We won't have men who think that the laws their fathers made are good enough for them, and that all change is dangerous, because Englishmen are sure to fight their way through in the long run--a form of commercial Jingoism to which I fear we are peculiarly prone.

We don't want scholars or statisticians.

We want a commission of plain business men, and I promise you that if we get them, there shall be presented to Parliament before I meet you again practical measures which I honestly and firmly believe will start a wave of commercial prosperity throughout the country such as the oldest amongst you cannot remember.

We have the craftsmen, the capital, and the brains--all that we need is legislation adapted to the hour and not the last century, and we can hold our own yet in the face of the world." * * * * * Afterwards, at the political club and at the committee-room, there was much excited conversation concerning the effect of Henslow's bold declaration.

The general impression was, this election was now assured.
A shouting multitude followed him to his hotel, popular Sentiment was touched, and even those who had been facing the difficulty of life with a sort of dogged despair for years were raised into enthusiasm.