The San Francisco call., 1906-11-11
PARLIAMENT HEARS
QUEER LANGUAGE
British Statesmen Often
Make Use Of Mixed Meta
phors While Speaking

a quite remarkable verbal blunder
when he described the Irish local gov
ernment board as "a malignant fairy
which steps in off its own bat" Mr..
McHugh once accused the Government
of being 'ironbound with red tape"
Another Irishman was pointing out
that the Irish Land League was losing
public support and had therefore to
economize. But, sir" he proceeded,
the we'll is running dry and they
think that by putting in the pruning
knife they can bring more grist to the
mill" 1t was an Irish Unionist mem
ber who characterized a concession TO
the Nationalists as "the first stitch in
the dismemberment of the empire and
another excused himself for repeat
ing" a question in the House by eX-
planning that he had never asked ii
before. w. Field, NJ. p. said: THE
right honorable gentleman shakes his
head-and I'm sorry to hear it,
Mr Asquith was betrayed into saying
on one occasion that redistribution is
a thorny subject which requires deli
cate handling or it will tread on some
peoples toes" and Mr.. Balfour once
spoke on IAN empty theater of unsym-
pathetic auditors"
SLIPS BY GLADSTONE AND RosEBE
Mr.. Gladstone, in as speech in the
House, replied to an opponent who
shook his head at some statement at
tributed to him: No, no, ii will not
do for the honorable member to shake
his head in the teeth of his own
words"
Lord Rosebery, on a certain occasion,
declared that "the keynote of the pol
icy of the Government would be
wrapped in that obscurity which the
Government has endeavored to keep
up" Sir E. Burning Lawrence asked:
rs this Government to be put into the
melting pot that we may see who is to
take hold of the handle Of the ship of
state?"
Sir w. Hart-Dyke once said that Mr.
Lowther had caught a big fish in his
net-and went to the top of the tree
for it" In the debate on the London
education bill Walter Long remarked:
I'VE are told that by such legislation
the heart of the country has been
shaken to its foundations" and Mr..
Brodrick. during a debate on military
affairs, declared that among the many
jarring notes heard in this house this
subject. at least, must be regarded as
an oasis" Even more amusing was
the assertion of another late minister
of the crown that "the steps of the
Government would go hand in hand
with the interests of the manufac-
turer."
SOME DELIGHTFUL BULLS.
When the impassioned orator la
mented the absence or so many faces
that he used to shake hands with" he
gave utterance to a genuine bull OF the
first water The late Sir George Bal
four was responsible for couple OF
delightful specimens of bovine oratory.
Apropos of a proposed loan from the
English to the Indian treasury, he en-
-, = I1xr 100 000
a mere flea bite in the ocean,, and on
another occasion he stated that the
pale face of the British soldier was the
backbone of our Indian army
A peer, in the course of an excited
grafton, warned the Government that
the constitutional rights of the people
were being ''trampled upon by the
mailed hand of authority" Lord Cur
zon once also so far forgot himself and
his figure of speech as to declare that.
though we are not out of the wood,
yet we have a good ship
A Radical speaker said: The Tories
keep dragging the home rule and red
herring across our path, but 1T misses
fire every time" 1t was unionist
NJ P. who in recent speech spoke to
the following effect: THAT is the
marrow of the education act, and II
will not be taken out by DR.. Clifford
or anybody else. It is founded on a
granite foundation and speaks in a
voice not to be drowned by sectarian
clamor."
DIFFICULT FEAT FOR THE LION,
Another political orator declared that
"the British lion, whether climbing the
pine forests of Canada or securing the
Pacific main, will not draw in It's horns
or retire into its she'll" which recalls
the remark of an Australian legislator
I nh r. IN nf 10 g.
tween land and sea carriage, exclaimed;
Mr. Speaker, the railways are cutting
1 the ground from under the steamers
feet
A moderate councilor said: "The
sheet anchor OF the honorable mem
bers argument does not reside in the
mouth of the council. Another coun-
ty councillor, speaking on the subject
of dramatic licenses, declared "the ink
| is scarcely dry on our licenses when
we proceed to dig it up in order to
see how It is growing"
Some time ago an Austrian journal
/ list spoke OF a black and yellow tri-
COLOR but 1t was an English reporter
who. in the description OF hunting ac-
cIdent IN which lady was killed
stated that the deceased met with g
similar accident on a previous occa-
sion" most OF us have heard of the
announcement which once appeared ir
newspaper that this evenings per-
! formance cannot take place. 1t will
! however. be repeated tomorrow" which
is worthy of being placed in the same
category as the notice given by ar
Irish magistrate that certain bushes:
would thenceforth "be taken every
Monday, Easter Monday only excepted
or the announcement Of an English
Mayor in reference TO a local race
meeting. that mo gentleman will b,
| allowed to ride on the course except
the horses that are to run."-Pall Nal
Gazette.