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

CONSTITUTION 10 hardly ever ailuded 10 IN fet
lament without being violated in p~recisel,
the same way. As to the broad a. we have
nothing like the mispronunciation In which
the English speakers indulge. without an,
exception. Mr.. Gladstone. who Is In mans
things the most particular. being rs bad as the
rest In such unduestionable cases as chance
enhhncc. command. answer, pissed. calm. ad
vantage. advanced. task. cant, Chancellor. and
other similar words. In all these cases they
give the italian sound to the a. as In father.
To substitute man and can fcr man and can
would be just as proper rs the other numerous
abuses OF this inoffensive vowel.
Tho rules and orders OF Parliament are rig
idly enforced. No reference to past debate is
allowed. and ~allusion to q member by name Is
Instantly stopped. A now member. but an Old
barrlster. was recently tripped up most uncer-
enormously all around tho House. for unwit-
tingly violating the lattor rule. Yet 1t seems
hyporcrltical to make such \ marked distinc-
ton between Mr.. samuda and the member for
Tavistock. they being known equally well to
the House rs one and the same individual 4
member was called to order for referring to
Sergeant Gaslee as his honorable and ex-
citatle friend" and at once WAS forced to with
drnw the expression. and apologize.
Among the practices noticeable in the House
10 the badgerinR o; Ministers on their benches.
where some one or more OF them have to sit
night after night into the small hours OF the
morning. the target for questions and COM
ments most trying to human patience. and
whore not only patience. but skill and iudg-
ment and knowledge are equally required.
The conduct OF Ministers on such occasions ia
generally such as to excite admiration Of their
powers OF sslf-control and endurance. 1t is
| one OF the conditions on which mower and sta
ton must be enjoyed In England.
The spectators are watched by the door
keepers on the floor as a cat watches q mouse.
The vigilance Of these officers never sleeps.
lest some gauchsrie should DO perpetrated BY
somebody Nobody. member or auditor. is
allowed to hold anything in his hand but his
hat or the orders Of til. day. No reading. no
writing. no book. no newspaper. NO letter can
be perused or looked at. Absolute. %unquali-
fed observance OF those rules Is the law and
the practice.
Ihave said the reporting Of Parliament IS
neither SO complete nor SO literal as the o6ieia!
reports OF Congress-. Unless a speaker has
reputation. the reporters cut him OF as much
as they please. Sometimes this happens WITH
o very racy speech. as we have seen.
Then. again. the report is always on the side
OF propriety. Loose language is changed into
proper language.
Thus when Sir Charles Russell in his speech
said an officer had characterized the military
regulations OF the shooting drill as being
damned nonsense" the Times reported 1t
complete nonsense"
They have q very convenient arrangement
for announcing when q division 10 to be taken.
This is a system OF electric bells situated In
every part OF the building. which are all rung
simultaneously at q touch.
When a division is announced these little
bells begin and keep up IN incessant tlnkle
for the two minutes which are allowed to the
1aonhar - nat In hnfora fhn slN0ro = otNoad
At the we'll known sound the members rush
to their seats. The dining room. smoking
room. the library. the Hobbies. the corridors,
NIL empty out their inmates in an instant.
During this process every stranger is turned
of tho floor.
The House regularly goes out to dinner. the
Speaker included. This Is at half past seven
or eight. During the absence OF the Speaker.
which be makes as short as possible. the
House Temporarily dissolves and roams about.
But the mace 10 not disturbed.
When the Speaker Is In the chair this SYM
boil OF authority rests on two little crotched
supports on the table. the head q little ele-
waited. When he is not there the mace goes
under the table. where It rests in the same
way. the head q little depressed.
When q new member rises to address the
House everybody simultaneously rising gives
way. II the Speaker inadvertently. or from
not seeing the new member. assigns the floor
to another. cries Of New member New
member" make the latter give way. accord
Ing to the etiquette OF tho body.
When the Speaker leaves the chair for the
House to 60 into committee. the member who
takes his place is addressed by name. Thus
everybody addresses MI Dodson." or who
ever is appointed Deputy Speaker" The de-
bates begin at 4 T. NJ. and are usually kept up
till l o'clock and after In the morning.
The system OF a thorough party organiza-
ton in al! departments. which exists in Eng
land. explains what seems often anomalous to
us In their legislative reports.
The ranks OF the opposition In Parliament
are kept full Of those men who correspond to
the several positions OF the men In power.
They are q regularly drilled force. who have
regular duties to perform as much when out
OF power as when in.
Mr.. Disrneli. in his position OF leader Of the
opposition. has no s%inecure. 1t is his duty to
sit In his place night after night for long
hours and watch the course OF proceedings.
When the Secretary Of the Admiralty ex-
plains his budget and brings on the discus
sion OF naval TOPICS. the former head OF this
department under the Tory Administration
Sir John Pakington. for example, sits oppo-
site. and leads the debate in opposition on
this particular branch OF SCI vice.
II the positions OF the Atto,ney-Genera are
to he controverted. the future Tory Lord
Chancellor. who may be Sir Hugh Cairns or
anybody else. is In the opposing benches
ready to meet him..
SO with every branch Of ADMINISTRATION
The especial man who has filled or Is to All
a certain post when a change OF Ministry
occurs stands IN the House Of Commons fully
Informed and fully armed as the antagonist
Of the Govern .nent official who Is the occupant
OF that position.
Nothing is left to chance or the uncertain
promptings OF individual aspiration. Every
thing Ia organized and fully arranged before
hand. and every man who expects to succeed
in q political career must take on the harness
and perform his share Of regular and often
irksome labor.
The advantage Of this training Is ~incalcu-
liable when 1t comes to the exercise OF admin
istrative function. Every man goes to his
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