The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-07

very remarkable victory for unskiled labor. Since then, as county council Tor, member of Parliament and in vari- l ous other ways. Mir. Burns has been eve- before the public and it Is probably not too much to say that at the present time no man exercises such influence over the working classes or speaks with more authority on behalf of the democ- racy in Great Britain.
 What Is the secret of Mr Burns power and influence? In ihe first place l beyond all question, his unimpeachable sincerity. People tired of hearing Aris- tides callea the just but at the risk of similarly injuring MT Burns. one must insist upon his unassailabie integrity. In q debate on Payment of Members MT Burns told the House of CommOns once some of the temptations which beset the path of the labor member. A com mission agent in Belfast who wanted to be appointed a collector of income tax had written him, he said, asking for his assistance. his letter ending as lolloWs'
 ,Trstine you will give my appeal your
 most eafelul eonaideI atlon ana support.
 shall be happy to hand y0n hi1y-
 pound note for presenting my claim be-
 fore the government
 The reply which MT. Burns sent was characteristic:
 Dear Sir: You arc an unscrupulons
 scouIdItl Your ,iIlainy Is only aeeeuta-
 ated ny your cemempuble iresbsiefiail
 lS1ocfisy. You IGa5 consider yourself
 fortunate that you ale not within reach
 oi my boot.
 An enterprising music hall agent once wrote and offered him e60 for half hours speech on any subject, and that agent knew his business. That half hours speech of Ar, Burns. if it could have been obtalncd, would have been the star turn of tie evening with any audience in England.
 Burns, Tn fact is one of the born ora tors of his time Racy humorous, hard hittng a master of telling phrases ana homely epigrams, MT. Burns. when he speaks, holes d popular audience Ill the hollow of his hand, And when he came 10 this country last summer Burns was equally outspoken. On the capitalist and hIs ways he was especially severe while here. He corrupted the Senate. squared the magistrates, chlorotormed the mnltary and pullGozed the CIVIC au- thorities tor the rest, he said his visit had taught him that there existed in America slums that would put White ehapel 10 shame, that Jews were sWeated 10 | greater extent than in any East End sarret; that mgnielpal lie was vile Nenal and corrupt; that the police lived and tiourished on bribery; that the gigantic monopoles of the country pfeueeed both Vanderbilts and  poeKet edition of hell.
 The excellence of the speakers inten- tions was generally recognized. ana NIT. Burns himself Would De the ldst 10 really uespar ot the lutufe oI the Unied states.
 The Man From Chertsey.
 So much for John Burns, the day la borer. who has won a unique place for himself m Parliament. ana ds striking contrast nu better selection could be maae than the new member Tor CHtft- sey who won his seat on July b. Lord Bingham is the eldest son of the Earl of Lucan, and the family IS d very old one. The earidom WAS created in lflb, and by curlous coincidence Lord Bing- ham Is the lirst cousin of Captain Spen- der-Clay, who has just annexed a huge fortune by marrying Mss Pauline As- tor the heiress of William Waldorf As- tor Lord Bingham has seen service in the Rifle Brigade, and fought in a mum Der ot the small indian wars which Eng land is eternaily waging. He is a great friend of the Duke of Connaught. and was at one time quite chummy with King Edward when the latter was still merely the Prince of Wales.
 Sir Henry Caiiiard, of East Brad
 ford.
 One of the very strongest of the new members in the House of Commons will be Sir Vincent Henry Penalser Calllard, who is Knight of the Bath and now represents East Bradford in the Com mons. He stands for type of men who have In various times and places de- served much of the British Empire. Soi- dier, financier, dpiomatist and traveller. he has represented his country in va rious capacities and in many parts of the world.
 Born in 1856 Sir Vincent is the son of Judge Caillard and Emma Louisa Rey- holds, and through his mother was cousin oL Lord Beaconsfield. Educated