The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-06
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III.
IT.. ,,,.a n, Mr. rov.,i IN
Or. .r.,am ~ oamwU,... ga int.rrcl,ation,
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49,. .s.w...., -. ,ho rr.nch hut ,hov
No. rndorh,odIr .ndo~.d ,hon With n some-
,s,,t Ionror torm - ,I,. In . foo, note tho fact
a. aa,a,.s -. a., t.orn C.your,. doatb In
I,n. 100, a. IT,. 1900 thar. bove beep
,hi.,rono s,Tor.n, c.h,ps,. whose ov,rave
,,rra,,o, ,horo,ors ho. haon ov,r thirteen
mon,h. ga . hoIs. the nveraoo Iite of French
Cahine,s pnder tho third renublio has been less
tn,n .,ght month, and n half Tho modIaea.
,,ons .hova referred IN seem also 20 have given
tho italian Cabinets a littlo more dignity and
tndor.nd.noo In IN. ,aos NJ the Denutios. and
a 49,. n.a. ,h.r, L.. tho .nor, ~ .rc,temant
=. ..nr,,. p,t ,hiio ,ha rrocedure In tho
Chamh.r ,ccord, b.tter with Cabinet re-
.non,,hii,tv In 1,aiv than in France.
az. ,o,,,i.,, n,,or,oi q. La. .dan,ea tn tho
,or,,t,on ~ gr.,t nart,ss and hence To the
r.rii.m.nt.rv form ~ government. There ia n
n.rt.d i.ct ~ ability IN conperate for publio
ma, IN m,tter, NJ national inheritance. and
49,. ...onn,s ,or ~. f.o, that the italian Min
,.,r,os In ,n,te NJ THAR greater liability. hive
ho.n =. mi. .van ,o.. pn,ted within them
80. th,r ,bo Franoh Tbis laok Of union in
c.hin.,, .,r,kea obv,opslv Mt tho root of the
nor,j,m .nt.rv svstem. Tbis svstem ia based on
,ho ,de, that tho Governnent of n country ia
snt-n.t.d 40 a Com mission. the members of
vhicb ar. iointIv resnonsible to the popular
Cbamher for IN. whole conduct of tho Admins
,r.,,on .o ,ho, . ho.t,,s vote IN anv question
IA , condemnation OF zach and all of them.
Th, ,mnlication IA thet the Ministers must
o,,no N zach other and present to the
Chamber A s,nole front and a consistent pol
,cv 70 tb.v do mt do 40. any member of
them alone and thus each Minister mny
hov. bi. own hand Of followers who
o,,nor, nj. co,,e.oues only proy,sional-
ir. g., that ca.e tho Governmental maiori-
10 vii, not be n marty. Int only a collec.
ton Of separate eroups. bound together BIZ n
mora ar ,ess nrecnrious alliance. In almost all
th. st.,.. NJ tho Continent this ia true to some
extept- So far indeed as the mere form is con-
earned tho EngIish parliamentary practice has
been generally followed. for the whole Cabinet
bab,,nalIv resiuns nm n hostile vote in the Cham
her. bpt in substance the Ministers are by no
means Jointly resnonsible. because. as soon as
th.v hava rssionod a ner Cabinet ia formed
which often contains several members of the
old one Tnis state Of things has been espe-
cialv mark al IN italy. and Depretis developed
Il an far as IN maize scanepoats of his colleagues.
instead of resipninp himself. when the Cham
ber voted apainst the Cabinet of which he was
the head. The r, suit ia that every conspicuous
~nolitical. leader instead of being the member Of
n great marty IL n free lance who fights on his
own ,cconnt a, the head ~ hts retainers.
Tn snite NJ all the criticism to which their
method OF annlvinp rliamenta eovern-
me,t "a .xno.ed ~ ia not disnuted TINT tho
Italian statesmen have performed achievements
the mapnitpde NJ which "a to be measured by
the obstacIes encountered. They found the
country oivided into n number of separate
nrovi,ces each NJ than with its own peculiar
habits and traditiona and some of them totally
disor,anized. They found II defenceless and
moor and for the most mart we'll nigh devoid of
r,i,roads or telepraphs. They have welded
,hese nrov,nces topether into a single nation. to
which they bave pIven n uniform administra-
tion and enliphtened codes of law. They have
olmos, comp leteIv suppre,sed brIpandase. and
have nearly rooted ont the Camorra and Malta
Tb.v bavs creatsa i, larae army and a powerful
feet and thew have covered the land with n
n.twort NJ teleoranbs and railroads What
vo,der, ~ T. shop,d snpear thnt amid NIL this
,apor ANNA th,nps have been left undone and
o,bers bove heen done Numerically. ~ IL should
nrove that in establishing A free government
among a neon,e with n detective polltical train.
a., .one institp,ion. h,ve bean set I'M which
o,e incon s,stent with each other or III aoapted