Honolulu Republican, Volume IV, Number 501, 19 January 1902 — PLAN TO REFORM RULES OF PARLIAMENT [ARTICLE]

PLAN TO REFORM RULES OF PARLIAMENT

SWEEPING CHANGE CONSIDERED Much P.'fnp and Ceremony Attends veatigation to be Made Regarding the D'Smissal of General Butler. LONPON. -Tan «.—When K ! ur Edward opens Parliament. January lt*th. v. huh will be an occasion of even y.r-.'ater pomp au-J cervmoey than »ai his last appearance in tfc" House of I<otds. one of the most Inter-’stin* »twslons cf recent years will be besun. Before il» conclusion the whole ► os the Lib-ra) pa'tv is iike.y

to be altered and Lord Rosebery’s! future determined. Temporarily, this diversion of the position will great’- facilitate :hGovernment’s program, the chief Item if which is the sweeping reform of Parliamentary procedure. Th*- hopeless delay and confusion w aich a:. present characterises all legislative I forces at Westminster have reached t. point where Parliament has become ridiculous in the eyes of the country. In the drastic recasting of the p-o- -< * dure many methods employed .n th* Foiled State* Congress will »-e either adopted or giv*n a. trial a modified fo: m. Among oth. r important feature* of the session will be a thorough inves t.station of General Builer’s dismiss*! from command of the F'irst Army Corps. This d abtkss will once more involve the nation In a whir poo! of Utter controversy