Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-02-07
Duty Called Gladstone
Back TO Leadership


evidently IN mind-u similar Incident
M Gmdsionc's career is or Interest.
Gladstone ANNOUNCED his retirement
from party leadership iu 1874, out
was forced bt public opinion To be-
! come prime minister three times after
MA declaration OF withdrawal
Gladstone entered parliament al tho
aae of go. Eleven years later he OBJ
tanned q seat In The cabinet with
only a briof interval out Of Office he
became chancellor Of the cxchoqucr at
the age % a.. For ten years out OF
the next thirteen ne held this great
Office in clarRc of the finances of the
hritish empire and In 1865. when he
was ~ years old he became prime
minister For the next sis years he
was 20 the hend of the government.
When lie Resigned Leadership.
When his government wac defeated
IN the general election OF 1874. Glad
stone announced not only his reslg-
alton from office but hia resignation
from the leadership OF the Liberal
1 party.
81 had served Tor more than forty
/ years" ne wrote later. NV age--g5
| wis greater than that uf sir Robert
/ Peel NJ hia retirement ln Is48 or at
his death in 1850. and WAS much be-
! Nond that az which most Of the Lead
ing commoners OF the century had
| terminated their political career.
icit myself to be- In some measure out
Of touch with some OF tie tendencies
or the Liberal party and deeply do.
sired an interval ootwcon parliament
and the grave
The leadership OF tho opposition in
/ the house OF commons is really an of-
! fetal position, ana unless tAc recogniz-
| ed party leader OF the commons Is IN
| line Tor the premiership whom the op-
| position is returned To power IN this
case LnFd Harrington was elected by
4 mis- party leader ~ tho commons and
continued IN that capacity for the next
| hVc years So when the Beuconsheld
/ government was oyCrthroWn by the
/ election OF 1850. the queen sent for
/ harrington 90 form the new ministry.
That leader advised her that the
4 country undoubtedly desired Glad-
/ stone as the head OF the government
| the queen, however requested that
! burlington inquire whether Gladstone
would not accept the office under him,
/ WIN kNtAA@ hNfAN AAiANs
The venerable statosman's reply, AS
/ recorded On his diary. is OF much in
terest In view of his abdlcation Of
the party leadership ne felt that ne
had no personal claims. The only
| consideration that could weigh with
him would be The feelings tn the party
J that "ou the ground OF public policy"
he ought 20 be active Ia affairs once
more.
In that event--iu view of his oxper-
| isnce and agc-he was then The
could not bee expected to- serve In the
cabinet under q man many years his
| Junior and comparatively lacking In
parliamentary training If, however,
Harrington should undertake MINI
istry without Elm D." would give it
an the saBY~N~ poss-Hts Promises
of this Kind" BE- added stood on
slippery ground and must always be
understood with tho limits whlch
might bc prescribed oy caution
The next oay Harrington and Gran
VILE, another Liberal laacdcr. went
60 Gladstone with the queens invita-
ton that ht forms ministry -
said," he writes loo the diary. "rnat
was aware ! might bee subject 10 severe
criticism for my resignation os tho
leadership five years before but I did
Il In good faith. believing that we
were to have quiet times and for the
first years, 1875 and 1879 and 10 the
end of The session had acted In
manner comfortable to my resigna-
ton and mad only been driven from
nay corner his comuulsion."
liis Duty Ia the Nation.
ON the episode John Morley. Glad
stones biogruphcr. and himself q dis
tingushed public official. comments
that selfish consideration would have
dictated Gladstono's retirement such
action would nave "silcnced many evil
tongues and have spared him the
tolls OF many turbid and tcmpcstuous
years"
But says Morley, that would have
been neither uuselhsh nor honorable.
les 10 not an obvious test of true
greatness la a statesman that he shall
hold popularity, credit, ascendancy
and power, such as Mr.. Gradstone now
commanded. as treasure 90 Dee cm-
ployod win regal profueion for tho
common good, not guarded IN n
miser'H strong hoNr'
| Gladstone became prime minister
| and held Office for nve years. Tie
was succeeded by salisbury for q few
months, ard became prime minister
| q third time at the aec of a. He
! WIS in office less than "A year before
| his government was defeated ON home
/ rule aud he resigned, only 90 be- called
Co the premiership for fourth time
ln 1889 when he was SD years old
Two years later ho finally retired from
| public life.
in England they use general man
ager as long as they desire his SER
! Vices
| WILLARD no WAR
nN Tnn MANY NOES