The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-11-01
HEARS SPIRIT
OF GLADSTONE
w. Y. STEAD, AT NEWSPAPERS
REQUEST, OBTAINS eHosTLY
INTERVIEW.

London, Nov. 1.--william T. stead,
at the request Of The Daily Chronicle,
has induced his spirit Julia" to OBJ
tain an interview with William Ewart
Gladstone on the budget According to
the stenograr hic report furnished the
Hearst news service the test was most
successful, and a definite statement
was secured from the grand old man
The seance occurred today at Now
bray house, with the medium, a stenog-
rapher and Mr.. Stead present, while
the disinearnate personalities taking
part included Julia" Cardinal Man
ming, William Stead, jr., and Gladstone.
The seance opened with prayer and
the singing OF hymns; then the clair
voyant reported that on the previous
evening she had received a long mes
sage from Mr.. Gladstone, which was
much involved with even more than
the usual Gladstonian paraphrases,
wherein Mr. Gladstone expressed con
siderable Discrimination to return TO
the limited melancholic area OF pol
itics," as from "the present outlook
where a century counts little more than
moment or a paragraph on the print
ed page OF time"
Mr.. Gladstone confessed that the old
instincts of a political party were re-
vived within him, but he desired to get
away from the turmoil
Doesn't Like Lords.
Mr. Stead induced him to say:
"All my old instincts for battle. all
that made me what was as a poll
tician. are against the dominance Of
the lords
Gladstone, when pressed gave this
battle cry.
Away with that inert mass Of un-
representative opinion. The time is
now preparing for distinct, clear is
sue. Let my people, let my other war
riors appeal TO the country on this
definite issue"
After discussing how his mind was
occupied with the manifestations of
the divine omnipresent, Mr.. Gladstone
confessed:
AN immense current of reiterated,
ever reiterated, vibration is drawing
me towards another center of energy.
seem for the moment to hear the roar
of distant thunder, 10 feel the con-
sciousness Of suspense, the anticipa-
ton Of turmoil and strife of ignoble
party warfare"
Cardinal Manning "Cuts In"
Finally Gladstone agreed to speak.
but before he had the opportunity Car
dinal Manning interviewed with a bless
ing, saying:
Il am pleased to be with you for a |
few moments. You have got the at
mosphere of the religious world. / am
delighted to fell the vibrations of
praise and thankfulness ascending
from your circle. / understand Mr.. |
Gladstone is about to converse with
you"
Then spoke Gladstone:
Julia has told me some one desires
to come in touch with me concerning
the present position OF my old party
and also on the state Of English pol
itics generally. The aura OF the polit-
zeal world is distasteful to me. It was
always a race"
Warns the Press.
Gladstone, when Induced to express
his views on the budget said:
In my opinion the upper chamber |
will act most inadvisedly IL they reject |
this financial measure. can we'll un-
derstand that there will be much I'm |
its provisions to which they viii dis
tinctly object; nevertheless it would +
be wise policy for them to pass this |
measure in agreement with the prin-
ciples embodied in the bill The land |
proposals have obtained my support |
but the licensing clauses / am only |
partly in sympathy with. This section |
OF the bin should not be too rlgidly in
sfafed 11pon az snrna nToueag go Nan
crudely constructed and will tend to .
produce much friction and confusion
In their application"