Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-19
MAKING GAINS BY DELAY
GLADSTONE DETERMINES NOT
TO RUSH HIs FIGHT.

LONDON. MAY lo.--E Efemlef GiNuetOne,
in the House of Commons this afternoon,
moved that the House devote four nights
out of the five given to Parliamentary
business every week to debate on the
home rule bill. The Premier's proposal
produced a sensation, as il had come to
be generally believed, without any clearly
defined reason therefor, that the govern
ment had about given ZAP hope OF carrying
their measure and would bring on the
crisis as early as possible, Friday being
the date set by some and Tuesday follow
ing by others.
AN EXCITBD DISCUSSION.
An excited discussion at once followed
MIR. Gladstone's motion. During this both
sides of the controversy revealed their
positions.
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach. Conservative,
said his party wanted pledge that the
debate would be finished on Friday next.
To this Mr.. Gladstone answered that
his reckoning extended the debate far be-
yOnd the date liked by the opposition.
After long and warm discussion, Mr..
Gladstone's motion was carried.
PARNELLITE sPEECHEs.
SiXty-eight Parnellites who desired to
speak on the home rule bill held a meeting
to-day. and in Difference 20 the wishes Of
Mr. Parnell agreed that only limited
number OF them should speak. 1t ia ex-
pected that the division on the second
reading OF the bill will be reached by the
end Of next week or by the middle OF the
following week. The Conservatives in
dlgnanty assert that the government
supporters are pr0uaoting the debate for
the purpose OF capturing the waVerers.
Tue supporters of Mr. Gladstone are daily
becoming more hopeful that the home
rule bill will be passed bv Parliament.
Nine members of the House OF Commons,
who had hitherto been opposed to the
home rule measure, have been converted
since Saturday, and it is expected that
other members will soon signify their ad-
hesiOn to the bill.
MUST STAND OR FALL.
Lord Harrington, speaking at Bradford,
said that IN the country majority of the
Liberals didn't approve of Mr.. Gladstone's
Irish scheme, and he declared that the gov
ernment must stand or fall in accordance
with the vote on its plan for home rule in
Ireland.
Earl Cowper, in a speech at Bedford,
denounced the Liberals for what be
termed their id0latrous worship OF Mr..
Gladstone. He said that it had taken 200
years to reconcile Scotlaud to the union
dhu 1hdb oO years udtl uob Ueeu suhCteub
time in which to prove how the union
with Ireland would work.
CONSERVATIVES VINCE.
In the House of Commons Mr.. Shaw-Le-
fevre, resuming the debate on the home
rule bill, invited Lord Harrington and Mr..
Chamberlain TO unfold their scheme for
the government of Ireland. eve know"
he said, ''lbat Lord Salisbury's scheme is
coercion" Conservative cries Of dissent,
aud Liberal and ParnellIte cheers. 1t
would be calamity, he continued, not TO
find a method that would enable the
whole Liberal party to support the
principle of autonomy Tor Ireland.
He believed that the bill would
leave the supremacy of the I'm
perial Parliament untouched, and that
it was possible to cOncede to Ireland all
that she required without imperllling
England's interests.
ANXIOUS TO RETIRE GLADSTONE.
Mr.. Chaplin denied that Lord Sails
bHry's policy was coercion. lie said that
past failures 10 govern Ireland without
coercion were attributed to the fickleness
OF Mr.. Gladstone, and that IL the Liberal
party could get quit Of Mr.. Gladstone half
the Irish troubles would disappear,
Mr.. LabOuchere said it was clear that
the OBJECT of the opposition was to get
ridof Mr.. Gladstone, and that the Liberals
in opposing the bill were simply asserting
the power OF the Tories to pursue the pol
icy of coercion.
LABOUCHERE's wITTICIsMs.
Mr.. Labouchere's speech in the House
OF Commons was full of wltticisms and
convulsed the House, especially the ref
ences that he made to Mr.. ChQmberlain's
''cocksureness." That gentleman, he
said, reminded him OF Moses on Mount
Sinai. The member for Birmingham
would be as much surprised IL anybody
doubted that he was rightas Moses would
have been If an IsraelIte bad risen and
proposed an amendment to the ten
commandments. Wnen Mr.. Labou-
chere suggested that the bill be
dropped after its second reading, Mr..
Gladstone leaned forward, and closely
watched the effect OF the speakers re-
marks upon the Parnellite members.
Messrs. Dillon and other Irish members
rose simultaneously, and in reply to Mr..
Labouchere's suggestion shouted an
emphatic ''no."
THE PROPOSAL INSPIRED.
Mr.. Labouchere was undoubtedly In
splred 10 make the proposal. He has re.
Gently had frequent interviews with Mr.
Morley and the party managers. Mr..
LabOuchere, in the course OF bis speech,
likened Mr.. Chamberlain TO a ConserYa-
tive jackal or wbipper-in for a Wbig cave.
Among Mr.. Chamberlain's many good
qualities, be said, WAS magnificent
confidence in himself, which led him
10 consider that nothing could be
good that had not been originated by him.
Bis impulsiyeness, however, made him
leap before he looked. lie thereby com
promised himself and be felt obliged TO
continue in what he knew 20 be an errO-
neous course. Mr.. Labouchere then pro-
ceeded 10 make sarcastic remarks with
reference 20 the threats of Ulsterites,
whereupOn Col. Waring aud Mai Saun-
ders0n, twOOf the principal members from
Ulster, LETT the House amid ir0nical cheers
from the Parnellites.
EATIoNALIsrs NOT IMPLACABLE.
MIR. Sullivan denied that the National.
lists entertained aD implacable hatred Of
the English, and be asked the House 20
give the Irish a reason or fair excuse for
being loyal. lie rldicpied the timidity Of
the Ulsterites In fearing that the Nation
alists would succeedin securing separa-
lion in opposition 10 the power OF Eng
land.
Sir Lyon PlaYfair, Liberal, said that
Scotland had always insisted upon retain
ing her own laws aud courts and educa-
tional system. whereas IN Ireland an az
tempt had been made ~ thrust English
views upon the people. The endeaYor 10
govern Ireland IN this manner bad thus
far been a signal failure.
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