We much regret to announce the death of Mr. Thomas
Burt, the veteran trade unionist, which occurred on Thursday, April 13th. He was 84 years old. Since Mr. Burt entered Parliament as a representative of Labour in 1874 there have been tremendous changes. He was 0e4ged to the excellent causes of winning recognition for trade unionism, demanding better education for the nation and extending the fraud:Lis°. He had a profound reverence for the vote. He saw that by means of manhood suffrage he And his friends could win every- thing they desired, provided that they could persuade emu& people to vote with them. The prowas ,of persuading enough people depended, in his view, ,upon education. Thus his principles were compact and interdependent. How pitiful it is to .refloat that the new unionism, which Mr. Burt saw grow up but with which he was not at rail in ,sYllnPathY, pays little attention to the vote and rather seeks means "of ,defeating the will of the majority. Mr. Burt was a wag of admirable diameter and was universally respected.
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