It got rid of the fetters imposed on the free expression of the will of the electors, and the restrictions placed on the free selection of candidates of small means, by putting the expenses of returning officers on public funds, and also by making better provision for the revision of the register of voters.

A number of useful Bills have been passed, and it has been a means of eliciting information from the Government which the country ought to have, but which would otherwise have been withheld.

It has voted the necessary supplies for carrying on the War, and freely and readily assented to the increased taxation that was essential.

Unfortunately it is the practice in a portion of the Press always to give prominence to the strange antics of certain members and the vicious attempts made by some to embarrass the Government in carrying on the War.

A scene in the House of Commons is fully reported; the good work done, especially by certain useful committees, passes almost unnoticed.