Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 25, 1903, Page 34

Joe Chamberlain’s Bitterest Foes (Copyright, 1903, by William Thorp.) HEN Parliament meets, as it viciously attacked by three for must soon do, Joseph Chamber- lain and his pet tariff scheme will be vigorously--not to say mer members of the unionist cabinet—Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Lord George Hamil- ton and C. T. Ritchie, Some facts the careers acters of th will serve their present position. The y of the old-fashioned Lype. They are all parlismentary veterans They dislike Mr. Charaberlain and all that he (ypifies. They fight for free trade because it is the estab- about char- to explain are all tories and se¢ men lished system in exactly the same conser- vative spirit that their fathers fought against it when the Corn laws were in force Mr Chamberlain's sternest, sturdiest, most dangerous foe in the House of Com- mons is undoubtedly Sir Michael Hicks- Beaclh, who resigned the chancellorship of the exchequer in August of last cause, as he told his friends, *too much Joe" in the cabinet. The feud is of long standing. Even be- fore the South African vear be- there was war, Lord Salis- bury had to use his utmost personal in- fluence to maintain a semblance of hai- mony in the cabinet between Sir Michael and Mr. Chamberlain. In 1898 and 1859 the relations between them were 80 strained that those who were behind the scenes looked daily for the resignation of one or the other Nobody, save the cablnet ministes, knows ¢ actly what happens at cabinet meetings, but rumors leak out, It s sald that at one me eting toward the end of 1898 these two adversaries, after a bitter duel of words, rose excitedly from their seats and seemed ready to fly at eac h othor's t8. Other members of the cabinet ily drew themn aside and calmed tt § 1em, but the meeting broke up in confusgion Certainly, Sir Mic hae¢l and Mr Cham- berlain were not on speaking terms at that time, or for long afterward Sir Michael seemed to take pleasure in ‘‘cut- ting” his colle; Fue in the House. A prominent liberal member ment who wanted some inform question of finance, went for it and remarked to him: of Parlia- ation on a to Sir Michael “Mr. Chamberlain advised me to come to you."” “Mr. Chamberlain? 1 don't know him, who is he?” “How I mean eolonies," “Ah, yes, T am officially acquainted with the secretary of state for the colonies, But 1 don't know Mr. Chamberlain.” Bir Michael is an old man now, and his eyesight began to fail him as far back &s 1886, but he is a great fighter still, and his personal dislike of Mr. Chamber- lain will lend zest to his attack upon the latter's tariff schemes when Parliament meets, Since the death of Mr. Villlers he has been the “Father of the House of Com- mons,” which he first entered in 1564, Few men have held 80 many high gov- ernment positions as he. He has been parliamentary secretary to the Poor Law board, under secretary for the Home of- fice, chief secretary for Ireland three times, secretary of state for the colonjes, president of the Board of Trade, chan- cellor of (he exchequer twice and leader of the House of Commens. Thus he has held the official positions of both Mr. Chamberlain and Mr. Balfour, as well as several others, What 8ir Michael does not know of par- lamentary warfare is not worth knowing. He will tower head and shoulders above bis comrades in the fight against Mr, Chamberlain. Unquestionably he is the Uses for MONG the new things which are shown in the furnishing stores are rope portieres. This idea suggests to the ingenious woman the possibilities in faded or worn table covers, curtains and other articles of this material which are stored away in the attic. All of these things may be utilized with good results, and when the contents of the rag bag are trans- formed . into a pair of beautiful portieres, at absolutely no expense, the clever wo- man will feel amply repaid for her trouble, To make, carefully note the following suggestions: Two curtains will bhe sufficient for an or- dinary sized door, Rip and wind the chenille into balls. This is easily done if the fine threads with which it is woven together are clipped off. Tie all broken ends. If there are stripes of another color in your curtain, wind in separate balls for pompons or tassels, Having first fixed in place your rod or pole, you are ready to begin the ropes. Use two dining room chalrs, which have a “post’” at the top of the back, for winding the chenille strands upon before twisting, Next, measure your doorway from pole to the floor and place the two chairs a trifle more than twice that distance apart. sup- pose the door Is seven feet high, then the absurd! As if you don't know! the secretary of state for the chenille strongest man House of Co He is a country Harcourt It is greatest British modern times imong the tories In the nmons like Sir William that the two ministers of up rural high finance into it by gquire, curious financial were brought and Krew nothing of until they were pitchforked the exigenc.es of politics, The Rt. Hon. Lord George Francis Hamil- ton has a speclal personal grievance against Mr. Balfour. He considers that he was in- duced to resign his office as secretary of state for India under false pretenses. That is no small matter for Lord George. He showed considerable moral courage in re- signing for th ake of his principles He is a very poor man, and his official salary of L0000 a year was extremely im- portant to him. He will wow draw £2,000 a year from the British exchequer. That sum is allowed to men who have been cabinet ministers o long as they are out of office, provided they make a declaration that they need it to maintain the dignity of a states- man. Lord made that declaration many years ago, and has drawn his £2000 a year whenever the liberals have been in power. Bince 1874 he has never been left out of a conservative government He is the third son of the first duke of Abercorn. That proud old peer had a large family, but very little money. As a conse- quence, his sons have to hustle for a living. Lord Claud, the second son, is chalrman of the Great Eastern railway, and bears the reputation of being the best rallroad man- ager in Great Britain. Lord Frederick, the fourth son, used to edit Willlam Waldorf Astor's Pall Mall Magazine. Lord Ernest, the sixth =on, is glad to turn an honest penny by writing magazine articles and his- torical romances. on estates George The “handsome Hamiltons,” as they are called in Scotland, are one of the proudest families in the British pecrage, and they have the right kind of pride—"noblesse oblige.” None of them has sought to repair his shattered fortunes by marrying an heiress. They have all preferred to work and marry poor girls of aristocratic families like thelr own. Lord George entered Parliament when he was 23 and has been there ever since. He became a member of the government at 29 and a cabinet minister at the early age of 40. He is now only 58, which is youthful for a British statesman, so that he may yet have a great career before him, although his achlevements up to the present have been respectable rather than brilllant. Me is regarded by the conservatives as a “safe’’ man, who is not likely to make mistakes— or anything else, either. Personally he is a genial, kindly soul. His family pride is kept for his own use and never shown to other people. In pol- itics he is a tory of the tories, but in private life he is the most democratic of men, One evening in 1808 he was walking through the streets in Ealing, the con- stituency which he represents in the House of Commons, on his way to dine with Sir Montague Nelson, the local leader of the conservatives. He noticed a poor old washerwoman staggering under the burden of a basket of newly laundered clothes, which she was taking home to a cus- tomer. He stopped, politely relieved her of the burden and asked where she was going, “To Sir Montague Nelson's house, sir," she replied. Some men would have dropped the bun- dle under the circumstances. Not so the duke's gon, He carried it to the house and delivered it to the well trained butler, who received it kindly, as if cabinet min. isters brought home the laundry every day. Then he went in and enjoyed his dinner. Lord George is never so happy as when he cdn get away from politics and watch a foot ball game or sing a good song at a smoking concert at Ealing. He is a fine sporteman and especially fond of golf, cricket, shooting and cycling. He was the first prominent British statesman to ride a4 bicycle, and he was also the first cab- inet minister to give 'out a newspaper in terview on polities, Although he has sat in the House of Commons for thirty-five years, he always Sseems very nervous there, He is usually fidgeting, and when he is going to make a big speech he has a curious trick of tearing scores of sheects of foolscap paper into tiny fragments and throwing them In the air around his seat. On busy nights in the press gallery, the remark is often heard, “Thank goodness, we'll soon get a rest. George Hamilton has started his snowstorm.’” The re- porters never trouble to take notes of his remarks. He has a wretchedly bad delivery and, unlike most of his kind, is aware of the fact. He therefore sends typewritten coples of his speeches up to the press galleries, The Right Honorable Charles Thompson Ritchie, who has resigned the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer, is a Scct, like Lord George Hamilton; and no caanier Scot than he could be found from John o' Groats to the Border, Ritchie has never been famous as a silver- tongued orator; he has never swayed the passions of the mob or tickled the ears of the groundlings; and the public has known little about him and cared less. But since he first entered Parliament in 1874 his fellow members have recognized him as one of the best of business states- men. He let other people make the elo- quent, useless speeches while he mastered the facts of the case and did the useful work in committee or in private confer- ence. Thus he became a power, and since 1356 no Conservative Cabinet has been complete without him. “Ritchle is a permanent in- stitution,” Mr. Chamberiain is said to have remarked sarcastically, ‘‘He is as much a part of the furniture of the Cabinet Cham- ber as the table itself.” Be this as it may, Ritchie has had a steadily successful career as Secretary to the Admiralty, President of the Local Gov- ernment Board, President of the Board of Trade and Chancellor of the Exchequer. The solid business men who form the back- bone of the Unionist party in England trust him as they trust no other statesman of their party. They regard him as the beau ideal of a good Conservative, He has no surface brilliance, but he pos- sesses that infinite capacity for taking pains which is said to be the attribute of genius. He is extremely conscientious, too. When he was president of the board of trade he was responsible, among a host of other things, for the weifare of the British merchant sailor. He had to administer the merchant shipping act, and devise rules and regulation for the proper treatment of poor Jack ashore and afloat. An ordinary departmental head would have been content to recelve reports from his inspectors. Not so Ritchie. He would jeave the gilded splendor of the Carlton club and g0 down t: Wapping, Deptford, Rother- hithe and other resorts of sailors. There he would disguise himself in tarry breeches and an old monkey jacket and spend evenings In the crimp shops, opium dens and taverns where seafaring men congregated. In that way he found out some startling truths about coffin ships, shanghaied sailors, and board of trade inspectors who never inspected anything except the champagne in the skipper's cabin. The subordinate officlals of the depart- ment used to have a bad time of it when Ritchie returned from these expeditions. He would take up a report, beautifullw writ- Worn Out Table Covers chairs should be fifteen or sixteen apart. This is necessary because length is taken up in the twisting. Proceed to wind the chenille five times around from the post of one chair to the other. This makes ten strands of the chenille. Slip one end off the chair and twist well in the hands. The assistance of a second person will be required to hold one end to keep it from curling up while You pass one end over the pole. Do not let it curl up, but bring the two ends to the floor and tie. When this is accomplished let it twist of itself into a rope first from the bottom. A little experience will give you the proper length and the amount of twisting needed. Make all the long ropes before readjusting the chairs. If any knots show turn them in. feet the As to the number of ropes, the size of your doorway must determine that, The suggestions made are for a very simple design, which has six long ropes, eight of graduated lengths and eight in the center for drapes. They may be made much more elaborate if desired. After the ropes have all been placed over the pole in the proper place, part them near the pole apd tie one-half of ecach one to the adjoining one, each the same distance from the pole. When the pompons are added this makes a pretiy finish at the top. Drape the center ones, one-half to each outside long one, The tassels are made by winding the chenille over a book the desired length, then tie with a stout string to the end of the ropes after trimming even at the bot- tom. For the pompons a 10-cent spool of fine unwrapped wire is needed. Use a child's foot ruler, barely an inch wide Lay a piece of the wire twice the length of the ruler upon it and begin at one end, wrap the chenille three times around over both ruler and wire, Now pick up both ends or the wire and change places, drawing the lower one and placing the upper one down, thus holding the three strands fast. Wrap the chenille three times again and change the ends of the wire, Repeat this until the ruler is nearly full und then slip off, Wind the wired side close to the rope, and it needs nothing more to fasten it on. A lit- tle practice will give skiil in this, Pompons may be added wherever taste and beauty of design dictates, They look best of a contrasting color. This desigu has them above each tassel, and at the top three rows of them are arranged some distance above the tassels, up ten and neatly Stated with tied with pleasure that red tape the administra- tion of the merchant shipping act was now whichh a complete success in Wapping. He would smile and ring for the writer “Ah, Jenkins,” he would say, “this re- port is delightful. Things seem to be go- ing beautifully, don't they? No drinking, no swindling of underwriters, no murders, no overloaded ships. Wapping is becoming quite a Sunday school.” “I'm glad to think, sir,” the gratified official would reply, “that our' efforts have borne good fruits.” “l suppose 80. Jenkins, have you ever, in your travels around Wapping, made the acquaintance of a gentleman called One- Eyed Pete?” “No, air.” “That's a pity. He is worth knowing. Last week he shanghaied three boys and put them aboard a tramp bound for Yo- kohama. He runs an opium den where the customers are apt to disappear once in a while. Lascar Jem is, perhaps, a superior practitioner; but he's in the hospital just now with a knife thrust. He madc the mistake of trying to get a Dago's purse before the Dago was thoroughly drunk. However, you could go down and intro- duce yourself to Pete. He might give you some valuable material for your report.' Mr. Ritchie has never come into violent conflict with Mr. Chamberlain, as Sir Michael Hicks-Beach s done; but there has not been much love lost between them at any time. In the cabinet Mr. Ritchie's wise, sober minded council was always listened to with deep respect, and it was generally given against Mr. Chamberlain's schemes. It is believed in well informed British political circles that he strongly opposed' the provocative policy which led to the South African war. Although a tory of the old-fashione@ school, Mr. Ritenie has initiated and car- ried through Parliament more social legis- lation for the benefit of the laboring classes than any other British statesman. 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