Oddly enough, they
congregate round congeries of Railway Stations in the North. To-day,
ROSEBERY in Lords moves Second Reading of Bill designed to have them
swept away. BRAMWELL protests. "Speaking," he said, "in name of over
two hundred people who live in district affected by the Bill, I ask
your Lordships to reject it." This too much even for House of Lords.
That alleged luxury of two hundred people should weigh against
convenience of the population of London was a little monstrous.
BRAMWELL kept his countenance admirably. LORD CHANCELLOR looked on
admiringly.
"That's the man for _me_, TOBY," he said. "If we could only have
a House of Lords all BRAMWELLS, with me on Woolsack, we'd make Old
England once more a merry spot."
Rest of House, however, would not enter into joke. MARKISS admitted
that, being a constant passenger by Great Northern Railway, he
generally "said a dam" when passing these gates. This felt to be a
shocking state of things. Gates and bars must be bundled off, if only
to prevent use of bad language by PRIME MINISTER. BRAMWELL reluctantly
admitted this, still pleading with touching eloquence for preservation
of the obstruction.
"My Lords," he said, "think of what you're doing to this great
capital, of which we are all so justly proud.
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