Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-13
NOTED RET|REMENTS
Two important Members to
Quit the Commons.
AGAINST HOUSE MANNERS
Old Members Deplore Innovations by
ely Newcomers.
EMPEROR FRANZ J0SEFS LIFE
Great Interest in London Over the
Forthcoming International olym-
pic Games at Athens.
AGAINST HOUSE MANNERS
EMPEROR FRANZ JOSEFS LIFE

Special Correspondence of The Star.
LONDON, March "a 1906.
Already the new parliament is to lose by
resignation two quite important members.
Mr.. Broadhurst retires with long record
Behind him well on in years. while Mr.. T.
s Stevenson is yet young to be leaving
the house Labor men OF every shade or
political thought regret that Mr.. Broad
hurst has been compelled to retire through
al health He was one of the first work
ingmen to enter the house OF commons,
and in his time he has displayed a promi-
nent part In the labor world. For some
wears he parliamentary secretary 10
the trade union congress, position which
he held at the time when the new school
of political trade unionists first appeared
at its annual meeting. Belonging, as he
did. 20 the old school, which was entirely
dominated by the liberal-labor idea, he
came into conflict with the rising power
OF what was then termed new unionism.
One OF his earliest opponents in the con-
fict referred TO was Mr.. John Burns, now
president of the local government board.
Time brings strange changes in the po-
Itlcal world. and few are more worthy
than that which has made the old adVer-
sary of Mr.. Broadhurst a cabinet minister
IN liberal government, Burns. AFTER heip
liberal trade unionist untenable. has MN
self become the most loyal of liberals ana
been awarded for his loyalty by one or the
chief offices of state.
Most of fine notices of Mr. Broadhursts
resignation going briefly over his lie,
mention that he was in his youth a STONE
mason But there are interesting Things
10 recall before that. He was porn al
Iittlemore some three miles out of Oxford,
which was then-in 1S4o-a mere hamlet,
md not even an Independent parish. The
particular interest Is that AT tne GATE vi
Mr. Broadhursts birth Cardinal Newman
was vicar of ST. Marys, and was ueepiS
concerned for Littlemore. In that httie
church Henry Broadhurst was TO ne
choir boy. and although by that tlilie ~"
man had gone TO Rome, yet the spirit Vi
the church revival was strong In the Pldet;
Moreover, Broadhurst was hVe YEAR or
before Newman left Littlemore, ana mus
have been one of the village boys "ilos
INFRINGING was so much IN Ne" H. Ia,t,
tboughts Iittlemore has grown very
much and Newman's little church mas pee"
much altered.
wrote some time ago about parlia-
rnsntarv manners Old members are great
~ worried over the new tone OF 'i'e
house and protest against it. A member
who wishes to be described as AN GU
fashioned tory is indignant at the chaiise
In manners he notices IN the new par 10 re.
ment Last session" he says, was u11
enough when MIR. Lyttelton was hoWieu
dovrn when Mr. Redmond insulted MI. Bal
four by asking him TO tell the Whole ruui'
and nothing but the truth and when mn
listers were every day INTERRUPTED by SUI
vulgar expressions as Jaw, PINE i'''
.bosb' 'gibberish' and 'babhle.
This session has seen still greater ue
cline in courtesy and the decencIes or lah-
euage Mr. Rowland Hunt twice USED the
Expression, I don't care d last week
and was unnoticed by the speaker. MI.
Asouith and Mr.. Herbert Gladstone nave
already acquired a bad reputation Tor tile
Rcaut courtesy with which they meet ques-
tions In the early days Of the session Mf'
Ellis Grifhths threw such disgraceful tauhts
az MI Chamberlain that the latter rose
and walked out. In February MIR. DeVhh
was pulled up by the speaker for referring
10 Mr. Long as the offscouring of Bristol
Labor members In their speeches call
shilling a bob, a sixpence tanner.
mound 2 'uuid' and they use such low eN-
carnations as oh, Lord! 'twadd'e. nddie-
sticks, what a whopper 'humoug ana
'driveI' ..-..
rs il not time" concludes the injured
NJ r. for school Of manners and lam
guage 70 be set up as an annex TO the
n may. however. be said in defense OF the
prime minister should any one accuse MIN
of discourtesy for falling asleep during one
OF his colleagues orations, that Sir Henry
shows Il most uurcmitting attention TO me
business of the house. He has been In his
frequently and regularly than his prede-
cassor. and ne sits for four or five
hours ON end listening to the dreary ora
tory that drips from dreardy orators on
both sides Of the House his eyes partially
close but like DisTaeli who used to
sumber with one ear a ways open. ready 10
pouuCe upon any offender or refuse an erro-
u.uus argument. The most important ana
most anxious work Of prime minister IS
conducted IN private, and is not visible
either in Its operation or effect. He Is oc-
Cupied all the morning with public business.
and very often all the fresh air he Is able
20 secure during the day is what he Is able
10 breathe on the short journey from
Downing street 90 the houses of paliament
Gladstone used frequently to sleep in par
lament He had happy faculty OF being
able TO snatch five or ten minutes absolute
rest by placing a handkerchief over his
head and doing OF. He would wake up
suddenly. jump into a debate and carry all
before him by his renewed energy.
-
II really would look as II the Emperor
Franz Josef was to be pursued by some
evu destiny tin his dying day. The fact
that HIS beloved granddaughter, the Prin-
cess Elizabeth Won Windischgratz has to
be operated upon for appendicitis has been
a great shock 10 him. 1t Is true that mod
ern surgery has robbed this operation OF
much Of its former terroTs, ard, as we'll
known operator declared. no one was safe
TIL he had his veriform appendix In his
wsistcoat pocket. yet nevertheless. the idea
Of passing under the surgeons knife is al
ways bound TO cause monetary chill to
the stoutest heart. / imagine that II any
thing should happen TO Princess Elizabeth
Il would prove the last straw for the en-
peror.