Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 January 1906 — PEOPLE OF THE DAY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PEOPLE OF THE DAY

labor Leader In Britain’s Cabinet. The recent appointment of John Sums of Battersea as president of the local government board in the Camp-bell-Bannerman cabinet Is the first lbstance of a labor leader in a British cabinet The rapid rise of the labor leader from the workshop to the cabinet with a salary of SIO,OOO a year, has been much commented upon, but it is generally agreed that the honor is well deserved. The native ability that brought him out of lowly surroundings has made him far superior to the average commoner

JOHN BURNS AS A CRICKETER. of invested wealth. The present parliament has thirty labor members, half a dozen of whom are classed as Socialists and an equal number as independents, the remainder acting with the Liberals. Practically all these men receive salaries by subscription from their constituents, as members of parliament are unpaid. Like most Englishmen, titled and otherwise, Mr. Burns is fond of a game of cricket, and when the cares of state permit indulges in the pastime. Mr. Burns is forty-seveu years old and has been In parliament since 1802. Tall Queens and Little Klines. This is the age of tall queens and small kings. It is a curious fact that in the case of nearly every royal married couple iu Europe the wife is considerably taller than her husbaud. The czar, who is considerably below the average height of meu, is fully a head shorter than his beautiful and majestic czarina. The kaiser, who is a well known man, is nevertheless overtopped by the German empress. King Victor Emmanuel of Italy scarcely reaches up to the shoulders of Queen Helena, who is an unusually tall woman, while be is an unusually diminutive man. ” King Charles of Portugal Is also overtopped by his queeu, although he makes up In rotundity of body what he lacks in height. The king of Spain is below the average height of men. and Princess Marie Antoinette of Meeklenburg-Schwerin, who. It is rumored, will be his bride, la a very tall girl and will tower above him.—Forget-Me-Not. Boston’s New Mayor. John F. Fitzgerald, who has just been chosen mayor of Boston by the regular Democratic organization, has long been a prominent figure in the political life of that city. The campaign was the most bitter on record in Boston, a large section of

the Democratic party, led by the machine managers, having opposed Fitzgerald for the nomination and either supported him in a-lukewarm manner or Openly opposed him in the campaign. The newly elected mayor is forty years old. He has served in the common council and the state senate and was three times representative in congress from the Ninth district. He ia now editor and proprietor of a weekly paper, The Republic, published In Boston.

JOHN F. FITZGERALD.