New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-08-13
ITALIAN POLITICS,

! Inc New York lraJ9ne contains an IN
te1es:ing letter from I. Adolphus Trol
lope, dated at Rome, July II. 1876. The
Parliament has adjourned. and the doings
Of its last days read Familiarity to Amer.
leans. The sessions begin in Novembe,
and last till late in June, and Of the five
hundred and eight members two hundred
and ffty-five are required 70 make a
quorum. This is easily obtained during
| the mild winter, bu: when old Rome be-
gins 70 put on sickly look there is fear.
full scattering. Members do not wal. for
appropriation bills. for the only pay they
receive is free transportation. and so
| there are no stormy las. nights and hot
| debates in hotter weather. There would
be no trouble on this account If the long
session was well used, but hardly any
business is done till the hot weather COM
mences, and then the ministry must hurry
their own bills through and be on the
alert to stop the opposition. who are
equally on the alert. It is insinuated that
this way Of doing business is encouraged
BY the ministers, as it is very likely to
rebound 70 their advantage. The left,
however. thought 10 have discovered
means @: affording them temporary ad-
vantage. and that vas to leave the House.
As the majority that remained kept
straight On and finished the business, the
experiment proved failure, and, if tried
again. would fix the ministry more firmly
than ever.
Several high sounding measures were
carried; among them one for the better
protection Of life and property in the
provinces. The opposition is stated as
unusual, and the prediction made that it
will have no practical result. I. is not to
be proclaimed in any province, SO say
the ministry, unless reports are received
showing the condition to be worse than it
is at present known to be, and any pre-
feet who values his personal prosperity
will be very slow to make them. Should
any be received they will share the fate
Of those which were lying in the office of
the Minister Of the Interior at the same
time he was expressing his horror at
heating what they might long before have
told him.
Then bill was passed FOX improving
the public security, and this was the
measure that made the left leave the
House fox the galleries and see the bill
pass in spite Of them. Garibaldi's bill to
improve the Tiber passed by 1893 to 81,
a bare quorum. and appropriates twelve
millions Of dollars Tor it. But as the
money is not to be paid till source of
income is discovered. the matter is left
just where il was before. The object of
the passage Of the bill seems only to have
been to please Garibaldi. and as the plans
can not be executed, it is likely 70 appear
again III new form to please him some
more.
The diiatory habit that is one Of the
evils OF Italian politics seems to be ma
'ional rather than merely Legislative. for
the italian carpenter or tailor has the
same weakness. If q job is given him
Monday. he knows he has time to finish
It before the end OF the week. Without
doing anything on it. he has the same
opinion Thursday morning, and continues
in the belief and his inaction till Saturday
night, when it has become impossible,
despite the disappointments Of every pre-.
vious week Of his life.