The west shore., February 01, 1879, Page 40, Image 8

February, 1879.
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THE WEST SHORE.
1AUI.IAM i:TAKV RULES.
by Till rim v s 1 iir.AS sorirry.
Hy parliamentary rules, properly
iptaUngi li meant thai collection of
t ukIiiiiis unci ruin by which the pro.
ceedlngi r deliberative assemblies ere
governed
They " celled parliementary rules,
bocause misi of the general princlplei
end rule were derived from the Itritish
Parliament
The title "Parliamentary Rules," is
often improperly applied to every col
lection of rules, general and special,
used lor the government of deliberative
bodies, of whatovei nature.
Parliamentary rules, proper, are
cm. They are no more parliamentary
law, than are our State statutes com
mon law.
The rules of the Senate of the United
States would he poorly adapted, as a
whole, to the government of the Sen
ate of the State of Oregon. Each of
these bodies requires a code of govern
ment adapted to the peculiarities of its
constitution, situation, and purposes.
The same general principles and
rules of government arc common to
each, hut in many details they differ.
These rules, general and special, have
one and the same object to properly
and orderly obtain the sense or will of
the assembly, and to expedite the trans
action of the business for which it is
formed.
quires the nee of so many deliberative
assemblies, it is highly necessary that a
knowledge of parliamentary law should
become general.
Our political meetings and conven
tions, our legislative bodies, our nu
merous associations and societies, and
even our 4th-of-July celebrations, are
governed and conducted in accordance
with parliamentary practice.
To any of you who would attain
prominence and influence in a com
munity, or who are ambitious of polit
ical preferment, I would say make
yourselves familiar with parliamentary
law.
The Olympia oyster trade is grow
ing into importance.
Am untoms and mage only, which
sit oonmo i ti1(. C(Me ( goteniHvenl
f all ilrlilx-i.il, Nr assemblies. They
arr, M it were, the common law of as.
M-mbly government, lint iust at evci v
State hit eeftaifl testator enactments
MM ccial law, which, in particular
1 s, ucim-,i,- th. ...Minion law, which
would in the aWnce of these, govern
all; so each permanent .Irhlwr.i.,
lmdy has oritain -srll-enacted srtecial
rules of gov rinment, which arc peculiar
t itclf, and which ane from tfH ll
wants and needs. TIick are al 11 ,
the nature of exceptions r inc general
rule umii the H.ints which they gov-
nil CULPRIT.
A knowledge of parliamentary law
i of gre.it advantage to a member of
any deliberative body,
A lew members who are thoroughly
conversant with the rules by which the
assembly i, governed, even if they be
long to the minority, can in a great
measiiu- eontiol the rjrocccdin.-s of il.
j bedy,
A minority with a leader skilled in
parliament.,- usage, often defeats, or
at least delavMhe pl.ms 0f a dangerous
majority.
In a government like ours, where the
people comiM, the legislative as
MftbttM, and the poliucal system re-
Thb scenery along Burnt river, East
ern Oregon, is truly wonderful, and to
persons unaccust6med to mountain life,
it must present unusual attractions.
Great walls of granite, shale, basalt,
and sandstone, loom up hundreds of
feet above the winding bed of the river,
along the narrow bottom lands of which
the stage road, or rather the Burnt river
toll road, is constructed.
A woman who heard Camilla Urso
play on the violin, writes, that " it whis
pered, and wept, and sobbedi and shiv
ered." The majority of fiddles cause
the listener to "weep, and sob, and
shiver." And they don't "whisper,"
either. They just screech, and shriek,
and yell, and howl like a juvenile fog
whistle with the delirium tremens,