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THE . ARGUS, FRIDAY, -MAY 1, 1908. . 8 17 "C-B" AS A LEADER v. ' Clothes Personal Notes of Campbell-Bannerman, Ex-Premier--' Bland in Manner, But Firm. ; f V l I By HENRY W. LUCY (TOBY M. P.). It la a slight incident, attesting the personal popularity "of Sir Henry Campbeil-Bannernian. the British ex prime minister, who died recently In 1-ondon, that he was familiarly knowi: Ly a diminutive name. To friends and foes alike he wasjever "C-B." Famil iarity in the designation of public men Is not so common in England. as it Is lu a country where the speaker of the house "of representatives Is commonly known as "Uncle Joe." , Since Paluterston's time ' there has been no prime minister personally so popular as "C-1I" came to. be in the brief course of his incumbency of the office. The conUition of things was the more strongly marked by comparison with earlier stag's. It would be im possible to .exaggerate .the difference between his positiou In the house of commous while he sat 'on the left Jiand of the speaker and that almost Immediately conceded to him when he crossed over to the treasury bench. To those who knew him from early years and had enjoyed, full opportunity of estimating his sterling worth there was something painful ia the treat ment he received while leader of the opiHsition. If demonstrations of dis regard and something approaching per sonal dislikes had been confined to the political party opposite, there would have been no ground for "complaint. The leader of the opposition, however small may be his following, is entitled to be treated with respect and cour tesy. If failure is made in this respect, the responsibility and the discredit lie with the offeuding party, i The bitter pill 'C-H" had to swallow " almost nightly during the last parlia ment was administered by the "hands of Liberals. He was habitually wound ed in the house of a friend. A delight ful conversationalist, an" admirable speaker in sharp debate," he on field nights, probably oppressed by : sense of responsibility, formed a habit of . writing out his speeches and in defl . ance of parliamentary etiquette read ing them at the table. - Mr. Ilalfouvor : Sir. Chamberlain following in debate rarely refrained from a sneer at this certainly unfortunate and. as was fre quently proved, unnecessary custom. Ilad taunt animated by a similar jspirit been flung at either of these right honorable gentlemen there would Lave followed instant angry shouts of resentment from their partisans. "C-B" received no such gratification. On the contrary. When he appeared at the ta ble with his bundle of manuscript the benches behind him and llow the gangway began to empty. This state f things was made .more; painful to a . sensitive nature by the fact that when Sir. Asqulth was pnt up to speak the opposition' mustered ..in .'fnlj .number cheer after cheer driving home his salient points. ' Thif was with slight variation the chronic condition of affairs under "C-B's" leadership of, the opposition, a trial - borne with ..marvelous patience aud no sign of resentment. Within four months of bis accepting the thank less post of leader of the opposition things in the house of commons had reached a condition unbearable by any other man. A fussy group of Radicals below the gangway were in. open re volt. They daily flouted the authority of their leader and occasionally went out to the division lobby against him In a signed article appearing under a familiar title Inn Sunday newspaper I conimenteu snarpiy upon this proce dure. "C-B" wrote to me: "I do not foam and fret about it as much as you do. thoncrh I wlrw-p tnternnllv. I lr not blame the active parties when self conceit leads them into these unruly courses," because they are acting only after their kind. ' I blame rather the decent, quiet, well disposed rank and file, who do not see the harm they are doing in following them." When six years later "C-B" as the result of a general eleetKm found himself master of legions, dispenser of places and tl ties, the member to whom veiled allw- sjon Isjrtade In this passage humbly approached him with a petition for of fice In the new ministry. Had he liecn a man of the stamp from which m mis ters are made no personal memory of earlier days would have unfavorably Influenced "C-B." As he was not, office was withheld, but "C-B" benjgniy be stowed upon him a knighthood. w uen in lytiu tne Unionists were routed at the polls and the Liberals In stalled in power by an overwhelming majority, it was by no means certain that Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman would be prime minister. The prize was his by right and custom. But the group of ex-ministers long seated ou the front opposition bench were noto riously divided. It was the provincial elector who settled the matter. With the advantage of perspective he had acquired a juster conception of the capacity of "C-B" than was common t members of the house of commons. It was made unmistakably clear tint "C-B" was the choice of the nation, and before this decision personal cabal was hushed. But it died hard. An ex-minister of subordinate rank in Mr. Glad stone's last government was offered an Important post of-cablnet rank lu the new ministry. He declined to accept It 8a ve on condition - that "C-B" would tarry his premiership to the bouse of lords, leaving the leadership in the house of commons in more habile, more virile hands.' ' ''".' The simple statement of this fact throws a flood of light ou the uiisaDore- r if ein There is an atmosphere about-G. 6c H. Cloth ing that you recognize at a glance. THE G. SIH. CLOTHING ," .11 , 1 i i ii j n7 i ' ' '" i ! M " v is made of the light fabric arid made the light way, at th light price, with, notions that are both fashionable and becoming. Copyright 1908 by SCHLOSS BROS. CO. Fine Clothas Maker Baltlmor and Nw Tack Spring aid Summer Styles Now Shown Prices range $15, $16.50, $18, $20 to $28. AN l THEY FIT 13 AFSON (EL MAYES 1L 2 (((corn syrup for Sre 1 More! More! More! comes the all for V III - Karo. Children . love and thrive upon it; .. 1 III V everybody delights in its wholesome good- Jmmmmamj III - ness. Nothing half so good for all sorts of y'!gm& 111 sweetening, from griddle cakes to cndy. I loc. 2$e and 50c in air-tight tins. I r k . i- - -jy ,. V- ,v. ( V '. '. JTaic& the : eajsisist-wav ocr: Why Don't You Use Our Ladder? YOU HAVE. TO GET OVER THIS DEBT WALL. . before you can get Into "ProsperitjT Orchard." Why not take tho easiest way over? If you owe , "the butcher, the baker and candlestick maker and half a dozen others, they all want their money at once.- If you pay one or two of them the other fellows kick" and If you pay each of them what you can spare they ALI kickr1 r 4 -' . -' ' "Why not get enough money of us to pay them all. Get yourself on a cash basts and repay us & little at a time one place to pay instead of half a dozen or more? ' '- 1 - It's our business to yoan you money and we'll do It quickly, privately and" at a most reasonable cost. Our plan is SIMPLE and EASY , and FAIR. Those three .words tell the secret of ' our success. Call, write or; phonet us. We would like to give yon some facts and figures. ' : - FIDELITY LOAN COi L MITCHELL tTNDB BLOCK, '; , Room S8, Rork IUcL : - Office ktiHi' S k.ik to -6 9. tn-4 " Saturday rvnlmgrn. Tdephoae wwt 814, nension of the real "C-B" that cloutl- ed the view even of those who long lived in close colleagneship with hiiu. Deceived by the bland hianner, the in disposition to assert hknsclf, the reluc tance to give pain even where punish ment was merited, they thought to shelve the premier lu the" luxurious ob scurity of the h6use of lordsi : But "C-B" wasalreadytrans!ated..The silken glove was off, flung aside, and behold the iron. hand. He would hot go to the house of lords. The centc of jower and Influ ence was in the popular chamber, and that was' the proper place for a Liberal prime minister. v Thin was a surprise forbid colleagues that almost took the - breath away. They had, speedy and full opportunity of growing accustomed to it. The for mation of a government out of a party th:it had been In the wilderness for ten years bristled witu difficulty. There were remnants of . a former structure naturally looking for reinstatement in the new one. Other claims more or less justifiable had grown up-aieoiig the rank and file f - younger members. "C-B's" business" was to get together a ministry that would best serve the state by carrying those social ' meas ures to which the .Liberal party was pledged. Every one was surprised by the originality, not to say the audacity, of some of the selections. . To mention only two. there was Mr IJoyd-Ueorge, in private business and states a solic itor in an obsenre Welsh .town. - In the house of commons he had distinguish ed himself as. a. brilliant debater not unworthy of the steel of Mr, Balfour or Mr. Chamberlain. He must have something and might have felt himself well rewarded with an undersecretary ship or even a lordship of the treas ury.. There was John Burns, in social position, a day laborer, whose political It happened that" shortly "after he as sumed office his wife . was stricken with an illness thal. loug lingering, proved fatal. When In the session of 190G, his first term as premier, mem bers watclied the wqru and weary leader seat' himfelfVpii the treasury bench prepared for a Tong night's wrk. the.7 knew he had spent hours' by. Hie bedside of his dyUig wife, had on some days of the week oiuh oit to the house aftee. j)n'.siiling over a kea.blaet .coimci.1 they believe Zemo to be an honetet career was, among other things, mark- huedicine and will do all that is claim ed by the distinction of a term spent In jail, following a disturbance of the public peace in Trafalgar square. Elected to the house of commons, he still wore a bowler hat and a serge suit. : But he spoke effectively on top ics! within bis personal ken, and for a government established by a great wave of democratic impulse it would be a deslrabiething to have a genuine worktngman "numbered in its ranks. All things considered, an undersecre tary ship would b rather overwhelm ing forJohn Burns. A junior post at the treasury, wltb a salary of 1,000 a year, would be: a generous guerdon. C-B" made Mr. Lloyd-George president of the board of .trade and Mr. John Burns president of the local govern ment board,1 both with, seats in the cabinet. .. i-'-', .;, That his kindly . but' keen eye knew a capable 'man when be saw him, dis guised in whatsoever humble circum stances, has been proved by, the 'suc cess of these two appointments. In the case of Mr. Lloyd-George it has perhaps exceeded any xrther -achieved by colleagues in an exceptionally ca pable administration. . Had "C-B" yielded to the gentle pres sure put upon hiijj on hi accessldn to the premiership and sought the leisure of the house of . lords he might hate still been among as, hale and hearty. With the prospect, of an aftermath of dignified rest Had. he been personally Inclined to take that step there was an objection to him ' Insuperable. Lady Campbell-Bannerman was- strongly op posed to his retirement from. the fight ing line of the house of commons, and to him. her wishes. ieecaBacred.l&r. Eczema is Now Curable. A St. Louis chemist, after many years o careful experimenting and In vestigation, has discovered a simple remedy, that; has- eured hundreds: of cases -of eczema tjat had been 'pro nounced incurable." This chemist be lieved that eczema and all itching skin diseases were of local origin. and were caused by germs which attacked and fed on ' the skin. He began 6 search for a remedy that would de stroy these germs; and found that by combining the active principles of cer tain welt known vegetable drugs, and applying them locally, the first appli cation stopped :the itching and burn ing, and if. used persistently woulci drive all germs -and their poisons to the surface of the skin, and destroy them, leaving , a nice, clear, healthy skin. He gave this . remarkable rem edy" the ' suggestive name of Zemo, and since its introduction to the pub lic Zemo lias proved" a very popular remedy and' is today recognized the most successful and meritorious rem edy ever produced for the relief and cure of eczema and all diseases of the skin and scalp. Harper House pharmacy endorses and recommends Zemo and says that ed for. It. F. R. Kuschmann, For Your Groceries Use tiie phone If you can not call. We; have both phones. Lemon cling peaches, extra fan cy, put up in thick syrup, . per can 25c Apricots, finest California Jruit, pone better, per can. v. 25c Peas,marrcwrfat, last fall . pack, threec' cans 25c Baked Beans, put up in to- fniaio sauce, a large cans. .. Sugar corn, a. good quality, 2 cans' A.... .... .i 15c Catsup, .3; bottles 25c Pickles, small sour, per gallon Y. ;...v 25c Pickles, dillpickles, per dozen f. .;.... .10c Macaroni, a' package of , good macaroni' for, ......... .10c The very " finest seed cd raisins,1 2 packages fori"."'. . .25c W'o are', always J right in line when. It comes, to - selling gro ceries at bottom prices, r VF. Rl Kuschmann : 2207 Fourth' AVe. Both phones. This tonTh of nnture mr.de the assem bly kin. Political animosity dimpjiear-r-d before the spectacle of a 'brave iinm struggling with adversity. Old party ties were rebound and streugl honed. Withiu a few weeks "C-B." doubtless to his modest surpri.e. found himself the most popular man in the house, his nligbtest utterance received with pro found respect, his genial little jokes hailed with rapturous laughter. In this sudden blasce of sunshine he bloomed. All that was best in him. chilled In the bleak weather of oppos! tion times, unfolded aud grew apace. After the period of depression that fol lowed ou the death of, his wife was passed he found in work and in attend ance on his parliamentary duties rhe best tonic, the surest solace. But op portunity came too late. The silver cord was fatally loosed. Too soon the golden bowl was broken. It is pleasing to reflect that after patient drudgery in untoward circumstances Henry Campbell-Bannerman, . fone of the truest hearted, finest natnred men who ever served their country in high ' places, lived long enough to knew that lie was at length understood. New York Tribune. New Fad For, Umbrella Handles. Umbrella and parasol handles to match one's pet (Jog constitute the newest craze in fashionr'ile circles. It Is becoming the usual thing for a wo man who owns a bulldog to buy an umbrella or a parasol with-a bulldou handle. ."If an exact likeness of the pet dog Is wished." says a jeweler, "special sittings can be given, and the animal's head accurately carved out of Ivory" or bone. The heads of favorite cats and even horses," with precious stones for eyes, are carved on umbrella handles pet parrots, too, and canaries. But pet dogs are most popular." m, V BO The Earliest Hospitals. Since the earliest times there have beeh some sort of places which were designed for hospital work, although at first they were little more than shelters or cheaply built almshouses. In the Boman camps there was a medical staff to look after the wounded. : " 1 Among the earliest hospitals on rec ord is that said to have been founded by Valens In Caesarea 370-SO A. D. and the one built In Rome by Fabiola, a Roman lady, although, like most others of that and even later times, both in . stltutlons probably were almshouses as - ae wen. , The origin of our present hospitals is traced to the monastic arrangements for the care of the sick and Indigent Every monastery once housed the sick and Convalescent. Almost -the earliest record-of the building of a hospital In. England is in the life, of Lanfranc, - archbishop of Canterbury, who In 1080 bounded two, one for leprosy and one for ordinary -diseases. . In the eighteenth century London, between 1719 and 1747. estab lished Ave public and five special hos-"" pltals. In Ireland, between 1726 and 1774, there were five public and three special ones established In Dublin, one In- Cork, one in Limerick, and In 1797 one in Belfast- Washington Prat. ; It ' makes no difference how many remedies have failed ' to cure . you, If troubled, with headache, constipation, kidney or ,Hver' troubles, Hollister's 1i.vuKM.j muuuium ica wm maKB juu well and strong; It has no equal." 33 , cents, tea or tablets. ; Harper " House pharmacy. Stop a jX nil Why not come to us for reliable Spring Clothing. Come right here and choose inr Suit rr Cnat vnii want, rwit it nn take1 it with you, wear it and enjoy it all season long, and pay while you wear, in small payments of $ 1.00 a week. We've got a spring stock of , CLOTHING HATS, SHOES MEN, WOMEN, CHILDREN that we are proud of, and we are proud also of the fact that we are able to sell to you at prices fully 1 5 per cent, lower than any other credit store, and just as low as the biggest cash store in town. 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