Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-07-03
Long and Exciting Session Of the
House Of Commons.
Parnell and Z Number Of Other Home
Rulers Suspended.
Dillon DefIes the Government to Levy
a Blood Tax From Poor Ten ants.
LONDON, July /.

LONDON, July /.
The House of Commons, in committee.
continued in session throughout the night on
clause II of the repression bill. At $50
o'clock this morning Sir William Harcourt.
home secretary, said that time. equivalent
to two working days, had been consumed in
the discussion Of clause of secondary i'm
por;ance. Ii wonld be for the House and
the country TO say whether means might not
be adopted to end this state of things.
Mr.. Parnell said the Home Rule members
would appeal to their counirymen at home
and abroad. He contended that no opposition
could be more reasonably conducted against
such an airocious measure. AT $50 O'Clock
DIR. Lyon Playfair, chairman Of the COM
mttee, said there had been deliberately
planned obst u stion to the business of the
House. Messrs Biggar, Callan, Comn.ins,
Dillon, Healy. Lamy, Mccarthy, Marum,
Metge, T. z. O'Connor, 0 Dopnell, Parnell,
Power, Redmond, Sexton and Sullivan were
then suspended and quilted the House.
At 1885 o'clock the chairman reported
that Mr.. O'Donnell had said that the state
ment of the chairman was infamous. RI.
Hon. Hugh C. Childers, secretary for war,
gave notice that he would move to consider
Mr.. O'DonnelPs conduct on Monday, and il
was agreed to take up the matter on that day.
During the night Mr.. Dillon defied the gov
eminent to levy blood tax from poor ten
ants ithout provoking a renewal of the dis
orders which attended the 1.-THE war. This is
a sample of the discussion throughout the
night.
Mr. O'Donnell declared that DR.. Playfair's
naming him was infamous, because he had
been absent from the House all night, and
was therefore foully named. The chairman
had sinned against all the traditions of his
Office Mr. Childers moved the suspension
of the members named, and their
SUSPENSION WAS VOTED
BY l26 to "a. amid cheers from all parts
of the House. including the Irish members.
The Speaker entered the House, and the
proceedings were reported to him. A MEM
Der protested that he had been in the house ~
hours. during which, as far as he was aware,
neither Mr.. Callan nor MIR. Marum had
spoken, and they ought not to have been
named.
MFR. Biggar declared that the chairman
ought to give reasons for his action.
Mr.. Callan said the chairman, in declaring
him guilty of obstruction. had stated an utter
falsehood.A motion that the named members
withdraw was carried. The speaker proceed
ed to call on them individually to withdraw.
Mr. Healy suggested that they all withdraw
together, which they did, Mr.. Callan pausing
to shout. 81 am suspended on the false report
of a salaried government officer.
A motion to report progress was rejected
by a vote of l59 to l6. Clause II was then
adopted by a vote of l5S to 10. Clause Is,
which declares that a person guilty of an
offence against the act shall be liable. on
summary conviction, to imprisonment, with
or without hard labor, for a term not exceed
ing six months. was then taken up. Mr.. Nc
Coan, Home Rule member for Wicklow,
moved an amendment reducing the penalty
to three months Imprisonment.
4P NJ Clause Is was adopted bv vote
of 1856 to 20. The government had previously
consented to limit the penalty for attending
proclaimed meetings and for night prowlng
TO three months in prison, but it opposed
amendments for a reduction in regard to
other offences mentioned in the clause, and
those amendments were rejected. On mo-
ton to report progress, Sir William Har-
court stated that the government wished in
the present sitting to go through all the
clauses in the original draft Of the bill except
the postponed ones.
Mr.. Gladstone stated that. on Monday, tie
rules for urgency would be proposed.
Clause 10, relating to the court of sum-
mary jurisdiction, was dropped, to be re-
placed by an amended clause.
6P. M. Clause 20. relating to the proc
lamation of districts, was carried by vote
of ISL to 10.
Up. NJ. The House is still in session.
Shortly after 6 o'clock Messrs. Leamv
Leahey and O'Sullivan, Home Rulers, sue
cessively moved to report progress. The
first motion was rejected by vote of 172 to
ii and the others by similar overwhelming
majorities. Upon Mr.. Byrne moving that
the chairman leave the chair, the chairman
warned the Irish members against such a
course of obstruction. The motion was re-
jected by a vote of LIS to 8. Mr.. A. O'Con-
nor moved to report progress. This was re-
jected. Mr.. O'Kelley moved that the chair
man leave the chair. The chairman then
named Messrs. Byrne, Corbett, Gray, Lalor,
Leahy. A. O'Connor, OK ,lley, O'Sullivan
and Shel, Irish members. and their suspen-
sion was moved BY Mr.. Gladstone. On the
chairman putting the motion for their sus-
pension the named members walked out of
the House. The motion was agreed to with
out division, but when the speaker. accord
ing to the rule, appeared to receive the re-
port of the proceedings, division was called
for and the supervision was confirmed by
vote Of l2s to Z.
After the expulsion of the second group of
Irish members, all the clauses up to the 3Oth
were adopted without division, and clause 30.
which is the last of the bill, and which pro-
V1ueS thai THIS ACt sudll commune In force
til the expiration of three years next after
passing thereof. was adopted by vote eff 50
to 6. The House adjourned at p. NJ, hay-
ing, with the exception of an interval of two
hours in last evenings sitting, been in ses.
sion continuously for SO hours.
LONDON, July 2.
The excitement caused by the expulsion
of the Irish members from Commons last
evening subsidized almost as soon Is the act
was DONE Many members of both sides began
to perceive that blunder had been committed.
Later when Gladstone entered he learned the
circumstance of the suspension. 1t was easy
to see that he felt some one had blundered.
Later in the the whole story leaked out that
the government had laid trap for the Irish
members, and that its own supporters had
fallen into it. AT the cabinet council il had
been arranged that the Irish members should
be suspended by surprise, something in the
fashion of last year. II was hoped, in the
course of the debate. they would be tempted
to say or do something which would give q
colorado pretext for action of the chair. In
this hope the following plan was adopted
When at midnight the Irish party divided
into relays the government obtained list of
all men composing the irish night relay. II
was then arranged with the Speaker that at
about seven in the morning an alteration
Would hn upovokcd ~h;rh