Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-03

was the first leader but when he was
elevated to the peerage through the
death of his father Mr.. Chamberlain
was chosen the partys chief.
Meanwhile Mr.. Chamberlain had
visited the United States. November,
1887, to February, 1885, as the head of
the British Representatives upon the
American British joint iigh commits
sion which was to negotiate a treaty
for the settlement of the long stand
ing fisheries dispute.
A treaty was signed but the United
States Senate refused to ratify it.
American Girl His Third Bride.
Late in 1888 Mr.. Chamberlain re-
turned to the United States, this time
to be married. Having been twice
widower. he took as his third wife
Mss Mary Endicott, daughter of Will
lam C. Endicott, President Cleve-
lands secretary of war.
During the campaign of 1892 Mr.
Chamberlain worked with great effect
and subsequently in the Commons he
was to the forefront in all the as
saults on the Irish government bill,
and clashed frequently with Mr.. Glad
stone The home rulers considered
him a renegade and this ranking he
aggravated by his rasping tactics.
During debate on the bill. one night
in July, 1893, Mr.. Gladstone tartly
compared him with the devils advo-
cate" The next night. in debate, Mr..
Chamberlain retorted so caustically
that T. p. O'Connor yelled at him.
Judas Judasi" followed presently
by free fight on the floor between
several members-a rare outbreak in
probably the most staid legislative
fra Il tx.d
vigorous Kissing by the galleries
The Birmingham man with the
monocle and long aquiline nose tboth
the delight of the English caricatur-
ists), the keen head and the forceful
tongue, the faultlessly fashionable at
tire topped off invariably with a white
orchid in the coat lapel wars now a
commanding figure at Westminster.
On the formation of the coalition
conservative and Unionist) minis
try in 1895, he took office under Lord
Salisbury as colonial secretary. In
this position his remarkable powers
were severely tested by South
Africa--the chain of strenuous events
beginning with Jameson's hare
Drained raid land ending when Lord
Kitchener had worn down the stub
Dor Boer resistance with the treaty of
Nereeniging-but he stood the test.
African Policy Is Attacked.
His enemies, too, savagely assailed
him as being the adroit tool of the
Rand gold mine owners, and his
course toward the Afrikanders was
a leading issue in the campaign of
1900 and during 1901. But he was the
object of great popular demonstra-
lions before his visit to South Africa
late in 1902 on a mission of concilia-
ton and observation, and also on his
return early in 1908.
The war and the elections over he
set himself the task of fostering the
relations between the mother coun-
try and the colonies. The constitu-
ton for the Australian common
wealth was one of his productions.
Just before his sixty seventh birth
day Chamberlain launched his
scheme of fiscal reform, which partly
succeeded in splitting the Unionlst
party. 1t was in May and at Bir-
mingham that he announced his new
policy, and finding in September that
his party was not ready for so radical
change, he resigned to devote him
self to popularizing his doctrines. He
fought the cause with genius. elo-
quence, energy and organization
never equaled in any previous mo-
ment of his career, but his party
wavered and went down to defeat
In the election of 1906. The one
bright spot for the Unionist party
during those dark days was Birming-
ham and vicinity, where Chamber
lain carried his candidates to victory.