Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-09
GL4LSTONFS PROPOSAL.
A SfONIENTOu DAY IN ANGLO
IRIS HISTORY.

The Present sish Peers TO Retain
Their seats inlhe House of Eurds -
Powers Of the 'iceroy in the Queens
aands-rhe F bai Unity ofthe Empire
to be PreserVd-How Parnell Re
ceives the Pla.
LONDON. Aprl S.-Premier Gladstone
slept well last Iht. He rose early in eX-
cellsnt health ad fine spirits, his voice
fresh, strong, I'd, evidently, enduring.
Immediately aitt his breakfast Mr.. Glad
stone repaired this official rooms. There
he found prepted for his perusal
the morning ppers, scores Of tele-
grams bearing bn the task of the
day, and more han one sealed letter
from close persoul friends and advisers,
bearing cheer al cOngratulatiOn. Mr..
Gladstone was mnitestiy interested in
everything whic showed the popular
concern in th work before him.
Before night the tatchmen in the House
were relieved or he lights extinguished.
number Of Numbers Of Parliament,
gentlemen possessed of assured admit
tance, began to arrive, 10 make themselves
doubly certain Of their privileges by get
Ting TO their sea$ eleven hours before MIR.
Gladstone WouldTeach the House, and re-
tanning them duhng the lOng interval.
Mcdonnell SuliFan, Nationalist MEM
ber for SOtthw@t Meath, was the first
man to gain entpnce to the House. He
got 10 as ealy as $50 O'Clock in the morn
ing and at mce proceeded TO make sure
Of his place IL is alleged, however, that
iir. Sullivan secured his advantage by
ori0ing ttendly policeman to permit
him to hav access by way Of the back
stairs.
TIE RULE OF SEATS.
The rule pgarding seats is practically
-hrst come irst served.'' Mr.. sullivan,
therefore, hd his pick of the whole floor.
lie chose tn very best seat, next to and
mmedateli below the gangway or aisle,
on the OppOGtiOn OF left side Of the Speak
ers desk. AS the Ministerial bench Is
situated jus opposite, on the right of the
speaker. ant the Prime Minister had usu-
ally oceupigi a seat just below the gan2-
way on tha side. Mr.. Sullivan secured a
Y Yi5-a-Ws 10 the orator. It was not long
before all the Parnellites were in the
House andthey preempted the best places
IN the Ocaity invaded by Nr Sullivan,
and allgot places 10 the front Of Mr..
adstne during his speech. The rush
lt Britlh members followed close upon
.le adynt Of the Parnellites. It was
'arly IN he morning when all the seats
On the INr were taken.
HgsERvED WITH HATS.
A seat cOsen. in order to be retained,
must be t&eled with the hat Of the mem
ber who mans to occupy it, and the hat
must be tht hat he is wearing that day,
and no substitution s permitted. This
rule retatnsthe members within the limit
to traverse with bare heads.
The pTesentgeneratiOn never witnessed
such "hattng" scene as occurred in the
House OF Commons this morning. Long
before LOndO was awakening number
Of members were afraid to trust to the
honor Of tber colleagues for the mainte-
nance OF the rules on an occasion ike
that OF to-day, and those retained possess
sion OF their chosen seats by remaining
In them bodily all day. The chamber is
swept, cleaned and busted every morning
during the session. To-day it was thor
oughly scrubbed ss well.
STICKING 70 THEIR PLACES.
Disagreeabe as all this was it did not
dlsmay the gentlemen who We're sitting
for security, and they maintained their
positions throughout the dust and through
tna damp. When they got hungry or
ihhsty they had food and drink brought
va 70 them. Some Of them had been up
All night struggling TO get in, and these
generally dXed themselves as com fOrtably
as possible and slept. The bolder pre-
enpt0rs, however, retreated before the
lusJ broOms and wash tubs. They
str0led about the Hobbies and elsewhere
through the great building. The dining
oOm was the chief place Of attraction.
however, TO all these. and il was generally
pretty we'll filed. When the sun rose aud
ihe day became warmer the river terrace
was sought by majority OF the peram-
Oulators, and here many expedients were
escorted 10 TO while away the time. The
Fafnellites we're in particularly happy
tame OF mind, acting as if to use an eX-
prtssion OF one of them, "they had a sure
!alng on the day for Ireland"
RACING on A tricycle..
number Of them borrowed tricycle.
ana mad great sport racing up aud down
tAe terrace with it until finally it coll
tpsed, throwing p. j. 0'Brien, Parnellite
ID mber for Iipperary, who was riding
u at the time' upon 5Is head on the flag
sin%. lie was picked up bleeding pro-
'usely and very badly stunned. His tore
.'8u was deeply cut over the eye and his
ace and hands were much torn and
bruised. lie was in fact so seriously
INJURED that be had to be removed to "A
l-sp 'aL but na insisted on going bare
i-ahed and after his wounds were
j lsessed be returned TO occupy his seat.
40 less than $50 OF the go members had
aH' RED and secured their seats by "hat.
o'clock.
THE FEMALE CONTINGENT.
b we wives, daughters, and female rela-
,"H7 ana friends of these members
NiNused the waiting rooms an the morn
u-' fofided with buns, cakes, baskets,
ANd novels on which t0subsist and pass the
'He curing which the men were unenter-
~ 'ulns. soon after O'Clock the
"Ihellite members gan to take posse So
,I,n oi their seats. They arrayed them
lives ln seried ranks on the opposition
y Gl yl.s ln front Of tue place wnere Mr..
a, lu7lone was 10 speak. Thomas Power
n on,nnor, Nationalist member for Scot /
-u. DIVISION OF Liverpool, explained the !
l"a'e exhibited by his party
w secure seats by saving that
,,ue Ioues had organized a plot 10 |
'UNe possession Of the seats in
10 a way as TO make 10 impossible for
tafnellites Co eit together. tn order 90
wv mr. Gladstone OF the chorus Of cheers
f" N'el the iull-thrOated Irish members
" va be sure TO give him II they were in
N D'uy and The oraior were to their liking. ]
iitl' OtOnnor said that when his col I
,JaLues 4, discovered this conspiracy they
y "uee TOOK steps 10 circumvent II by
taening the scene in time TO get the
,n'iee OF places. Mr.. O'Connor said he
" "a. az satisfied with the result. and added
',1' '~,t' the irish chorus would be not only
'N-'lIoated but unanimous.
THOUSANDS or SPECTATORS.