Sir Benjamin Stone's pictures; records of national life and history reproduced from the collection of photographs made by Sir Benjamin Stone, . -Chairmen appointed from the private members of theHouse for his relief—as, in this case, Mr. JesseCollings. Yes, deserted and unpicturesque is the House onnights when the money of the taxpayers to greasethe wheels of that mannnoth machine, the BritishEmpire, and jirovide it with steam, is being vottMlby the faithful Commons. 46. The Right BURNS. Not only an interesting political personality, but oneof the undoubted forces of the House of
Sir Benjamin Stone's pictures; records of national life and history reproduced from the collection of photographs made by Sir Benjamin Stone, . -Chairmen appointed from the private members of theHouse for his relief—as, in this case, Mr. JesseCollings. Yes, deserted and unpicturesque is the House onnights when the money of the taxpayers to greasethe wheels of that mannnoth machine, the BritishEmpire, and jirovide it with steam, is being vottMlby the faithful Commons. 46. The Right BURNS. Not only an interesting political personality, but oneof the undoubted forces of the House of Commons isMr. John Burns, who, as President of the LocalGrovernment Board in Sir Henry Campbell-Banner-mans Government formed in December, 1905, has thedistinction of being the first Labour representative toattain Cabinet rank. He holds the broadest democraticand radical views. He has been pre-eminent in thestir and stress of public life, figuring in some of thestormiest scenes of political agitation. But State afPairsor measures do not greatly move him. He is interestedmore in the human problem—in the betterment of thesuffering human race—and in civil and municipalmatters. As a debater, Mr. Burns is something of anelementary force. He knows nothing of the tiicksof the rhetorician ; but his heart is in his cause, andwhat he says has all the strength, if none of thegraces, of appealing oratory. He can move theassembly also by bursts of genuine eloquence—theeloqu
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