| Show NEW PREMIER YESTER yuster yesterdays dams DANs dispatches informed us that mr gladstone had bad gone to windsor from to days we learn that he had an audience with the queen and formally accepted the appointment of prime minister bo so mr gladstone has reached the summit of an english states mans ambition he deserves this honor his persever perseverance ande ability and accomplishments making him the most prominent and eligible man of his party we may not admire him on all occasions like many orators and men who talk a great deal and pride themselves upon their brilliant powers he has made remarks that would have been better left unsaid and which have given his colleagues some trouble to explain experience has hag however taught him many lessons on these points and the grave responsibilities of his new position will doubtless make him more cautious in his utterances he will have every opportunity of carrying out his policy rolley roiley as he goes into office with a heavy eavy majority in the commons mr disraeli has as taken the right step in resigning it saves himself and party from the mortification which they must have experienced had he continued to hold until the meeting of parliament li and it rolie teli evs ws the queen from ail all embarrassment and leaves her free to choose a new prime minister there has a 9 been a rumor afan of an intrigue on the part of the old whig famili families esto to form a conservative ministry under the premiership of the earl of granville but if such an attempt was made it li has fallen through mr gladstone is the ablest and is is acknowledged as the most fitting exponent of liberal principles the party would not hive have been content with any man more conservative than he and to have made the earl of granville premier because of his being a noble and well connected and thus kept mr gladstone from the position which he had bad fairly won would have aroused the indignation of or the country the progress of liberal ideas in england as shown during the recent election is remarkable this is not viewed without apprehension by the tones tories and conservatives they dread the growing power of the people anil and the elevation to office of the party velch advocates extended suffrage th h ere Is every prospect that the next few years will witness important chang changer cs I 1 rf if great britain revolutions ii never vergo ver go backward the leaven of dem dew democracy is working and the perpetuity of the power of the aristocracy and odthe of the time honored institutions of the kin b dom are seriously menaced by tb tha groi gro growing i n g spirit of liberalism which pravades pr evades the masses of the people |
