Salt Lake Times | 1890-04-07 | Page 1 | Irving in Politics

IRVING IN roLITICS. lie iv ill llun for rarllauient on the Gladstone Glad-stone Tlrket. London, April 7. Special.J Henry Irviug, tho tragedian, will be the Glad-stonian Glad-stonian candidate for parliament in the first vacancy that occurs in the representation repre-sentation of a . liberal constituency. Irviug has never taken an active part in political affairs and hence his opinions opin-ions on the questions at issue were not publicly known, aud consequently many surmised that on account of his well-known affiliations that if he should minglcjn political life it would all be in the tciry interest. Some surprise was therefore manifested, when it became knowp that he had cast his fortunes with the party of which Gladstone is the Illustrious leader. ; Irving curbed an earlier ambition for parliamentary honors' in the expectation that the Prince ef Wales wonld secure a knighthood. knight-hood. for him, but having given up hojies of receiving this preferment, he has concluded to attempt to win fame aud distinction as a law maker! -