Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1904-01-15


'T stood at the door watching him
my men being in the lobby. He
went to his usual seat, but In g
very great and majestic manner, and
for a little while he listened to the
debate. Then he beckoned Major
General Harrison and told him he
judged it was high time to dissolve
this Parliament And Harrison tolc
me this afternoon, that he advised
Cromwell to consider what he would
do, for it was work great and dan
gerous. and who, he asked, IS SUN
cient for it?' And Cromwell answer
ed The Servant of the Lord, he Is
sufficient yet he sat down again.
looking at me as he did SO, and look
ed back straight into his eyes that
I and mine could be depended on.
I'm few minutes the question for
passing the bill was put, and the man
could be restrained no longer He
stood up, took off his hat, and looked
around the House, and it quailed
under his eyes, every man in it shift
ed on his seat and was uneasy. He
DcSdH W Spcdh, duu IL "do Will q
tongue of flame. He reproached
them for their self-seeking and theiI
hypocrisy and oppression, and as he
went on, there was the roar Of lion
in his voice, and the members, being
condemned of their own consciences,
covered before him.
did no one open their mouth
against him?"
No one but Sir Peter Wentworth
He said, My Lord General, this Par.
Lament has done great things for
England, and Cromwell answered,
The spoke in the wheel that creaks
most does not bear the burden in the
cart,' Then Sir Peter told Cromwell
his abuse of the Parliament was the
more horrid because it came from the
servant Of the Parliament, the man
they had trusted and obliged"
At these words DR.. Verify laughed
1oudly-"Cromwell, the servant of
such a Parliament" he cried. Not
he; what then, Israeli"
HE told Wentworth to be quiet
He said ne had heard enough of such
talk, and putting on his hat, he took
the floor of the House. l watched
him as he did so. He breathed in
ward, like one who has business of
life and death in hand l could see
on his face that he was going to do
the deed that had been the secret of
his breast for many days; and his
walk was that quick stride with
which he ever went to meet an
enemy. He stood in the middle of
the House, and began to accuse the
were swords. He flung them at the
men as if they were javelins; shot
them in their faces as if from a pis-
toll. He told them that the Lord had
doIfe with them. he said they were
no Parliament, and that he had been
sent to put an end to their sitting
and their prating.
'And at these words Cluny Ne
vile spoke to tie Sergeant, and he
opened the doors, and some musket-
GERS entered the House. Then Sir /
Harry Vane cried out, This is not /
honest, and Cromwell reminded him /
Of his own broken promise, and they /
began to go out, at first slowly, and
hen in hurry, treading on the heels
If each other"
what of Lenthall? He has a stub
born Will"
He sat still in the Speakers chair.
Until Cromwell ordered him to come
Town. For moment he hesitated,
,ut Gen. Harrison said, 4 viii lend
Tou my hand, sir; and so he also
vent out"
But was there no attempt to stay
UGH dismissals? am amazed, dumb
ounded!" said Doctor Verify.
Alderman Allen, the Treasurer Of
he Army, as he went out said some
hing to Cromwell which angered him
cry much; and he then and there
harged Allen with a shortage of one
hundred thousand pounds. and COM
nitted him to the care of a musket
er for examination. I tell you, there
Tas no gainsaying the Cromwell of
his hour. He was more than NOR
al man; and Vane and the others ,
new, if they had not known before, I
Thy he was never defeated in bat
le." {
after the Speaker had left, what I
nen?"
His eye fell upon the Mace. and he
aid scornfully to some of the Iron
Ides, Take that bauble awayl' Then
Q ordered the musketeers to clear q
lie House, he himself walking up to 1
s Clerk and taking from under his T
rm the bill which had caused the 9
'ouble, and which was ready to
ass He ordered the man to go :