Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-02-14
A BIG ROCK AHEAD.
THE COMING PARLIAMENTARY
BATTLE.
The ClOture PrOpOsaI-BOth Sides
of the Issue-Arresss I'm MaYO-The
Fortune Bay Dispute.

LONDON, February 13.-Sir Charles Dixie,
Under Foreign Secretary, stated in the
House to-day that no reply had been re-
ceived as to the intention of the United
States Government In regard to the Fortune
Bay fishery dispute.
Eleven arrests have been made under the
coercion act at Swineford, county Mayo, in
connection with a recent brutal outrage on
three men, who are still seriously i'll.
The London correspondent of the Man
chester Guardian says he understands that a
general inquiry by the government shows
that there will be majority in favor of the
first of the proposed new rules of Parlia-
mentary procedure. 1t is supposed that
Mr.. Gladstone will appeal to the House of
Commons to permit tie discussion of the
rules to continue from day to day.
The DAILY AelCS says in a leader, which is
probably inspired, that II half the rules are
rejected, the proper course of the govern
ment is clear. "It should devote as many
sessions of the present Pa rliament as may
be necessary to county franchise, the redis-
tricting Of seats and corrupt practices bills.
When these have been passed it should ap-
peal to enlarged and reformed constitu-
encies on the question of other substantial
reforms which the revision of procedure is
an essential preliminary"
The Daily NeaUS also states that the cloture
rule is the very essence of the governments
proposals, and, should 1t be rejected, the
other rules will not be submitted to the
House. The NelDS, however has no ap-
prehension of such result. "The Liberal
seceders will probably be numbered only
by units. They will be persons who
nominally Joined the Liberal party in
order to better serve its opponents, but
these questionable allies and aid of the Irish
enemy will not secure a victory for the
united forces OF obstruction. 1t should be
well understood blythe constituencies that ell
members who vote against the cloture
clause are practically voting against the
various reforms, which the Ministry is anx-
ious to pass" The Liberal seceders are ex-
pfcted to include Mr.. Norwood, Sir Edward
Watkin, Messrs. Cowen, Story, Marriatt and
Walter.
The Times says /: "The cloture, beyond all
dispute, is the question of the hour. 1t has
been acclaimed in many cases with ludicrous
misconstructions of its meaning by the or
gans Of the machine, which was brought to
perfection two years ago, and OF which the
national federation of Liberal associations
at Birmingham is the mainspring /; but it has
arrsyed against 1t an unexpected unanimity
of independent criticism" In regard to
the evils of the proposal, the Times points
out that Mr.. Brand, the Speaker of the
House, will probably retire at the be-
ginning OF the next session, and that,
as Mr.. Gladstone will soon complete
his fiftieth year of Parliamentary service,
his retirement from the active conduct of
the affairs of the Lower Rouse cannot be
long delayed. The disappearance of these
men would throw power more than ever
into the hands Of the machine. The cloture,
whenever it suited the purposes of the gov
ernment of the day would be clamored for by
hundoed organs, inspired by local eau
cuses, whose wires would be worked from
Westminster to Birmingham.