Such of the royal _prerogatives_ as were not dead must be carried out by ministers.

The royal _influence_ continued to run through every branch of the State."-- Professor T.F.TOUT, _England from 1689._ [88] Mr.J.M.Robertson, M.P., _Charles Bradlaugh--A Record of His Life and Work_.
[89] F.York Powell, _Thoughts on Democracy_.
[90] Unfortunately the present House of Commons has just decided, August, 1911, to pay its members a salary of L400 a year from the national revenue.
It is to be regretted that the cost has not been laid directly on the electors, and that the time is not more appropriate.

With the country torn with strikes of workmen seeking a few extra shillings a week, it was hardly the opportune moment for a House of Commons to vote itself some L250,000 a year.

The proposal would have been more palatable to the nation if the Commons had decided that payment should begin with the _next_ Parliament.
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