Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-10-15

ought never TO have been made at all
c. any terms or in any way, This
was not the point from which either
cabinet or parliament started. The
government has decided that auneNa-
ton had been an error The beers had
v~oposed inquiry. The government
assented on condition that the boe,S
dispersed. Without waiting a reason
able time for a reply, our general was
worsted in a rash and trivial attack.
Did this cancel our protfered harGam@
The point was simple and unmistaK-
able, though party heat Al home. race
passion in the colony, and our ever
lasting human proneneSs to mix up
different questions. and 90 answer one
point by arguments that belong 10
2nother, all combined To produce a
confusion of mind that a certain
school of partsans have traded upon
! ever since Strange in mighty nations
Is moral cowardice, disguised as a
Keenan, pride All the more may we
admire the moral courage az the min
lister, For moral courage may lie
needed even where aversion to blood
shed fortunately happens to coincide
with high prudence and sound policy
Of state.
Commenting in his private record on
the great struggle for household sui,
f3age in 1867 Gladstone wrote. PEI
haps we ought 70 nave recognized thai
the idea Of household suffrage when
the phrase had once been advertised
by a government as its battle-ground,
was irresistible, and that the only re-
naming choice was whether it should
be a household suffrage cribbed, cab
med, and confined by the condition OF
personal rate paying, or a household
suffrage fairly conforming in substance
and operation to the idea that the
/ phrase conveyed. The first was in our
/ view totally inadmissible; the second
! beyond the wants and wishes of the
! time But the government it must be
admitted, bowled us over by the force
of the phrase and made il our next
/ duty to bowl them over by bringing the
reality OF The bill into correspondence
with its Sreat profession. This W.
were able TO do in some degree, when
! We reached the committee, for some
of the restrictions included in the
measure were such as the double fac
ing liberal fringe did not venture to
uphold against the assaults Of their
/ CWn party"
j Here are some fragments from tie
diary kept hy the grand old man,
most ol them referring to the great
budget Of 1900
! July 2O.-H. OF c. Lost my savings
4 bank monies ILL; my first defeat in a
measure of finance in the H. OF {.
i This ought 70 be very good for M,
anu ! earnestly wish to make it SO.
Aug. I'll. Of G. Spoke II. hour
On The paper duty; a favourable house
Voted in 2U6 23G, A most kind and
indeed notable reception afterwards
! Here is another passage from the
diary, showing the internal fighting
in the cabinet April 10, '61.-Saw
Lord Palmer ston ana explained to him
my plans, which did not meet his
views. A labonous and anxious day
1l.-Cabinet. Explained my case Ia
Chaos. 12.-Cabnet 1-3. Very stiff
We broke up in one sense and all but
in another. 13.-Cabinet ga Ny
plan as now framed was accepted
Lord Palmerston yielding gracefully;
Stanley Of AldeIly almost the only
kicker. The plan Of one bill was ac-
cepted alter fighting. l5.--H. of c.,
financial statement for three hours
The figures rather made my head
ache. was the discharge Of a long
pent-up eScitment."
Here is an eminently characteristic
passage by Mr.. Morley about his sub
iect His name IS associated with
record OF arduous and fruitful legisla-
tive work and administrative inn
proyament. equaled by none Of the
great men who have graspcd the
helm cI The British state. The in
tensity Of mis- mind. and the length OF
years through which he held presiding
Office, c1aJ,ed Gim to impress for
good III all the departments of his
cwn severe stan lard Of public duty
and personal eyactitude. He was the
chief force propelling, restraining,
guiding his Country al many decisive
moments. Then now many SURPRISES
and what seeming paradox Devoted,
IL attached to the church he was the
agent in the overthrow OF establish.
ment in one OF the three kingdoms,
and in an attempt 70 overthrow il p.
the pTlncIpality. A firmed and trained
economist, and no friend TO socialism,
yet by his legislation upon land In
1870 and 1881 he wrote the opening
chapter in volume on which many
an unexpected paGe in the history on
property is destined to be inscribed
Well was il said to him. You have 50
lived and fought thai yen have kept
the soul alive in England