New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-18
FOREIGN AN1LOGIFS AND CONTRASTS.

FOREIGN AN1LOGIFS AND CONTRASTS.
The analogies and contrasts of parliamentary
procedure in Europe are equally striking. If
political parties are unmanagcablc in Germany.
so are they in Austria and Italy. Public bust
ness is as far in M ears, minoritics are IA fac
tous in Vienna rs in London. Mr.. Gladstone,
who has absolute faith in parliamentary in,ti-
buttons. finds il as troublesome to make them
work az does bismarck, who has never CON
ccalcd his dislike for them. In each of these
legislative centres public interest III Govern
mcnt measures drlgs because the factions are
allowed "to talk ont the session. On the
other hand. in Paris, ~ in Pc-th. the lcgisll-
tive processes are direct and rapid, there is no
block in tie public business and every session
is crowned with positive results.
This comparison is suggested 10y the records
of European hesitation for the hilf-tclr now
drawing Ia close. 1T the head OF the first
group stand the two German powers. whose
Parliament, have adjourned within Il Fortnight
At Berlin the two mci~iTcs ON the passage of
which the Chancellor had st his heart have
been hammered in Use debates until th"y
aIc scarcely recognizable. He W., fol Cd
to rcnourr" the intention of wIr.;-
inc from Hamburg it, constitutional nights
by imperial legislation. and to open me-
.'otiator9 with the Burgr~.cs on their
oNn ground but even after thl, compromise
the Rcicli-tag separated without mailing an
appropriation for the Incorporation of the city
in the /ovcrcu. or for the establishment of
the Economic Council. The other mca-,ur
was the Accident Insurance bill. the FIST Of
series of intricate schemes which he Lad
disailcctcd CLASSES. An amendment Wis
carried, whereby State contributions to the
poorer class of workncn were cut of. Ills
was the socialist feature which was designed
as a concession to the working classes, who
were promised insurance at the expense of
their employers and the poor rates. other
changes were made in the interest of capital
lists and the States before what WAS left of the
bill WAS finally approved. In the Austrian
Reichsrath the Coalition Ministry has busted
itself in creating separate bohemian univcr-
sty, and in attempting To- revise the electoral
law in the interest Of the Czccls. The debates
have been intcrmnablc, the scenes extremely
disorderly, and the efforts of the Opposition To
thwart the will of the majority most deter
mined Toward the close of the session the
entire Left, comprising nearly onc-half of the
House. repeatedly Withdrew from the session
in IL body ana brought the proceedings to Il
standstill
In the same group of States is Italy, where n
Ministry goes down whenever there is n furry
of excitement over n fanccd loss Of prestige
abroad, and where the debates over the grist
tax and electoral reform are conducted by one
Premier only to be reopencd by another and
directly behind Italy is Great Britain, where
the Commons allow n turbulent faction to OBJ
struct for weeks IA measure which has received
the approval Of four-ffths of the members,
and where reform bill which has secured a
vote of two to one on its second reading is
hung up in committee to dry, while fifteen
hundred amendments are under consideration.
The block in the Commons has become so
serious that it is almost impossible to dispose
of public business of the first Importance
This paralysis is described 10y The Economist
rs chronic disease.rathcr than AN accden-
tai or temporary disability" "The House," it
adds, /" is attempting to do the work of the
nineteenth century with the tools the six
"teenth, while the traditional understanding
"by which every member bound himself not
ito take advantage Of its antiquated proceed
"ure has ceased TO exist 1t Is certainly a
remarkable fact that the oldest and most