Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1887 — PRIGS IN PARLIAMENT. [ARTICLE]

PRIGS IN PARLIAMENT.

The Style of Young Men Who Badg. er the Irish Members. CorrespondemceNew York Times. The badger-baiting instincts of the young English “gentlemen” have full play here. Night after night some doe- . en of these aristocratic dullards come in after dinner and take their places on the front bench nearest to the Irishmen opposite. They are mostly in evening dress with roses in their button-holes and an insolent, vicious grin on their faces. The moment an Irish member gets up to speak these gentry begin to laugh or jeer or say, “Divide! divide! divide!” in unison, as rapidly as they can. They vary this from time to time by saying audibly among themselves, “What a cad!” “Who’s his tailor, I wonder?” and things of that sort. There is in all this only the natural expression of instincts which have been bred in these cubs by generations of rat-killing, dog-fighting, fox-hunting, badger-baiting ancestors. These young fellows know nothing beyond the noble range of what they call sport. If any one of this dozen—types of ten thousand—were asked suddenly who Katkoff or.Juks Ferry was- he would look at you in surprise. He knows the names and records of racing horses; he knows the masters of the hunts, the best cri cketers, the owners of the crack yachts. He does not know what century—Chancer lived in< but he knows that you may shoot grouse after the 12th of August. He is in Parliament because it is the right sort of thing to do, but of the mt nt or demerits of the measure discussed he knows and cares nothing. He is annoyed at the Government keeping the session going through the summer, while he might be having sport in the country. He avenges himself by badgering the Irishmen on the seats opposite. If he can not put his terriers into the rat-pie he can instilt Parnellities.