Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-05

that toretold calamity and eternal dc.
preston 90 tho Jews that they seemed to
fear lest the completion of them should
be defeated by act of parliament"
Tho deyilish spirit of intolerance
seemed 10 take new lease of life. and
for nearly seyenty.ilyc years, or until
about 1880, no further effort did any man
dare make for Jewish emancipation.
But the Wau for the event ramO to earth
in October, 1874, when the child Moses
Hahn MOntciipre was born. The
name seemed prophetic. Moses,
new leader, 90 take the Sons Uf
Israel out Of bondage; Hahn, equivalcnt
though il was tOrcsern what length of
days to accomplish the great work should
be his; Monteflore, mountain of How
crs or blooms, aS though that
great life OF prominence, beauty
and fragrance was already in view.
Lcs us glance for moment at the jew
in England whom the vigorous and well.
equipped champion of Hebrew rights en-.
tered the lists, with lance in rest And
first, what Of the knight himSOlfY About
forty years old, of splendid pres.
enoo, over six feet in heigiith his hand.
some face, intellectually strong,
marked by the best and strong
est features of his race, n
fortilc mind well stored, having not only
UilC tuUNdtlbn wv bitt- StttVUlS bNt tlttt W
the counting house aud bauk as well,
trained by Intelligent travel, possessing
ample fortune, he seemcd all that could
be desired even for the vast task he had
undertaken. His wise motto seemed
to be Make haste slowly"
He Joined tho society known
as the UNITED Deputies" IN 1927 and
seon became its leading spirit, About
that time he said: II am an enemy to all
sudden transitions. The jew must in his
claims and wishes not outstrip the age.
Let him advance slowly but steadily; lot
him gradually acpustom his Christian fell
low citizens to his gradual progress
and success in public life, and
what may not be obtainablo, even
by an arduous struggle, will after u GER
tain time fall into his lap like ripe fruit"
spoken the jew in England could not
own real estate, was prevented from
sitting in parliament or holding any
oilicc, civil or military, under the crown,
or any situation in corporate bodies. He
could not vote at any election, or
practice as attorney, proctor or notary.
Lord Thurlow decided in 1886, aud Lord
Eldon affirmed the decision in 1918, that
tho Jewish religion was not tolerated III
England and that bcquestS to maintain
synagogues were void. Tue jew was
worse than an alien-he had neither
civil or religious rights
Iwish that time would permit me to
give in detail the narrative of
the brave struggle of this long.su ttering
people. made under the intrepid leader
ship of the stalwart Montetiore. Bear
with me while 1 give the results. In
spite of the then existing statute, that no
Jew should hold n freehold estate he
purchased in 1880 the beautiful East Cliff
property near Ramsgate, and held it
during all tho years against all
corners, peacefully dying there y few
months ago, having succeeded IN 1922 in
removing from his people the disability
to hold realty. In 1880, 165 votes were
cast out of 393 in the house of commons
for the bill TO remove civil disabilities.
In 1888 the bill passed the commons, but
was defeated in the house of
lords. In 1895 by wei ghty
efforts the office of sheriff
was open to candidaturo by Jews, and
Monteiiore took an immense stride for
ward for his people by becoming himself
u candidate aud securing his election.
AS such, in 1897, he headed the delegation
to welcome the youthful Victoria on her
accession to the throne and shortly after
wards, in recognition OF his
efforts for Israclites the world
and eminent fitness for the place, he was
first conforming jew to receive the honor
of knighthood. From this time success
seemed ito fall into his lap like ripo
fruit" Concession after concession was
made. In 1917 tho bill to remove civil
and religious disabilities was again
pressed by Montetiore and passed the
commons, to be again defeated
the progress made let me
quote from the speech of tue prime min
lister, Lord John Russell He says: 'Wc
have been told, also that there is II very
solemn denunclaton in the prophecies
which should prevent our granting to
the Jews the rights they claim, But. |
would ask, where is it that those who use
this argument would draw the line? In
this country wo have much relaxed the
rgOr of our enactments respect
ing them. A jew has been
magistrate, jew has
been sheriff BY late statute, Jews
may hold Office in corporations; and it
was but the other day that Il jew was ad.
mitted to the Office of alderman in the
ask you what right or business have you
TO interpret prophecy SO rs to draw tho
line between an alderman and u commits
s0ncr of customs, between u justice
of the peace and person having
the right TO sit in parliament"
In the same debate Sir Robert Peel paid
tribute TO Montetiore, and | quote his
language because it shows the estimate
of his character made nearly forty years
ago; character that the lapsing years
have strengthened and made more beau.
tiful He says: II have other motives
that weigh with me. There are countries
in which the Jews are still subject
to persecution and oppression. Twice
within the last three or four years has IL
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