V, Gladstone and the Modern Cabinet Ascendancy,' by Mr. R. H. GRETTON
The effect of Gladstone's (and his Cabinet's) relation to the rank and file of his party and the House did much to bring about the most serious change of all in the making of modern politics-the domination of the House and of its time by the Ministry of the day. Whatever other circumstances contributed, this change may rightly be associated with Gladstone, because he is the typical example of that direct appeal and of that platform leadership of them by Ministers, upon which the modern power of the Cabinet mainly rests, and by which the importance of the private member has been wholly undermined.