Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1891 — She Prevented Him. [ARTICLE]

She Prevented Him.

Mr. Gladstone, when he formed his administration in 1880, made p blind man, the late Mr. Fawcett. PostiiVsterGeneral. The post had somtvimes carried with it a seat in the Cabinet,

but Mr. Fa« cett remained outside of the council chamber to the day of his death. His wife stood iu the way. Mr. Smalley, in his London letters, explains how Mrs. Fawcett prevented her husband from entering the Cabinet. Mr. Fawcett’s blindness would have made it necessary to confide Cabinet papeis and secrets to his secretary. His secretary was his wife, who was also his confidante, adviser, fellow-stu-dent, and other self. Had Mr. Gladstone made Mr. Fawcett a Cabinet Minister, he would have made Mrs. Fawcett one also. But the Piime Minister of Great Britain would not have been supported had he extended the practice of woman’s rights to the Cabinet. In France architects are required to have diplomas, showing that four years have been spent in technical study. They are held, responsible for twenty years for accidents in a building chargeable to their incomp eteDcy. They must be present in person or by a representative daring the whole construction. The tonjue is an express agent