Show i I I i I 1 i I THE PASSING P SSI G Of OC I BLACK MICHAEL Withdrawal l from frol Politics Ke Re luces duces the lie Little Group of Old Timers t tI IN I THE BRITISH BRISH PARLIAMENT P of Picturesque of the ho Iles In Sat al Louder In hl li the lie House lOI C Than luau An Stu 1 Living Man Lag Il I Jim a Michael LONDON L announcement that hint he will 11 not mint sock to 10 the bou e ut of after lter the ills dis dissolution dl solution mean insane that tha parliament In hI about to II o low Ise u one olio ole of u f its III mew few great gNAt gr nt figure of ot thin tho pact Salisbury y Is la dead lisa has retired retied and when lell 1 na ns ni the ltv famous chancellor ex of the is II known know deserts In lib hla turn practically the he only remaining member of the old guard In Will 11 t Ill be he ht Joseph on am Oi alto olit 01 tide side mind John Morley Morle on eon the tho other Though th Ihl the titular father of oC tho lh holmium bouto hOIt by hy virtue of oC having ha vili occupied n mi I seat real In iii It continuously longer than mummy living member 0 years Sir Michael cannot be 11 regarded a I as nn an old man as its 11 old pa hands go RO He lie le la Is only AT OT I nIl entered when I hll h his silt WIH IH 7 1 Four Fos Foul yenta yeam litter later hll r thru hunt shrewd Judge of o men linen Disraeli Uncovered hum him hll and Ald made male hint him hll secretary of ot the Ih homo heinn department Thereafter Ills hta political advancement was tens Wil rapid Front From 1874 1811 17 lo to late ISi ho tuns IH chief l hlo seere e tl for Cor Ireland In Jn 1878 1818 two yenta years utter mutter hind had hlll made lade his hil political 1011 cal cul clI debut ho bo one 18 ap colonial colon lal H Kroin J to use SG ho he Wil chancellor of oC tin Ih exchequer cX mud 1111 dent or the throe e linen board of ot ofIn uld from USH 1 8 to tn 1 1 In 1806 be lie wn again entrusted with wih the pane nurse strings resign ro ing In 1002 10 He Ile II inns hut hll held elites longer r than any uny of lC hU hid h Conservative col cel ln guar uel tinder Under conditions the mien nuin who lied hart served lute Ills port party orl KO so ably faith fully ully and zealously have walled halted fur or n a fitting to make his bin exit Prom from rm tilt the Ill commons by way 0 of the tho house of oC with idle lh n a 1 peerage to con on M Ie him hint In tn Unit limit region of or Innocuous culm for 01 time the II lot lobs 10 of o actual political t Il I power and 1111 tho th approaching in of tit IC age Hut Jut Sir Michael hUll has put pUI all 11 mm It this trout from him hll With Wih his fighting pow powei O Oell ei ell era still he hI has derided II to his hi sword and retire iron the fluid field of oC battle to 10 devote 1110 to tn those for far 01 which lill hll 1000 OO 8 rifford n Scope OI It I Is II Itie tho masterful resourceful man mimah n a your eur older ol or himself but hut much younger In ap appearance lP mm p 1111 null more 1101 e so HO In him of conditions o to 10 0 conditions who il has side aide tricked tracked the Ihl baronet The Fite he Chamberlain gospel of or commercial re rc regeneration generation by I menus of oC protection re rr retaliation mm and mi colonial tar Emir tariffs ifs iffs Irl which so 0 many of ot his hla hil party have haw espoused ho bo regards rest ns aH blasphemous Items IIII I l I the ono one true Inspired ns Ired faith free trade I mind and Is convinced convinced that lint It I ran can rai lend leal only to 10 political tins ton mind and un the tho weeping wal II and aid gnashing of oC teen t that 1111 accompanies defeat decat Too Ton loyal to 10 Whig traditions of ot fealty to fight lima Ids hil patty t torture to Ida his con comm Oi to follow It II along ulong 1 1011 the untried 1 paths whither Chamberlain would lend 1101 Inn ii ll it I Sir iiI Michael lams bus no 10 other recourse than to become practically n a til noncombatant en and anI nonentity or withdraw from front the Ihl fluid field I It will wl bo ho generally thought that lul he has huts chosen Urn limit Ihl lees les ignoble Pert Titers There wan Wil w ae n 11 hot hoi tins time In him II the cabinet when as IA colonial y tried to 10 bosa I mute II Sir Michael It I ended eluded In Sir Him Michael MU resigning the chancellor lor side of the th exchequer Subsequently Ills hl poet po l nut Hut nothing could more lucre striking strikingly ly Iy time the 11 difference between oem lima two Iwo men linen item the fact Cwt that the member now IO bulky bulks bulk larger lr than tint mm ever eer In thus the nations aye oye 11 while th the bar comet Olot hiss has almost ml out nut of sight fight And Ami 11 gall RI aid nl wormwood It II stunt must Bove hl be been n to In him hll to see Chamberlains t seen nou young Austen Au Aim hU Ida II place piece ns as lS it ling th nut tons purse holder holI When Shen a II sticks In a f a mom man manIt It Is 18 generally because of nf Its Innate That IH lie why the epi epithet epithet thet thel which the turbulent Irish niem buS tIK bestowed on nn n him hll wh when n b II he well wun Irish Irth secretary Michael has hll clung to pa him hll over ever slimes since nl stern ex hit of tut seldom in A frown IH ii I saes it on It much often r than u smile mil II lie 1 ha hits always taken Inken Un Ih of tit spites very VEr verylie lie H Ile He huts hns 1111 none eons of oC limit OK mix Joy job In III u y which onus es CI S many 11 men mell to tl h seek J k refreshments Ho lIe Hohns hns hAR never n gone ROlA o round around seeking trouble hint but when attached Ids tyee ye glow glory hn It h hIrn turns Irn savagely on an In his hil hi lt and cs to tl hurt hint hll ome wh IT r for tor to tn nn slim Jn temper h ii unites M s I sharp and bitter hiter tongue tOi ie and a 1 K for his bin hil op row rAW bas 11 Lord ll Churchill found out cult when h ed eel te In ill to 0 the time old nil Pon gala Rans and decided that Ihal Sir Kir Michael was nee lS I a i good titan IAn to leave heave niche nichet t AT Al HOME 1011 Hound about his own country wit seat t hn inn lit la I wild sold 11 to hu bus an On 11 amiable man mal but hut tint trait he h has hal always In fn tine tho house of or Hence haute Ine hn he has Pea never been popular 1 there Many Imy u em I time III In the lobbies and lounging room II he lie h has baa ha beca t I cn CI known knO n to 10 pees pal by b his bin hIl Intimate ac Rr mm I Us noes without a word cord or to so much mucha cis a nod no of oC recognition They Tile The do not nol t 01 t It lt that no l 1 la by h It It I Is just Juit his hie hI way n Mother peculiarity of oC hie hi U Is that of ot aloud when othon are aret t t I ii akin In n this army Il he h has haa h often mint mintaro iN aro overheard expressing ll some Home om very Iry Iryl l ld ami and to opinions u uV t his bl political On 01 ono one h he an eloquent political Ni balm t 01 I peroration by b Mi l Ir Chamber laIn tain by h giving vent to mi utu II ardent tad ami I door IMI wish that that gentleman Inteman might transfer ids his hil pernicious activity to toI A Ai region where the hue th wicked do not cease from troubling ant and neither are Me tho the thou i u ey eury t At t rest 4 1 r |