On Sunday Mr. Philip Snowden gave an address at Nelson
upon the House of Commons, which he described as "an institution fearfully and wonderfully made." The time given to the discussion of Estimates was altogether inadequate. There was a very good reason why the Treasury vote was never discussed—namely, that " the salary of the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Prime Minister and all the big pots
were concerned in the Treasury vote." After alluding to th death of Sir Charles Dilke as a great loss to members of the Labour Party, Mr. Snowden went on to make a series of com- ments upon individual Members of Parliament. He declared that Mr. Bonar Law was the best debater in the Unionist Party, and that Mr. Austen Chamberlain was a much abler man than he was generally credited with being. Mr. Balfour was the most interesting man in the House, and Mr. Snowden really believed that he was inclined to Socialism. "The scientific character of Socialism and the scientific theory of Socialism seemed to appeal to his peculiar make-up."
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