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Show English Parliamentary Debaters. Old members of the House ot Commons Com-mons are usually of opinion that the debates, compared wttb twenty or thirty years ago, are now more businesslike busi-nesslike and less oratorical than they were. Some welcome the change, and, rejoicing In the greater efficiency of the House as a governing assembly, praise tho conversational style of speaking now so much In vogue as less stilted than' the old. Others, regretting re-gretting the loss In the picturesque, distressed that the House should be less attractive as a show, condemn the new manner as more slipshod. There Is agreement that the average member takes less trouble with the form and phrasing of his speeches. |