The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-05-04
JOBS IN CdvfDA's PARLIAMENT.
Ttickery In Roth or the Parties Exposed
The Speakers Dilemma.

OrrAwA Nav o Tho cry UNA raised I'm
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uic pceinhlhR Oh the sessloh, tha' the lhu'prhu-
ence OF Parliament was in danger. 1t WIS dis
covercd thnt the Inv iutnndrd Ia s,.eurnnud nrn.
to'' 'h"t lhuepcnueh'e nad neen broken ny tue
Speaker OF the House of Commons. He had re-
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punllc accounts hVh'Sn'u' ana hhu t'ri"lt'u ms
sent in the House. over whose deliLeration h,
presided hv beaominvn C,ov.rn n,nnt runtr,.. tor
n.y., '''' ~
ihe ia'H W't" proved ny u cpHnltt'' OF IN"
House, and Speaker Auglir WIS heard i'm his own
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~ wv" Nv, '''i'' nav ''t 'no
money ou' ne SET w the deien e that th"r' was
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on o.ner nehpers 'ouhn themselves IN inc
same trouble. and two Of them voluntarily re-
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'",' ',''s ~ '',"' ,''o Gus 's'
tho Speaker being pressed IN" Government
drummers hunted TN several others In viii IA
members OF the Lett had been constru'uvely
Government contractors. on small scale,
sometimes by having taken nay for Government
n,ivertiaamnnts no oyn.ra ar mint o,yn,,ra ~
newspapers.
The penalty TINT n member inours for sitting
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Parliament act II s2ooO day; and threat or
enforcing II was made Writs were issued
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Nv the u"N'h against h'h"'fs' from whom
fabulous penalties were claimed. But this re-
talmtion did not produce any proposal for n
compromise. and the case again tia" Speaker
continued to be pressed harder than ever
When il was seen that It waa impossible to save
him without prorluiming nm utter disregard Of
law Nh" Government brought IN n bill of all
potent whitcwushng power to relieve the " un-
whiting viout0rs Of thr law from the p"nalt -
they had incurred. II VIII b" for od through
unless II receives a mortal blow IN the : nat"
and Speaker Anglir Will rriuin his scat as wel
n his printing profits The defence WIS AT
the work had been inadvertently given a. him.
and 1t WINS Hitting that the "unwiu.ng law
breaker should he pHrdoned.
II is "a hopeful sign that the Investigating
Committee OF the House hus furnished the
Government WITH grounds for demanding "a
restitution If s27ooO, rr"gulsrly. improperly
and in some cusrs-lOr the amount ctriur sod
several it"ms-illcgally paid 10y the Northern
Railway Company More than One-tufri NJ this
sum won't for election assessments and other
party oh"cts but some of n. a- "a bonus Ia tn"
pad Nut. Tine report of the conmttHt' is un-
fortunately turned into % mere cln tipurnrlng
do tumrnt. exposing points against offenders
who belong To the minority and screening
worse offenders in the ranks 81 the majority.
The purchase of a nuts row patent. of no
value whatever. from MIR. Jordan Brown.
editor OF the Globe. Tor the HVOw,.i
purpose of pacating that journal rs
not only not condemned nor the amount
paid claimed IN restitution. but It is not even
mentioned Another matter in which fIe same
individual VIA, Interested. rs ON. of the X ng
who bought and sold the Northern railway cX-
passed over. The restitution proposed is of
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