The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-08-19
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lng Esasesaing II Is 10 meet with human soul frcsh
aAd uncoe lone who Is yet interrupted by
cuse md cs8 things a. they really lor most Of
M 1s sha4s kvsi long In conventional world that
wc only zee ohHcSss through glass darkly !" Such
free open met the other day In the person OF
young French fresh from Paris but uncorrupted by
fashion and cueA0m, and who looked with clear and
piercing vision Vt at the matter before her and with
simplicity told ~ what she saw She had been In the
Ladies' Gaaasgy n the House Of Commons and heard
lesrnsd E nsnS9 q high position speak and when We
asked what H. Thought OF his speaking, she said 81
thought that dght have said all that he had to say
In fewer word And 1t was So. This lady had hit
the blot-the PECULIAR yceof the House of Commons;
for scarcely nan speaks there who would speak bet
ter more iorcy, and more effectively If he to
only MI tha4prds We too, heard the speech which
tbis fsay hca and the following though not verbal
report will gs N Idea of what IL was and prove the
truth Of the young Lady criticism Sir the honorable
and learned member who has just sat down has made
proposition has psoposeda which, however good
it may be tn ttaHf sorry to be Obliged To say
though say It with regret cannot acccde the prop
osition which the honorable and learned member has
made, and which he wishes TO introduce In this BILL IL
was discussed in full house former OCCASION amply
discussed in full house, and after long discussion
rejected by large majority; and cannot accedc to
proposition which intereres with certain ongcontnued
and ancentvestcd interests in house thin as thiss
indeed with scarcely the requisite forty members present.
and which, said before debated great length
In full house on former OCCASION and rejected by
honorable
ana learned member may be good in itself-nto that
question will not now enter--but cannot think it
would be right to disturb trench upon valuable and
ancient vested interests in small house as this at
this late period OF the session when repeat the prop
oson was, on Its introduction former occasion, af
ter discussion long and abe rejected in full house by
large majority The proposal may be good but this
is not the proper time to make IT, hope the honorable
and learned gentleman will hardly consider it right
press division Of course, all this did not appear In
the morning papers for if honorable members not
sparing of the time of the house. editors of newspapers
are economical OF their space The speech delivered
occupies twenty-five lines of our MS The report which
contains oil that the speaker really conveyed occupies
three lines and runs thus "Mr objected to the
proposition because it not right to disturb vested in
terests in thin house at the end of the session. when
the same proposal had been discussed and rejected by
large majority of full house former occasion.
But alas this is not the full extent of the evil On the
occasion alluded to, there only about thirty
bers present and the matter dropped But there had
been full house In all probability halfdozen
bers on each side would have risen merely to reterate
what the former speakers had said For it is another
fault OF the House of Commons that honorable members
not only repeat themselves but will stand up for halfan
hour merely to reterae over and over again what had
been already advanced by others How common for in
stance 1t is for gentleman to begin WITH II quite
agree with every word that the honorable gentleman
who has just sat down. has said " and then go on for
half an hour and repeat all that has just been
uttered Oh time time how little do we think of thy
value We have pontered this matter often and we
have decided that charitable estimate, more than
half the time of every night is wasted by unnecessary
talktalk which consists of repetition. And only
think what this waste of time amounts to in session
Say that the house sits 100 nights in year. and the
average cig hours night it follows that every
Der present loses during the session 400 hours
what more than 33 working days, of IL hours. And if
the average 200 members always present. the total
loss of time, wasted by this dfuse speaking and
ccsary repetition, amounts to Is years Of time every
sion. Mr.. Golden used to say that rule he never
repeated arguments which had been used before in the
Of an evening and that he had many times res
ed to speak because had foresalled his argu
ments And every one knows that Mr.. Golden never,
in the same Speech repeated himself. o 81 so onues!
We might then meet in February and rise in May, and
do more business than we do now. And further,
venture TO say that if honorable members
else, they would be far effective. and of course
gain more fame 1t is really wonderful that gentlemen
do not that the loose reterative style which they
adopt terribly destroys the effect of their arguments
The blacksmith who lourishes his hammer over his
head before he strikes does not produce half the effect
he that brings it down direct upon the hot iron the
sithy whilst the latter deliver two strokes in the
time that the former takes to deliver one" All about
the walls Of Westminster Palace and the floors Sir
Charles Barry has written certain scrptural sentences
such Fear God and honor the Queen" ''In the
multitude of counselors there is WISDOM &c. An hon
orable member lately suggested that would be wise il
the worthy architect would place the door Of the
house another text--"Let thy words be few