The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-04-30

People who came round him with their nan
beaux to investigate party peccadilloes. got
pulled out in their faces. He would simpl
put on the e%xtInRuisher OF q Joke. Tho Hous
liked this much better.
Indeed. IL always highly appreciates tb
jocose features OF It's debates. Sometimes a
old barrister OF reputation will como In ms
new member. and he IL pretty sure to Great
a stir. The mingled exhibition OF talent Il
their own line and inexperience in their ney
vocation Is often the source OF great amuse
mont. Old Sergeant Bayoly. for example
broke ground ut once v~aliantly on nm Admi
rally and EScheauer question. about which h
knew but little. ranging himself alongside hi
enemies. OF whom Mr.. Gladstone was tn
chief. like another Nelson OF debate. TIL
House laughed immoderatoly ut the vnlor o
the onset and tho skill OF the combatant. IL
which Mr.. Gladstone. p%erforce. himself parti
cipated. But this did not relieve him OF thu
necessity OF summoninR oil his presence o
mind and gathering IN his resources In ordel
to repcl his assailant. who. though defeated
was able to retire with honors and compli'
monts to his ability" from the Chancellor.
Now and then q brief bit OF instruction va
ries the current OF discussion. SO many full
men cannot sit together without displaying
the varieties and peculiarities Of their studies
and experiences. Thus tho younger Sir Robert
Peel entertained tho House with q disauIsition
on the necessity OF consuming tho smoke In
large manufacturing towns
He commended It was impairinR the health
and shortening the lives OF the people. besides
destroying vegetation and frustrating the
efforts to beauty growing towns and villages
by shade trees and parks. lie went on to ex-
plain some newly devised methods by which
this novel result could be ACCOMPLISHED thus
opening up q fertile subject for the considera-
ton Of a smoke and SCOT blackened people.
lying half smothered across the whole north
ern half OF the island.
Occasionally a unique specimen bursts upon
Parliament who imparts q relish like that
which mustard gives to q solid repast. When
he comes in the shape Of a member OF many
years standing whose responsibility is untm-
peached the flavor is heightened.
During the debate OF 1866 on the Reform
bill a Mr.. Hardy. who might have belonged to
Squire Westerns time. Unexpectedly took the
floor. He said no was one OF the silent mem.
bsrs who had been in the House for many
years and had never before spoken. He had
tried to keep clear OF the debates. which SEEM
cd to him to be growing utterly worthless. but
he had listened 80 long that really 1t was
easier to talk than TO be silent any longer. and
he spoke to rolieve himself.
He was opposed to the bill and opposed to
the talking members. Everybody was giving
an opinion. but who cared for their opinions2
Tho whole thing was Q bore and a nuisance"
The House got into q gale OF laughter at the
speaker and his remarks. which lasted until
he sat down.
The reporters sense OF propriety did not
allow them to give half he said. or what he did
say in the manner he said 1t.
Unlike our Congressional reporters. these
gentlemen take what liberties they please
with the speakers In Parliament. They
nre not. as In our case. the employees Of
the House. but representatives OF the press.
and ore guided by thor own caprice. or that OF
their employers. as to the character OF their
reports. Many a speaker thus misses his
deserts In consequence. as did Mr.. Hardy in
this instance. The great leading speakers.
after achieving a certain distinction, cannot
be treated In this way. OF course. by journals
that aim at correct reports and have a char
acter to maintain. but all others have to suffer.
Now and then a scene occurs In the Com.
mons which mirrors some OF our own home
experiences Amember who was new to Parlia-
mentary life. q military man OF 40 odd years OF
age. Sir Charles Russell. spoke with animation
and spirit OF the disreputable practices by
which men were now advanced In the military
service who knew nothing OF their duties. He
pungently characterized such officers as mill.
al VIC htlio oiOu8 ia th0 Atmo VI
sucking adjutants."
The observation recalled some OF the e1pe-
riences OF our Mexican war. when such men
as Gems. Pillow and Pierce. and other less noted
dignitaries. were first mnde officers and then
taught their duties by young West Pointers
who accompanied them. There may have
been even moro recent experiences OF the
same sort. The lamented Gen. Isaac I. Ste
vens. who persisted so calamity In his support
OF the chivalric Kearny during the late war.
used to say he fulfilled this function
during the Mexican war for Franklin
Pierce. When Pierce afterward became
President lie recompensed Stevens by max
ing him Governor Of Washington Territory.
The character OF English Senatorial clio.
auence changes with tho lapse OF time. Lord
B%roughnm contends that all the old British
orators and great divines always "ovordiL'
their work. and that after all the experience
o! England during the last century. in which
SO much oratorical reputation has boon
achieved. tho painful conclusion remains that
there 10 nothing to DO done but to fall back on
Greek and Roman oratory for the true models.
This idea finds daily a moro wide acceptation.
The Parliamentary orators OF the present day
arc more simple in their style than were their
predecessors.
The style o! Mr.. Bright. which. We have
seen. Is 40 much commended by his most cell
ebrated contemporary. is clear. limpid. direct.
and DlaIn. Lord Stanley Is another eminent
speaker whose speech IS Of the sim plest
character. without circumiooution and with
out ornament.
Mr.. Gladstone Is moro ornate and involved,
and full VI reanementS OF meaning, but even
lie. too. Is never stiltcd either In thought or
expression. SO. too. with Mr.. Disraeli. He
strives after comprehensive and incisiye
terms and unique combinations OF language.
But lie never swells or foams.
1t Is very different with many OF our am.
bilious speakers in America. They are apt to
follow the old models. They stand upon tip-
toe and mount high stills. lifting their express
sions quite above oyerybody's head. and think
they thus rival Burke and Bolingbroke. and
Sheridan and Shiel. and other high models.
They only expose their barrennesa They are
not coRnizant OF the modern reforms. Good
taste has discarded high flown speech. as So
clety has discarded powdered wigs and the
chapeau bras.