Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1893 — NEARING THE END. [ARTICLE]

NEARING THE END.

Gladstone Aging Fast bat His Energy le Unabated. London cable dispatches of Sunday to the New York Times assert that Gladstone is aging fast and that he is himself aware that his end is near. When be rises in the House he seems like a ghost, and his enemies treat him with a respect that shows that they believe each speech may be his last Reporters find his utterances harder am) harder to take, but with extraordinary tenacity he insists on directing the fight for home rule fn person, and often remains after his colleagues at night sessions. He is reported to have said on returning home in the small hours of last Wednesday morning: “I can never go through the hot nights of July.” But his energy and vim remain unabated despite his own premonitions and the forebodings of his friends. *