Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-25
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 FILIBUsTERING.

\ Good as Wellas an Evil-The House of Representatives Compared With the House of Commentators for Securing a Strong Party Govern. nent-Speaker Reeds Innovation.
 A large audience was present in Osborn hall last night to listen to another of the | Kent club lectures. Professor Simeon E. Baldwin presided. 'tAbout year ago." he said, ''we had the pleasure of listening to a lecture on the diplomatic service. Professor White, however, is not the only scholar in politics. I have the pleasure of introducing to you tonight a man who has also been president of col lege, Hon. William c. Wilson, member of congress from West Virginia" [Aprlause].
 MT. Wilson is not alone an instructive, but is in every way delightful speaker. He said in part: The house of representatives has peculiar interest to us because the representatives are the only members of our national government that are elected directly by the people. The house of repre- sentatiyes is 8 natural growth from the house of commons inEngland. The house of commons is not alone @ legislative body, but it comprises nine-tenths of the gov ernment of England. It has close con- nection with the executive branch of the government through it's function of cleo ting the ruler of the country during the period of it's existence.
 There is feeling that the house of representatives is not adequately perform ing it's proper functions. The house of representatives is the smallest body of it's kind, in comparison withsthe constituency that it represents in the world. From the point of view of size, then. the house has an advantage for performing work over other legislative bodies.
 A huge debating society can not be an efficient power in doing the business of the country, unless there is strong party system of government to expedite busi- ness. In the English house of commons the ministry decides the action of the party, and the members of the party generally support him. The house can call for the resignation of the ministry, when they will, and the ministry can dis solve parliament at it's pleasure. In the house of representatives there is no paral- Tel to this. : In England every bill introduced in parliament has to have the approval of the premier. The number of private bills are con- seauently small. In our house of rspze- sentatives the only thing approaching this is the standing committees. Last year l 20, 900 private bills were introduced into the house. That the house may have the time to consider bills relating to taxa given the right of way. Every committee that reports bill assigns it to one of its ! members and that member conducts the | bill through the house. One committed | after another takes charge of securing the l passage of it's own measure. which ir l England is in the hands of the ministry | Another means of securing this party | government is through the committee or rules. They can present rule deciding when bill shall be introduced, what billi shall have precedence, how much time shall be given to them, and SO on. Then besides, in the furry of debate the chair. man of one of the important committees leads the party by making formal resolu tions and in directing the tactics of ths party.
 In the last house MT. Mckinley led tn, house in this sense. He has never, so fal as could observe, tried to impress hi, personality on the house. MT. Mills ir the Fiftieth congress was the leader, fer and fighter, the antipode of Mckinley The best leader I have ever known wa Colonel Morrison. He was halting in hi speech, but the party always followed hi rule until he introduced the tariff bill | A new plan was introduced in the las congress. The theory put forth thel was that the speaker should be the leader of his party. In England the speaker o the house is as much judge as the judg of the supreme court. Neither by decia ion in the meetings of the house nor b, private suggestion does he ever do any thing to advance his party's interest. Il a conservative house liberal now pre- sides over their deliberations
 MT. Carlisle was the most judicia speaker have ever seen. Mir. Reed wa very different man. He cultivates tn sarcastic style of oratory and makes fire quent use of the reductio ad absurdcn form of argument. It was his theory that the speaker of the house should be it leader.
 You have probably heard that set o | rules was made in the last congress tha did away with filibustering. In a sens that is true, but in larger sense it is not With 16.0O0 bills on the calender of tn house. think we are never doing so mucl good as when we are doing nothing Laughter. Filibustering has done grea deal of harm, but it has also done a grea deal of good. It has it's foundation in tn, constitution. That document declare that majority of the house is necessar, to constitute quorum and that on tht request of one-ffth of the members a ye, and nay vote must be taken.
 It is of absolute importance that ther should be no taint upon the integrity of tn proceedings of the house. There is an ap peal from the decision of the chair, bu none from the roll call. As MT. Blain said in substance in 1875, s'When you g behind the roll call you are on the verg of volcano. It is the stepping stone t the greatest corruption in legislative his tory"
 The last session of the house proceede, on the brink of a volcano. Amid a quie session, suddenly the house would breal into an uproar. The clerk of the house, i is true, is a reputable man, but he is sel dom at his desk. The work is done by
 subordinate, and, therefore, the countin of quorum by the clerk is unsafe The judiciary bill passed in the last ses sion of the last congress shoul have been passed in the regular way with out the least taint of suspicion. On tn next day after it was passed twelve gentle men, one of them speaker Crisp, aros and said they were not present. Notwith standing these protests, the journal of tn previous day was approved.
 | AAo hukl1Sn representative udb U COI stituency of between 3, 1000 and 10000. I America the representative with consti uency of Al ,000, who are his active corr, spondents, is overwhelmed with 8 mass C details. A college student wrote me fro1
 Arkansas that he wanted good speech fo graduation. [Applause.]
 Stole . Lawn Mower. John Clark was arrested by Detectiv
 Dennehy yesterday for the theft of law mower from w. c. Wells of Lyons street The prisoner pawned the machine for $2.
 TWO YOUNG RUNAWAYs.
 They Get Away From New Britain. Their Intentions Frussrated.
 John McPartland and James Clansley both aged thirteen years, two boys residin in New Britain. ran away from home earl yesterday morning and succeeded in react ing this city early in the evening. Upo their arrival here they were taken i charge by the police and locked up in th trusnt room at police headquarters Whe Clansley was searched at headquarters .
 unloaded revolver and $1.37 were take from him.. The boys claim they came t this city to see the circus, and intended t return home.
 .I Personal Notes.
 Mrs. Sarah E. Stead, wife of Joseph Dowlfuf