The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-07-19

LONDON, July 8,-hy visit to England
to take up anew the over interesting
study Of her workinS.GlRss life. hSa hap
psned to occur at a moSt fortunate
point Of time. No blars %Of.trumpsts
had announced it Neither bOr males.
ty'S late government nor tho powers in
opposition, could have known Of It, OK
eep.lRg by a trans Atlantic thought
cable. Yet both acted precisely as |
could have wished them to do, the
pRpera which came aboard at Queens.
town conveying the intelligence that
there had been a grand upset OF the
poweu that were, and subsequent events
making it possible Tor me 10 take my
lrat observations Of the British work
man Just as he Is rolling up his sleeves
for u tusaal with the ballot box,
II was my happy fortune TO be here at
tho election three wears ago. One thing
iR theSe great strHgslsS 10 a perennial
surprise. It is SO different from the
usual English way that one 10 puzzled
to understand il. The EnglishmRn does
almost everything with s%xRsperatlng
slownesS. lie starts late in the morn.
ing and never seems 10 care about catch.
ing up. Business is conducted rs though
Il wero a pastlme. Electricity rs 4
means OF transit has no charms for him;
he Ia still quite content apparently with
the jogging bus and sfoW.gotng tram.
Aud tho sloWsSt coach Of all Is that par.
liAmentary process by which after end.
less talk and tho full use Of every menna
for obstruction, he manages once In a
while to get himself landed at some
goal OF advanced legislation. Tho aver
age EnGlishman gloriss in his GlowneIs.
In contrast with our style Of llis, its q
mark OF superiority, tho repoiB which
springs from mGlIowness aud conscious
ability. SO hB thinks at least, But
when an election impends, wheolbarrow
methods give place in this tight little
island to the squirt and plunge OF the
bicycle. Now, everybody IL In a hurry,
and events hasten at such a rate that
they tread upon each others huOls.
III write while tho old parliament still
sits; probably by the time my letter ap-
pears most OF the voting will have been
done by which q now parliament Is to
DO called into lie. This rapid transit
accomplished in this way. For every
vacant seat a writ is Issued, These arc
all mailed on the evening Of dissolution.
To facilitate thOir delivery attho points
to which they ara sent, p~ostoHices
throughout the country are kept open
after hours. 1t is the queens business
and It requtres haste. Then. the writs
delivered, the further progress, rs the
law declares 1t, Is that in BoroughS,
where the population 10 compact, the
nominations must occur not later than
the day following. and tho election not
later than the fourth full days alter that.
For counties, which usually embrace
the %outlaylng villages aud hainlets, a
little more grace is allowed In other
words, two days may elRp'o before the
nomination and nine days between the
nominations and elections. Imagine,
therefore, what an election means
to these Glow.going folk. Mani.
%festos, election appeals, speeches,
canvaSsoI. campaign lies, their deuials,
and finally tho ballots, all these
sweep over the kingdom with tho fury
OF o western tornado Imagine, also,
the whirl Of the w~orkingnan's brain
during this storm, how little OF clear
thinking he can do, how likely he is to
DO hoodwinked by fair pro misses and
slampeded by a false cry into the wrong
political pen.