Abstract

Italian Politics

This article discusses issues related to the nature of politics in Italy. The Italian legislators had become utterly unfit for anything except gossip, and were wisely sent home for the dog-days. When they met again in October, it was hoped that they had recovered, and their heads were cool enough for the voting of the estimates. But the men of the Left were still smarting and writhing. Their many defeats and exposures had been too humiliating to be forgotten so soon, and, seeing that they alone could do nothing against the majority, they had, during the recess, a plan. The result was the election of Giovanni Lanza, of the Right Centre, for the speaker's chair. It seems that Italy is ill represented by its parliament, and should dismiss its servants with scorn who waste their time in idle gossip and petty iniquities while honest and urgent work is to be done.