[496:2] Cf. Jephson, "The Platform," II., 324-27.
[496:3] Lang, "Life of Sir Stafford Northcote," I., 141-50.
[497:1] Cf. Ostrogorski, I., 208-16, and see [Ch. xxix.], infra.
[497:2] Parker, "Life of Sir Robert Peel," II., 88, 101-2.
[497:3] "To the opinions which I have expressed in this House in favour of protection, I adhere. They sent me to this House, and if I had relinquished them, I should have relinquished my seat also." Hans. 3 Ser. LXXXIII., 112.
[498:1] The Times, Feb. 10, 1900.
[498:2] Ibid., Feb. 23 and 26, March 9 and 15, 1900.
[498:3] Ibid., Nov. 29, 1902, Jan. 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 1903.
[500:1] Occasionally some local interest is touched by an administrative act or order, and the member for the place exerts himself to get the grievance redressed; but except, perhaps, for asking a question in the House this hardly affects his attitude in Parliament, and the fact that he belongs to one party or the other has little or no weight with the administrative departments.