The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-02-26
.My Lords and Gentemen.n

ColOpel rOrnOr's London Letter in The PhIlldel
phia Pres.
All, or nearly all, the officers of the two
Houses Of Parliament, live in style. Thu
| Speaker Of the House Of PEER, the Lore
Chancellor, Lord Cairns, who is also 4
Judge in the higher courts, receives $50,
600 annually; the Clerk Of the House o.
Peers, Sir William Rose, K. c. B., Sl2,50C
annually; his deputy Ralph Disraeli, 3d.
900; the reading clerk, $4,000; the counsel
to the Chairs, s., 800; there are six clerks
at 5000 each; eighteen on smaller pay; q
librarian at $4,000; deputy librarian Al
$500, two Examiners Outstanding orders
at 81 900; the gentleman usher Of the black
wand, General b. hon. Sir Walter
Knollys $40, 900; the yeoman usher at ST.
900; the Sergeant at Arms, Lieutenant
Colonel Hon. W. P. Talbot $500; and
his deputy $1,000. There is we'll salar.
led shorthand writer and host Of uni.
formed doorkeepers aud servants comfor.
tably compensated.
The Speaker Of the House Of Commons,
the RI. Hon. II. B. w. Brand, N. p, re.
ceiyes S25, 900 year; the deputy Speaker
aud permanent Chairman Of the Commit.
tee Of the Whole, Henry Cecil Raikes, NJ.
f., Sl2, 500; the Clerk, Sir T. Erskine May,
K. G. b., $4,000; his clerk assistant, ST.
500: the second assistant, S. 900; the prin-
cipal clerk OF the public bill Office, 81, 900;
the principal clerk OF the committees, S..
900; the journal clerk, $500; clerk Of
private bills, $1,000; seven senior clerks,
from $500 to 81, 600 each; thirteen assis-
tant clerks, from $1,000 to Sl,500 each T;
the sergeant. alarms, 81, 900, and two dep.
u.ies, one at 81 200, and the other, s.. 500;
counsel to the speaker, $1,000; librarian,
$1,000, and his assistant, $500; the ref.
erees Of private bills, each 5000. There
are also many othere, including chaplain
Of s., 900; secretary TO the speaker, short.
hand writer, doorkeepers ab RbitlM, and
servants on excellent salaries.
As have said, the most Of these officials
live 10 the parliament palace. The Speak
er Of the House, Mr.. Brand, has an i'm
mense establishment, his dining room
alone seating a hundred persons. BE is a
Liberal in politics, but e 80 fair and just
that the Conservatives do not distrust
him. He Is about sixty-four, and has
filled many high positions, among them
Lord Of the Treasury and Keeper OF the
Seal for the Prince Of Wales. He was
the Liberal "whip" for nine years, and Is
ALWAYS elected 10 the House as an ayow.
ed Liberal. He's 80 impartial in his rul.
inps that, q few years ago, when one OF the
Irish members tainted him with being
other wise, both Disraeli and Gladstone
came 10 his rescue. The Clerk OF the
House Of Commons, Sir Erskine May,
whom have met, and 10 whom ! am in.
deb,ed for seat in the Speaker'sgallery,
Il as distinguished as the Speaker, though
he has never been in Parliament. His
literary works have taken the highest
rank, and that on "The Constitutional
History OF England Since the Accession
al George Ill" has attained large cir.
culation in America. His last book, on
Democracy in Europe" much commend
ed by the press, will be as warmly wei.
coined there as tits here. His other pub
locations have been generally devoted to
parliamentary law. Mr.. May Is about
sixty.eight, and began his career as an
Assistant Librarian In the House OF Com
mons in 1881. Like the Speaker, hebelongs
to the Liberal party. His writings are
generous and elevated, and his work on
The Constitutional History OF England,
clothed 10 style almost as fascinating a.
that OF Macaulay, is splendid record Of
The growth Of the republican sentiment in
this great empire. / have read and re-
read it with profit and pleasure, and es-
pecially because it has given me u high
estim ate Of the perseverance Of the states
men who have removed so many OF the
abuses in the English Government within
| the last generation, and have restricted
the privileges OF the aristocracy and rec
ognized the rights OF the people. II stands
10 the credit OF the conservatives Of the
House that they retain this accomplished
and fearless scholar as their first officer
But this Ia the true British system. Civil
service is not a picture, but a reality
Both parties practice it.