The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-12
The famous Caricattirist PIC PIC.
lures Scenes i'll all 4 All MI.
Night Sitting.
SOME 5yPRoAR0Us SCENES Z \ {
Exaggerati m Not NJ a Needed ',etstl IT,
Tell Sensational rales-;D' 4. n
1'anncls DIS a Caterer.
H BY Harry F .lllt'l I
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rhc greater the truth, tho greateclr. the
libel, Is Il saying that would \ certain =
apply to anyFnttempt at describing Win w
realistic fidelity tofact, I'LL ina i'1H = takes
Bnlacp9i il, tho House or Commons during
:ilnsa5 long hours Tint Include he small. gg
Were l to pen an6nccount OF some OF
Tho scenes II have witnessed during all
night sittings III the stormy eighties, no
editor would publish 1t. II have no need
ID exaggernte III order to tell sensational
tales out Of school about these scenes.
for the trlcr my descriptions. the more
sobiectionable they would prove. III no rep
5,ltations or honored politicians arc kno Wn
to have suffered, Hinl the Cotn me MS a.
IcocltcrOW. 5Bs 81. XII J2 As5 3S5 3G
no tell how i have seen a minister Of
ttho Queen stagger into the House, and
fall spccchless on. ITO 4. the FL OPPOSITION
bench, or rlse In his cups and make
d fool Of himself, would make sorry read d
Ing, # Nor was such conduct confined to
one side Of the House, H l
The Chair Is #Dctied IL ..
II takes d strong minister, With a8thiclsi
skim to stand an all night sitting It
lis altogether a matter OF physical en- on.
durnnce s,I { those responsible for The obs
structiorl cannot succeed in wearing out
the patience #of ministers they resort
to personalities and exnsperatlng mis-
representations Va to wear him out mem
tally Il An angry scene sis provoke Cd the
s.'chnir''s Is insulted, defied and becomes
useless. 1t Is perhaps neces sary to ex-l
plain what mean by the chair IN this
connection. AS nearly all h these all night lt
sittngs talk 10 place when the House Is
Iii committee, tho deputy chairman pre-
sides, as chairman Of committees; we'll
$in& reality, he Is only the head monitor
In charge of the other boys. SO that If
he Is defied, Tor finds that IN some other
way tho forces OF disorder arc too strong
for him, he sends for the endmas ter-the
speaker-who Is pulled out Of bed. and has
to drcss-knee breeches, w Is, gown and
iall-and is8brought tn,S The chairman of
committees then comes to the table and
makes his complaint, mentioning the Gull
prlts by%name. Then speeches arc made,
and angry 4 scenes take place, EXPLAIN
6tlons are offered II, apologies nro demand
cd, and the princi pal obicct Is @ ttatned----
time Is wasted I The speaker re ads a leo
{trre--perhnps expe Is a. bad boy, .nnd goes
to Il bed Il again, pro badly In his 81 knee
ibreeclics, With Ii Is \ robes over his coun-
tterpane, and his wig over VI his feet, IA to
keep them warm; 81 per haps u nly5 to h be
reused again ere long 4; once m ore 10 walk
tho corridors with stated " stride. with q
lyawning Stran-bearerS in tow. This need
NOT necessarily be to quell dis turbance.
to- lecture or DO lect,lred to, U but to I'D y
$journ tho House. For 1t is tho duty Of
the speaker, and of no one. else, to dis
solve n sitting. is S3 ~
To Earn a Nights Repose.
All this seems very sill 10 the 5unp ir-.
liamentary mind, and my mind not being
parliamentary, i once suggested, In ptb D.
lie print, that the Speakers chair should
he d collapsable led, let down with The
slumbering Speaker in IT, when his pres.