. Life and public services of Hon. Wm. E. Gladstone . mustbe subject to the condition that the unity of the empire, and all thepowers of the Imperial Parliament for maintaining that authority,must be preserved. In a second address he affirmed his conviction that the day hadnot come when the disestablishment of the church should be madea test question. Land reform, local government, parliamentaryprocedure, and the imperial relations between Ireland and Englandwere questions pressing for settlement by the next Parliament, andevery sensible man would admit that it was right to direct attentionto
. Life and public services of Hon. Wm. E. Gladstone . mustbe subject to the condition that the unity of the empire, and all thepowers of the Imperial Parliament for maintaining that authority,must be preserved. In a second address he affirmed his conviction that the day hadnot come when the disestablishment of the church should be madea test question. Land reform, local government, parliamentaryprocedure, and the imperial relations between Ireland and Englandwere questions pressing for settlement by the next Parliament, andevery sensible man would admit that it was right to direct attentionto them rather than to a matter impossible of immediate solution. In a speech at West Calder, Mr. Gladstone approved Lord Salis-burys action with regard to Servia, complained of the ministerialcondemnation of Lord Ripons Indian administration, ridiculed theidea of benefit resulting from a royal commission on trade depres-sion, warned the electors against remedies which were really worsethan the disease, and defended free trade principles. He further416. fiq ftj Gl G3 27 417 418 - Third and Fourth Administrations. advocated comprehensive land reforms, including free transferfacility of registration, and the uprooting of mortmain. Again speaking at Edinburgh, he vindicated the policy of thelate Government in the Transvaal, and, alluding to Mr. Parnellsmanifesto directing that a solid Irish vote should be cast for theTories at the impending elections, he said that the Liberal partywould continue to act in the same friendly and generous spirittowards Ireland as it had shown during the last fifty years unde-terred by the threats or opprobrious language of Mr. Parnell. The elections resulted in the return of 333 Liberals, 249 Con-servatives, 86 Parnellites, and 2 Independents. The Liberals thussecured a substantial triumph ; but one of the most gratifying fea-tures of the electoral contest was the return of Mr. Gladstone forMidlothian by an overwhelming majority. The parliamentary sessi
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