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Show AmtricanltlnJ Canada. Now that the tuiu llau lurllument haa aljournul, after a k salon of alx months, the nespapcra of tho dominion domin-ion are calling attention to the length of lis session and are discussing ways In which It may be shortened. It Is admitted ad-mitted generally that six montha la rather long to spend In transacting the business of COCO 000 people,' and that unless the members change their present pres-ent methods of doing bualneaa the length of tho aesslon will Increuc. The members thcmiclvea any that the chief fault la that they get only I1.00U for alx months' work, and aay tbat tbelr pay aboul I bo Increaaed or made proportionate to the length of tho sessions. Thla remedy, however, wnuld lint be likely to shorten the duration lit parliament A better pUn la that suggested by John Charlton, Mi 1'., who says tbaVsoma wsy.shoul I he found to check the "wind Jamming style of oratory that mlatakea quantity quan-tity for quality" He favora tho Introduction In-troduction of the plan uaed In the American house of representatives of limiting the time for debato and then Jlvldlng It Into rite and ten minute allotments al-lotments for certain members. |