The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-10-20
Special Gable Dispatch

Copyright. 1919. by Public Ledger 80. !,
LONDON. Oct. is - Here arc hrI"f
sketches OF ~" mcmhrrS "f ~" CahitI"i
committees iuirus,cd by Lloyd G"nr>" /"
shape the new HON" rule bill Ia" "ii-
est, although not the most lniiu"ntial.
is Walter Long. than whom 'h"r" - II"
more typical member Of tn" cid Tory
English suuir"archy. tn" mgrcs, fact"r
IN ruling England until ia" most recent
d"vcl"rm"nis in democracy. which IN
England ~ elsewhere. swept away many
many old political landmarks.
Tn" Longs have ho'u III unbrohcn sue
CrSsluu IN TIA" English liru'c az COM
mons for C"nturI", always on IN" side
81 III" squir"arrhy against IN" world.
Walter I.oEE took tn" part 10 price,
ton. His checks ar" rs rosy IN sum
set. once when C"mpllm'nt"d 10 excess
he SAID he would ha"" biuSh"d II natur"
Lad not denied hIm I'll" power I" d" -.
lIr rides to hounds. as haas been III" Gus,
tom. on his ancestral estates. has a E""d
heart. pleasant manners. hard-Sh"il "lin-
IONS and. ia fact. Is lyrical country
gentleman. lie ought always To- BE-, IN
knee brooches and scarlet coat as
squire going to hounds.
Ills sGurcarchlral pr"judlc"s on tho
Irish question HAY" been aEsrh\hird
rather than mitiSarcd 10y clos" family
connections with the An%l"-lr!sh squire
urchical families who hay" fought tho
E-itish garrison IN troub!uuS times 80
hanged in County Wicklow h"i"r" h!a
own hall. Walter Longs wlf" ais" IS
Irish "A daughter Of Lord cork: who. nm
like most Irish peers. was Gladst oman
nnd home ruler.
Walter Long has a tremendous furnCy
which runs him into s"v"ral successive
pcrorRtions. Once when he was spcaK-
ing. Arthur Balfour. being asked when
h" was going to stop. answered; Nv a,t"r
has finished all h" had 10 say. but when
,nI
Still Unknown as Pred Smith
Lord Rirkenhead. still universally
known no Fred Smith. Is onH Of the
strangest appointments He was bosom
friend Of carson in the old days when
Carson WAS preparing for tho lStcr re-
hcllIOn. taking Brot"Squc rath'r man
an IMPRESSIVE part in Car9"n's military
rnnncuvrrs as Calloprr and dispatch rid
or. Fred Smith is distrustcd politlCaiiy
by everybody. hut personally IS loved ny
rvcryhc He is as much a revival of
Tho eighteenth century figure In modern
English politics as q htghwaynan Stalk
NIX once more across 1Iounslow Heath
lTo comes from a modest Liverpool ram
iiy. His father was an auctionecr. nut
displayed characteristic energetic Ginpl'
ton for his son by becoming harri*tcr
later in lifr, which was a great rise IN
position in English Ito. He was able
10 send Frcd 10 Oxford University
whore his marvellous powers or speech
especially in brilliant invcctivc ana NOR
dnnt cpiGrams his daring and hts rccS-
lcsSnoss at Oncc rushed him TO tho front
as a promising young man.
Added To those Wrre other Fits less
known. Including deep knowledge drrl
knowledge of tho principles OF law
which givc a surprising md almost un'
known BACKGROUND OF solid cruditinn md
profound thought, 10 tho GlittcrinG
sometimes amusing and sometimes ever
shocking glare of tho foreground Of tho
life and character Of THE reckless
swashbucklcr He Ia eighteenth century
also in his combination OF all that reck
less enjoyment OF social life which nadt
lltt and Charles James Fox ny much
the ecntrrs Of brilliant dinner tables n:
when they were taking part In rarlia
mcntary debates.
In appearance, hn IL tall. alcrt and
athletic, with coal black hair shining IL