But the Union fell to pieces, and Mr.Arch was not strong enough single-handed to force the claims of his constituents on the House of Commons.
THE WORKMAN IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS To-day there are more than forty workmen in the House of Commons, and the great majority of these have served an apprenticeship in municipal and trade union offices.

Northumberland, Durham, Yorkshire, Lancashire, Stafford, South Wales, Glasgow, Dundee, Leicester, Norwich and London, all have their elected Labour members in Parliament, and a marked preference is shown for the man who has proved his honesty and capacity in the municipality, or as the leader of his trade union.

All the miners' representatives are tried and experienced men.

Mr.G.N.Barnes, M.P., was for ten years the general secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers.

Mr.Clynes, M.P., was elected to the office of district secretary of the Gas Workers' and General Labourers' Union twenty years ago; Mr.Will Thorne, M.P., has been general secretary of the same union since 1889, and has sat on the West Ham Corporation for more than sixteen years.