DOI issue:
March 26, 1892
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17693#0165
156 PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. [March 26, 1892.
of a Leader of House, and Prince Arthur—well he's Prince which, he said, was lowering to the dignity and respectability of
Arthur." . ,, , , House.
11
But I suppose you don t mean, I venture to ask, that : F).{day m5 A>M._A11 tMs in Committee of Supply, which came
Jackson is the exclusive type of a successful Leader,. to end at midniff}lt. Then f>eport of Supply brought on ; uproar
"No/' says the Squire with a far-away look. , renewed ; Vote for Irish Teachers' Pension Fund under discussion
Business done— Iwo V otes m bupply. ! Irish Members mysteriously disappeared; Sexton, understood to
Tuesday.—Spent doleful afternoon in Committee of Supply, have ready prodigious speech on the subject, nowhere to be found.
Circumstances call upon Members below Gangway, Radicals or "John O'Connor," Nolan hoarsely whispered, "you have the
Irishmen, to come to front, and make at least show of doing some- : longest legs in the Party; go and look up the bhoys, and I '11
thing. Sage of Queen Anne's Gate pricks up his ears when j talk! "
Chairman puts question to allow £6 7s. l\d. on account of Sheerness . Silently but swiftly Long John stole forth on his mission; Nolan
Police Court. Why should Northampton contribute its quota, how- j nobly performed his part. At end of forty minutes' breathless talk,
ever small, to expenses of Sheerness Police Court ? Debate and the Colonel, feeling his mouth growing parched, moved adjournment
Division ; after which, the Sage retired to smoke cigarette through of House. Speaker didn't recognise relevancy of argument; de-
rest of afternoon, and discuss probable date of Dissolution. clined to put the question.
Then Irish Members come on. Cream seems spooned off the mass " The Hon. Member," he said, "has spoken for forty minutes, and
in preparation for festivities on St. Patrick's Day, and only the not given a single reason in favour of his proposal."
skimmest of skim milk /X "I was coming to
left. Webb wobbles to —^ ^w^X rc. /Pl-JX that point," said Nolan,
the front; talks outvote / ~^y^Mwf^C^7 \ yi' \ n "and, if it is quite in
for Chicago Royal Com- _ ~><^ ^ZZAzMrS^')\ XK order, I will now ap-
mittee, although At- , /^^^!^^# >wX Hi^h //) proach itl"
torney - General tells | ■'-^^'^■m'WSJ ' ? /r^1} / A vA Ruled out of order,
him it will be all right : J^<^^^^^^^^^^_ R/''/XA^ ti&3ulSY/lik ^<m> Long- John, back from
as to Irish interests; j ^^^^P^TO^f i^#t-<l» his foray, in course of
being now close upon ten , Jf|iP^^ wHch had bunted up
minutes to seven, when WfM^^M^C^&^ N" %W ^/(l^W^ ^/ Sexton, threw himself
Committee must adjourn, W^JT^l fa 3® I ) <■ ^SrW^ |,4W / 4,$^%/ into breach ; moved the
Webster hasn't time to JPIO^V 'CY WrWMwf Xf>fJlir adjournment for irresis-
den was the brand who The Storm in the Eeform Club Tea-Cup. urSes ?v™e arthur
sat in Chair during Par- to _ concede adjourn-
liament of 1874, and wrestled nightly with the " bhoys" when they ment; Prince Arthur rises to reply. Irish Members, pulling
were in their prime — Major 0'Gorman rollicking through the themselves together, walk steadily out, amid ribald laughter from
night; Joseph Gillis with lean hand outstretched and his "It Ministerialists. Once more the Curse of Cambourne turns up.
seems to me, Mr. Speaker " ; Parnell in the white heat of passion ; This seems, quite naturally, to suggest the Closure ; sort of automatic
Delahunty _ with his One Pound Notes, and poor McCarthy 1 procedure; Conybeare—Closure. One more division just to wind up,
Downing with his scared look and his indescribable but unmis- and at ten minutes past two Vote carried and House up,
takable air of one accustomed to frequent the best society in Business done— Revival of old times.
Skiobereen. ' . '■. ■■ :-j _:. ; ■ _ i j i
After a fourth speech from Flynn, with anothei to follow from . Saturday, 1/20 a.m.—House just up. after prolonged wrangle,
Webb, one almost envies the Ex-Speaker lying at rest at the foot' with interval for dinner, straight through from two o clock
of the Pyrenees. yesterday afternoon. Met then for Morning bitting designed to make
t> . j . o xr i. • o i progress with financial business. For four hours disputed how
Business done.-k few Yotes in Supply. business was to be arranged. This left one hour for doing it.
Thursday.-—SI. _ Patrick's Day in the evening. Irish Members j Sitting suspended at seven, resumed at nine,
rose to occasion ; indeed, at one time O'Kelly and John O'Connor I At it again, talking about Royalties on Gold in Wales, Domestic
rose together ; remained on their legs in defiance of Standing Orders
and angry protest of Chairman. Seemed as if someone must be
suspended pour eneourager les autres. Storm suddenly stilled;
rising passion subdued by appearance of Alpheus Cleophas on the
scene, wanting to know about the Refreshment-bar in the Lobby,
Policy in Zululand, the Irish Question iu the Falkland Islands, and
Parliamentary Reporting. All this led_ gently up to passing of
Vote on Account; a conclusion finally arrived at with the assistance
of the Closure.
Business done.—Vote on Account taken.
liOT1CE.—Rejected Communications or Contributions, whether MS., Printed j&atter, Drawings, or Pictures u. any wwsonpaoa, wiU
in no case be returned, not even when accompanied by a Stamp6d and Addressed Envelope, Cover, or Wrapper. To this rait
thert will be no exception.
of a Leader of House, and Prince Arthur—well he's Prince which, he said, was lowering to the dignity and respectability of
Arthur." . ,, , , House.
11
But I suppose you don t mean, I venture to ask, that : F).{day m5 A>M._A11 tMs in Committee of Supply, which came
Jackson is the exclusive type of a successful Leader,. to end at midniff}lt. Then f>eport of Supply brought on ; uproar
"No/' says the Squire with a far-away look. , renewed ; Vote for Irish Teachers' Pension Fund under discussion
Business done— Iwo V otes m bupply. ! Irish Members mysteriously disappeared; Sexton, understood to
Tuesday.—Spent doleful afternoon in Committee of Supply, have ready prodigious speech on the subject, nowhere to be found.
Circumstances call upon Members below Gangway, Radicals or "John O'Connor," Nolan hoarsely whispered, "you have the
Irishmen, to come to front, and make at least show of doing some- : longest legs in the Party; go and look up the bhoys, and I '11
thing. Sage of Queen Anne's Gate pricks up his ears when j talk! "
Chairman puts question to allow £6 7s. l\d. on account of Sheerness . Silently but swiftly Long John stole forth on his mission; Nolan
Police Court. Why should Northampton contribute its quota, how- j nobly performed his part. At end of forty minutes' breathless talk,
ever small, to expenses of Sheerness Police Court ? Debate and the Colonel, feeling his mouth growing parched, moved adjournment
Division ; after which, the Sage retired to smoke cigarette through of House. Speaker didn't recognise relevancy of argument; de-
rest of afternoon, and discuss probable date of Dissolution. clined to put the question.
Then Irish Members come on. Cream seems spooned off the mass " The Hon. Member," he said, "has spoken for forty minutes, and
in preparation for festivities on St. Patrick's Day, and only the not given a single reason in favour of his proposal."
skimmest of skim milk /X "I was coming to
left. Webb wobbles to —^ ^w^X rc. /Pl-JX that point," said Nolan,
the front; talks outvote / ~^y^Mwf^C^7 \ yi' \ n "and, if it is quite in
for Chicago Royal Com- _ ~><^ ^ZZAzMrS^')\ XK order, I will now ap-
mittee, although At- , /^^^!^^# >wX Hi^h //) proach itl"
torney - General tells | ■'-^^'^■m'WSJ ' ? /r^1} / A vA Ruled out of order,
him it will be all right : J^<^^^^^^^^^^_ R/''/XA^ ti&3ulSY/lik ^<m> Long- John, back from
as to Irish interests; j ^^^^P^TO^f i^#t-<l» his foray, in course of
being now close upon ten , Jf|iP^^ wHch had bunted up
minutes to seven, when WfM^^M^C^&^ N" %W ^/(l^W^ ^/ Sexton, threw himself
Committee must adjourn, W^JT^l fa 3® I ) <■ ^SrW^ |,4W / 4,$^%/ into breach ; moved the
Webster hasn't time to JPIO^V 'CY WrWMwf Xf>fJlir adjournment for irresis-
den was the brand who The Storm in the Eeform Club Tea-Cup. urSes ?v™e arthur
sat in Chair during Par- to _ concede adjourn-
liament of 1874, and wrestled nightly with the " bhoys" when they ment; Prince Arthur rises to reply. Irish Members, pulling
were in their prime — Major 0'Gorman rollicking through the themselves together, walk steadily out, amid ribald laughter from
night; Joseph Gillis with lean hand outstretched and his "It Ministerialists. Once more the Curse of Cambourne turns up.
seems to me, Mr. Speaker " ; Parnell in the white heat of passion ; This seems, quite naturally, to suggest the Closure ; sort of automatic
Delahunty _ with his One Pound Notes, and poor McCarthy 1 procedure; Conybeare—Closure. One more division just to wind up,
Downing with his scared look and his indescribable but unmis- and at ten minutes past two Vote carried and House up,
takable air of one accustomed to frequent the best society in Business done— Revival of old times.
Skiobereen. ' . '■. ■■ :-j _:. ; ■ _ i j i
After a fourth speech from Flynn, with anothei to follow from . Saturday, 1/20 a.m.—House just up. after prolonged wrangle,
Webb, one almost envies the Ex-Speaker lying at rest at the foot' with interval for dinner, straight through from two o clock
of the Pyrenees. yesterday afternoon. Met then for Morning bitting designed to make
t> . j . o xr i. • o i progress with financial business. For four hours disputed how
Business done.-k few Yotes in Supply. business was to be arranged. This left one hour for doing it.
Thursday.-—SI. _ Patrick's Day in the evening. Irish Members j Sitting suspended at seven, resumed at nine,
rose to occasion ; indeed, at one time O'Kelly and John O'Connor I At it again, talking about Royalties on Gold in Wales, Domestic
rose together ; remained on their legs in defiance of Standing Orders
and angry protest of Chairman. Seemed as if someone must be
suspended pour eneourager les autres. Storm suddenly stilled;
rising passion subdued by appearance of Alpheus Cleophas on the
scene, wanting to know about the Refreshment-bar in the Lobby,
Policy in Zululand, the Irish Question iu the Falkland Islands, and
Parliamentary Reporting. All this led_ gently up to passing of
Vote on Account; a conclusion finally arrived at with the assistance
of the Closure.
Business done.—Vote on Account taken.
liOT1CE.—Rejected Communications or Contributions, whether MS., Printed j&atter, Drawings, or Pictures u. any wwsonpaoa, wiU
in no case be returned, not even when accompanied by a Stamp6d and Addressed Envelope, Cover, or Wrapper. To this rait
thert will be no exception.