Did it last year?
It never does.

That would not be regular." "Then why waste all the session in that tomfoolery of trying members ?" "It is usual; it is customary; the country requires it." "Then the country is a fool, I think." "Oh, no.

The country thinks somebody is going to be expelled." "Well, when nobody is expelled, what does the country think then ?" "By that time, the thing has strung out so long that the country is sick and tired of it and glad to have a change on any terms.

But all that inquiry is not lost.

It has a good moral effect." "Who does it have a good moral effect on ?" "Well--I don't know.