St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-13
OUR EX-SPEAKER WITNESSES
REOPENING of THE BRIT 5
IsH COMMONS.
GULLY SHOWS HIM AR0UNE
HIS IMPRESSIONS OF THE COM
MONERS AND THEIR METH-S
STUDY OF LoNG-DEAD LEADERS
Gladstone to Make the Acuuaint-
ance of MIR. Crisp Before He
Returns to America,

LONDON, Aug. 12.-One of the
most interested spectators of the
opening of the house of commons
today was Charles F. Crisp. ex-
speaker of the United States house
OF representatives Mr.. Crisp was
present in the speakers gallery at
the special invitation of William
Court Gully, who was reelected
speaker of the commons today. Mr..
crisp, in conversation with a repre-
sentative of the Associated Press
after the house had adjourned, said:
Before the house met, Mr.. Gully
showed me the paintings represent
ing the former speakers of the house
OF commons, and the comments
which he made upon each of them
were most interesting Mr.. Gully
also showed me the statues of great
statesmen of the past, and particu-
larly called my attention to the fact
that Pitt and Fox faced each other.
L took great delight in studying the
portraits of the deceased British
statesmen, as 1 have spent many
hours studying the lives of Pitt and
Fox
The representative of the Associat-
ed Press learns that it is probable
mutual friend will arrange a, meeting
between Mr.. Crisp and Mr.. Glad
stone on the formers return to Lon
don from his visit to Paris. AT the
request of the Associated Press Mr..
fl4 fo1l a
his impressions formed at the OPEN
ing of the house:
HIS OWN STORY OF IT.
81 attended the opening of parlia-
ment today. 1t proved a great treat
to me, naturally, as I am much in
terested in English forms and meth
DDS of legislation. One of the most
striking differences between our
methods and those in use here is that
the speaker is non-partisan. The
members of parliament are Certainly
very fine looking body of men. To
an American, however, it looked
very odd to see the members of the
house sitting with their hats on.
After the adjournment I called on
the speaker, and was escorted by
him to his official residence, where
L had the honor of being introduced
to his wife. L found the speaker a.
most agreeable gentleman. 1 also
met Mr.. Balfour, the Conservative
leader, and found him to be a splen-
did type of the English gentleman.
1 did not mention silver during my
conversation with either gentleman.
When I was leaving the parlia-
ment house Mr.. Balfour accom-
panied me out to the gate, where
large crowd was collected When
they saw the Conservative leader
they cheered him most enthusias-
tically. AS there was no other busi-
ness outside Of the election of the
speaker, 1 was unable to learn much
of other legislative methods. I am
satisfied, however, from what I did
see, that I prefer the methods of our
congress-
MEETING NOTABLES.
Mr.. Crisp also said: after ad-
journment Mr.. Gully had me escorted
to the floor of the house and intro
duced to the leading members. 1 aft
erwards found myself in an extremely
handsome room, which I supposed was
part of the lobby of the house. but
Mr.. Gully said it was the private din
ing room of his office residence. There
we were joined by Senator Cabot Lodge
and Mr.. Henry White, ex-secretary of
the United States embassy. We were
all escorted to the public dining room
of the speaker, in which we were
introduced to his wife. Mrs Gully
is a most affable lady. The room was
crowded with ladies who were waiting
to personally congratulate Mr.. Gully
upon his reelection. After leaving the
speakers residence Mr.. White took
Senator Lodge and myself to the house
of commons, where he introduced US
to many of the leaders. Mr.. Balfour
is man of much personal magnetism
and impresses one Immediately as
striking intellectually. Although he
did not appear to be so, I knew he
was hurried, and so did not think it
the proper place or time to broach the
subject of bimetallism. AS Mr.. Gully
had not been reelected when first
saw him he was not in official dress
1 made a remark on this subject to him
and he said that tomorrow he would
only be in half dress and wear a half
wig as his election would then be only
half approved. On Wednesday, how
ever, his election will have been fully
approved and he will wear his full
official attire. All this strikes me as
extremely strange"
Mr. Crisp starts for Paris tonight
and will remain there for a week.