The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-26

was when he introduced the first Irish
home rule bill in 1886 and this second in
1898. I had the exquisite pleasure OF
listening to the last speech he delivered in
parliament. 1t was entirely impromptu
and when he concluded there was the
rare spectacle of the opposition joining
heartily with the members Of his OWL
party in applauding him. / have heard
Gambetta, a wonderful orator, thunder
ing in the chamber CT deputies in Paris
but Mr.. Gladstone was an Unreasonable
distance above any other orator 1 have
known. He was truly a marvellous man.
His intellect seemed to grow younger as
ne grew older in years.
Salaries of Members.
IT am told that the members of the
house of representatives draw a salary of
$4,000 year besides pay for clerk. The
members Of the English commons do not
and they are not given anything for clerk
hire. I doubt if they ever will receive sal
aries. You see it is this way. The Eng
lish aristocracy is the wealthiest aristoc-
racy in the world. There may not be so
many members of it whose wealth runs
into the hundreds Of millions as are
among the citizens of the United States.
but as whole it is the wealthiest. 1t con-
trolls both houses of parliament and SO
long as it controls conditions will continue
so that only men with Independent IN
comes can enter parliament. The aris-
tocracy doesn't want the control of par
lament to pass to men who would be de-
pendent on the salary. If it did SO pass
I venture tc say that the working classes
of Great Britain would elect a majority
of the commons. This is what the artis-
tocracy fears '-T"i'A9-..' 7E5-@ .A.--f -
.'Of course. it is well understood that
the Irish members are not as a whole in
ind danf CT
their expenses in London. as their election
expenses are paid, by voluntary contribut-
ors. These voluntary contributions are
not alone from the open advocates OF
home rule A good deal Of the money
comes from Englishmen who do on de-
sire TO be advertised as contributors. Just
before the last general election Of which I
had charge in Ireland we appealed to the
people to contribute 10000 for the cam
paign. The entire amount was subscribed
in three days. We spent e3.500, or ap-
proximately $17,5o0 to elect eighty men,
bers which included sheriffs' fees and all
other legal expenses. In England the aV-
erage cost of electing members is about
$4,000 for each constituency, whereas in
Ireland it is less than $3.50 Mind, not one
pound Of our funds came from railroads
or the National Licensed Victuallers asso-
citation, which includes all brewers and
,1istiliers and retail liquor dealers, or any
other interest that might contribute from
an Interior motive. or other interests that
might look to the Irish members to repay
the contributors by doing favors in parlia-
.nent for them. Whenever contribution
is received from such sources the money
is returned to the donor. Any member OF
the Irish party who would accept an Of
fee from the government would be forth
with debarred from further recognition by
his Irish associates
BY this time the house had adjourned.
Mr.. Davitt remarked the meager formal
ties there were in adjournment. 1T is
different in the house OF commons he
explained. "a moment after adjournment
the commons criers go through its halls
singing who goes home That cry is
another institution whose history began in
the sixteenth century. In those times
there were no street lamps and it wasn't
particularly safe for a member to so alone
from Westminster to the city, so there
were men who escorted them with LIANT
ems The cry Who goes home was the
cry of the lantern men looking for fare.
as it were. But not to hear the same cry
in this day when the house adjourns would.
like dispensing with some other ancient
customs, jar the constitution of the coun-
try w. w. Jernlne.