El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-07
He Grew in Poverty.

I and VINO, in February, 1913. destroyed
MS country house with dynamite.
He Grew in Poverty.
: Lloyd-George was born in Alarches-
ter- Eng, January l.. 1853, but his
parents were Welsh. and throughout
/ ms NE Lloya-ieorge. whose bringing
W was IN wales, was q champion of
/ eish nauOnalism, and had such grip
! on the affections of his admirers in
! that country that they called him some
I times the prince or Wales" The son
OF q schoolmaster, who died while
I Lloyd-t5eorge was an infant. the future
I chancellor knew the extremes Of ulEer-
Y as youth He hardly tasted fresh
Z meat and his greatest luxury in those
days. he said once in a public speech.
was an egg which he had 10 halve with
MS brother on Sundays He received
only limited education. but obtained
an apprenticeship with a firm OF law
yers- and finally succeeded in establish
ing his own little practice IN Wales
HIS First Victory.
H. gained his local reputation by de-
Tending the right OF NOncoufOrmisr-h
himself was q BapIist-to burial in the
Anglican parish churchy ards without
the usual rites Of the Church Of ing
land law establishing this right
ned been passed aur am i-rcconCiiahie
vicar Of g little church IN Wales. out
RACED by the passage Of the law. had
refused TO allow the burial II Nom
con1ornist quarryman beside the body
Of a daughter. He forced the burial Of
the body i'm q plot set aside for the
burial OF suicides Lloy d-Georse's lead
erShip was enlisted Dy the Indignant
Nuucomforists or the village ara he Ted
them i'm q raid ON the graveyard. where
they removed tie body from tH. sui
eide plot and placed IL. as they wished.
beside the grave OF the quarrymau's
daughter The enraSed vicar instituted
treSpaSs proceedings. in which he was
sustained 10y court after court TO which
lie HaN
the court Of last resort upheld Lloyd
George and the Nonconformists
Was sent to Parliament.
This fight against clerical arrogance. !
and especially 1ne vigorous way IN ]
which the young lawyer carried u on. T
made Lloyd George famous throughout /.
W ales, ana at the next bye-electiOn in I
the district of Carnavon Burgs. he was !
elected to parliament-in his 27th year. /
II was this district which returned him 4
regularly TO parliament At every cleo j
uOn thereafter
With the overthrow of the Conserva- /
tIVeS, and the beginning of the Liberal /
regime under Sir Fl. Campbell-Banner-
man in 1905. Lloyd George entered the
cabinet at a bound lie was made pres
Ident OF the board Of trade. where he
justified his appointment by the sue
cesSful handling Of threatened raj IT, I
way strike which would have paralyZed
The whole Kingdom
When Mr.. Asuulth became premier I
n 1905, he appointed Lloyd George 10
he chancelOrship OF the CNcheuuer /
which was applauded generally in IL
lancial circles However. when the
line came for the presentation Of the
budget in 1g0S-I0. when the govern
nent faced deficit Of some SI5. 000,-
700, Lloyd George cOnVulsed the coun-
ny BY Introducing drastic reforms ia
aNation. which puJ new burdens on the
classes He called il a war
budget against poverty. which. he
topped would become as remote 10 the {
'eople OF the country as tile wolves
which once invested the forest"