Show THAT DIGNIFIED BODY it is a pity eliat charles dickens who loved to slur the united states and ridicule her lawmakers law makers could not have lived to see sec tile english 0 parliament in session last week that famous assembly so celebrated for its dignity and deliberation became the scene of a disgraceful riot on thursday A according ccorbin to tho the cable reports published all over the world tile the attitude atti ude ot 0 the house of commons on that occasion would have disgraced a council of dahomey indians after a strong debate oconnor called chamberlain a hard bard name mr crean hit mr sanderson in the he nose somebody smashed tim healas healys hat over his eyes george 0 wyndham and william fisher seized mr logan 0 by the neck throw threw him on the hoor floor head first arid and then bunted him under a bench mr healy knocked mr hanbury II down and tho the whole space P ace between the front benches was filled with a struggling t cursing ng mass of members striking clawing and upsetting each other that is what the cable says and it im goes on to say that another member ur dr tanner came running in in just as the fight stopped arid and wanted to begin it again that lie he was choked oft off by order of gladstone when peace was restored then an explanation being asked for by the presiding officer I 1 pandemonium reigned again again 0 each member trying to give his version of the matter louder than the contradictions of liis his colleagues colleague the whole story is one of blows blacked eyes bloody noses torn clothes and broken furniture no irish wake ever resulted so disastrously the Brit tish parliament lias has long 0 been looked upon as a most ex c body composed of in members embers who boast of their long pedigrees pedigreed grees and blue blood it is regarded as a congregation of refinement and courtesy with more gold breeding to the square inch than any other body of the kind in the world yet questions that elsewhere are with argument in the Brit tish parliament carh aman t have been settled by blows and whenever a of opinion arises arises mr crean hits bits mr sanderson in the nose wo we hope the world arid and parliament will grow better in tile meantime if any english upstart pokes fun at uncle sam or his lawmakers law makers we will ask them if lord logan has crawled out from under that bench yet |