The Osceola times., 1880-08-07

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Speaker remaining seated, and address,
ing him as "Mr. Bradlaugh,' briefly re-
clted the events of the sitting. and con-
cludcd by commanding him 10 withdraw
L beg respectfully to insist ON my right
as duly elected member from Northamp-
tom Mr.. Bradlaugh composcdly replied.
81 beg you to administer the oath. and |
respectfully refuse to withdraw" The
House was now getting acclimatizcd TO
the storm, and heard with comparative
| cOmposure the authority Of the Speaker
! thus deliberately challenged. The right
! honorable gentleman repeated his COM
mand and Mr. Bradlaueh, with unvaried
voice reiterated his refusal. Rising.
now that he addressed the House, the
| Speaker asked for mandate to enforce
| the authorityof the Chair. This evi-
| dently took the House a little aback
| Honorable members tn jught they had
| fulfilled their duty when they had cried
"order," or withdraw and did not
| quite know what to do, now that the
| Speaker cast on them the responsibility
Of the next step. In tins difficulty they
turned again to the treasury bench, and
| cried ont "GladstOnel' But the Premier
was reading a letter, and was not in
clinod TO permit hIs attention to be dis
tractcd. Sir Stafford Northcote, again
coming TO the rescue, generously ad-
mittcd that the position Of the Prime
Minister was one OF great delcacy, and
that the House. going its own way in
defiance of his advice. was scarcely
justified in seeking his counsel on re-
curing points of difficulty. Sir Stafford
l. 81. A.
to move that the Speaker be invested
with such power as was requisite for the
enforcement Of his authority.
The Speaker put this new question
from the chair, and a division being
challenged with customary formula.
"Stranccrs Will withdraw" the House
became conscious of a new and even
ludicrous dilemma. Here was Mr.Brad |
laugh standing IN statucsque attitude at
the table solemn vote of the House
had declined to admit LIm to member
ship. lie was, therefore, stranger"
Would he obey the Injunction and
Withdraw? Nothing that had gone
before favored a conclusion in the af-
firmative, and members resigned them
selves to the unparalleled conclusion.
that whilst the House was emptied for
a division stranger so far from
withdrawing" would be left in sole
possession, with his hand almost resting
on the mace. When the telcrs returned
1t appeared that 1926 had voted for the
motion. and IS against it. The Premier,
Sir VIM. Harcourt, Sir Henry James,
Mr.. Osborne Morgan, anu other minis
tcrs, voted in the majority. In the nj
noritv were Mr. McDorald, Mr.. Arnold,
Mr.. Thomasson, Sir lIarcourt Johnstone,
Mr.. Lyulph Stanley, Mr. Broadhurst,
Na Nolan, Mr. Finigan, Mr.. Pdrnell,
Mr.. Biggar, Mr. W. II. James, Mr.. Sam
uelson and Mr. Peter Taylor. Mr.. La
boucherc and Mr.. Dixie acted as tellers.
As the little group of non.contents; in
returning, passed between the treasury
bench and the table, Mr.. Peter Taylor
stopped to shake hands with Mr.. Brad
laugh. who had stood by the mace, silent
and motionless, during the long process
of the division.
1t was now felt that the actual crisis
had arrived. The SeVcant-at-Arm left
his chair and stood at the bar. The
Speaker. addressing him, commanded
him to remove Mr.. Bradlaugh. This
was more easily said than done, for Mr..
BadIaugh is a tall man and burly to
boot, and had studiously RETAINED from
any indication of intention TO use his
own legs. Amidst breathless silence the
Sergeant-at-Arms, forgetting his custom
airy obeisancc to the chair, advanced ana
tapped the member from Northampton
on the shoulder. Mr.. Bradlaugh, con
sumed that anxiety that every thing
should be in order, intimated that he
was prepared 20 90 as Car as the bar, but
promised Immediately TO return. This
undertaking he faithfully fulfilled.
Having peacefully accompanied the
Sergeant-at- Arms to the bar, he abruptly
turned, and, moving toward the table,
he, with a sweeping gesture of his right
hand. claimed the right deputed to him
| by the electors of Northampton, TO take
| his seat. The Sergeant at-Arms followed,
and, grasping him by the arm, Temporal
| rily arrested his PROCESS. But Mr. Brad.
| laugh shook of the gallant Captain, and
| strobe onward amid scene of lndescri-
| blble excitement. Half a dozen mem
| bcrs were addressing the Chair from rs
many parts of the House. The Speaker
was on his feet: members were shouting
and gcsticulating, and here, in the very
center Of the floor, with legs set firmly
apart. stood Mr.. Bradlauah, determined
and defiant.
Even at this crisis his passion for dis.
eliminating nice points of procedure did
not desert him. Il do not deny he
| shouted in voice rising high above the
| din-"I do not deny your right to i'm
prison me, but | dispute your right To
! DENY me the oatn." Gradually, and
| with many expressions of perpetual re-
| card for the Scrgean-at-Arms, who, with
cnnsummate tact had combined the
Siapitcr ia m0dO with the t0rtter M re-,
! Mr.. Bradlaueh consented to compro-
mise bv which he retired from the mld-
die of the floor. hitherto sacred In slmi-
lar circumstances to the tread OF Pllm-
soil. and stood Just within the bar, the
Sergeant-at-Arms by his side.
At the instance of the Speaker, Sir
Stafford Northcote now moved that MIR.
Bradlauch. having disregarded the au-
thoritv and resisted the power OF the
Sneaker. bc taken into custody by the
| Sergeant. at-Arms. Mr.. Gladstone SAID
he could offer no objection to tins
course. Nor did Mr. Iaooucherc, though
that gentleman took the opportunity OF
scntentiously rcmarking on the sing1-
laritv of the circumstance by which "a
citjzen of this country ahould be sent TO
prison for doing what eminent legal au-
tborities declared to be his dsty and his
right"
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