The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-08-06

PoAtlcS WIN VlSOr, SO1netlmeS even
with passion, but on the whole in that
genial and forgiving spirit which is
peculiar to the British character and
perhaps of most gatherings of men
who usually lose in private inter-
course much of the apparent ferocity
OF party difference
The present House of Commons is
for the most part ndolent, apathetic
and quite gentle in spirit. This is
part of results that have come from
the conference.
1t is impossible for the rank and
fiae to keep shooting at each other
while their chiefs are inside trying
to devise a means of ending the war;
fare.
Officers Should Wear Mustache.
Your first impression of the House
is an elaborate array of beautiful and
flowery waistcoats, of striped trousers
and patent leather boots. Most Of the
young gentlemen are now clean shaw
Ell. that being the anodern tendency
among the youth of England
/ So much. indeed, has this been the
tendency that the war office the other
day issued an order marked private, y
but already published in all The pa
pers. to remind young officers that the
rules still expected them to wear mus
taches
The last election had the effect Of
; bringing out of their ancient castles all
tocracy. They regard the new land
tax of Lloyd George with such panic
that they feared the ODD feudal domi-
nation of the country was about TO
totter.
| Therefore they We're called upon to
come out into the battle field and pro-
natural result is this clean shawen
host of young men seated upon the
green benches of st. Stephens.
| But this truce has somewhat damp
ened their hopes of immediate sue
cess. They looked forward to a high
old time; that is to say. practlcing on
large scale what is termed in Amer
lea "tilibustering," and in the House
of Commons. obstruction
! It was two lrishmen, Parnell and
Bigger, who first revealed to the par
liamentary world OF Great Britain
what obstruction could play in big
parliamentary fight.
| The great, modern Irish movement
has transformed Ireland from nation
Of paupers and slaves into nation
of prosperous and independent pro-
prietors.
! And thus it has come to pass that
whenever a young pariamentardan.
who is on the opposition side Of the
House. wants to make his name, he
begins as an obstructive. Winston
Churchill and r. r. Smith are among
these latter; Smith is one of the most
promising young Tory bloods.
The dream Of beginning as an OBJ
structive, and in that way OF making
his personality and name national in
stead of mere local celebrity. appeared
in the dnydreams of the young Tory
members. although many Of those who
were obscure few months ago at the
beginning of the new parliament are
still obscure today
| 1t is this state Of things that partly
accounts for some Of the recent out
bursts in the House of Commons which
have interrupted and diversified the
ordinarily tame proceedings. We are
| beginning to have an all-night sitting
now and then and almost welcome the
return of Old Adam which. although
wicked, is gentle and not altogether
unwelcome reminder of the robust
spirit Of the chamber.
An all -night sitting is much more
exciting to read about than to go
through.
evening paper and see Scenes in the
House." "a Prolonged Sitting" you
at once feel certain revival OF In
terest in the proceedings at West
minister and generally sit down with
an idea of rich reading. And possibly
you are not disappointed. For an all
night sitting begets temper and some
times that irresponsible humor which
makes the salt Of parliamentary re-
porting.
After a certain hour. indeed, the
House Of Commons is transformed into
n veritable boys school, There is Il
joyful spirit that prevails Immediately
before the breakup and the beginning
Of the holidays. Men interrupt each
other with comic remarks which, al
though pointed. are rarely treated with