New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-07-17
TUE LATE CRISIS IN ITALY.
-vuprsr IN THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.


ALE DISCLOSURES OF OFFICIAL CORRUPTION
INDIGNATION OF sIGNoR LANzA-MAJoLlrY IN
FAVOR OF TIE MINISTRY.
,.,o. . REGULAR CoRREsPCsDESr OF Tim rRIBUSE.l
poMr. June 30.-When writing 70 you nearly :
month ago. I described the sleepy fashion IN when
Che session of the Italian Parliament was coming to
,,s close and the eager haste with which deputies
,vere striving TO finish the business, which was IN
dsrensablc tant b &c NAL before they could hurry
away from the heats of Rome and the sitting atos-
nhere Of the chamber on Monte Citorio. Tie ." in
pocents" TO borrow the well known phrase OF Tn
srsh parliamentary lifc were submitting to "massa-
ere. with exemplary Iueekness and dOciiity. The
Finance Minister had for some time raSt, made up
bs mind 70 do without the uuvoted fnarciIl MEAS
ures which he had at The beginning Of the s'sson'
declared 20 he indispensable. and was the ocr'er en-
abed 10 do so by the very favorable returns OF the
revenue for the first months OF the year. Ana ID
seemed ~ no further important contest would cry
,he strength Of parties aud the stability of the Min
isry before the end of the session. But in truth this
,ured out to be the proverbial lul before storm,
wlrch preceded the most tremendous tempests that
have ever vet ragged in the Italian Parliament.
ArnonO The bills which were being allowed TO slip
ouetIv ont of life there which 1t was supposed
would be allowed 90 share this fate, but respecting
which il WAS known that, if il were brought ON, the
Government would have 10 encounter a formidable
opposition. This was tho measure which demanded
for the~Executive increased and exceptional powers
for the better protection of life and property In GER
tain disturbed provinces of the kingdom. 80 ran
the title Of the bil bnt il YVES perfectly well known
and understood by everybody that the only province
in Which il was intended 81 employ the powers asked
for was Sicily. Now, there were not wanting ex-
cuses for 5, Gering this matter (which promised TO
become dangeTous) to drop quietly. 1t was admitted
that the moro recent accounts from Sicily had been
somewhat better. Much was being done by more
active auplicston of the ordinary laws ard doubt
less matters might have gone on-peraaps IL might
have been better that they should 40 or-as they
were at least TILL the openirgof next session. But"n
the otter hand the Ministers bad made this measure
nroiueat feature in their addresses to their con-
stituents daring the last general election they had
announced il and dwelt the necessity of 1t III the
roval speech from the throne at the opening OF the
sesson. And the opposition was determined that
they should not be permitted To escape from hght
on this bill if snecrs tauuts and unceasng fire
of rcproaches could sting them into dong So mus
driven. Minghett declared that the bill must be
voted before the end OF the session. aud that he
slould make Cabinet question Of it. Now, IT IL TO
u. cl,.crved that nasmuch the entire oHpofifion
IN the Chamber and thr ughout the country, and
.sD.ca!ly the Scilian Deputies were extremely
anxious that no such powers should be conferred on
the Executive, their determination to force the
Ministers 10 bring Oh the bill only be explained
hy their hope of using the occasion Il wca?on OF
u,rtv warfare and their confident expectation 0i
beating the Government on the que ton.
Well the report of the Committee charged, ac-
,orliuc n Italian parliamentary practice, with the
examination of the proposed measure, which had
hing fire all the session, was ~ the last moment
raly. and the day was named for the debate. And
then The strength of the opposition which Ministers
had 10 encounter revealed Itself in its fnil proper
,ous. The report Of the Committee was dead against
the measure 10 begin with. Bal this was not the
worst 1t very became evident that very
large number Of Deputies sitting on the right, and
generally Supporters OF the Government were on
,hi- occasion opposed 20 it. And in truth the posi-
ZION of the Ministry seemed desperate But then. on
The other hand cnor nghotti had declared this 20
he Cabinet que ,tion Ii beaten the Ministry would
resign And then We shOall be- III tire midst Of a
ministerial crisis at the end OF june with the Their
,o,,c-er IT 81 in the shade! And who could say
wh.n we would he able to leave Rome3 The result
might be a Ministry of the Left, which, however
much tie Rig nj hit dislike this ronbeson" Pub
lie Security bll not al all what any portion OF
the marry wanted BE il a. it may it will do
10 have ministerial crisis now. 'Fhe Ministry must
b. kent iu Such an amount of victory must be
given the Ministers as shall induce them to consider
YES not so badly beaten to be obliged, in
Difference 10 their pledges, to go ont. Ministers on
their side were by no means disposed 80 be cXacing
OIL the point. They showed themselves very reason
ably plilble. Tie real question thus came 10 be, |
how ~ form an "OrdeT of the day., which, while 1t
should give their Ministers the semblance of victory
should he such thar the dissenting depaies OF the
Rlht could vote it without too hagrant deSertlon
of their declared opinions. And tins question had to
be- and WAS debated. arranged and decided, ret IN |
public debate in the Chamber but at a succession
~ hen NH
tie Center held while the weary 10 days we've being
wasted in useless chatter in the Chamber.
will not occupy your space With any account Of |
the exact nature Of the exceptional powers de- |
handed nor Of the pairing down process by which II
WAS ucbt to make the measure nugafory a. was
possibly consistent with some show OF saving the |
credit of the Ministry Sufce ii 10 say, that, when
In the early part of the session. the PROVISIONS OF the
Government measure as at first proposed were fist
known, happened 10 be in company with several
Americans and En- glismen, whose oplnions on such
point might be supposed to have some value; ana
thai the unanino criticism OF tins measure Which
Italian o,inion so generally cried Out against
offensive tyrannical, outrageously severe, and des
potio was TO the effect that it was mere milk and
wafer far TOO weak Tor the work it intended
effect
The debate was proceeding under the circum-
stances that have descrl ed The members Of the
Left were hitting away at the Ministers in
earnest Those OF the Right were sparrirg with them
with the gloves on. And out OF doors. such way
ont of the difficulty as have described. ,radu-
ally Ly a pull-bakerpull-devi process, being ar
rived AZ. All Of a sudden there burst such a
bomb in the parliaT .ntary sky fairly reused all
parties to very serious earnest excited party passions
70 fury. shocked beyond measure tic more thonght-