The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-08-30

onation to the buEtalsot the sovereign.
and anything elss that calls the nation
to a solemn maniss ssst.tion. The pres
ent Duke of Noasolk as everybody
knows, ls an int@ssely devout Cath
olic. and so an 1r4shman. His brother
is rich. like himself has in his veins
the blood Of ali lie Howards and yet
he was very proud to get the once of
chief whip Of the tory party.
Apart from the reason I have given,
the duties of the Ghips are suniciently
important to justify almost any young
politician in covsang the once. 1t is
the whips after an. who have the last
word in deciding he fate of the par
lian,entary battlesF It Is .sthey who
have the duty IN getting up their men
when the decisive hour comes and. If
they neglect or n4tsn,anage their du-
ties, the battle islost' and is lost even
when the ministry has big majority.
and when the couEtry is mainly in its
favor.
Telephone md Taxi Used.
The telephone sid the taxicab have
made the duties the whips little
easier than they we're in the days be.
fore these things hxisted. 1 remember
the time when! tie hanson cab was
the only means Eef conveyance. A
conscientious msn1ber. when he is go
ing away, givess lhe whip the tele-
phone number OF 1.-THE place to which
he is going SO ,thAt: he may be sum-
moned promptly IA case sudden
emergency should arise. The MEM
bers who drive he whips mad are
those who slip 81 without telling the
whips: but they. ss very few in these
strenuous times. nd. for every case
of slackness. ther4a many cases OF
extraordinary se,ssacrifice. Il have
over and over again seen men coming
to divisions who] had TO be taken
through the lopbits in bath chairs or
leaning on the Ill Of their friends
During the lastKew years the whips
have had harder york than for many
years past. Thsas Il always q GER
tain sieakags Al large body %
!: men u some an
compelled to Leave BY pressing bust
ness. some are Indifferent to politics
being mon Of pleasure who have bee,
forced into parliament by the pres
sure Of their friends; some are dis
appointed-no. life has 20 many dis
= appointments as politics-and ar
therefore uncertain in their attend
ance. There Is member Of the op
position in the present house of com
mons who, for some reason. has takel
umbrage with his party, and has no
| been seen within its walls for years
and refuses to resign or has been in
! duced not to do SO lest the seat shoult
be lost.
Comfort Of Members Considered.
The additions that have been mad
to the inner comforts of the house hav
also added to the dimculties Of tn
whips For instance, when Lord Glad
stone was, as first commissioner o
works, responsible for the inner lif
Of the house, he had the happy though
of placing within the house a larg
room where members can dress TO
dinner and he added to their comfort
by placing close by this dressingroon
q series of hot baths.
! When the tories made their grea
/: effort at snap division on the nigh
of Wednesday. July 80. Ave torie
}, concealed themselves in one Of thes
bathrooms. The Terrace. which has be
come a popular institution for teas an
other festivities in my time. is also
standing danger, for men get throug
to the Terrace without passing throug
the door Of the inner lobby. and, there
! fore. their presence 10 not noted, eve
by the most watchful Of whips. Thi
was how Mr.. Chamberlain organize
the snap division on cordite, whic
cleaned out the Roseberry ministry Il
}! 1895, and it was on the Terrace tina
!, the tories had arrayed considerabl
proportion of their forces for the sna
Of July 30.
i Altogether it will be seen that tn
lot Of the whip is not q happy one.
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