Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-08-26
THE BADGERS ABROAD
MADISONIANS ENJOY A DAY IN
PARLIAMENT,
INTERESTING DISCUSSIONS
Colonial Policy OF England Credited
With Being the Secret Of That Ma
tons Greatness-A Hint Thrown
Out With Relations to Cuba and
Hawaii.

Special Correspondent Of Madison Democrat.
Carlsbad, Germany, July 22.-The
parliament house in London is an i'm
mense, elegant building, but owing to
its prosaic location on the Thames in
the lowest section Of the city, it does
not make the pleasing impression that
the capitol in Washington does, and
doubt whether its appearance would
equal Uncle Sans legislative temple
even if rs fayorably located. However,
the exterior matters little. 1t is
what proceed from the building and
not with the building itself or its To-
cation hat the world is concerned.
The chambers of the commons is only
large enough to accommodate the mem
bers, officers and attend lnts and com
paratiyely few spectators. Instead of
having seats with desks as with US, it
has benches for the members, the
benches being arranged on each side
with space in the center for the speak
er and clerks. The rows OF benches
arc raised toward the rear so that the
rear bench is perhaps four feet higher
than the front bench. The members
can thus easily see and hear. But they
have no desks or facilities for writing q.
The members sit with hats on, though
it is not against the rules to remove
the hat. Tho custom does lock a lit.le
odd to US, but no harm seems to result
from 1t.
1t takes a little maneuvering to gain
admission to the houses of parliament,
though it is by no means a difficult task
as a rule. But as the galleries have
room but for a few, when burning
questions are up admission is not read
lily obtained. Each member of parlia-
ment has the right to issue two admis-
SIGN tickets to the galleries at a time;
but there may not be room in the gal
leries fer half the applicants, 50 one
must await his turn. We thought we
would go straight to the mark and so
applied directly to the door keepers,
and, on the strength of our coed looks,
| suppose, we got admission tickets to
the gallery CT the commons from a
member Of the cabinet who was pres
ent in the house. To the house Of
lords we obtained tickets through the
American legation; but the legation
also has the privilege eli h3ttW9-aa-
missions at a time, and one must wait
his turn and then may have to wait for
room.
We were fortunate in not having 10
wait anywhere; were also fortunate
both in the house of commons and in
the house OF lords in being present
when there were interesting and i'm
portant debates by leading men. In
the commons it was stated by the cp-
position that it was reported that in
Zanzibar fugitive slaves were being
| returned to their masters by British Of
ticiais contrary to the provisions of
law, and the government was closely
questioned by Sir Charles Dixie. Mr..
Dillon and other prominent liberals.
They were answered by the under sec
Ietary for foreign affairs, Mr.. CurzOn,
Sir Ashmead Bartlett, the leader Of the
house, Mr.. Balfour, Attorney General
Webster, Mr.. Chamberlain and others .
1t YES denied that fugitive slaves we're
bCirg returned by government author
ity. Possibly a fugitive slave guilty Of
crime might have been arrested by gov
eminent officials ard returned for trial
for his .ime, but net otherwise. To
tcct the question Mr.. Dillon moved TO
reduce the appropriation asked for by
the government for the Zanzibar ed
miristratior, but the govern ment was
sustained by about its party majority.
In the house CT lords tho Sunday
question was the theme. There is an
old law that prohibits Sunday lectures
or entertainments for which admission
is charged. 1t was sought to so amend
the law as to permit Sunday lectures
for which admission might be charged.
The discussion was taken part in by
| Lord Hobhouse Lord Herschel and
others in favor OF the amendment, Ly
/ Earl Cowper, the bishop Of Winchester.
the archbishop of Canterbury, the earl
OF Portsmouth, the lord chancellor and
others against 1t. The amendment vas
defeated, so the law remains as it is. 1t
was not a party question.
In the British parliament is centercj
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