Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-03

the question that in respect to ALI
those matters upon which the twot
houses have acted or are accustomed
TO act the king must act with thes
houses. He cannot. by royal preroga- .
I'VE take matters out of the hands of
the houses. This is all that the revolt
iution settled. There was still no an
swer TO the question us to how the.
KING and the houses could act togethers
In harmony. All business was stills
centralized in the hands of the king ana
me TWO houses. They were even more
Closely united than ever. A few years
utter the revolution n law was passed I
which effectually removed the judciarys
from The control of the king. The
statute simply made the tenure OF the
Judges permanent--that is. they could 4
NOT be removed except for cause and
upon the Joint petitions of the twos
houses. Upon the basis of this acts
there grew up strong and independ-
eht Judiciary. 1t would now be ac-
counted Scandalous for either the king
or the houses to interfere in any way
with the independence of the judiciary.
farilanent also made various efforts
10 regulate by law the executive b,lsi 1
ness of the ovcrnment-that is. ostob-
iish q legally restricted and regulated
executive. These efforts all failed. 1t
WAS because OF this failure that tho
caoihet system grew up. The cabinet
at any one time. 1t simply grew 1t was
Dy means of the cabinet that Il way was
found to enable the king and tho two
houses to work together in harmony.
ana at the same time retain both exc
cut1Fe and legislative business in the
same hands. Iii this respect the cabinet
system differs radically from the presi- 3
Dental.
BEFORE the revolution there had grown
up TWO organic political parties, which
n no Il. mt.
may be called the first step in the for
nation of the cabinet system. The svs-
tenn requires the presence OF two poiiti- Z
cal parties, the leaders OF one of which 4
holu me chief places in the govern
Incnt. While the leaders of the other 4
stand ready TO take the Offices at any
Time. Cabinet government is the gov
ernment OF a party whose leaders are 4
ready TO assume control of the govern 4
mcnt
After the revolution William iii. and
Anne found ii necessary or convenient
TO select rs their chief ministers the
leaders of the political party which for
TIC Time had II majority in the house 4
OF commons. During these two reicns H
'herc were several changes from whig
10 tory and from tory Ia Whi;r minis
GERS. corresponding 10 similar changcs1
IN the house of commons This we may
call the second step in the evolution OIL
the cabinet
George !. was foreigner who under
stood neither the English language nor
english politics. Many of the tories
favored the restoration of the Stuarts
ana tho king therefore placed himself
IN the hands of the wing leaders. There
was unbrollcn whi.; rule from the death i
OF Anne. l'l4, TO the accession of George
III. in 1860. Sir Robert Walnole was
made prime minister in 1921 and con-
tinued in Office for twenty-one years.
VI 1iDOlP had tho fulf o
tho king: first. Of George l.. and aftnrf
his death that or George II. He had
as prime minister the full prerogative
OF TIE crown. because al the time the
kings were in danger of the threatened
stuart restoration. He had house OF