The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-25
o7,e Facts
y About
Prime Ministers.

1Ohp SALISBURY IL 70 and he has
been strtcken with great sorrow since
= he last appeAled to the country. but
thers 10 every probability that he will
hraaA AL ~ premtsrship records for the
Gueea'e reign
with tho .xospslon Of Lord Ros~sssy. he
" the only man now living who has been
prime minister Of England. and il IL curt
Gus 10 Aots thAs while Lord salisbury may
soon bold the record for tho ionxest prem
iership In the Victorian era Lord Rose
berry holds q for the shortest
Mr. Gladstone And Lord Salisbury Will
nxure ~ the great prime m&ntatess Of the
last hsh of the nbnetesnth csntury. The
name OF 0iadstans b usually associated
ords In English politics. bu; Lord salts.
bury has already hroken nSAy cf them.
and appears 20 Be well On the wAy TO
break them all.
the prime minister vas six ncnths he
hind tbs %. o. ~" when his gnvernsment
dissolved recently. but Il hs h pr~mi<r
whom parliament meets next spfanx. he
and h~coase the r~cord prcmiar ef the
queens reign.
There have been fsfte~n prime ministers
Of England aimee Mr.. SPENCER r~rcsvai
was assassinated In the house OF COM
monA
Here Ia the record OF all the prime Hin-
fstefs ~ tha queen. re5pcsd To days for
purposes of simplicity III comparison
Lord Melbourne. AGA DAYS; Sar Robert
Peel l 80 days: Lord Jenn Russell. asa.
Iara Dcrhy. Lt1. Lard Ahcrde~n. IA.
Lard paimsrston. a<s<. Lord nenronsfeit.
fsN. Mr.. Gisastans. Co.. Lord Salisbury,
t&ss; Lord Hessbaxy. ~
rsord Salisbury has ~ days 70 serve
hsfcre hs surpssses the record ~ hts
ssassE .s.I 49, al -.
foe che vietorian erA- But Lord 3aiis-
burr, " nsusf Ne sorne m mtre. " sfnt
only ~ ard M 70 Gladstone had h~sn
premier aniy cnceA Far 4 r~riet ~ ave
years and eevensy-fo1r days whereas
Iofa Salisbury has s~~a shFrs fixses
prern,sr TOT q period u eleven -ears and
81 DAYS In that r~xneet. ther@f1r~A hs
has already weli hraksn tho record 81 tho
20 q M
I@ra s.i4shary's mAtcrlti>< IN psriss~
ra~st toe have hsen higher thAn Mr.
1sAassonea ax-ssxsax ~, against Tho
i4asFA aversxs ~ tI&
Mr. nsaasiess. hov~vs~. AsS Tie sssx~~s
rAa3a-sfy ef the esntxry--sat-fere e&i1s.
hzzry sarsinx secon1- With Ia Th~ rscrn-
brrs ~ sha aiasssor~ sasdnets. the ewss-
esss may ~ tnssrsss@a "a xno~ trsNi 10
% sxfy.shYee against Lcse ssfiseary's
nssy.twa
Lord sAlseary Ass Assd snsesAer IRE
hssx~st cstsnss 81 shs rstxn. wffh rias-
tsxa raeasA<gs fer . ms<h ssnxse p~ztna
than Mr.. GiAsisscms's tenssrs rssHzsswshs.N
Mr. EslAss1Ansa fnnxe&s stR~teA az aimee
w4s Eve gesTs ans seventy~guar dsss.
Lord ssi1sesxys has - far been ssx yt2xx
AS eftesa 1syst T1s kRta EsFEieusert en-
ssssa 34s4 srp days larger thAn Mr.. Gts4-
szeaw's sec@ess rssntstry.
The s-sea as prlnaa r.2R&s*sr l. resgsoa-
sss,s rnassh n sssss 9@s's. bot h sss
A~ns rs,ssvsx - az&sy 81 ~ ,<sTNfs STAGE
~. Gays ef sas as1Krss Al ED kfsis
s=&suEhies xAseh svp~~F~a about tks asic-
saks ns lAst esntnry ssxn@ np the sAts sf
thlrty lore pvsaze ministers % England In
tAtx way
rya hy ne Halter ..4....s.s---..-..----. 7
Ditto ~ the Axe .,s..s--sss. ---s4s-sss.. ~
rsstsa 81 SsGFag nssxzrr -,s-ss..-..ss-.. :
Tsstn. anttrneiy by private hands .-..s. .
Ditto in exile I
l 1.S S-~s.eAk x-Ex