Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-04-12

said. Some functouary-a page or usher |
/ presume with "a badge suspended /
around his neck about big as a plate /
saw what was about and muliuned me |
to dosist / mot.oncd him TO mind his |
own business and went ON taking notes. |
but i'm a minute or two relt hand laid |
gently but firmly on my shoulder. The !
man with the badge and a most solemn
expression of countcnance was there close
behind me.
don't stop taking notes You VIII nave TO
leave the 'OuSe."
"Why, what harm is there in it?" !
asked.
1T isn't for me to reason about the
natter he replied, 1T Is against the
rules, sir, and that's enough for me, sir,
| have my horders from the speaker and /
carry them out"
His manner clearly implied that that
ought to be enough for me, too. But he
looked so dreadfully solemn and dignliied
that | couldn't refrain from giving him a
shock.
"Who is the spcaker-that old fellow
with wig ON sitting on a high chair"
lie turned red in the face, and began 10
| gasp and sputter.
"Wen, give him my compliments and
/ tell him that | am sorry I've broken the
rules of the house, and | hope That he
won't stay awake nights thinking about
! it,
| really thought that the old fellow was
| going to have a fit right then and there.
! Il presume" said the Nj. p, that the
/ rule Is relic of the old times when no
reports We're allowed of parliamentary
proceedings
found out afterwards that visitor
who gets admitted to one OF the galleries
is not even allowed to lOokat "a newspaper
when debate is in progress. If the de-
bate happens to be dull-and IL often is
dull-he must endure it as best he can, or
go. And if he goes, he can't get any re
turn check. The accommodation in the
galleries is extremely limited, and there is
not a night when parliament is in session
that there are not twice as many apph
canIs for seats as can get them. And to
the average BritOn tits lncOnceIVdblc that
b anyone should ever regard parliament
AIRY debate as dull.
/, When the Bulgarian ENJOYS were in
London trying 10 get some backing
s against the Turk, tried TO get at them
I but didu't succeed They were objects o
interest AZ the time; good deal had beer
written about them and an interview viii
one or more of them would have mad,
good newspaper reading.
Z Shortly after my failure J met an ac
T. acquaintance, "a writer on London papr
20 W hich had been devutiug "A good deal O
J; space To these same Bulgarians.
! BY the way he said, 81 met thOS
. Bul Mrian fellows last night; very dcccu
/ fellows they are, too. | had quite an in
tcrcsting talk with some Of them
Z Did you get tan interview out Of them?
d | asked, forgetting the moment that wa
Il talking to an English journalist
s, Interview thCm!' he replied in
O ScOruful tone, certainly not And the
h he added, condcsccndlngly, "lutrrview
ing may be very well in America, but
j. isn't considered the proper thing her,
/ int "a k1
- Aud yet "A column interview with TN
: Bulgarians, in which they talked IA
ne themselves, would have been much MOI
RS interesting than a column editorial stutle
i with SurmlSc' and cOulccturyS cOncernln
y. them. But English journalists have n,
81 yet learned that comment is not news.
J. The navy is u popular subject wit
le English newspapers. When | was thcl
ID Lieutenant Hope, in letters TO VarlOl
T. newspapers, was making all manner
~ charges Of mi>managemcnt, and worS
~ against certain departments. The new
~ papers responded with editorial cQnJec
p urcs that he might be right. or cdlluri
D. conjecturcs that he might bee wrong, al
l- there the matter ended.
rs These charges ought TO be invest
'h gated" said the editor Of "A paper th
M had been sustaining Hope. There
IT, something rotten in the state Of Del
mark. We need reform
me well, why don't you invcstga
r. thcm?' | asked, iuuOccntIy.
ne II investigate them. Howe
%, Interview the heads OF department
ut get their answers 70 Hopes charges; thD
mo- get Hopes answers 20 their answer
nm give everybody "a hearing that can thro
ny any light upon the subject; silt yo
VI evidence and then pronounce the We
no dict"
pt That might do in America, but
Sh don't do things that way i'm England, y