The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-01-10
Our London Correspondence.
The nm PARTISAN chara cter Of
the speaker Of the Hou5o
OF Commons.

Good Digestion VS.. the Established Church.
m itTcongruous Appointment.
The German Chancellor and the Vatican.
A Matchmaking Sovereign.
The speaker of the present House
of Commons has held the position for
many years. and although elected TO
his high position by the then dorii.
nant party, lie has presided over the
opposition as well as over his own side
of the house. 1t is one Of the strange
features of English politics, this dif.-
fence between the speaker of the
House of Commons, and our own
speaker Of the House of Representa-.
tiyes. In the one case the salary js
the only thing that is great about the
position. Twenty-Five thousand dol,
lars a year, is not TO be despised. In
the other it is the second position of
honor in the United States, and the
power welded is almost as great as
the Presidents. Sir Henry Blind
will retire from the House, and his
successor is to be selected imnediate.'
ly upon the assembling of parliament.
Merry England owes It's name AZ
much to the joyial good fellowship Of
many of the old time parsons as to
any one cause. Before the days or
salvation armies and blue ribbon
brigades, when honesty, and good
digestion went a long way in religion,
the Church Of England clergyman not
only took little wine now and then
for the stomach's S sake, but was in the
habit Of taking it at his meals and
luncheon. He liked it better than
water, AM rs FAR as known, it never
did him any harm. Some claim that
good many rosy cheeks have come.
that way OF course things have
changed, and the Bishop Of London
objected recently to the continuance
OF custom, by which the Lord mayor
in attending church in state on Sun
days, furnished biscuit aad wine in
the vestry after service. The Bishop
decided that it WAS absurd to suppos.
that the preacher or hearers coHlt be
exhausted to snc.l IN extent that they
required the bread AMI wine. One Of
the hearers suggests that his Lord
ship,the Bishop, ,nay speak for himself
and perhaps for the average preacher.
there being nothing remarkable M
the ordinary sermon to exhaust the
preacher but it is asserted that the
hearer is usually very much in need
of cake and wine, or something
stronger after the Sunday discourse.
Without any apparent disrespect to
the Lord Bishop, Or the cloth in gem
eral. a hearer is bold enough to init
mate that the luncheon after service
has often proved the best part CT ii.
But there is no accounting for tastes,
and beyond question, such hearers are
totally depraved. The appointment
OF Mr.. Horton a non-conformist to ey-.
anime churchmen in the articles oe
their religion seems a natural and
proper thing to certain persons who
would declare it monstrous that Il DIS
senter should be tried in his tenets nv
churchman. and yet the positions
are relatively the same. That Oxford
should have committed such an error
OF Judgment is surprising. Many Of
the votes cast for the appointment
were simply out of respect for Mr..
Horton personally, but in this matter
Mr.. Horton was not entitled to COM
pliments. 1t was mistake on his
part to accept an office. which, as ;.
religious man, himself, he knew he
could not hold without giving offense
to religious susceptibilities quite as
respectable rs his own.
There is much comment here bv the
announcement that the Crown Prince
OF Germany intends to visit the Pope.
The German papers pretend that the
visit has no political signifcance; but
1t is difficult to believe that so mar
ked an expression Of good will would
have been offered to the Panacy, il
Bismark intended to keep up the con-
tilct between the church ana state.
There is no doubt but that reconcil.
Id ion has been effected. France will
hardly like to see the church of Rome
taken under the protecting wing of
the German Chancellor, but still the
church has been made to suffer greater
indignities and loss in catholic France
than ever the Falk laws produced.
and it in the future Germany should
again fight and defeat France. land
there are but few who doubt that the
conflict will Gomez the existence of
German unity will demand that the
victor leave It strong government 10
rule the vanquislied French. and the
influence of Rome will be paramom t,
in accomplishing this end,
Her Majesty the Queen is at times
the subject of unfavorable comment
for what is considered practical mean
ness. The good lady is economical to
the extent, at times, of penurious-
ness. 1t is SAID that she gives India
shawls for wedding presents because
they cost her nothing, but come to-
her us part of the annual tribute of
the Princess of India. The Queen is
also said to be dreadful match
maker. Three of her own children
were married, it is said, unhappily,
and outside of her immediate family
the Duke and Duchess of Tecs afford
a fair sample of the wisdom or power
that brought them together. \ well
known American lady writing on this