The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-27
THE LAST lIl lM EN- rs.
How the Tories Turnbled Scenes in asst
minister When salisbury's Ministry
Was Beaten.
One Of The Most Extraordinary Events
Ever Witnessed in the British Eouse
Of Commons,

The keenest n0nlenbif, the debate o,
y the Ceilings amendment was at l2.3
: | O'Clock. AT that minnie lord Harting
/ ton, for the first time in his life. took
definite and bold stand siland. and re
| fused to go with the stream I5wa:
expected up to the last nsemenG that hi
! would have kept his plaees but the To
RES were resolved to s'd1aWf' him, and
/ he probably was ready So ae drawn
Mr.. Balford had first stated that TIT
real question was Ireland. The dc.
elaration evoked loud cheers. Sill
Michael Beach followed ula BY the de-
I, olafation that those who vSted for Mfr.
/! Ceilings voted virtually against the
Legislative union, and sss called ON
Lord Harrington to declare himself.
With force and with some appearance
OF passion LORD Harrington assaulted
the motion of Mr.. Ceilings and re-as-
serted all the objections he had urged
during the recess, The conservatives
occasionally eheered, but the House
generally remained still, and by this
stiffness testified to the fateful inlpcr-
tance OF the speech and the moment.
So the Wing and the Radical coalition
is over The parting has come at last.
There was no attempt at lirtthar speech
after this and the division was taken
with the sombreness that nearly always
characterizes divisions that decide sol
emn issues. Among the Radicals there
was a certain gieam In tbs eye that
spoke OF their JOY at being at last rid
Of the man III their own party whom
they regard as the chief and most effec-
tive obstacle TO their programme. But
to many of the Wings theslesson was. o
bitter enc, and TO Mr. Gladstone it,
seemed one in which there was mixed
sadness and exultaGion. Ee sat at one
of the tables in this division lobby, and
there came to him one follower after
another to say a word or to ask the
honor of q shake hands. Then he pass
ed down in conversation with the man
who knoWs most of his mind, Lord Rich-
ard Grosvenor members respectfully
bowling or making way fer HIM. The
division was at last over. The numbers
were; For the government, $50, |
as'a..17a 4 & aGz-as'ss-sa ,'at ;ss29; majority
against the government, 7a N hen the I
Hateful moment came for the announce
nent OF the lrsuiig the gSfangest asatI
most extraordinary scene occurred thatl
was ever witnessed. Mr.. Jesse Col
lngs wa handed the paper, and it was
that the government was beaten.
At once there burst from The Irish
members the loudest, fercest, most
penetrating cheers ever yet heard. Nor
lid cheers alone tell of the exultation.
Many took Off their hats and madly
waved them. There were frequent and
loarse shouts and groans. This lasted
or several seconds. When Sir Michael
3each got up the 49Hry roarof the Irish
,arty broke forth once more. Then he
practically the fall Of the
government. AS the House was just
bout to break up, Or. Kenny and Mr.
)easey advanced TO be sworn. but the
eremoney had 10 be deferred. Then,
8 the House was breaking up there
vas another strange scele. Thel
rish members stood up III their places,
nd remained standing 30 the Tories
'assed them by. 1t was yeritable pass
ng under the Candlne Forks. Thej
Tories, shamefaced, stumbling. silent,
With Johnston of Ballykiibeg, gloomier I
han ever, in their midst, passed by
own the floor aud there were the Irish
members looking down upon them
oisy, aggressive. triumphant. +
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