the lower house by
BIZ IN TO 5 R bY
ity Of IS. At the general election Of 1853 Mr..
Gladstone stood as one Of the candidates
contest he Vas defeated, but i his q 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 a large majority.
First Lord of Treasury.
On the resignation of Mr.. Disraelis min
istry in December, 1868, Mr.. Gladstone sue
ceeded that statesman as first lord of the
treasury: The principal events of his ad-
Church ii ablishment act us6s], Of the
irish land act 1S702, and Of the elementary
chase in the army by the exercise of the
royal prerogative in consequence of an ad-
verse vote by the he, hog Use, Of lords on the
Of the IL Treaty Of washington respecting
the Alabama claims QS71(; the passing Of
the ballot act q87O; and the judicature act
Q87S). The principal measure proposed by
the government in the session of 1873 was
which was op posed by the Roman Catholic
members, who, voting on this occasion
with the conservatives, caused the rejec-
ton Of the bill by PSI votes against 2S4
March 1D. Upon this Mr.. Gladstone ten
sent for, but as he declined to take office.
Mr.. Gladstone undertook March 1@ to re-
construct the cabinet. In August, 1873, i'm
mediately after the close of the session,
the cabinet was considerably remodeled,
Mr.. Gladstone assuming the chancellor
office Of first lord Of the treasury. On jan
nary "a, 1874. a fortnight before both houses
were to have met for the dispatch of pub
lie business, Mr.. Gladstone took every
mediate dissolution of parliament and is
suing his address to. his constituents at
Greenwich, In which he promised to abol-
ish the income tax. At the general cleo
ton which ensued, the votes were, for
the first time, taken by secret ballot. The
result proved most disastrous to the lib
eral party. ii%s jSiy III
Succeeded by Disrae1i.
M. Gladstone ct once resigned and Mr..