Sir Benjamin Stone's pictures; records of national life and history reproduced from the collection of photographs made by Sir Benjamin Stone, . uch moralcourage, grim tenacity, and stern sense of duty aswere needed in fording the Tugela river, or mountingSpion Kop—on the adoption of Fiscal Reform by theUnionist Government. The Balfour Administration, like every Government,had among its followers on the back benches manyyoung men, ardent and able, who were disposed to beindependent critics of its policy. Of this group SirJohn Dickson-Poynder (seen in the motor-car) andMajor Seely (standing
Sir Benjamin Stone's pictures; records of national life and history reproduced from the collection of photographs made by Sir Benjamin Stone, . uch moralcourage, grim tenacity, and stern sense of duty aswere needed in fording the Tugela river, or mountingSpion Kop—on the adoption of Fiscal Reform by theUnionist Government. The Balfour Administration, like every Government,had among its followers on the back benches manyyoung men, ardent and able, who were disposed to beindependent critics of its policy. Of this group SirJohn Dickson-Poynder (seen in the motor-car) andMajor Seely (standing by the motors side) wereprominent members. But it is one thing for a Member of Parliamentto express his disagreement with measiures introducedby the Government of which he has been elected asupporter, and quite a different thing for him to separatehimself entii-ely from his own political party, and jointhe party of its opponents. The floor of the House of Conmions is but a fewyards wide; yet what a revolution in ones politicalopinions, what a wrench in the associations of a life,is meant by passing from one side of the Chamber tothe other!. 64 VISCOUNT GOSCHEN. One of the keenest intellects ever devoted to the ser-vices of the State was enlisted when Georye JoachimGoschen, of the firm of Friihling and Goschen, finan-ciers, was first returned to the House of Commons, in1863, as Member for the City of London. He filled many high offices in Liberal and UnionistAdministrations. He was first Lord of the Admiraltyunder Mr. Gladstone in the early Seventies, and (lian-cellor of the Exchequer under Lord Salisbury in the lateEighties. • He In-ought to the control of these depart-ments, not business experience only, but a thoroughlylogical and scientific mind. One of those, permanentofficials who, whatever Governments come and go, pla)-a leading, if retiring, part in the management of tlienations afFairs, said that most of the Ministers withwhom he had anything to do were inclined to
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