Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-04

London. March Sir Frederick I
George Banbury. union;st member Of .
the house Of commons for the city Of
LONDON, has reputation as a wag that
today is proving embarrassing to a
measurable degree. The suffragists F,
are so eager 20 reach him that they
would readily cease all their heckling
of cabinet ministers II they could only
find Sir Frederick, but the member for
the city OF London is in seClusion, and
he will not trust even his colleagues
IN the house with a knowledge Of his
whereabouts. In the meantime the
women pursue the speaker and the
cabinet members TO II cir extreme dis
comfiture. and Sir Frederick continues
in hiding
b Sir Frederick made the discovery
that 10 introduce a clause into the
franchise reform bill. giving the votes
10 women would make it necessary
for the speaker Of the house 20 rule
the bill out Of order as going further
than was contemplated when it pass
ed It's second reading. He did this,
and consequently the sutfragists lost
the opportunity of testing the feeling
Of the house on the question Of women
voting Their anger against Sir Fred
erick rose in proportion as the reali-
zatlC1 Of their defeat sank horne. but
by the time they began TO lock for
Sir Frederick he was gone. So they
turned their attention to the members
Of the cabinet who. compared TO the
mc&Jcr for the city Of London. are
quite innocent OF responsibility for
the defeat Of their plans.
sir Fr-Icrick Banbury has the repu-
tation Of uei1E the most successful
hUmO-.s, I'm the house Of commons
Among other things, h. moved last
year the amendment, and arranged the
trap. which resulted IN the temporary
defeat Of the gOvernmp on the finan-
cial proposals Of the home rule bill
He made the discovery thai the
speaker would have 10 act against a
vote for women clause In the franchise
reform bin while hunting up evidence
against The bin He felt the measure
was unfair 20 the city OF London in
that 20 provided that voters must cast
their ballots in the constituency in
which they reside Therefore he de-
cided 10 oppose II. and began his
search for evidence He found also
that a. few OF the property owners or
business men IN the city reside within
the square mile the members would
had the bill been passed. simply repre-
sent the porrers and charwomen of the
Office buildings and banks.
Sir FredorlDh Is retired stock bro
kcr. Jntl' recent months he was
chiefly known for his CHEEKY speeches
on all manner OF subjects. but never
on any very important question lr
the early Gavs Of session OF the
house Of commons Fridays are river
ny 20 private members business By
draw 10 s. Go"idSd what member shall
have q fr.Lgs 20 himself and on tha
day he introduces some pet measure
OF himself or his party The measl.--
mus; be passed before : ociOCk or dis
appear These were field days for ST
Frederick No matter what the sub
icct. he could talk for hours on il. tall
IL out. in fact. so that there was n,
possible chance Of concluding the de
bate by the stipulated time. He wa
seldom known TO favor any measure in
troduced on Friday by a privat
member
Another favorite pastime Of his wa
after attacking the government fierce
". TO cross the house and take a sea
on the front bench reserved for cab
net ministers Although these beucl
es are reserved for ministers merel
through courtesy, private member
never sit there unless invited 81
Frederick, however. found that
some old act Of parliament member
for the city OF London have the priv
iege. and on certain occasions ne take
pleasure In exercising H.
Alexandria Egypt. which has a
tanned notoriety recently on accDur
OF revelations OF municipal graft, hs
submitted 70 the government a coat
arms which has been subjected
much criticism by patriotic Egyptian
The most prominent figure in the d
s'gu Is scantily clad Roman Made
floating on raft toward the moo
The meaning OF the design has n,