[555:1] Winston Churchill, "Lord Randolph Churchill," I., 356-59.
[555:2] The Times of Oct. 27, 1886, p. 6, c. 3.
[556:1] Mr. Winston Churchill's account of the occurrence is extremely interesting; but the motives he attributes to his father do not seem wholly consistent with one another.
[558:1] For workingmen's clubs with less than one hundred members the fee is only half as large.
[558:2] The sums required for these offices are the same as when the Union was originally formed. The subscriptions from associations go one half each to the National and divisional unions; those of individuals go wholly to the divisional union except in the case of life payments, which are made to the National Union, one half of the interest being paid over to the division.
[558:3] To these the principal paid agent, or secretary, in each English or Welsh constituency was added in 1892. This has not been a matter of much importance, because few of them can afford to attend.
[559:1] All the Conservative members of Parliament for constituencies in the division were given the right to attend the annual meeting, and were made members of the Council.
[559:2] Rep. of the Council, October, 1886.
[561:1] These were both passed in 1887 and at intervals thereafter.
[562:1] The Times, Nov. 24, 1887.