The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-23
! I'm BATH I ARR Az !.
The Beginning Of Another Session The
New British Parliament Quietly
Settling Down to Work.

Political Forecasts On the All-Absorbir
Question Of Home Rule for
ireland.
| The Parliament Of the British En-
| pire met on Tuessfay, January l:
though there IS little probability tina
! anything will be done until the Febrl
| airy meeting. An eye witness says tha
/ the fog hung low over the statues o
Parliament Square. Be aconstieid, Can
ming, Derby, Palmerston and Peel ha'
q thin covering Of snow on their head
meaning, OF course, the statues Of thos
deceased worthless Sand seemed to civ
| but a chilling reception to the new o
Old members who passed By in cabs d
afoot. The drizzle above and the slusl
belew had thinned the usual crowd O
sight seers, and the cheers salutinl
well known members sounded hoarst
in the raw air. The FIRST to enter Pal
ace yard were, OF course, the new mem
bers. One could tell them at first sight
much as one can detect new congress.
man at Washington. Each one Of
them looked as il he thought that be
was being inspected by the whole coun-
try, and insensibly he bowed at any
faint noise. They lost this look, how.
ever, when, on entering the building,
they were frequently challenged by po-
licemen and doorkeepers who were on
che alert against ingenious reporters
giving the names Of new members.
Close by the entrance TO the Commons
stood four beef eaters from the Tow
or, who had just concluded The ira
ditional search OF the vaults through
out the entire building for another Guy
FaWkes. More in accordance with the
progress OF the age, policemen had
closed the Westminster Hall entrance
against dynarniters, feeling that Rossa
had sup2lanted Guy. AS the crowd
looked through the railings, chatting at
the gorgeous Crimson uniforms and the
pole axes Of the beef ef-eaters, its atten-
tion was suddenly turned to the en-
trance Of the members Of the labor
party, who dramatically came together
Broadhurst, Arch, Powell and Leices-
ter among them-i Immediately followed
by John Bright and Burt, the secretary
of the Miners Association. The first
named agitationists were readily
recognized. The brothers Ashmead-
Bartlett soon after arrived JvgoSfs
number ef the el,s a.seDahers Of both
parties, Of course, received the accus-
TONED greetings, but it was remarked
by habitues that Dixie, Chamberlain,
and Gladstone were not cheered as Of
old. Churchill, however, received such
ringing salutations as Dizzy" used to
get from the mob that everywhere halls
Gibb, member of Parlia-
ment for st. Pancreas and the former
vestry clerk of his parish, excited no
tice by wearing big Ksssuth hat, from
the brim of which drops OF drizzle fell.
Meanwhile the members inside were
selecting seats by card -pinning and hat
For the time the interior
Of the House reminded All American of
a Chicago national convention just as
sembling. Sir John MoWbray got up
soon afterwards. He is tllreescore and
ten years old, a church estates commits
sioner and the unopposed Conservative
from Oxford University. He
nominated Mr.. Arthur Peel for speak
er, eulogizing the latter until his blshy
whiskers trembled. Mr.. Mowbray's
voice was husky. He was followed by
the silver tones Of John Bright, as he
seconded the nomination in a dignified
and scholarly speech. Justin Mccarthy
in calm and deliberate tone,
speaking ON behalf Of the Irish mem
bers, in the absence Of Parnell. He
simply acquiesced in the result of the
election, but, in gentlemanly manner,
protested against the eulogy on the late
speakers impartiality, which the Irish
members denied. He sat down amid
the cheers Of the Nationalists present,
ably led by Biggar, with a rose in his
buttonhoie, ready again to become the
'masher" of the ladies' gallery Mr..
Peel, assuming an air Of Iaodesty, like
Wyndham or the late John Brougham
before the curtain, returned thanks and
the new House, giving taffy
for taffy. When the speaker lad seated
himself in his chair, Sir Michael Hicks
Beach, Chancellor of the Exchequer,
re-echoed the pnffrey Of Mowbraw and
Bright, to which Gladstone added
treacIe. He made the tactical hit,
however, when he said: The protest
Of the Irish members he regarded as q
reluctant fulfliment OF conscientious
duty. The relations between their
party and the chair have been strained
on past occasions, and it is not to be
expected the7 should be quite satisfied.
In the speech of the honorable member
for North LongforG, however, I recog-
nize an ackno wledgment of a duty to
the chair. and hope that the changed
circumstances of the Irish party will
help to prevent a repetition of the
strained relations" This reference to
changed circumstances elected an earth
quake Of Hear, hears, from Biggar
According to the best accounts the
chances are that the irish question con-
tinues to be as much Of q eonundrum
as the secession question was il the
winter OF 1861. Nevertheless the eor-