Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-07-22
He delivered HE maiden

obstructionist He delivered his maiden
speech In January, 1888. and 10 the open.
ing sentence declared that he nsd heard
IS great deal OF vain, ridiculous and un-
profitable talk Thenceforth he was q
marked man, and whenever ne rose the
Chamber res huuded with shouts of
Question" an Order" but he always
warned them that II they would not hear
him then he would speak the next day,
or the day after that and his tornantors
gave up In despair. Another hard An to
put down was Mr. Duncombe, the men,
Der for Pontecraft. One day he de-
nounced q certain speech as q base and
wicked calumny," and refused to retract
On another occasion he offered to fight
the House sing handed, and Ia q COM
mittee-room hurled an ink.s,and at the
Chairman who had accused him of be.
ing mo gentleman" Mr. Plunke,, whose
descendants are now on the Tory side,
was ano her irrepressih,e. Upon seme
one asking Speaker TO take down his
words, he cried out stop, Mr. Speaker,
and You shall have something more to
take down. and then followed torrent
Of vehement and indignant description of
the wrongs of Ireland
The worst prosecuted man that ever sat
in Parliament was John Pym, the popu-
lar champion in the reign of Charles l.
The Cavaliers sought to kill him, and
hired bands of cutthroSts to follow him
home, bat the Ruun iheads always !ar-
uiShed him with Az escort. At length
they hit upon plan of deYllsh ingenu-
ity 4 messenEcr handed the Sergeant
at-ArMs letter addressed to Pyn, and as
/ he opened 1t, piece OF cloth dropped out
/ OF 1t, He read few words, and then
! handed il To the Clerks assistant with
/ the remark that the House had the right
! to hear how its members were libeled.
/ The Clerk read aloud its abuse Of the
! great tribune, bu', when he came near the
/ end, stopped AMI became much agitated.
! The concluding lines explained what had
| dropped from The note 1t was a rag
/ that had 20 ne from plague, wound sent
1 in the hope that tue infection might be
| communicated 10 Pym, Lord Ienlerden's
! hobby was his hatred of the popular
voice, and when the reform bill OF 1899
| passed the Lords, he vowed that he would
never again sit In the House, and kept
! his word
There was a terrible scene In the Lords
during the Regency debate IN lISs Thur,
| low. who up to that time had cultivated
the people and posed as u Dom ocrat, sud
denly concluded that his interest lay on
the Kings side and made SUPERFICIAL
speech, winding up with the words, "And
when forget my King may my God for
get me-" There was shout OF execra,ion
from the mob in The corridors, and Wilkes
who was standing under the throne, ex-
claimed, Forget youl He will sec you
- frat" Burke, with equal wit ard
with no protanouesa, muttered, "The beat
thing that can happen to YOU; and evan
the lords in the Chamber cried out, 40 =,
what rascal - Wilkes told the Speaker
pr vatcy one day that he had petition to
present from oct Of the greatest scound.
rels and miscreents upon earth, but when
called upon in tbs House TO present II he
said with the gravest possible face, "Sir,
hold In my Land a petition from most
intelligent, independent, and enlightened
body of men, The debate on the Corn
laws was an acrimonious one, but under
Peel, Palmerston, and Derby, three great
parlismentariaus, members were taught
to conduct the proceedings with dignity
and deoorum, and there were no more
violent scenes until Mr.. Parnell and his
associates OF the third party" appeared
in the Chamber,