The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-07-10
A GOOD LESSON.
hot water.

From the ~ Y Tribune.
The Australian Parliament has recently
been engaged in discussion from which our
own Congress and Legislatures might copy a
good example. A bill relating to She tenure
of certain public lands and known as the
Quieting of Titles bill, was some time ago
before that body and to aid its passage, vari-
Gus interested parties subscribed large sums
of money, of the ultimate purpose and expen-
diture of which they seem to have been
strangely careless. 1t was charged, however,
that three members of Parliament, one of
them, Mr.. G. E. Jones, having also place in
the Cabinet, had received money for their
votes on this bill. Pending an investigation,
Mr.. Jones resigned his seat both in Parlia-
ment and in the Ministry, but to the former
dignity his constituents triumphantly re-
elected him. The trial was fearless and thor
ough, and resulted in the expulsion of Mr..
Jones and Mr.. Buffers, and the acquittal of
one or two others, while one member of Par
lament and two or three outside lobbyists
were at our latest dates still awaiting exami-
nation Both the convicted members were
men of talent and position, and one of them,
at any rate, enjoyed an extensive personal
! popularity. Their fate, we presume, will do
! more to purify Australian politics than reams
of remonstrance and homily.
| If the Legislature of New York had been
| equally decided in its action upon official cor
| ruption at the last session, we shall not ven-
| ture to say how many honorable members
might have been kicked out of Albany in dis
grace. But bribery Investigations at our State
capital don't mean business, and result in
| nothing but whitewashing of the accused
and violent denunciation of their accusers
| Conviction, we are sure, would be easy
enough if the Legislature really desired to
stop the corruption and punish the guilty.
Can't our Assemblymen be shamed into
n, Nl,NTNxy Of
Australia?
THE EMPEROR AND THE IMPERI-
ALISTS.
From the n. y. World.
"a frank confession" says the old pro-
verb 'is good for the soul" An Emperor,
after all, being man, may be presumed to be
a soul, and it is therefore quite possible that
the singularly candid avowal which the
Emperor of the French is reported tc
have made of his past blunder in respect tC
''the majority" of the Legislative body may
be beneficial in it's results, if not tC
France, at least to the Napoleons. W.
take the significance of it to be that thu
Emperors letter of the "19th Of January,
announcing his desire to see France endoweC
, with liberal institutions, was interpreted b,
the majority of the Emperor's supporters il
7 the Legislature to be slur upon them
selves. 1t is quite natural that men who ar
t perfectly willing to be more imperialst thar
| their Emperor should be annoyed by havin
1 the Emperor loudly proclaim himself les
5 imperialist than they. And if the Empero
f really means to be less imperialist than hi
L adherents, it is very practical first step fc
t him to take to satisfy them that, in pronoun
ing for larger liberalism in the administri
n ton of the empire, he never really meant
y imperil the stability of that public ord'
a which, as he we'll knows, constitutes the chit
Q and most solid claim of the empire in the
s support. In doing this, the Emperor, inc
+. dentally of course, exhibits himself to h
f people, not members of the legislative bod
a as the most liberal person, clothed with a
g thority, in his realm. If this rebounds 20 h
r, advantage personally, the adherents eann
q complain Of it, because whatever helps the
J. chief directly must indirectly help them,