New-York tribune., 1881-03-28
VOICES OF THE LAND LEAGUE.
N AND orr OF PARLIAMENT

rvvou rsx usgutAR coRRgsPoNDENf or TIE rRlBUfE'I
Lemon. March TO-" Beastly believing Is hr.
rsricais latest contribution to the elegsncies OF
parliamentary life. it has not even the bad merit
~ heinz original. The late Mr. Daniei oCoh"'"
once as,a tb. words. applying them as Mr. Finigan
"A a. the cries Of dissppioval which interrupted
.ha Ao,x OF his eioquence. The Irish OF TO-DAY
have a notion that whatever OConneii said they
NAV say. They do b,m the homer OF bnntng OUT
80 h,s snseches the phrases which are most violent
NM, l,ass creditalle 20 him. They do not attempt
"a n,produce tho qualities which made him al
nvator. The bots and stains upon DIS career arc
what attract them. He had at times. q genius TOT
v,tunsra,i,u. suppose the ParneIlites know best
what they are capable Of initiating. Tho otbei Gay
one OF them borrowed ;an0ther DIT OF aDuse, anu
steslaitued against the base. brutal ana oioouS
Saxonr The phrase was objected TO- Inc DOT
rover seemed to think he had Justified the use OF "
when he had pointed ont that it was nos of's'.a,
Nth him. but bad come out of the Lberatois
.rmorv Dr. Playfair who is bv turns lenient aud
.rsroet;c as Chairman of Committee told MI
fSnivar be must Withdraw the words :" beas'jy
hellowiup.p Mr. Finigan maintained hs had moi
used them in personal sense, and tned 10 argus
che poipt with DR.. playfar. who, nos Denig al thc
rpouent in an argumentatve mo"d ueciineu ~
dissuss poiiteDess with Mr.. Finiean ]uhge mr.
Finigan to be o man who rather fancieS himself
ns master OF fouts and sneers. once hearu MN
refer 20 the Solicitor General OF ireland sS s'uns
scross-ieegsd and content of such poip' anu
glitter is the Irish wit of these days. ~ may 10
bec1rse DIR. Playfair Is Seotchman tha' no IS un
.hls N spprscistc these scintIllations OF hnnor.
1;a told Mr.. Finigan bluntly he should 1name
Aim. IL he did not withdraw his beastly below
i IN. uneaui yocally upon winch Mr.. Fin'gan, WIN
th.t stiff solemnity which is peculiar to hih. saio
"a sbould Withdraw it. but only because no dio not
wish to sutier the penalty.
Thsr M ODoupeu ir' -vened Mr.. VDonneii
;a mot a popular person tn Ia Aouse his nueh'
.pextinacity y-uot to put too ~ goint upon us
oxtrsu ely tiresome. and ais manner has that kihu
of offence In it which seems to spring rom "'Sn
20 be offensive. II was obvious that MI. Donnoii
desired To come TO Mr. Finigans rescue lie rose 10
. y,opt of erdes. he said DR.. Playfar explained to
Mr., that Tho point Of order was already decided
. Rut mine Is o new point" retorted MI oDonneii'
.,a e.sdsd 10 set forsh his views a. to what ds-
eos,rfaens words might and might not be employed
IN tina House. Dr. Playtair was not II appeared
mere eager 20 acquaint himself WIN mr' VDon-
psEIs views about courtesy and discourtesy thah
nth Mr. Fintgsn's afhe matter is disposed OF.
be rspested. As Mr. UDOnnell continued standlns'
the Chairman named him ne persistentiy disregard
ing the ruling of the chair an the usnai 'notioh
being made and the Speaker coming in. Mr.. ODon.
N
4bs House Ai will only be removed" screamed
NJ, fyDopnelI. sby eonstables." And he appealed
10 his friends to st by HIM II to insure that his
resolution should not fail him. They did sit by
MIN and vet his resolution failed him. AS soon as
the Speaker directed him TO withdraw ne WIN
draw /. In which he showed more good sense than
in raving about constables.
An effort has since been made 20 show that DIR.
Plsyfair was wrong aud Mr.. ODOnnell right. MT.
O,Donael has argued his case in the papers III Is
all TO no purpose. Tine case is the same IN principle
as the case which occurred when the Parnellites
were suspended in a batch. The Chairman may
have been right or wrong Oh the particular point
rsised: IL docs not IN the least matter which. Ii he
vas wronz there were means of challenging his
doeision and setting him right in Parliamentary
way. But when Mr.. O'Donnell doted his authority
DR. Playfair had choice but to enforce 1t. I
Chairman or Speaker allows his authority to be set
st naught by an individual member because that
individual member is OF opinion that mistake mas
been made there is end Of Parliamentary order
That. of coarse is what Mr. ODOnnell and his
friends are siming at But they hardly expect
10 be permitted to use the rules of the House to
xhat end.
SO long az il lasted this was very heated scene.
and Mr. O'Donnell means TO renew it, having put
down motion to challenge the Chairnans ruilns.
Il might be inferred ttat obstruction Is pursued
with IA much misehievous yigor as ever. But that
Is NOT the case It is pursued, hut good deal OF
the heart has been taken out OF 1t. The line which
shese people used 70 take triuniphantly, they now
take sulIenIy and vindictively. The progress OF
the Arms bill, and the incidents which have oc-
cnrrcd during It's discussion, show that Under
tbe urgency rules, obstruction is put down almost
"A coon as it raises its head. Before urgency was
]. adopted resistance might he prolonged snce ess-
fully: SO prolonged that is as 10 deieat Oil or
10 bring on q struggle of physical endurance III
order to pass it. Obstruction, In those circum-
stances was revolutionary, but 1t had 50 much ex-
cuss as could be found in complete or partial
suecess The most the obstructonists can do now
is to put the House to some Inconvenience. They
can do as they did yesterday afternoon. Debate
was brought 20 an end az o'clock. Soma hfteen
or sixteen amendments to the bin proposed by the
1fisn remained to be disposed Of Five or SIX were
ruled out Of order. On each OF the remainder the
Irish insisted on taking division. They were
teasen on each by majority of sx to one, or nore,
and knew they would be beaten. They knew, also,
that the taking of these divisions would not delay
the passage of the bill single minute. They in
sisted on the House walking ten times through the
Hobbies simply and solely 70 put the MAJORITY TO as
much incouvenience as possible. Dividing under
The form now practised. IN u weaIisone business 1t
taxes time and IL requires body Of members to
move slowly through crowded lobby TO record
their votes. A friend told me he had beguiled the
time by computing that members had been obliged
TO walk 200 miles during these ten divisions. This
Is mere annoyance; kind OF spitefnness which one
might expect in the nursery. but not from grown
men. This suppose; is the sort OF thing tho Six
thousand persons assembled at Brooklyn" desire to
BEE persisted 10 when they telegraph Mr Parnell to
never surrender
With regard to that Brooklyn meeting. word
= xrho IN ha
has done what he could 70 emphasize the import
ance OF the SIX thousand persons; the Mayor of
Brooklyn. whoever he may be, lending his aid The
meefinp was held In the Brooklyn Academy Of