This does not mean that one party is always ready to quarrel and find
fault with every measure proposed by the other. It means that there is a
party which belongs to the Government, and is pledged to vote for the
measures it proposes, and an opposition party which watches the
Government, questions its acts, and will not vote for its measures
until quite sure that they are good and helpful.
In countries that are ruled by a sovereign, the Government is not formed
in the same way that ours is.
The sovereign rules for life, and appoints the Prime Minister and the
Cabinet officers, who remain in office as long as they can manage the
affairs of state properly. The Parliament or Congress is composed of two
Houses, like ours, but the Upper House, which resembles our Senate, is
composed of peers (dukes, marquises, earls, viscounts, and barons) who
are not elected, but have their seat in the Upper House by right of
birth. Added to these are the Bishops and Churchmen of high degree, and,
in some countries, certain distinguished persons appointed by the
sovereign.
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