Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-12
BRADLAUGH BANIsHED.
Neither Allowed to Take the Oath nor
to Appear in the House.

LONDON, Feb. 11.-Henry Labouchere
aud Thomas Burt accompanied Mr.
Bradlaugh to the table in the House OF
Commons to-day. There Mr.. Bradlaugh
administered the oath TO himself, and
placed and signed the paper on the table,
boWing, as he did so, to the Speaker. The
latter informed Mr.. Bradlaugh that he
nad not confOrmed to the rules. and or
dered him to withdraw until his conduct
had been considered by the House. Mr..
Bradlaugh at that withdrew under the
peers gallery. Premier Gladstone made
no motion, whereupOn Sir Stafford North
cote moved that Mr.. Braudlaugh be not
permitted to take the oath. This motion
was carried by vote of 80 to 167. An
other motion made by Sir Stafford North
cote, that Mr.. Bradlaugh be excluded
from the precincts of the House, was car
ried by vote of 228 to 100.
Prior to the division on Sir Stafford
Northcote's first motion, Premier Glad
stone arose and said that he could not de-
VIate from the course which he had preyi-
ously pursued. His opinion had not
changed. 1t was not the duty of the eX-
ecutlYe to again and again to dispute the
decision of the House.
Mr. Labouchere opposed the motion of
sir Stafford .NOrthcOte, saying that it
would prevent Mr.. Bradlaugh from taking
his seat.
Premier Gladstone, interrupting, said
that 1t occurred to the government that if
Mr.. Bradlaugh should sit and vote so as
to raise question of the penalty of the
government it might raise the question in
court OF justice as to whether Mr.. Brad
laugh mad taken the oath or not.
MI. LaDOuchere then expressed his con-
tempt for any form of oath, which, he de-
clared, was superstltiOus incarnation
ana a sanctlmoniOus sOphistry. This hy-
pocrIsy, he said, was being exposed, and
1t was his opinion that Mr.. Bradlaugh
would ultimately win.
Alter further remarks by Sir Stafford
NOrthcOte, F. II. Donnell. the member for
Dungarvan, pressed the speaker to say
whether Mr.. Bradlaugh should withdraw.
Inc speaker said that Mr.. BTadlaugh
mad not taken the oath and therefore
could not be required to withdraw the
same as a sworn member.
Thomas Sexton moved before the House
divided that Mr.. Labouehere be excluded.
A division was then taken with the re-
suit already stated.
When Mr.. BradIaugh left the House he
was received with mingled Kisses and
cheers by the assembled crowd. The law
otlcers OF the government have been in-
structed to prosecute Mr.. Bradlaugh inn
mediately for voting three times in the
House yesterday. Mr.. Bradlaugh will
defend his action. In the meantime he
will not resign his seat.
When the tellers came to the table to
report the result Viscount ErichtOn an
nounced that Mr.. Bradlaugh had voted
against the motion.
L. NJ. Healy thereupOn moved that Mr..
Bradlaugh's vote be cancelled. Mr..
Healy accused the government of being
in collusion with Mr.. Bradlaugh. The
motion was carried by a vote of 25S to
l6l, Mr.. Bradlaugh again voting with the
minority. 1t was at this point that the
division was taken on Sir Stafford North
cote's motion that Mr.. Bradlaugh be ex-
cluded from the precincts of the House.