The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-01-29
soAMps IN PARLIAMENT.

AMOS u. CUMMlNoS'
sCAMPs IN PARLIAMENT.
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| Peculiar Formally Attending Resignation
from the House OF Commons.
LONDON. Jan. 2l.-The circumstances attend
ing the absconding OF Mr.. Jabea Spencer Bal
four. member OF Parliament for Burnley and
President Of the wrecked and bankrupt Lib
orator Building Society and OF hall u dozen
| other concerns for swindling middle-class In
vestors in England. illustrate the manner OF
the House OF Commons In dealing with u de-
faultirg member or one who ID under charges
which arc likely to bring MIN into II criminal
court. Mr.. Baifour some weeks ago applied
for the stewardship OF the Chiltern Hundreds.
| This was once an office OF profit and OF some
| personal risk as we'll. as 1t involved the run
ming down Of highwaymen ana other
| gentry OF that class who then infested
Oxfordshire and the neighboring coun-
ties. There is neither profit nor adventure
| connected with it nowadays. and for genera-
tons past the stewardship OF the Chiltern
Hundreds has been maintained solely as u
convenience for members OF the House OF
Commons who for any cause desire to resign
their seats. Tho theory OF the Constitution Is
that a member cannot resign during the life-
time OF a Parliament. Although lie cannot do
SO. he Gun be appointed to office. and the an
Doln.meRRs s TO ), oil nsy yasat SSh hi !. seat t;1sa u TVS W..st /.
minister applies to the Chancellor OF the Ex-
che1uer for the Chiltern Hundreds. and AS
to be u mem6er OF the House OF Commons, He
then, vaoates the Stewardship. which Is in
i fssu,aesS from io1 IA" astS seda at Westminster:' 70
In the ordinary course. the granting oil
the m stsSisrd ! matter 81 the .; G iHIm' HUI Hand 6sIS
a %saists'y in sran seS IS vs sSas q a witt II be- ss!e Pso NEW ,%;
nlankfpn nnnnnf In focNad nv thu SnaakAr
SPEAKER SpesI 'e can ii ISSUE a writ s When the ayase is
Tor the Chiitern Hundreds. the new wit has to
be delayed. until the House meets. and from
. mee. apg0 oi Pasiism aS shs The st sUnst'snsPc to c ehe
% Sssnsa Is Of II Pa shs pesi.l0nr 6 Fl e Ssiayi T1!o rs tie 3
e pas getting eisMv q the Seo House. ss" 81 Con G1aas
of Is IS " veil srp iPP sss Of ah als sfss William Hareourt
has refused the stewardshir OF the Chiitern
h h&aassas s sO sa 3 s0: THere Vas s nosSins {. o. p see
vent his gra,n y It except Z 9 Ito the fS nc + that: when zen
House might debate. not only the case o. Mr..
Chancellor Of, the Exehequsr IN granting him
i iosm s.H sxpSisi1n a rom nth ths EEe snsss. In n1 the pr s.s
ent state Of III ths T.. p publ en- mind IN regard to the
when thousands, OF it,, victims are on the
verge OF starvation and urgent public az;
Rssn Sir Il" Willia ssinf iar % q IN lad tn ssnn.e sSh III:
more than. his own place in tn. House and in
would have suited the Chancellor Of the Ex-
cheuuer far better to h%ayeRiven NJ. baifourtno
Mr.. Balfour ID q Radical. AMI slts for IL snie
Radical constituency; and. rs It n. with Mr..
t Rst.eq from n1as ssnila a,ds i ard 1 Bern T,yh is sa an repre- 3
sented In the House OF .Commops. and may
continue to BIO SO throughout thecoming ses-
l Ginn yUhnn ANAru vht.. L. ri tlfnl i'm T.lrtn m q n IN
Standing orders about new WRIT. in the Ease
H HoW 1a q oe sir ' William III Ha na,s1sfh had h mo- aption
but to leiuso tn stew,rdship e Mr.. Balionr.
nnu oe st magnate IA" "a s Hiyn a ,nea S"m II r" t,ie
House Of Commons. although he is u fugitive
It is believed there, is a writ out for AIR.
reasonable time to answer it. Il he fails to d.
have to move that Mr.. Bnltolr. be sumInonei
e. attend tho House on \ given day, Tho
P ronuIis ID in rI tie L Lon eeS1 1tn na. and md T Then IL Il
Mr. Baifour does not answer tn. M
Mr. GLADSTONE. or wh3over is the leader 1T the
time. will hav, formally to move his expulsion.
This mutton will he carried and duly entered
upon the journals ant when the sent has been
Burnlcr. This WAS tine mode Of procedure fol.
lowed last session with AR. Wesley De Cnua,n.
famous crimes. and failed both to answer the
warrant from the Homo Office and TO aprcar
in his PLACE. as ordered w resolution OF tine
Il Mr.. Spencer Brlfour answers the warrant
md stands his tri,h ut the Central hrlminrl
lowed. No Sseps will bs taken by, the House II
Commons until after The trial Then. II he Is
t tpH%" viii niIs send al, u otter, tsa r. the "s sneak Wro olle ae "
tence. This letter to the Speaker Will he read
before tho commencement mi OF public business
on the day on watch il Is. received, and as soon
House will move Mr.. Baiiour's expulsion Tho
leader OF tho ,Opposition will second the reso-
writ ,S'iiP vii, lie re i wnsa Il and sn thu s eisct fanr as b u nHy
VIII follow within a week OF, so II. on the other
hand. Mr.. Spencer Balfour clears himself Of the
ever. tho constituencies usually take sums
that aS.''i ih %aa h s.Ys b snf %9 rstiss' s NJ. gaIIear ni has
% stfis u sea az Barn n.s res,E r fb,Iipt 70 niS s9m.
Toistol. and. Sroti,er o.. Mr.. staaSopse. e Iari
salis6ury's Secretary Of state for Mar, has
may elapse before the ELECTION takes place.
House Of Commons. That. however. is burn.
without due Examination Of his record.
me last House OF Commons had to s1pcl
t GaDt o. l i.s member Mss .0a Mt | De f EosS ns wss e Sns;
ana crimes OF a. Kind which they had vigor-
ously denounced. in the House OF ons
md on religious platforms all over the country.
They We're both members also Of a little party
composed Of memoers ON both sides Of the
House who used to meet each afternoon for
private prayers and exhortations In one OF the
committee rooms.
Cant. verney gave himself UT, when he found
that the police were on his heels; he was sen
fenced to one years imprisonment. formally
expelled from the House OF Commons. and has
altogether disappeared from the Social Purity
party and from the political groups in which
Another member OF the House OF Commons
Is implicated with Mr.. Balfour In the Lipera-
TOR %swindle; but he is a new man. He entered
the House only ut the general election in July.
and there IL no use In mentioning his name.
AS II, has never, prominently appeared In con-
pef,ion WITH English politics; Like Mr.. J. s
pany promoter and what Englishmen call a
guinea plg'-a seeker after fees accruing 10
Balfour. he went into politics solely to add
Y his importance 10 the eyes OF the %unsonhis-
ticatod, who commit their savings to financial
concerns like the dozen or more which went
70 wreck In Tendon In the last few months Of
1877 and gw,lllOWeI tWenty- Ave Or thirty mil