Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-04-22
ZIMMERMAN DEAD
Former British Premier Died at 9sO at His official
 Residence.

bell Zimmerman, former British prem
 fer, died at 9:15 o'clock this morning
 at his official residence in Downing
 street. The end was peaceful. The
 cause of Sir Henry's death is officially
 given as heart failure.
 Sir Henry Campbell-B Zimmerman re-
 signed the office of Prime Minister on
 April ,, suggesting in, his letter to
 King Edward, who was at Biarritz,
 Herbert H. Asquith, chancellor of the
 eXchequer and the then acting prem
 fer, as his successor. MT Asquith was
 summoned at once by the king and
 received the appointment few days
 later.
 Sir Henry was bon September :,
 1886. He was the youngest son of the
 late Sir James Campbell of Stracathro
 Forfarshire, some time lord provost of Glasgow. He assumed the additional name under the will of his maternal uncle, the late Henry Zimmerman of Hunton court, Kent, who bequeathed to him large estate He attended Glasgow university and Trinity col lege, Cambridge. In 1860 he married Charlotte. daughter of Major Gener- al Sir Charles Bruce She died in 1906 and since sustaining the loss Sir Henry's decline in. health may be dated.
 For nearly forty years he sat for the same seat. the Stirling Burghs, and his record of office goes back to 1871, when he was financial secretary to the war office, which post he held q second time, from 1880. to 1882. During the next two years he was secretary to the admiralty, and in 1884 he succeeded Sir George Trevelyan as irish secretary, filling that office ably and unobstructively until the fall of the Gladstone ministry in 1885, in spite of the fact that the Irishmen described him as '.The Scotch sand bag.' In the short government of 1886 he was secretary for war, and to that post he returned under the last liberal government. He was chosen leader of the liberal opposition in sue cession to Sir William Harcourt in February 1899.
 In 1902 passage of words took place between him and Lord Rose bery over the doctrine of the ..clean slate' in regard to the Irish question and other public questions and the lib- eral league was formed Sir Henry again received the solid support of the liberal party in the house in 1903, 1904 and 1905. On the resignation ] if the Balfour administration in De- .ember 1905. Sir Henry WIS supr- noned by the king and formed lib- | ,ral cabinet, himself becoming first | ord of the treasury and prime min ster.
 The general election followed and Sir Henry Campbell Zimmerman en- cred the new parliament with tine ,reatest majority ever given to British premier.
 It was prophesied at that time hat the liberal government was n power for at least it's full erm under the Septennial | Ict. But with his passing the forces which he held together as a party lso to be approaching dissolution lnless by some strong act the new 'remier, MT Asquith. can weld and Iold together the various factions hat are striving for one particular 'bject in the house of commons. lecent bye elections have resulted in he defeat of the liberal candidates n every hand
 During his term as premier. as in eed throughout his entire life. Sir Ienry was able to withstand attacks rom whatever quarter with stolid Indifference and to come back to the ght apparently undismayed, as hough nothing had happened. His nfailing humor and his good will awards all men endeared him even } his opponents.