Punch, Or the London Charivari, volume 152, June 13, 1917
Punch, Or the London Charivari, volume 152, June 13, 1917
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"] In the course of the debate on the Representation of the People Bill, Sir FREDERICK BANBURY explained that he resigned his membership ofthe SPEAKER'S Conference because he found that he and his party wereexpected to give up everything and to get nothing in return. If sothe Liberals on the Conference were very short-sighted, for a littleconcession then would have saved them a lot of trouble now. What SirFREDERICK does not know about the art of Parliamentary obstruction isnot worth knowing, an...d he evidently means to use his knowledge forall it is worth. He even succeeded--a rare triumph--in drafting aninstruction to the Committee which passed the SPEAKER'S scrutinyand took a good hour to debate. In vain Sir GEORGE CAVE and Mr. LONGreminded the House that it had already approved the main principles ofthe Bill. You can't ride a cock-horse when BANBURY'S cross. Another old hand at the game is Lord HUGH CECIL. His particulargrievance against the Bill is, I fancy, that it alters the characterof his constituency, and, should it pass, will oblige him to appealfor the votes of callow young Bachelors with horrid Radical notionsinstead of being able to repose in confidence upon the support ofa solid phalanx of clerical M.
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