The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-10-09

a u the sconrse his recent speech ii
B 81 ham, where his friends think the5
great orator equalsd even Ills former II &. I
.torts, John Bright said +.
Nov9would you allow me ii topttaques.
lion q two to and III some sort 6, tos
myself 1shonld like Is ask Won W, VIA 81
what are these peers Who i; 1 5a IL upon 4
themseIv es this authority Cries q
Nothing ~ 10 look st them a thev are%
entering thejhouse Of leaYiingI the house
you would observe that they are w yerv
much like other mon. Loud laughter,
They:are not taller, they are not strong So I
,er, they have no claim, believe Ia l,e
called more learned, aoud laughter,
We know. that the bulk Of them ara \ ~
more accustomed to business, and We
believe that we feel that they have Less
sympathy than other men with their
fellow countrymen: fGheers.) Nov n
some resp acts they are peculiar. & Hear4
hearP and lang teri and tie LEI great bulk
Of the people would say that III III some llll
respects they are greatly to bs senyied.
For example, the mberstof the house (
of peers-the 800 persons or families
are reported to be the owners Of one.
fifth the whole OF tile land III the United
Kingdom. aShameln .s \ st3}
\ I do not in the least object to any any 4
man owning an ESTATE which he has
honestly come BY 4 would not deprive
landowner, or man facture urt,er
chant, or Sshopk eeper, 81 aborer Of any
thing that is his; and II am not calling
in question the legal Of tile owner
ship OF al this land by the 500, peers Or
peers families whose claims We are
now discussing. But, besides this, L
see it is reported that the 800 peers are
possessors ofsnotsll believe. conaid.
erably more than 1000 livings Of the
Church Of England. Shameln) II
This be iso,s then itfo lows that the house
of peers among them car! appoint, and do
appoint in the main, several thousand
teachers Of the people I'M what are tosbei
conside cred the highest things. Besides
this, the housesof LORI Dis, or members of
that house for the most part, are lord
ieutenants Of counties. ms that office
they appoint almost all the county mag
istrates. The count MAJ istrates admin
ister Justice wisely langl liter well they
profess to do il laughter] i, and, with
some except hons We 1nay believe that
they honestly, IN the main, endeavor; to
perform their duty.
Beyond this, again, tile members
Of the house of lords, the great land
owners, as you know, exercise very
powerful control over the GO nninfty rep
sentation. There. are counties in
which the whole represen tiion, With
put fear,of contest, will Sb,e fouh ITO be
Fin the hands of two, three, Or four mem.
bers OF the house Of lords. sShamei,)'
They have yet another solidarity which
4 ought not to omit to mel tiion, il. that,
ass great owners Of land thsy3are liable
lo, g very much Hi ter sstt.lxat on Z
rect taxation upon lind than Is the
case with any other II ass ofs land owners
IN any European Eingd ON Or in
the United States II. 81 America.
lsShameig Now, have SPOKEN
Of the peers quite apart from tie house
Of peers.
But nowswe come to I Tie question 81
their position in the house Of lords 81.
cause TINT is what Va have now q deal
with: Hear, hear cali Them as.
you know. the: npp er house ghter)
and : when 3 bill leaves 81 the
house Of commons iii & has gone up
Ito the house of lords, and IL a
bill comes from the house / 81 lords it has
gone down to- the :honse 81 commons.
Laughter. i do mot knowwhy; that dis
tinction is made; but You will consider
this fact thht tthee ha LENDERS Of Che
house Of lords do NOT enter that house.
in any degree from any personal merit
that attaches to thief EN- & Hear hear. It
is not because they have performed any.
{ good or great deed that has recommend
ed them to the favor of their fellow
scountr men; 1T is noti by the choice 81
Or BY the approval If their fellowmen
that they become members Of the house
$of peers and Legislators for q great ma
lion. It was once sad ii, ages past
whether it WAS ID dream Sor not L Will
not say that sshe:p path 3toI tie temple OF
honor lay thro the temple u virtue
Clear, hear. 3 but the law making
peer, he never dreams that He Ii going
TO the temple Of legislative honor thro'
the temple of yiirt virtue. Laughter, { But
# he does not know We OIL know that
he goes into the temple Of honor
thro' the sspul cher sof d dead an
4cestor. Laug hter md loud cheers.
4 was strnck the other day, with q few
words jWhicitqIy saw: In Sonesof the, Psalms
Sof pldstimes I yoI turn TO the seven
tystMfd Psalm ynus will find the words;