St. Paul daily globe., 1893-05-14

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the national movement. In the early
days of the land league, pressure was
used to free all the clergy into the move
ment: of late years some pressure has
been used to force them out. l do not
see very much in the euph0nl0uS argu-
ment that they should keep to their own
sphere. A doctor also has his sphere,
as has lawyer. Yet. no one will tell
them that they must keep out OF poll
tics. The Irish clergy are at least as
reliable as the Irish lawyers or the Irish
doctors, and their political advise is not
less intelligent. Nevertheless, when
home rule will have been gained there
will be very strong reasons why the
Irish clergy should keep to their altars
and.dabble no more in politics.
Paying M. Ps.
There is a strong and growing ten
dency in the British Isles to pay the
members of parliament. The payment
of the Irish members from the parlla-
mentary fund has brought with
in the range of practical politics
the question of paying all members OF
parliament. The payment OF members
follows as a corolary from universal
suffrage, or the rule OF the people.
Even in England feudalsm is totterlng,
the old order is slowly but surely
changing and Demos will soon rule.
They say that the payment OF parIIa-
mentarianS, is ungentlemanly. Ihe
objection is what Thackeray would
cali snobbish. 1t is no more unbecom-
ing for parliamentarian to take pay
ment for public services well done than
it is for any other public servant.
More promising countries than Eng
land paw their lawmakers. Australia
pays its members of parliament and
the United States it's legislators. They
say it is un-English. This is a clap
trap adjective, made like one OF DIS
raeli's famous phrases, to capture the
unthinking. | should ask, is it un-
reasonable, rather than is it un-Engllsh?
in the Commons.
The style of speaking in the house of
commons is easy and clear. IL IS
--- Mr.. Gladstone is easily the best
sneaker in the house He has rare
delivery of speech, and is master or
clever sarcasm. He diSpOSeS OF weaker
antagonist with compassionate gentle
ness. but he has no mercy for toeman
worthy of his steel. his power over
language recalls that of the late Cardinal
Newman. Sir William Harcourts style
is slow and ponderous, but strong and
clear. Chamberlain the elder is clean
cut in speech. There is no mistaking
the meaning of his chiseled phrases.
He puts the sting in the tail OF his SEN
tences: but he is handicapped by a
sinister expression of the eye and
by an insincenty which, IKE
the damned spot will not out, ,
John Morley is hesitant until aroused
bv ANNOYING interruption or ungenerouS
1
gan too late in life to admit of his being
an easy debater; but he is a finished
scholar, aud it is positively fascinating
to see him vanquish an opponent. When
he makes good point against an enemy
he assumes the attitude of confident
cOnuuerOr, pauseS, and allows the thrust
to 90 fully home before proceeding.
Sir Charles Russell is an effective
speaker, and feels that he is master OF
the situation. His style, however, is not
that of the house of commons, but is
rather forensic. heard him administer
a severe castigation to i. w. Russell, a
Scotchman who sits for an Irish con-
stituencv, the same who came to Can
ada and the United States for argn-
ments against Irish home rule. Russell
is cold-blooded and thick-Sklnned, but
under the lash of his namesake's tongue
he WINGED like CALLED Jade. Sexton
still retains his name as ilrSt-claSS Or
ator, T. Z. O'ConnOr is the readieSt de-
batter in the house, and John Red
mond the best elocutionist. L. IL.
Healey has the SharpeSt tongue and the
cleareSt ideas of any man in the house.
Lord Randolph Churchill can make a
good speech when he pleases. He is as
powerful at objections as our own
Amelie RiVes Chanler, and when he
| is not thoroughly in earnest there is the
| the same warm -blOoded style which dis
| tinguishes the fair Virginia authoresS.
He has made some very clever speeches
during the present session, and Mi. Bal
four has to watch for his laurelS as
leader of the Tory party. There is no
doubt as to Churchlll's great ability, but
| he speaks too often and too long. Mr..
Acouith, a Scotch home ruler, also be-
| longs to the firSt-claSS speakers of the
house of commons. His speech on the
hume rule bill was almost equal to
| that of Sexton, DaYitt or Redmond.
| No man in the house has come so fast to
| the front rank as Edward Blake, late of
| Canada. Mr.. Blake, however, cannot
| be looked upon as new parliamentary
! hand, as he had made his reputation IN
the Canadian parliament before going
! to Westminster. One can form rea-
sonable estimate of the value of a
speech by the amount of space given to
| it in the leading newspapers. Few
members succeed in getting verbatim
reports. The ipsisslma yerba of Mr..
Gladstone and Lord Salisbury are al
ways given. Half dozen Of the other
leading men always succeed in getting a
column. | am not speaking of the
provincial or local press; l refer to the
| reports in the metropolitan newspapers.
Then come the speakers who must
be content with a half-column;
and lastly those who are disposed of in
a paragraph. Justin Mccarthy, the
leader Of the Irish Nationalists, uniVer-
sally gets good report. even from the
Tory press. His voice is not sufficiently
stentorian to reach very large audi
ence, but his spoken sentences are as
| flowing as his written ones IN 1.-The
| Maid of Athens" and his fidelity to
| truth is as evident as the accuracy OF
his History of Our Own Times" 1t is
generally admitted that if the Irish
members were withdrawn, from the
house of commons the English parlla
ment would become as dull as vestry
| meeting.
The Spoilers Hand.
The present is not the time to wake
memories OF the past, but traveller il
Ireland cannot help noticing that the
hand of the Spoiler is on everything
| i+praturp muSiC and art have beel