The Jewish advance. (Chicago, Ill.) 1878-1881, 1879-07-04
NO. So.

OF his appointment as a manager OF
the Conference. Sir Isaac Lyon Gold
snid, and his son, the late Sir Francis
GoIdNmid, q G., were engaged in the
same struggle; and Sir David Salomons,
being elected for Greenwich in 1881,
went boldly into the House and voted
for which he was fined $500 by Baron
Anderson. At last, in 1883, the Jews
Disabilities Bill passed, and it's princi-
pie was extended by further Act, car
rled two years later, Baron Lionel de
Rothschild was the first who took the
amended form Of oath In cOmmemOra-
tion of the event, several scholarships
were founded by subscription and other
wise. Baron Lionel de Rothschild him
self endowed the City of London School
with its most valuable scholarship in
honor of his taking his seat In 1866
this scholarship, which was perfectly
open, was taken by Jewish pupil, Mr..
Israel Davis, then captain Of the school,
interest himself after the Rothschild
scholar had left the University to which
the endowment led. Baron Lionel de
Rothschild continued to sit for the city
Of London, with the exception ola short
interval, till 1874 He suffered that year
in the general Liberal defeat. His ina
bility to walk had long prevented him
from taking part i'll any but the most
important divisions, although Mr..
Goschen had told the electors that from
his writing table in New Court, Baron
Lionel de Rothschild exerted more in
fiuence on their behalf than a much
more active member could have done
His inability from illness to make per
sonal canvass also told against him. He
made, too, very bold and unpopular
proposal. At perhaps the only great
election meeting which he attended, he
pointed out, with perfect justice, that
MIR. Gladstone's proposal to abolish the
Income-tax, &c., would deprive the
country Of 89,OOO,000 a year and that
the surplus would not reach more than
half that amount. For the other ha
there must be new taxes When |
audience shouted NO and Economy
he replied that economy had not got
far as to save four millions and hal
year Baron de Rothschild's opini3e
was that new taxes must be impos =
and that they must be imposed up
property. He suggested licence duti
such as are paid by commercial men
Austria. The unpopularity of the =.
come-tax, he argued, lay not in the fact
Of its being tax upon income, but in
its inquisitorial character and if Mr..
Gladstone could practically re-impOse it
in some less noxious form, he would be
comforting great benefit on the com
muuity. This selfdenying ordinance.
OF licences to be paid for by traders, did
not, however, find favor in the City.
1t Is not generally known that in 1923
Baron Lionel sought admission into the
London and Westminster Light Horse
Volunteers, from which the Jews were
then excluded by Il regulation DECLARING
them Ineligible but which was repealed
by considerable majority in the Baron's
favor IN August 1928. His name appears
last but one on the original roll of the
regiment, The roll is published in the
Record ofthc Light Horse Volunteers"
On the retirement of Sir David SaiO.
mons from the Mayoralty of the City Of
London, a Fund was raised to present
to him a testimonial, and Baron Lionel
acted as Treasurer to the Fund.
The first vote which the Baron record
ed in the House of Commons was in
connection with a Corrupt Practices
Bill, and it need hardly be added that he
gave his vote with those who desired to
add to the purity of elections. He hearti
ly supported the introduction of the
Ballot and contributed literally to the
Ballot Society
Addresses on his admission to the
Parliament poured in to him from all
parts of the world The Provincial con
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