THE HOME RULE BILL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4400, 31 July 1893, Page 2

THE HOME RULE BILL.

1 Disgraceful Scene in the ; Commons, ! Swearing and Shouting and ! Pugilism, i Members Hissed from the ; Galleries. 1 London, July 28. [ An unprecedented scone occurred in | the House of Commons last night. Just before tbe closure was finally : applied to the Hoire Rule Bill, Mr 1 Chamberlain taunted tbe Ministerial j lists with regarding every Bcheme ; emanating from the Premier na peri Fuct. If, said lie, Mr Gladstone culled anything black,.they said it was 1 good; if white, it was better, They always considered bis dictum as tbe voioe of God. Never since the,day of Herod had there been such slavish adulation. * Amid a scene of wild confusion, Mr Mellor, tbe Chairman of tin Committee, enforced the closure. Disorder reigned supreme. Tbe Government Party cheered, and shouts ot rage mingled with cries of' Shame,' 'The gag,' 'Tinny and 'Judas,' were beard from all parts of the Chamber. Mr Chamberlain rose to put a question, but had to confine himself to dumb show. The Ministerialists refused to allow him to be beard, and kept up an incessant noise. Mr Vicary Gibbs, Conservative member for St, Albans, amid a medley of inarticulate bellowings, also tried to get the Chairman's ear, in order to report Mr T, P. O'Connor, who, he said, had insulted'Mr Chamberlain by reiterated cries of " Judas," He demanded that the word should be taken down. Mr Mellor ignored Mr Gibbs' proposal, and said he had not heard the epithet. He then ordered the division to proceed. Some Ministerialists obeyed, but the bulk of the Opposition refused to go into the lobbies until their claim for justice was attended to. Suddenly a fierce melee occurred on tbe floor of the Hotfte, and the Speaker was summoned. Mr O'Connor then apologised, and the Bill finally passed through Com* Oiittee, Mr Arnold Foster, during the scene in the House, shouted ont, " Why associate with bloody Irish rebels ?" . Mr Fisher, Conservative member for Fulbam, threw Mr' Logan,'of Leicester, from bis seat, and Colonol , Saunderson .squared up to andhit,

Mr Austin, of Limerick,, and Mr; Crean, : of, Ossory. Tim (alter re-! spontled manfully, and the National, ists and the; Tories then broke out into a free fight, swearing and shouting on all sides at each other. Mr J. Bedmotid, in tliHcourso of an interview, gavo his'views upon the immediate result of Home Rule, He thought, the priests would priptioally elect the first Parliament, and afterwards the Catholic minority who objected to clerical influence would unite with the Protestants and form a strong Opposition, Latestj^^- . Details of the Squabble.. London, July 28. In the House of Commons to-day,, Mr Logan (L) crossed the Chamber and exchanged hot words with Mr Carson (0). The latter retorted, "Tou i are one of the gagging gang." Mr 1 Logan then occupied Mr Balfour's seat. Messrs Hayes and Fislm who . were behind, seized him hyMffflok, : and Sir E. Ashmead-Bartletrby his . ; leg and he was ejected. A free fight followed, during which ; a Radical punched'a Conservative. I A Ooußorvatiye whip seized the ! Radical by the Eoruff of the neok and i shook him. . A number of Irish members ati tacked the Opposition in the gangway. Instantly the whole gangway I was a confused mass, shouting, > straggling, and fighting. Members . cumbered oyer the benoiies to join in i themilee. The Unionists who were locked out I olamoured for admittance. ■ Messrs W. Burdott-Coutts, Condon, i W. Eedmond, and Healey were con- ! ppiouous in the fray. Colonel Saun- . derson hit out boldly, felling several : mombers. I Mr W. O'Brien, standing on his ■ seat, wildly implored the members to r maintain order. Dr Tanner's friends 3 helped him out of the row, 3 Mr Burns shouldered ~ 3 right and left, and tried to' suppress ' the disorder, ' Several Irishmen were knockad , down and trampled upon. 3 Mt Healy fell after a fierce struggle 3 of five minutes duration, f The strangeis in the galleries hissed . and cried " rihame." i Mr Gladstone sat at the table, mute, a pale, and calm, hut appeared to be 9 pained at the scene, though he did r nothing to stop it, a Sir E. Ashmead Bartlett, address■f ing the Premier, shouted " This in » your doing," I The Sorgeant-at-Arms made an - ineffectual attempt to clear the House, The back of one of the benches was . wrenched off. Shirts, coats, and 1 waistcoats were torn from the backs t of members. A quantity of jewellery g was picked up on the floor of the n chamber.' s After a quarter of an hour's uproar, e Lord Randolph Churchill and Messrs y k. J. Balfour and J. Chamberlain e rpstored 6ome order, o The Chairman of Committees conn sented to report the matter to the e Speaker, who returned immediately, e and order was instantly restored. He s rebuked the House with great dignity, i- and urged Mr O'Connor to apologise, d which be did, ,e The financial olauses were passed by o majorities of 21, it Several new clauses dealing with ir local taxation, and the postponed e clauses, were passod entirely without o disoussion, by majorities of 88. ir The schedules were tho >f second by only 17, and theothers by I. 80. d After tho final decision, Mr Glade atone left the Chamber. He was- [. loudly cheered, amid cries of " Gag " j and " Old dog Tray." a The Bill will be reported on 7th 3, August. ' y The Standard and several other y leading city newspapers characterise o the Eceno as a lasting disgrace to the d House of Commons. a . •