JOURNAL AND PROCEEDINGS. 39 
Of late years questions bulk largely on the orders of the 
day, both with us and in the English Parliament. The prac- 
tice is to hand them to the clerk two days in advance of the 
time when they are asked from the printed orders. They 
relate to every conceivable matter in the public service. 
At times the House is not quite ‘‘ all attention’’ when 
some tedious speaker has the floor, and audibly dissents. It 
is said in the British House Sir Spenser Compton being 
appealed to by a member who pleaded he had a right to be 
heard, “No, sir,’” said the Speaker, ““‘ you have a right to 
speak but the House have a right to judge whether they will 
hear you.’’ No modern Speaker could give such a ruling. 
‘“T am speaking to posterity,’’ said another bore in reply to 
his tormentors. ‘‘ Faith and if you go on at this rate you will 
see your audience before you,’’ came from a Milesian voice. 
The House tolerates with wonderful patience all kinds of 
speakers although they may be unpopular, but the member 
who is up on his subject and can add to the information of the 
House on any question before it, makes his statement and then 
sits down is always sure of a welcome and a kindly hearing. 
