The Meeker herald., 1890-03-08


them; To the GIT Of free trade - Eng
land by The very statesman VINO went
into Office To champion protection, or 10
the more common example OF those WI"
come 10 scoif and stay Ia pray. ANA
then, when | turn 10 that side OF the
house, my memory fresh with the
scenes saw enacted there on many an
occasion during the last congress, can
scarcely suppress my wonder at the
great and marvellous chang. which has
come over them. Even as | melt into
- mpathy with them, | cannot but llken
them 10 "A story read, long years ago
of an Alpine village. which the devil
had 50 thoroughly debauched and cor
ruptcd thai II wns terror To al the
region round.
Hut as punishment for his mlsdceds
the devil WAS forced Ia assume the garb
Of priest aud so among them and
preach 80 eioaucntly that lac converted
every one of them into the fold OF the
true church. | fear II would not
lie allowable. under general parlla-
I
stance who the devil lie Is laughter, but
think. Mr Speaker. have him in my
minds eyc. Renewed laughter
Sir, know what u cross IL WAS that
these gentlemen had To take up Wien
they came into tire house with this pub
lie confession, KNOW TINT malicious
/ people viii ~, that il would have been
better for Them II Ii-y haI turned fIum
their evil VANS WHEN II WIS against
their owu Interest, Ia turn Laughter on
tie Democratic sidel bUI hope nobody
viii doubt the grnu.ururs, Of the cun'
version because ul that small and very
uuImpprllnt circumstance.
WHAT GREAT LiGiIT SHINES!
Why. sir, we have already hid In the
ease II the distinguished speaker an IT,
lusiIai!on OF tie pTuycrb that virtue Is
IT, own reward. IN u single bound he
has lclp,,i. rs Il were. Ear al,1ye the levcl
~ al pfr,iuu, sprlkyrJ 81 TIL, house,
who were weighed down los presidents
ami rules Of procedure. and lie nnN
stands before tho world ~ tic highest
living authority on general paIiia.
mrntaTy law. IL no, u, SOLE exposition
aud depository. threat laughter On the
Democratic sid.
No wuui-r. under these circuIn-
stances. That I. who taken calmcr and
4 more philu'rpliir view -! all the pn,.
c-rdius. %! lhi, house Tor the past week
than ans other man here. and hay.
studied general parliamentary law.
a. lt has been revealed 10 us. ~ the
scientist studies new phcnumcna-uu
Wonder that |. lon. have II last .NVcti,
cnc-d a change OF heart. and nm rrlds
To Join ms colleagues on the other side
AMI admit that all my previous ideas
about the rules ani ;lr practice II the
huusr were WONG, anI that there u
nothing la the world. above tie world
OF undo. the wDUli equal Ia general
parliamentary Law" lilpshlcrl
S.r. |. who have been dwelling over
here among the tents IL tlic wicked.
Lni. and II Is 40 wonder that Ind. the
oil fashioned Idea that has come down
10 ia through all tile generations o,
aud the great authorities he followed.
through story aud many others. that.
somehow or other. for any great as-
sc;ibly. especially for one rs large "a,
this. rules of procedure are iirs, aud
MA Indispensable necessity.
Sir. In my former blindness sup
posed that chastity WAS no more tile
virtue ~ . woman than impartiaiiis
va, The virtue OF tie speaker 81 this
house loud applause GA ,lc Democratic
sdrl. aud that whatever other Cruces
aud accomplishments shc might he en-.
lowed with, lacking THIS. she fell from
the csiimaiiun oi men. iRcnewed ap-
plNus..i but that was hcinrc became
an expert In general parliamentary
Law ilIat was before my dafkuucd
miud was opened by the tender CONVEX.
sion NJ the friends 80 much love ON
the other side OF the house.
"Sow you SEE ANp Sow YoU Don't
sEE.n
Ms friend from Arkansas IMr.
Roccrl. whose judicial experience In a
frontier region bfough; him into official
relations with many lnwicEs people.
characterized general parliamentary
law IA something that "nnw You sec.
aud now you don't See | have In.
quircd of lin what lie meant hy that
phrase, and he tells me thai, IL is one of
the ungodly expressions of men who
engineer certain game where all the
chances are on their own side. Laugh.
t"r and applanse.l
hut. sir, think can give n better
definition of general parliamentary law
than that. and can tell YOU what it Is.
It's great and distinguishing mark is
that each ruling of the speaker should
he announced In advance. in the
language of the play bills. POSITIVELY
the first and only appearance Great
laughter and applause.l
Sir. think | can catch Though have
not had the pleasure Of reading the
speech which the speaker made ut Wood
stock ON the last Fourth of july the
connection of general parliamentary
law with Nelson and Trafalgar.
Heretofore we have supposed that
under the rules OF the house the speaker
must have two good eyes. So that he can
see equally both sides of the house: but
1t seems that general parliamentary