Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-04-28

after all, a matter of opinion. main
tain. however, that it is matter of
fair political inference from the
statement of Lord George Hamilton
and the statements of the government
themselves; and | venture to say that
no minister of whom we have record
has been so thin-skinned, in circum>
stances such as we have witnessed,
as to regard as calumny state
ment of opinion so obviously dictated
by the facts l suppose these are the
glasses, this the Misrepresentation,
and this the calumny of which the
prime minister complained. l should
have thought, after reading the
speeches in the other house, that there
was more he had to complain OF than
mine. but as we are talking about
glasses. let me remind the prime
minister that he who lives in a glass
house should not be too ready to
throw stones. When speaking at Man.
chester. how did he describe the
speech which we have heard read out?
He said:-Lord Rosebery has given
circulation to an amazing legend that
[ went down to the second cabinet in
August and presented TO my col
leagues two Alternative pamphlets
recommending two inconsistent and
mutually destructive policies'-who
ever said a word about inconsistent
and mutually destructive policies? 1
regard the one policy as halfway
house to the other. A man who uses
expressions of that kind should not
complain of the glasses of others
and asked them to take their choice
My lords, the noble marquis has not
in the least withdrawn the expression
used by the prime minister. He has
said that the prime minister used in
the heat of debate the expression,
which l do not think he even re-
GREETED, but he did afterwards say and
the noble marquis adopted the ex-
preston, that the statements were
calumnious. You may say that is only
pretty Fanny's way but if these
are the expressions of gentleman
/ speaking under great heat and pro-
VOCATION say that if man cannot
curb his tongue better than that
pretty Fanny should not be first lord
of the treasury. | say these ex-
presSions are outrages on the good
taste and decency Of parliament
have thought it due to the decency OF
parliament to call attention to the
matter-not that care one farthing
what language Mr.. Balfour may use
about me or the opinions I hold, but
to point out to your lordships THAI
there are decencies OF debate which
should be observed even by those who
occupy the highest political posts in
the country"
Very little more happened or coul0
happen, and the house soon adjourned.
having heard more names called than
for long time before.
Now while the reader at once
recognized pretty Fanny as vii.
famous term, he knew not what il
meant. Just now, however, along
comes letter from William Kennedy
of London which makes it clear. He
writes: When Lord Rosebery lin his
satirical reference to- Mr. BS2fQur
likened his method to pretty Fanny's
ways many dimly perceived the point
and were asking who was pretty
Fanny. The smile passed into a
byword Years and years ago 1t oc-
ours in An Elegy to an old Beauty. a
playful satire written by Thomas Par.
nell. the author of The Hermit. an
Irish clergyman and the friend OF
Swift. The line We call it only
pretty Fanny's way passed into the
common language to express
Whimsical or unreasonable conduct"