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PEERS WHO WON
THEIR TITLES
LORDS WHO ARE NOT DRONES.
MUST BRITISH PEERS ARE HARD
WORKERS.
Out of (.1(1 Mt iiibem or the Hone ot
lioril* lf-S Won Their Title* by
( oiiK|iiciioii Sen Ice for Their
t'ountry—Why “31 y Lora" 1* a Sub
ject of Ridicule When He i* Rcnlly
Above the Average baniuaker in
Intellect iintl Character.
By William Thorp.
Boston, Nov. 19. —Americans are
prone to believe that the members of
tin Britibh House of Lords are noth
ing but the sons of their fathers: that
tneir titles, honors and privileges are
inherited and not won by any merit
of their own. While this is true of a
good many, it is by no means true of
all British peers.
No fewer than 188 out of the 636
members of the House of Lords won
their titles by hard work and conspic
uous service of their country in one
line or other.
It is hardly necessary to tell of the
services of such world-famous soldiers
us Lord Roberts, Lord Kitchener and
Lord Wolseley. They have all received
the highest honors their country can
bestow, including large grants of mon
ey as well as titles. But it would
be easv to pick out a score of other
. members of the House of Lords who
are great generals. In mopt cases,
however, their titles have been inher
ited, not won by their skill in the art
of war. Lord Methuen and Lord Dun
donald are good types of this class
of peer.
1 com Covei*I >- io a Peerage.
Among the peers who have won their
titles lu civil life, it would be hard to
find a better example of the self-made
man than Lord Strathcona and Mount
Royal. He left Scotland in his youth
plain Donald Smith, with hardly a
penny in his pocket and nobody to
help him save himself. He went to
Canada and rose to be the greatest
man in the coufitry.
There is no name more intimately
connected than his with the develop
ment of the Dominion. The building
of the Canadian Pacific Railway was
due to him more than to any other
man. He holds the railways of Can
ada in the hollow of his hand as if
they were so many wires and he the
wire-puller. There is hardly a single
big work in Canada which he has not
promoted, and he has given away hun
dreds of thousands of dollars tor be
nevolent purposes in the Dominion, as
another man might give away dimes.
But perhaps his greatest achieve
ment was to come back to England,
his fame and fortune made, and mar
ry a beautiful and socially expert but
penniless girl, who has made him one
of the greatest powers in British socie
ty. He has become, through her help,'
an intimate friend of King Edward,
the German Emperor, and most of the
other potentates of Europe. But he
does care much for the social racket;
he spends the- evening of his life in
promoting the interests of his beloved
Canada, as High Commissioner in
Ixmdon.
A l’oer In Commerer.
Another peer whose right to a titular
reward cannot be questioned is John
Burns, first Lord Inverclyde. He Is
the founder of the Cunard Steamship
Company, and has probably done more
than any other man to bring up Eng
land’s mercantile marine to Its present
position. But this was not the reason,
or at least not the main reason, why
he was made a peer. He was the first
to recommend to the British govern
ment the adapting of merchant steam
ships as scouts and reserves in naval
warfare. The example was widely, fol
lowed by other countries, until It is
now general among the naval powers
of the world; but John Burns was the
first man to.get the idea.
The wonderful work done In Egypt
*>y la>rd Cromer is well known, but
many people in America seems to
have the idea that he inherited his title.
That is not. the case. He started his
career as Evelyn Barring, and won his
peerage by his own good work as a sol
dier, a financier, a diplomatist and an
administrator.
A Newspaper Lord.
Lord Mllnsr, who ranks .second In
public estimation among British colo
nial administrators, although he Is
Probably by no means second in ability,
ulsn won his title.' He was once
an obscure newspaper man. but got
ah bet )n lhe noar(l of Xrade and
tioii ( and bls way up to td* present posl-
U" r<l Curzon of Kedleston la gen-
in America as a mom
’’’r °* th * Houße Lords. It is true
mat he Is a peer who won his title by
oriiitant service as a statesman before
no was made Viceroy of India, but
he is an Irish peer, and not one of the
£? re "? n J ative peerß at that. He Choae
of a title In preference to an
*-ngiish peerage because he did not
. !*' to B *t In the House of Lords.
r , h * flnlßheß hla work In India he
intends to resume his parliamentary
career. His acceptance of an Irish
d °es not debar him from re
election as a member of the House
,5 * ooimons for a constituency In
• rent Britain at the conclusion of his
term us Viceroy.
laird. Who Are Scientists.
Among the scientists who have been
rewarded with peerages, William
Thompson, first Lord Kelvin. Is one
or the foremost. He has made many
, a<,(lltlonB to the sciences
irnlnia ,r .r ty an<l ma *n*tlam, and he
a?lelfti.. th tu Wu * r,bbon ot E"*llsh
So.-u. t *^ t *’., th , e prßß,,, ency of the Royal
with . v. ll how#v *r. In connection
telegraphy that his
nv"n.,£ b< ’* t k ? own ' *nd he has also
TS* BBVBr al electrical instruments
Pra.Mnui'i to navigators. These
his tmankind won him
I, * Vh?:,.*.! 1 J* , v#ry evident. In look
uie *l2 a th th * U " t of men who have
<b.m of ,h * United King
theorlsth r l nO !T nt then ' U 1 mere
devoted to pure science
I re ol My They
1,,. . , whu hv rendered serv
j .Hi b *‘, r k,p d, men who have done
, * wo ' In the world.
tilt "rot sight.
< lUld mud L-rrd HMk.
his uiu k* m# *s taglsf; but hs won
U UU * b * ****** services to the
government in the financial sphere,
and by his munificent benefactions to
the poor of London and other cities.
Peer* in 3ledicine and Surgery.
No title was better earned than that
of Lord Lister, who discovered the
antiseptic treatment in surgery. Like
Lord Kelvin, he was once president
of the Royal Society, and he is un
questionably the foremost English
surgeon to-day. His name will go.
down in history beside that of Jenner
Morton, the discoverer of ether, and
Koch.
The Marquis of Ripon was at one
time one of the greatest men in Eng
land, but in recent years he has drop
ped out of sight and gone into strict
retirement. He was one of Mr. Glad
stone’s most trusted lieutenants in
the old days when Gladstonianism was
in its prime, but he made his greatest
reputation as Viceroy of India in the
’Bo’s. His name is still revered by the
natives of India more than that of any
other governor-general. He was peer
by birth, with the title of Earl De
Grey, but he was raised a step and
made a marquis as a reward for hts
public services. There are many men
in the House of Lords who have been
elevated in that way for the same
cause.
No Lad* of Great 3len.
There is no lack of men in the
House of Lords who have won their
titles by public service fully as dis
tinguished as that of the peers whose
names have been mentioned, but there
is no space in which to refer to all of
the hundred *and odd who have been
made lords by Queen Victoria and
King Edward.
It must not be supposed, however,
that these peers who have won their
titles are invariably the greatest mem
bers of the House of Lords, or the
members who have performed the
most valuable public service. The
idea so prevalent, that a British lord
!L^v,i rake and a spendthrift and a
worthless person generally, is most
incorrect and unjust. There are a few
who come under the condemnation,
out the percentage, is certainly much
lower Ufa n it would be among any
body of men as numerous, taken at'
random, while the percentage of men
Who are doing great and floT
is tar higher, even talcing only those
peers whose titles have come to them
fathersf the> the SOnS of lhelr
Going through the list of these
hard to find one who II
not doing some public work without
fee or reward, or With only such re*
Kieli In Title* and Land*.
or Te of Sutherland is the head
or a family which has been famous
■thirteSSik 1 E " glisll history from the
riiat £ r n ury ' If “y ma n has a
light to sit down and revel in what
Sutherialn , rS v did ’ he ls Cromartie
butherland-LeVeson-Gower, which is
the Duke s unhandy Christian name.
He has eight or nine titles, and
°, w . n ® 1 - a6B - 6w > acres of lafid, and six
palatial mansions and country seats!
if* ,? rom , boyhood he has spent all
his time in the service of his country.
He has been a soldier, a member of
Parliament, the lord-lieutenant of a
tt nd , half a dozen other things.
In 1898 he decided that he would go
into local politics in the town of
Longton, which is near one of his
If the' r He 'V? S elected a member
of the Council, and discharged his
WeU that he was Promoted
first aldeiman and then mayor. The
titles were not honorary, but were
fairly won by hi? vigilance in super
vising sanitary inspectors and his'
££• f ° r the rast * aUt ‘es of con-
Why “My Lord” 1* Ridiculed.
The House of Lords is a favorite
subject of ridicule, both in England’
and abroad. \ distinguished states
man, on Inheriting a title and being
compelled to transfer his political ac-
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SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 23. 1901.
tlvities from the House of Commons
to ths upper chamber, went round
among his acquaintances and asked to
be condoled with.
“Speaking to the House of Lords.”
he said. “If like talking to an assem
bly of corpses by candle light.”
The present Duke of" Devonshire,
who as Lord Hartington, a “younger
son,” was one of the most energetic
and brilliant members of the House of
Commons, now regularly goes to sleep
whenever he attends a session of the
House of Lords. The English carica
turists always drew him wrapped in
sjumber. and they do not exaggerate.
He is not the only man who sleeps in
that august assembly. The writer
once counted no fewer than fourteen
noble lords who were dosing off in a
house which, at that moment, contain
ed only fifty-three members.
The sleepy atmosphere of the
chamber, however, is no proper crite
rion of the mental caliber of the men
who compose it. Asa matter of fact,
they are mostly above the level of thh
members of the House of Commons in
intellect and knowledge; but there is
practically nothing for thm to do, ex
cept transact routine business.
FOR THE GOVERNORSHIP.
Washington Gasetie'a Indorsement
of Col. J. H. E*till.
Washington, Ga., Nov. 22.—The latest
issue of the Washington Gasette, the
oldest and one of the best established
newspapers of Northeast Georgia, con
tains the following editorial anent the
forthcoming gubernatorial campaign in
which Col. J. H. Estill of Savannah is
strongly indorsed;
“From different sources two distin
guished Georgians have already been
mentioned for Governor in anticipation
of the campaign two years hence. One
of these is Col. J. H. Esfill of Savan
nah. and the other is Hon. T. W. Hard
wick. the present representative in
Congress from the Tenth district.
Without any disparagement to Mr.
Hardwick, we think it would be wise
on his part to continue his useful ca
reer in Congress. He is young yet, and
later on Georgia would be glad to hon
or him with the governorship. As to
Col. Estill, we do not think there is a
man in Georgia who would make a
better Governor, anil there are few
who would make as good a one. He
is eminently fitted for this place and
certainly deserves it. He has done as
much for the state and the Democratic
party as any man in Georgia, and un
selfishness has caused him to allow
others to reap the rewards of political
preferment which by rights should
have gone to him. We hope that Col.
Estill will be made Governor of Geor
gia in the next campaign without op
position. He would give the state as
fine a business administration as any
man who ever occupied the guberna
torial chair.”
UNITARIANS IN CHARLESTON.
Eighteenth Annnal Southern Con
ference In Session.
Charleston, S. C., Nov. 22.—The eigh
teenth annual Southern conference of
the Unitarian Church began here this
afternoon, the meeting being called to
order by Rev. C. E. Johnstone of Bos
ton, secretary of the American Uni
tarian Association. The alliance met
at 3 o’clock. To-night Rev. C. W. Oil
man and Rev. William Cowan will be
ordained. Officers of the conference
are: John L. Moore, Atlanta, presi
dent; Albert A. Soule, New Orleans,
first vice president; George E. Gibbon,
Charleston, second vice president; Rev.
C. A. Langston, Atlanta, secretary; W.
G. Munn. Louisville, treasurer. Busi
ness sessions will continue for two
days.
HOW PARTIES FARED
IN FLORIDA ELECTION.
Tallahassee, Fla., Nov. 22.—The offi
cial canvass of the Florida vote for
President shows the following result:
Total vote, 39,307; Democratic vote, 27,-
046; Republican, 8,314; Socialist, 2,337;
Populist, 1,606; Prohibition. 5.
The total vote for President in 1900
was 38,031.
Picked Up Wrecked Yawl.
Newport News, Va., Nov. 22.—The
Schooner Gov. Ames, King, from Fail
River, reports having picked up a
wrecked yawl boat Nov. 18 In Mtitude
18.33 north, longitude 78.33 west. The
boat was white w+th green bottom.
Name had been painted over, but close
Inspection revealed following, “I. I. D.
A. X. B.”
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Room and Bath. |l un, dally; American
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THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION.
City of Savannah. Mayor's Office.
Nov. 19. 1904.—Whereas. Almighty
Ood during the year that has passed
has conferred upon the community of
Savannah Innumerable and contin
ued blessings, granting unto us Im
munity from pestilence and catastro
phe of any character, and endowing
us with an abundancs of prosperity;
and,
Whereas. It Is fitting that, as a com
munity, we should give some public
expression to the sense of gratitude
thst should animate all for the gifts
that have been showered on us
through Divine love;
Therefore I. Herman Myers, Mayor
of the city of Savannah, do hereby
set aside and designate Thursday. No
vember 24th, as a day of Thanksgiv
ing, and by the power vested In me do
hereby declare such day a legal holi
day, on which all municipal offices
shall close.
Olven under the seal of the city of
Pavannnh, the dny and year above eet
forth HERMAN MYKItH. Mayor.
Attest:
J. ROBERT CREAMER,
Clerk of Council,
City of flavamiah, Office Clerk of
Council, Havaanah. Os„ Nov. 11, line.
Pert ire deeirtng to retell liquor dur
ing year I#s will file their sppUen
tlone at once, ■, thet same ran be
read before Council In accordance
with oiur ArdijiuM.,
J. ROBERT CREAMER.
Clark of Council.
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So through all the varying conditions of
life. And when at last life’s sun is setting
and the lengthening shadows fall across life’s
pathway, and the old folks need more tender
care, loving hands prepare what loving lips
still say, as they said at life’s beginning,
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