William E. Gladstone

Chicago, Nov. 29.- Dr. Joseph Parker, oL Jondon, lentured on Gladstone at Central tfusic Hall last night, and was listened to íj an audience which packed the place. "Gladstone," sald the speaker, "is nearly 78, but Ín point oí intellectual virility and capacity he ie one of the youngest men In the political ranks of the world. He began Ufe in the eradle of Toryism, and to-day he stands on the mountalns of libei ty and looks toward the land that Is afar off. John Bright is the antipodee of Gladatone, because he commenced Ufe as a Liberal and ends by being a "what-ls-it " Gladstone know3 the power of language. He knows how to barb hls sentences. He does not qnarrel, he fights; he is not a pug dop, he is a lion; he is not a brawler, he is an heroio fighter. His meraory is wonderful. He says he can not remember, but never presume upon his lapse of memory. Never contradict him ; get some other man to do it and watch the effect on him. " Dr. Parker then defined Gladstone's position on the Irish question. Ha believed that Ireland was a land of that her people were a proud people; he would trust Ireland with such a measure of home rule as would not impalr tne integrity of the Britieh Empire. "I hope," said the speaker, "that he will succeed. I know that he will succeed. Salisbury favors handcuffs for Ireland. Gladstone believes in liberty nnder the law. Mr. Gladstone's magnanimity to political opponent, the minuteness of his memory and the patriotic integrity of his motives were all touched on in admiring tercns. "Taken all in all," the speaker remarked, "we ne'er ehall see his like again. "