, 1874-09-05
LEGISLATIVE HAMMERS.

| ''o"o VI 1'tT pu6inoaa mon on tho nnAfcal que8-
tlon to tho world.
LEa1sLAT1vE MANNERS.
Tho requisites Of Hueooss In llfo hayo boon
ocflnoa to DO mind and manners. Tho alleged
zaot may explain tho lack Of Rlccesa In tho pro-
oeedln8s OF tho Fosty-thirl Congrcaa Tho
troatmont OF tho currency question removed tho
lust lurking suspicion that tho mombors yoro
rich In mind. Thor troatmout Of each othor ,,as
boon such that wo woro Obliged. somo time ago,
to suggest tho oUpodionoy Of providing Cham
bor OF Personal Altorcattonp. Our royorod lav-
makora havo continued to pasa public oxnrnina-
uons In thot command OF Dillingagatc. Tho
suggestion Of q correspondent Of tho Now York
Epcf'ing Post that tho II. O.'s should drop
sham htloa OF respect md speak trunk
" OF tlieir follows by roforrtpg to
thom as "Tho Hon. Salary -Grabbor from KIM
saa," "Tho Hon. Bankrupt 1nlationiBt from
Illinois," "Tho Hon. Thief from PonnBylva-
nia," etc., haa not beon fully carried out, al-
though m spproaoh to 1t has boon mado.
But our congrossmon may gain In naonors.
Incredible as it may soom, othor Legislators arc
#orao in this rospoct than ourH. Tho "politoat
people in thoworld" deposit their politeness at
tho Assembly doors. 1t nould DO out of place
Within So fur "a vitupezation Is concerned,
they aro worBo than thotr American follows,
Correspondence from franco informs us OF tho
tunulta oftho present Assembly. but fow arc ayYaro
that tho deliberations OF nearly all preceding
Aogta1aturos In Franco havo boon marked and
taas1od in tho came way. Undor Napoleon, tho
Corps Lcgislafif was almost daily tho scono of
angry outburst, despite tho bounteous rewards
Tor compliance With tho Imperial viii, and tho
abundant puniehmanta for bitter opposition,
But the Assembly OF t848t4o perhaps ainncd
most grtoVously. Ono row ever tho ConBcrlptfon
BILL Of 1849 haa passed into history. Tho
Marquis do Quorhoent vas spcn1king laborious1v
On tho bill when III. Doutro yol1cd: Don't
talk hke an old vomanW "Who Ia
tho tmbccilo who said thas?" "Wo all
say 1t; you're IN imbecilo," shouted a
dozen of III. Doutre's fdonds. This wns
tho spark that fired tho train. Tho A.
sombly Htood on ita respective logs and 5abborod
and howled. A frantic Royalist si,riokod "If
any ono would gtvo mo pistol, would tlro it
into Tint pack Of wild boasts" Tho President.
II. Dupln, was q Republican. Holost his tompcr
ct this outcry, and sang out: "Wi1d beast
yourself! call you TO ordorIt' Tho Right
turned on tho President like ono man "You
insult us; beg cur PARDON" wns tho cry II,
Dupin gropod for hia Int. When the Proaidont
covers himself tho Assembly, by French par
!'amensa1y law, iB adjourned. No hut could
DO found. Tho distracted proaidont called
Lend mo hat, aomo ono |" Tho Loft tried
to hand it to him. Tho Right crowded around
him, keepfng OF tho Republicans, and catching
tho hats that tho latter throw. Finally ono
mombor Of tho Loft packed Ills hat with papers.
md flung the hoavy missile ovor tho heads of |
Tho Right. Ii. Dupia made graceful ay-catch.
Thrust tho hat On hia head, declared tho Asscm- |
bly, adjourned. growled out: ''Dah, pack Of |
ooaats," and left his scat. There woro also |
nilder aff1aya. Count Kcranlloch bapt;zod with
glassful Of sugarod wator Deputy Of |
'ho Left who came under tho tribuna
md shook his fists ut him, Prince
Plorro Donaparto varied tho monotony Of doba.o
" boxing hia opponont's cars. There Ye,o
'rocodonts for such Hccnpa. In 1894 vhen af.
Aanuel was supposed to be defending regicido,
ho Eight roso to its foot and shouted "I,tat-
orl" Soma Of its mombers advanced toward
he speaker with such threatening gestures that
10 fled from tho tribune. Tho widest excoaaou
'ore In tho days Of tho First Assembly, whc1,
he guillottne was tho standing threat, and when
hroata wero apt to bo verified.
Tho British Parliament ia By no means irra-
in Its behavior. It looted down
'iaraoH when ho made lis maiden speech, and
'rung from him tho famous and pluclsy retort . |
You may laugh mo down nov, but viii make
GU hear mo yct." Only fow mouths ago Sir
harles Dilko was ecroamed into silence by
oWdy mombora. His efforts to critlciso ROYALTY
Gro interrupted by growing, and braying, and
and all tho other noises Of tho farm
ard, until not syllable Of hs speech could bo
oard.
1t appears. then, that Our Congrossmon arc
Ut alono sinful in this nlattor. It eeoma nccos-
ny to haVo lawa forged in white boat Of pas-
on. And yot view Of what foreigner Inns
He'd tho great American boar-gardon is not
culatcd to mako tho cltizon rovoro tho ru1ers
, and ILLS fellows Larc chosen.
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THE ENGLISH MERCHANT MARINE.
England still maintains hor positton aa . 8
e-on'inontly maritime nation. Tho latest TO- t
rms relating to her merchant marino show it q