The House of Keys met at the conclusion of the sitting ... A Member: Is there any business before the House ? ... not ca
HOUSE OF KEYS. DOUGLAS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1914. The House of Keys met at the conclusion of the sitting of Tynwald. Present: The Speaker (Mr D. Maitland, J.P.), Messrs 'W. Christian, W. F. Cowell, W. J. Radcliffe. W. C. Southward, A. Christian, E. J. Curphey, R. S. Corlett, J. R. Kerruish, J. W. Walton, W. H. Kitto, T. C. Kermodo, W. Quayle, A. Qua'trough, T. F. Quinc, W. T. Crennell, T. H. Cormode, -M. Carine, J. Garside, W. J. Corlett, R.. Moughtin, R. Gimes, and Col. Moore. The Secretary (Mr R. D. Gelling) was in attendance. THE DISTURBANCE Al' THE DOUGLAS CAMP. A Member: Is there any business before the House ? Mr Cormode: There is the question of adjournment. The Speaker: We settled that at our sitting on Tuesday last. Mr Cora/lode: There is a feeling flint, in view of the transactions which have happened lately, It is very inadvisable that tiro House should be away for a long period up to Christmas. I won't make a motion; 1 will leave that to some of the members who have made the suggestion to me: but T would support such a 'notion heartily. Capt. Moughtin: I think the House will be very ill-advised to discuss anything that hes happened lately. There will be a proper Government inquiry, and I deprerate any attempt to prejudge the situation. Let these responsible hold :1 proper inquiry, and there, if anything comes out of the inquiry with which the House is not satin fled, we can easily requisition the Speaker to call the House together. The Speaker: The Speaker cannot call the House together, except by adjournment. That lies with the Governor. Capt. Moughtin Then the Speaker could make a request to the Governor. In any case, the House has only adjourned for
three weeks. (A Voice: More.) I take it that the inquiry will be conducted in the presence of some neutral representative; we know that the Imperial Government has requested the American Consuls to attend to matters affecting German interests—for I take it that that is what hon. members have alluded to. • Mr °rumen: There is not the smallest suggestion, as far es I know, that we should in any way whatever take NA in the consideration of what took place yesterday at the Camp. Capt. Moughtin: That is what was meant.. Mr Crennell: The hon. member is in error in saying that we agreed to sdjouru for three weeks from now; it is four-and-ahalf weeks from now. Altogether, apart from anything that happened yesterday, we are living under conditions in which the representatives of the Island should be jealous of the control of affairs, and their being consulted in mattens; and I think we put ourselves out of court as a popular repro entat:ve body if we make long adjournments of this so r t under conditions like those now prevailing. The House will remember the interesting dismission which we had in private at the last sitting; it may be desirable that there should be many discussions in private. felt at the outset that we made a mistake in adjourning for so long, and this feeling is emphasised by recent happenings. We are not well advised in cutting ourselves adrift from the centre of things and from knowledge of affairs. I move that we meet a week next Tuesday, in the afternoon. Mr Walton seconded. THE ADJOURNMENT. Mr Garside: While I am as jealous as any member can be of the House and its privileges, I think that before we alter a decision come to as recently as last Tuesday and reverse the considered judgment
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of the House, we should have some definite reason for so doing. Unless some such reason is given me, I feel that I cannot vote for meeting on a different date than that already decided upon. I. don't like these vague statements; if such statements are publicly mado, they are more apt to give rise to fear among the public, and to cause the public to think that something is wrong, and I think that is entirely a wrong impression to throw out. If there is fear that anything is wrong, if there is any subject to be discussed, let us have it plainly, and then we know what we are deciding upon. Mr Curphey: How would it do if this matter was left to the Speaker?. I don't see the sense of coming down when there may be no business for us. Mr .Garside: I quite agree with that.
Mr Ourphey: I am sure the Speaker has the confidence of the House, and he will not call us on a wild-goose chase. 1 move that. Mr Radcliffe seconded. On a division there voted :—For the amendment: Messrs Quayle, Kitto, Keymode. R. S. Corlett, Curphey, A. Christian, Southward, Radcliffe, Kerruish, W. Christian, Carine, Garside, W. J. Corlett, Moughtin, Clucas, and Col. Moore—l6. Against: Messrs Walton, Cowell, A. Qualtrough, Quine, Cormode, Crennell, and the Speaker-7. The amendment was carried. The Speaker: The date of the adjournment stands, unless I think it necessary tor ask the Governor to summon the House ma the meantime. This concluded the bnsiness.
The Adjoim mutant.
