El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-07-25

the old grave was opened, ready TO re-
ceive the corpse
The N9n-COnformist minister, mind
ful OF the lying mans request, gava
notice under the newly enacted Os-
borne-Morgap burial act which gavs
Nor Confornfsts the right to bury their
dead urder the exercise Of their own
illustrations. that the rectOr's services
would not be required The rector was
furious, and although under the new
law he could not forbid the burial in
the churchyards he claimed the right
to decide where the body should be
buried He ordered the sexton to close
w the grave and open another in a
desolate corner of the churchyard
which had been set aside for the ir-
terment of suicides.
As Lawyer, Advises Action.
The relatives of the dead man con-
suited the boy lawyer, Lloyd-George.
He found that the chBrchyard had
been given 10 the church by the com
munfty, and that it was enclosed by a
stone wall erected at he cost of the
Pensioners, and that it undoubtedly
was parish property
The young solicitor advised the vii
layers TO assemble in force al the en-
trance of the churchyard and demand
admitrance a. right And then" said :
he, should the vicar refuse 70 open the
gates, then break down the wall which
your subscriptions have built, force
your way into the churchyard which
you own, reopen the grave. and bury
the old man by his daughter This
heroic advice appealed to the infuriated
quarrymen and IT was Obeyed and car
ried out to the letter.
The rector brought an action for
trespass and damages in the county
court Ll0yd-GeOrge made a brilliant
speech In defense, and under the spell
OF his eloquence the jury brought in
an immediate verdict in favor of his
clients. But the Judge waived the YER
dict OF a point of law and awarded
damages 20 the rector An appeal was
taken before lord chief justice Coier-
fdge, who quashed the judgment OF the
court below and Justified the violence
of the Infatuated villagers as the legiti-
mate assertion of their legal rights
Attracts Much Attention
This case attracted great attention in
Non-Conformist circles all over the
country and il was the beginning of
Mr. Lloyd-Georse's professional fame.
He became secretary of the Anti-Tithe
league, an organization formed to resist
the enforced payment OF tithes to the
clergy Of the Established church A
tour or the country in behalf of this
organization was mis- first speaking
campaign He Was elected TO the first
county council chosen in Carnarvon
shire, and was known as the Youngest
alderman in the kingdom. In 1890,
when he was % years old, he was elect
ed TO parliament as a representative of
Carnarvon RorOughs, which seat he has
neid Tor 20 years He has been elected
six times, and each time by an increased
majority.
FIRST Big Speech In 1890.
His first speech in the house of com
morNya as delivered in the debate upon
the B6eget OF 1890, and was an attack
upon the privileges of the LIQUOR trade.
II was terrific arraignment Of
Joseph Chamberlain and lord Randolph
Churchill and in this initial effort the
young Welsh member won praises from
the press gallery and predictions Of a
great career
Later in his first session, he took I'D
the fight for Welsh dfsestablishment.
and with two other Welsh members m
dertook series of fflibusters which
forced even Mr.. Gladstone to attempt
to discipline him But the young Welsh
man declared that he had as much right
to act according to his conscience as
Mr. Gladstone, and he did not hesitate
TO cross swords with the great com
mOner, who, it must be confessed. was
not much of a democrat when the
church was involved Before his first
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