Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1893 — INSULT TO GLADSTONE. [ARTICLE]

INSULT TO GLADSTONE.

Disgraceful Conduct of a Tory Mob at the Prince of Wales* Reception. London dispatches of the 20th give additional details of the hostile demonstration sigainkL__Mrr Gladstone on thft 10th. The occasion was a grand reception by the Prince of Wales, at the Imperial Institute. Thirty thousand invitations had been issued, the majority being accepted. A serious panic was narrowly averted by the discretion of the Prince, who organized a royal progress through the crowd and thus succeeded in breaking the jam. The procession was a striking spectacle. The Prince of Wales, Duke of York and other princes, resplendent in jewels, led the march, followed by the ladies of their households and three Indian princes now in London. Mr. Gladstone, leaning upon the arm of the Earl of Spencer, followed about twenty yards in the .rear, when a bejeweled officer called out, “There's the traitor!” and pointed at the aged Premier. Instantly pandemonium reigned. Mr. Gladstone was surrounded by a howling mob, who impeded his progress and insulted him with groans and hisses, and it seemed for a time that personal violence would result, but through the efforts of a number of gentlemen, aided by the police, quiet was restored and Mr. Gladstone was guided into a less crowded corridor and walked to his carriage without molestation. Great indignation is felt by the Liberals, and even Tory papers regret the occurrence, stating that the Prime Minister was the guest of the Prince of Wales, and as such entitled to every courtesy. The Prince has written a letter of regret. to Mr. Gladstone that reflects upon the Tories in the strongest terms, and the incident may be said to have increased the admiration of the English people for the “Grand Old Man,”