MR GLADSTONE.
ADDRESS TO SCOTCH LIBERALS. IBPIOIAI, TO PSSSS ASBOOIATIO-T.l LONDON, Maboh 2L. Mr Gladstone, replying to iin address presented to him By Scotch Liberals, declared that his career was chargeable with many errors of judgment, but Was governed hiy uprightness pf intention. His future attendance in Parliament, lie said, would be uncertain, as, , after sixty years' contention, he waa glad for relief from active conflict. The attitude of the House of Lords regarding the Liberals, he thought, demanded the early decision of the country. He concluded by stating that Lord Eosebery was anew spirit aiming to improve the workers' lot in England, but the greatest danger of an overgrown population was if they were permitted to remain ignorant. Mabch 22. Mr Gladstone, in a letter to Mr John Cowan, chairman of his Midlothian Committee, virtually bids a stately and pathetic farewell to his constituents, and warns the < democracy that it is entering on a period of great moral danger, and had better beware of temptation. He urges it to give perseverance to the interests of the whole instead' of part of the community i" Dr Kettleship bas certified that Mr Gladstone has cataract in both eyes.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 4907, 24 March 1894, Page 6
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197MR GLADSTONE. Star (Christchurch), Issue 4907, 24 March 1894, Page 6
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