_Thursday_.--"TAY PAY also among the Gentlemen of England!" exclaimed
SAGE OF QUEEN ANNE'S GATE, for once almost moved out of his customary
self-possession. It certainly seems so. Came about on Second Reading
of London Tramways Bill; promoters want to bring tramway over
Westminster Bridge, and along Embankment. DEMOS desires to go about
his business on the tramway, and does not see why he should be
arbitrarily stopped before he has accomplished his journey. Carriage
folk say, No; let DEMOS and his penny tram stop at other side of
the water, leaving the broad thoroughfare of the Embankment for what
RADCLIFFE COOKE called "the gilded chariot."

Debate gone forward for some time. No one expected to find TAY PAY in
this Galley. Since his return from Ameriky hasn't opened his voice in
debate; spoken in public only once. That was to his constituents in
Scotland Road, Liverpool; announced with portentous blast in advance
that then and there the anxious world should learn what side he took
in the leadership controversy. Others had declared themselves, whether
for Brer FOX or Brer RABBIT. The momentous issue of TAY PAY's decision
required further deliberation. So all the world had to wait till
TAY PAY came home and saw his constituents. Result not altogether
satisfactory. As TIM HEALY put it, "TAY PAY showed disposition to hunt
with Brer FOX and run with Brer RABBIT." If in the end Brer FOX won,
nothing in TAY PAY's Scotland Road speech need prevent him returning
to his allegiance. If Brer FOX remained under a cloud, he could jog
along with Brer RABBIT. Been careful not to spoil the little game by
taking part in debate in House.

Now, on this London Tramways Bill, which touches neither Brer FOX
nor Brer RABBIT, TAY PAY interposes. Conservatives snort impatiently
when he rises; cry aloud for division; take it for granted that TAY