The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-23
LORD ROSEBERY
WAS JUSTIFIED.
English People Do Not.
Take Their Politics
Seriously.
DIGNITY is FORGOTTEN
Scenes Among Members Of
House OF Commons Arouse
Protest.
NJ PHILLIP EVERETT.

Especial Cable to The Times Disoateh.l
London, April 22.-Lord Rosebery =
was perfectly justified in saying, as
he did the other dag. that in spite o
the ali.important constitutional strug-
gle now going on in England, people
did not seem 10 take the least interes,
In politics. which are overshadowed by
football, cricket and other kinds OF
sport. He might have added that not
even the legislators themselves are q
taking their duties very seriously. but
spend considerable part of their time
| in the Hobbies chatting about anything 4
but politics. The dign'hed members or !.
the House OF Commons have indeed
discovered a new game to relieve the
monotony OF their daily routine. TO
get all the rcnl excitement out OF this
new game, they leave themselves the
smallest possible margin Of time for
getting into tho lobby before the
Speaker or the chairman gives the
order Lock the door" Then they
sprint, hustle the men In front of theni.E
and when the door is being BANGED
squeeze through. greatly to tho annoy
ancc OF the man who is guarding the
entrance.
Recently Mr.. Barnes. the famous
labor leader. who is very much IN
earnest about everything that he does
raised his voice in protest, and ;iug-
gcsted that the vote that had just been 4
taken should be declared void, because
n number of members had squeezed
through the door after tho order IT,
loci, Il had been given. The chairman.
however, had to declare that IL could
not he done, much as he rcgtettcd thnt
members should thus forget the dig
nifty of the House.
Another game is the count out
When There Is not quorum present%a8
member may rise and call the atten
tion to the fact. The member speak
ing then has to sit down. and there
is n brief interval before tho count
OF those present Is taken The word
ut once reaches tho lobby. the sniok-
| ing room and other favoritc hid-{
be counted out and that au-i
tomatfcally adjourned. In order
TO save the situation members coma
nocklng In from everywhere, and
| hastily find seats. The quorum Is
| thus obtained and the situation is de-
clared saved. Then. losing no time, out
they all 90 again to their books, their
friends and their half-emptied glasses.
Tho word compromise" is again In
| 4
so, hut It is not to be taken too Sc
riously John Redmond not only looks
like Napoleon, but he has n reputa-S
| ton OF being as much of a fighter a 8
tho little Corsicnn, and Kcir TIardIe
| Is n man with message who has
been too excited all his life to trouble
much about personal appearances
There are also many square jaws
among the earnest radicals who sit
behind the government Oench.3g 5aAsst{39rS
I'VE know what we want and we ara
| going to get It this time," they say.
They laugh Mt the Lords reforming
! themselves, and In the lobby they
scoffed about Lord Transformers move
for clearing the way for his hill. and
the trap which the government so
easily avoided. s
But the end is yet to come. The
| radicals are keyed mp to the highest
pitch and the opposition Is full OF fight.G
Az the battle grows hotter tho lack
ing interest will surely come
Ever since the famous Houndsditch5
murders. followed by the IIomeric
siege of Sidney Street we have been
living In a constant state of fear of
armed foreign devils whom we love
no more than our brethren, the real
Cinnamon OF the Far East do. 1t la
known that very large numbers or
revolvers and pistols have been sold
in this country In recent years, and 4
that this sale has increased consider
ably during the last two months as al
result OF the advertisement given the
Houndsdltch AFFAIR. The danger OF
these weapons being In tho hands OF
the criminal classes is generally ad -$
mitted. and for this reason the Home
Secretary has determined that safe
guards OF q stringent kind arc needed
No complete scheme has actually been
drawn UP and probably no single one
of the details now officially contem
plated is unalterablc, but there Is little
doubt as to the actual course which
will be taken.