The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-12
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July 26--The hall Of the
Houss Of Gonnlonp rs Very elegant, With
Its fine ceiling lts rich awnings, and Its
sstalned4gta lass windows and subdued color
ai,1RuE But liz Il very q small + being "a only
I aev er,ty4flve feet IN length and forty-fivo
feet la .wi dtts IA IL ull + at tendance Of the
St.,eirlbera ~ not cont srnpla ! and should
ali q Of n them happen Il to e urn gtp at the
/ same time, many would fall to find seats
m the halt and the saa ~ In the galleries
would have to Ike care 81 the over.
flow, During my five h ours there yes
8tsrdAy5 there were II ever INT ore than 200
members "a Sigh and times fewer
4 than 10, though the count in the division
Hobbies Oh one vote ran to 1856 out jof a
possible total os $Ges. i. s 81 55
"a. al one sta 60 Of q the debnte on
thn education bill Il 10 rd & Robert Il Cecil
spoke Ito an @ aud ence si 81 not ex ~
Rceeding two-scoro members Nils n &c eli
"a by the way, belongs to the fannll hicl1i
became great In the reign Of Queen Bile
abeth,y and has remained SO sin &C. u JIG sis
n clever man. but very awkard looking,
and manages to Get himself Into more
careless, Il spra wing at ttud es hen seated
and waiting to enter the debate than any
other member Of the House, excep per- 81
ihaps, his distingu ishel uncle, r.. 3 four
the ex- Prime Nnist ter who IS low leader
8of the opponit on.S He Is the son OF the
@late MARQUIS Of Salisbury, for 80 long
Prime Minister. r he present n MARQUIS,
This brother, Is a member Of the louise Of
4 Lords and another Of his brott hers serves
with him In the House Of cornir,o ne
Arrangement Of House.
,rhe arrangertlcn 81 II he House Is very
simple. At the @ north end , is the
Speaker chair. slightly ri Used above
the floor. Y, vi froat $s q the Speak
Ser's M CHI air 81 Is IN a tablsS twelve or
jflfteeni feet inS leng It'll, n N at the ii end Of
which. IN next the spea ker, u at the clerks
Sof the House. 81 The able Is located in
the nisle, K VII chruns north and south. and
foti each side of the are five rows vs.
$ofalong sea to- rising one above tho other.
These seats Ito tho right of the Speaker
are the ministerlal benches and the seats
ITO Ills left are Y the & opposl ton benches.
Z Upon the BILE vest erd ny s1a,er re- piles OF
official books and documents newspapers
sand other I'm official reading matter are
not permitted III NJ the 4 Houae}, and rs the
4 Golden Mace, hlch III replaced The
#Bauble, M removed II " II O liver Cromwell,
u This name sugg ests arnenH lon OF the fact
that near the house, In the yard of West
minister Palace is now nj tai tue of Crom-i
we'll rs not u. "a r. from $w here 81 his 4 head
Was exposed y to publ ID VI ew3 for many
years after the Srestorati on. Some will
recall the striking ora ton delivered \ by
Lord Rosebery Il ri thin the IA asst Il decade
5on the occasion of the unwilling of this
Ssnonumen thus someti lines do II MEN
come into their 81 r at the end OF cen-i
turtles, at tier con troYersy Is A. hushed and
passion dies away. Tho Repo rters,# CAL
Gleryss IL n boVe the S Spec ker, q chair. and
yesterday II was we'll lied. Il Most Of the
English newspapers contain satisfactory
reports sof the Il house proceeding u III ana
the Times report IS a most ~ erbatlm, In
Guiding every gu tteral "a heur, he r,nisS and
all the heers Z AY'het her loud or feeble.
That Celebrated paper still 4 sells on the
streets and 1t the 4 no WIS s tan as for Six
can ts.S 81 81 81 *
little II back of Il tho Reporters,
Gallery, an d above It, 4 10: the Ladies Gal.
1 lery, In front OF which IS an iron grating,
which accounts u Tor the gallery'a being
called 1.-THE Grill '.4 yesterday ma a t-
stractiye-l looking glish women showed
their fondnesB for politics by throng-i
Ing this gallery nd 4 staying there pa
stientlyS through hours OF rat her tiresome
debate. At tho south ond OF the hall n ops
posite the peaker's oh air, Is the gallery
reserved FOR friends OF Smemb era. and In
Its rear is the gallery wi lch commodities
those who secure tickets OF nd omission In
one way or anoth her. u believe that adj
mission without some sort OF Influence
isSonly possible on saturd lay, Y aSs33
$l' The SpealSe r. Vea rs E tbl &C gown
and 81 a Y wig. and s3s the sgSS clerks ~ are
similarly at tired. The s sp aker$ is by
nc means a legislatiYe autocratf like the
Speaker of our House of Represen tatiYes.
III Is tho servant OF h the house and mot
its master. IIe does al most nothing to-,
wards shaping or cont ling legislation,
/ Ills functions are Of the most y negative
In debate he was expressl u alluded to as!
the only man in that "a rtisan atmosphere
who is not "a party man !. The partlcl-t
pants In the debate were n OF II Id q to
any time limit, and the Sneaker rarely
Once u ila gently B q r1onished
q member that he should mo undertake
Ia question a miniater without previous
notice, and once he admonishedg another
member that his remarks were becoming
rather irrelevant, whereu upon the member
promised to conflne1 himself to the SUB
feet, He Is ad dressed as Mr., Speaker.
and any member who, At his request. Isl
called to the chair temporarily Is ads
dressed as Mr., Deputy spe aker.s When a
mem ad dresses the chair he must do
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