A Great Parliament Man Mr. Baldwin, when unveiling in Westminster
Abbey the tablet erected by Parliament to the Memory of Lord Oxford and Asquith, laid particular emphasis on his great position as a Parliament man. He was, he said, "in the succession from Pyzn and Hampden." That is perhaps his outstanding contribution to his day and generation. .At a moment when the institutions of demo- cracy were being everywhere challenged he stood for them, immovable, unshakeable. He had all the qualities that gave to them confidence and respect—an efficient mind, a massive integrity, an oratory clear and restrained, a sobriety in the hour of victory and a superb dignity in the days of defeat. He was a party man in the best sense of the term and at a time when party divisions are blurred and confused, and often a term of reproach, he leaves behind an abiding memory of how the battle Of principle can be fought without rancour, and fidelity to a party can be combined with devotion to the State,
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