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Show (.HLAT BRITISH STATES-IES. A S.IOI.T i. n-e l-Ci di a. W. j . Glad'tonc, in a , i' 1 utterau e, qup-tfouid tl.e - J jujgment of Uie cjenian j le ou the ground t.'iat I ey place.! too hij,u an estimate esti-mate upon his character A local cotenijrfnr made this remark a subjeet for adverse criticism of the Grand Old Man " While admit ting J.im to be one of the meat cUti-vated cUti-vated and best informed men of the age, the paper referred to foiled to see where he had exhibited true stateMnanshw. One of the reasons upon which tits estimate was founded was the fact that he ltad frequently chaneeil his base This of itself would .lot be a strong point against Mr Glad stone's tcalesmansfcip. Progressive men occasionallv ofaaiiee their opinions, and It is not fair to infer, unless the evidence ou the point is unquestionable, that in ire-euting ' a change of front they are simply trimming theirmils to catch the popular breeze Comparative characters went introduced intro-duced to show the inferiority of Mr. Gladstone's statesmanship Bright and BeacousfleM. To our vie John Bright could not, as a statesman, be appropriately compared to Mr. bladntone. the lat ter being in almost every cireetiun his superior. (.hMom is a natural leader of men. This lean e.-t-eutial qualifieation V ithout it tlie statesman states-man is hampered l:i carrving bis measures fo'rd to succor, not having the neosxaryassista nee. Mr. Brighc was great as a political standard stand-ard bearer, nut as a leader in uetaii at close quarters. He was will nigh invincible on the platform. While not as logical as Gladstone, he wag more powerful power-ful with the people as a speaker i!eond this he id not hold a high place in the field of statniaushhi. Ills power was displayed in the cbaniDKinsbip of a meiura or movement, not in oriiutiting cither The etatesaiausaip of Beacons-field Beacons-field differed from lliut of Gladstone as widely as toe cliancterktics of the two men. While the home policy ef tue latter, as premier, ias always been regarded as vigorous and nrozre-sive. that in connection with foreign affairs has been considered consid-ered weak. L nder his administration administra-tion England has taken a comparatively compara-tively rear V-it among the great wer, aud lias not infrequently submitted to und gullied snubbing Beacorisfleid, on the other braid, wa noted fur bis ' spirited foreign polity, ''and would only cuuseitt to "icsce with honor,"' never oeing willing to sacrifice tue latter for the former. a illustratinn of this feature fea-ture was given during the last Iiuf so-Turkish war, when the troops of the Czar nj preached uncom'o.tably ucar to Cou-aanlmople, U.Ui eudan-genne eudan-genne i.aglau !. eat'tni iu rests. InstaiiLh Besconsficld's gocm- mcut ordere-i a British fleet to pass up the Dardanelles into the Black tea. This meant war if the Bls-sians Bls-sians auvaneed a step further toward to-ward the raj ltd of Tuikey. The Qlxt Weakcied and the crisis was bridged Had Ola Mxie been prciui r, it is probable tbat the Russians would liae taken possession uf ( ju-tanti nople and contiguous country and one of tiie bloodiest struggle of history been precipitated. The same spirited loreign pokey enabled KeacunsSeU to practically ueta'e ti th Herlin Conference which grew out uf the struggle between be-tween Russia and Turky, the famous fa-mous treaty of Berlin being mostly vhe work of his subtle m!m!. Gladstone's tendency is toward Itepuldicanism, whose success means the disintegration of the British Emcirc. fieacoasfiehi , was essentially es-sentially an imperialist, aud his entire effort was in the direction of the extension of the empire aud preserving it intact. The genius of the statesmanship of Gladstone n lt-urall lt-urall ap,als to Uie syinpi'Ly of the 1j ers of uonular rule, la the direction of which the great coc-moner coc-moner 'cb always traveled uuriug fie larjc-aiJ Lter period f h s notable career Ltai rngll-limeu who regari the disrupuoii of the British Lmpire w.th repugnance necessarily ,ook toward Beacousfiekl as the greater nian of t te two. Both are great, but, remarkable as it may anpear, in opposite uirec tious, and H seems to be difficult tj devide as to who Is cmied to c-ccupy the firt pla-e. Tuere is but. litUe ucuU a to who would receive the popular verdict in thw -in 1 hiao n c uutry. It would iw the -Grnd Old Mnu " who is one of the mjat remarkable cuaracte-' of m Klcra timesiu i-ian resi-e-t. His canacity for acquiring acquir-ing and retaining information, his w orkiug iwwer and phyt-iad itaiity are all phenomena with him As a far-seems operator of a vig j orous foreign policy and a polished, j brilliant and incisive debater, Bea I oonsfield Gladstone's consmcuous antagonist was an intellectual marvoL B-igbt coulj njt bo eonsUutly compared to either of those particular.) particu-lar.) shining lights. |