The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-04-01
PROFESSOR wAYLANDs LECTURE
Parliament -Di.r..li-claa.,one.

PROFESSOR WAYLAND'S LECTURE
Parliament Disrasli-Glaa,tone.
In accordance with the desire Of number of
subscribers puhlish in full the remarks of Pro-
fessor wsyiand upon Encland's two great states
men
The lecture was delivered at the Y. NC. A.
Hall and Was attended by large audience who
listened with the keenes attention and the great
est pleasure.
The lecturer commenced by supposinr the
audience were strangers in London. DESTROYS of
hearing debate. He sketched the three methods
by which admittance could be gained. The num-
Der Of PEOPLE who could be accommodated with
seats in the Speakers gallery, and the strangers
gallery. was extremely limited; the number of
tickets issued was lsrge. and those who entered
hy members tickets had to take the chance Of
being nav IN the inst sixty. The method Of en-
trance having been described, the speaker next
prcceeded TO give picture of the House. Il is
an oblong chamber, at one end the Speakers
chair at the opposite end the oar of the House.
within which none but members NAV pass- on
the floor Of the House benches for the members
arranged parallel with the sides OF the building
with a broad passacevay from the bar to the
Speakers table. Another narrow passage called
DE cangvay crosses the first midway thus divid.
hac the seats into four groups.
Ike front bench 10 the right OF the Speaker is
occupied by the Ministers for the time being, who
are members OF the House On the corresponding
bench the Speakers left are the ex-mnisters OF
Chiefs of the Opposition beyond these. no mem
ber has any vested right to any particular seat,
though BY courtesy few of the seniors or more
distinguished members are allowed 10 cccu ~ the
same place uninterruptedly. The Irish members
the extreme radicals and juniors generally sat on
that side of the cross passage farthcst from the
Speaker, or IN the language Of the House, below
the csncvay-
There are no desks or facilities for writing, it is
hall OF debate, and no member has a chance of
being listened to If he attempted TO resd from
manuscript or even 10 too freely use notes though
Published documents, statistical or other. may be
enotcd. The lecturer once SAW Mr.. Gladstone
make few notes on the back of an envelope be
hook from his pocket. and this was all the written
| ia he had in making speech Of over two hours
suration in reply to formidable indictment of
his policy. He then told of the Speakers entrance
IN regular procession, and the policemaus stento-
nan hats OF strangers Speaker = all strangers
iAying 10 uncover rs be passed.
| The ordinary business procedure WAS then 10
pewed, and some of the amusing questions that
| we're put and the odd resolutions proposed were
ead ont. The prerocatives os the House were
buched on, and IL was shown that since i707 no
Sovereign OF England had dared to refuse the
loyal assent to bill, The peculiar Norman
Wrench phraseolocy is still kept assent being
u the words Ia rrist o. ie ys Z UHi, and dissent
| by II rciHs or ls reg rarissIW.
Parliamentary speaking was then touched on
and the awkwardnesS OF style alluded to. The
lecturer however said there was no lack OF Clo-
ounce. The manner of some of the principal
speakers was briefly described, and then the Pro.
lessor read the following biographical sketches
which struck all hearers as being very happily pu,
/ tcsether.
DIsRAEIr.
Dsraeli Was born in London Dec q, 1856, and
attc several unsuccessful attempts he entered Par
lament in 1885,, at the aco Of 81. He was already
well known IN society by his writings, Vivian
Graz was written when he was 81 by his eccen-
tricries OF dress and demeanor and by his CONVEX
sati.u. All these pccaliarities he imported into
the iouse Of Commons His inst attempt at speak
iuc vas an admitted and amusing failure. Il was
impossible to continue in the face Of the shouts OF
laughter and ironical cheers with which he was re-
ceiud. His brief and indignant protest ended
withthese words; "tAaugh ~ down Hac, the iials
oil 'esse FrAss yos shall lesr wee During this
sesSirn, several times, and during subsequent SEES
sionA frequently his voice was heard in the House.
on any and all subjects and on all sides. He nei.
| Their had nor Svowed any political convictions.
shorty before entering Parliament be Wrote to a
friend that his forte was sedtlon, and many OF his
/ pnbiihed utterances were those of an advanced
| libersl. lie had not long been In Parliament be-
j fore became we'll known that he was ready To
accerf Office under Sir Robert Peel, the leader OF
the Tory party. Cool, calculating, Seltcontained,
without passion, without convictions, without con-
sciepce, Adroit, ambitious, audsciouS and long.
headed far beyond his years, he was waiting his
eegosasifs, In his own words The opportunity
in popular assembly has sometimes noro sue.
cess than the veicht'est efforts OF research and
resson."
Tte eagerly awaited opportunity came a, last.
OF ~ AlAcs
rity with which ii was seizel aud its controlling
effect upon Disrde political career Justify more
extended allusiou To the Incident | will be rs
brief as possible.
Sir Robert Peel had Tor several years been com
lug gradually To the conclusion that the corn laws
imposing heavy duties on breadstufs-wcro ut-
Just and oppressive and that the injustice and OF,
preston bore with increasing weight upon the
laboring classes. For time he favored y system.
attic and stesdy reduction as the wisest policy, but
the potato famine in ireland made the alternative
repeal or starvation. Peel was not the man to
hesitate for a moment He Slw his duty 20 the
sunk the politician in the patriot Ills very first
speech at the opening Of the session OF 1876 was
practically proclamation Of his conversion TO the
doctrine Of free trade. When he closed, the Tory
squires sat literally speechlcsS with amazement
They were dazed. Their great leader had turned
his back on all they held dear, What should they
dol Whom should they follow There was even =
possibility that, wanting neS guide, thoy might
obey their better instincts aad stand by their old
chief.
At this precise instant, Disral spEane TO his feet
and, on the spur of the moment, poured out a tor
rent of carefully prepared personal abuse Of the
Prime Minister II was very clever, very malignant,
intensely savage, and. 10 those who bad not taken
his measure, seemed TO be sincere At all events,
| 4 was Admiralty adapted to accomplish its object
land il succeeded TO a charm. He had given
roice 10 the indignation of the what fat wtted
| .ox-huntinc squires at what, he taught them to
believe, was an act of eoldbloodel treachep. He
silence, or the spditerinc Of impoteut spite. He
had lifted them TO the level OF betrayed but reso-
lutte party, with diminished but undivided ranks.
Perhaps no single speech has ever had such per.
Imanent political results. The gratitude of the
Tories knew no bounds. HenceforEard he was
their chosen champion, as lie intended and desired
to be. Till the day of his death, they followed his
leadership with Cnquestioning obedience and
fidelity that never wavered Their loyalty even
survived his ooHp dsfaf of 1861 when the extraor-
binary spectacle WIS presented of a conservative
government accepting, advocating and passing a
reform bill more radical than the previous liberal
Ministry had dared to propose. ar John Bright had
| ireamed of as possible.
| Three leading members of his Cabinet had de-
serted him; success meant the unconditional sur
sender of all the positions which the Tories had
maintained with reference To the extension of the
right of suffrage, and yet Disraeli persevered and
carried his party with him.
/ Ii was his second great victory, won by audacty
nerve presence of mind, pluck aud an adroitness
of political management falling little short of gen.
lius- And the triumph purely personal. The
great bulk Of the party stood by him, not because
/ they approved the measure, but because they be-
Isyed in the There was no one to take his
place. II was Disraeli or defeat They could bet
tsr afford TO change front on all the great questions
ofthe day than to lose his leadership. PaTlameut-
ar history has perhaps, never witnessed so per
tctt subiugation of the will Of many 20 the will
of one. Ii was virtually partnership, by the
/ terms of which be was to furnish the brains and
they wore t. Furnish the vote 1t proved to be a
partnership for life.
The elimination OF this eyeatful eareer-iike a
chapter out of Arabian Nights-or the plot of one
| of his own novels, was reached in the summer Of
ISIS. when he made his triumphal entry into Lon
| don, on his return from the Berlin Congress As
/ Earl Beaconsfeld and Enoland's representative,
he had hob-nobbed with Empsrors aud crossed
swords with Bismarck He had secured terms ar-
psrentiy hattering to his country. To al securing
his lingo policy had been vindicated; he was the
idol of the populace and was supported by every
morning newspaper in London but one.
Two years elapsed and brought a change. Seen
| in the sunlight of a sound public Judgment the
| brilliant foreign policy meant few useless wars
with weaker nations and the boosted diplomacy Of
| and OF Cyprus. The glamour gone. Men had
been behind the stage, and had found the gold TO
| be tnsel, and the diamonds paste.
The Establishment absolute and entire.
Parliament was dissolved in the spring of 1880.
The new election broueh; in Mr. Gladstone with n
majority of l20 at his back. His inheritance was
depleted treasury, hostile relations with several
foreign powers, and not few burning questions
/ Of domestic policy clamoring for adjustment. A
trange record this-for SIX years of parliamentary
1 supremacy. but not more barren of permanent
advantage, than any previous portion of Disraei'
public lief we except the reform bill of ISL
and surely no careful, candid student OF his career
siii contend that this was ANYTHING more than 4
clever bit Of political legerdemain.
few months later his place in the uouss @.
Lords was vacant forever and the title of Beac9ns.
held disappeared from the PeeEaee Of England
III Come Ike shadoEs-so depart
J Let me close with the Comment of a not IN.
; friendly critic:
~Disraeli was not first class man: his qualities
1 rsfaff assuffk H..