Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-04-15


= don have been requested to assemble III
{, thousands tomorrow TO cheer Mr.. Glad
stone as he enters parliament. A similar
NIiberal manifestation is expected. Urgent
whips have been issued requesting thepres-
ence OF all members In the house OF COM
mons tomorrow and on Friday. The
house will be opened at q. m. tomorrow
to enable members to secure seats. The
opening OF the house ut so early an hour Is
commented upon adversely, upon the
ground that 1t placesa premium upon phys
fcal endurance and handicaps invalid and
weaker members. The Parnellites, at a
meeting to-day, decided to enter the house
at the earliest possible hour In order TO
secure seats.
Tho various whips have arranged with
the members OF their parties for the post
ponement until Friday OF all questions
which were to have been brought up in the
house of commons tomorrow, except those
of the most pressing importance. In thus
curtailing the business OF the house, Mr..
Gladstone will be enabled to begin his
speech In explanation OF his Irish home
rule scheme at about 4.30 In the afternoon.
The usual body OF police stationed about
the parliament buildings will be strongly
reinforced tomorrow. This precaution will
be taken TO suppress any demonstrationt that
may be attempted outside the buildings.
The Scotch members of the house OF COM
mons held meeting In the house this af-
terians from Ulster, who came to enter their
protest against the granting Of home rule
to Ireland. Sir Donald Currle, Liberal men,
Der for West Perthshlre, presided over the
meeting. The moderator of the general
assembly Of the Presbyterian Church in
Ireland, who led the deputation, explained
the reasons Of their visit. He said the Pres
byterians OF Ulster were In deep anxiety lest
parliament should adopt Legislation which
would place the Protestant minority In Ire
land at great disadvantage by handing
over the control of the affairs of the country
to party distinctiyely anti Protestant. The
deputation spoke In the kindliest terms of
their Catholic brethren In Ireland but said
they feared that the good relations now ex-
isting between the Protestants and Catho-
lies In the country would be disturbed under
the new order OF things which, 1t was un-
derstood, the leaders OF the government in
tended to inaugurate.
scKsEs AT THE CONTEST IN PARLIAMENT.
LONDON, April 8.-Mr. Gladstone slept
well last night. He rose early, in excel
lent health and fine spirits. His voice
was fresh, strong, and evidently en-
during. Immediately after his breakfast
Mr.. Gladstone repaired TO his official
rooms. There he found prepared for his
perusal the morning papers, scores of
kilograms bearing on the task Of the day
and more than one sealed letter from
close personal friends and advisers bear
ing cheer and congratulations. Mr..
Gladstone was manifestly interested in
everything which showed popular con-
Germ in the work before him.
MEMBERS ELEVEN HOURS AHEAD OF TINE.
Before the night watchmen in the house
were relieved or the lights put out a num-
Der of members of parliament, gentle
men possessed of an assured admittance,
began to arrive to make themselves
doubly certain of their privileges by get
ting to their seats IL hours before Mr..
Gladstone would reach the house and re-
tanning them during the long interval.
Mr.. Mcdonnell Sullivan, Nationalist,
member for South Westmeath, was the
first man to gain an entrance to the
house. He got in as early as $50 in the
morning and at once proceeded to make
sure of his place. II is alleged, how
ever, that Mr.. Sullivan secured his ad-
vantage by bribing friendly policeman
to permit him to have access by way of
the backstairs.
The South Westmeath member was not
long the sole occupant of the eohoing
chamber. He was almost immediately fol-
lowed by score of Parnellite colleagues.
The rule regarding the seats is practically
'first come first served" Mr.. Sullivan,
therefore, had his pick of the whole floor.
He chose the very best, the seat next to
and immediately below the gangway or
aisle, on the opposition or left side of the
speakers desk. AS the ministerial bench
is situated just opposite on the right of
the speaker, and the prime minister has
usually occupied the seat just below the
- l.
cured a vis-a-vis to the orator.
THE GREATEST CHATTING" SCENE OF THIS
GENERATION.
II was not long before all the Parnellites
were in the house and they pre-empted
the best places in the locality invaded by
Mr.. Sullivan, and all got places to front
Mr.. Gladstone during his speech. The
thrush of the British members followed
close upon the advent of the Parnellites.
II was yet early in the morning when all
the seats on the floor were taken. The
seat chosen, in order to be retained must
be ticketed with the hat of the member
who means to occupy it, and the hat must
be the hat he is wearing that day, and no
substitution is permitted. This rule re-
tains the members within the limit agree
able to traverse with bare heads. The
present generation never saw such a
Chatting" scene as occurred in the house
of Commons this morning long before
London was awake. Some members were
afraid TO trust to the honor of their col
leagues for maintenance of the rules on
an occasion like that of to-day, and those
retained possession of their chosen seats
by remaining in them bodily all the day.
The chamber is swept, cleaned and
kal lfrri he
To-day it was thoroughly scrubbed as
well. Disagreeable as all this was, it did
not dismay the gentlemen who were sit
ting for security, and they maintained
their positions through the dust and
through the damp. When. they got
hungry or thirsty they had food and drink
brought in to them. Some of them had
been up all night struggling to get in,
and these generally fixed themselves as
comfortably as possible and slept. The
bolder pre-emptors, however, retreated
before the dust brooms and the wash
tubs. They Btrolled about the lobbies,
and elsewhere through the great building.
The dining room was the chief place ol
attraction, however, to all these, and il
was generally pretty we'll filed.
AFTER THE SUN ROSE.
When the sun rose and the day became
warmer, the river terrace was sought by
the majority of the perambulators, ant
here many expedients were resorted to
while away the time. The Parnellite
were in a particularly happy frame o
mind, acting as if to use an expression o
\ one of them, "They had sure thing ol
day for Ireland" A number of then
borrowed tricycle. and had great spor
racing up and down the terrace with IL
until finally, it collapsed throwing P. j
O'Brien Parnellite member for Upper
ary) who was riding it ut the time, upoi
his head on the tagging. He was picke'
up bleeding profusely and very badl.
stunned. His forehead was deeply Gu
over the eye and his face and hands wer
much torn and bruised. He was, in fact
80 seriously injured that he had to be re
moved to hospital, but he insisted o.
going bareheaded, and after his wound
were dressed he returned to occupy hi
seat.
THE WEATHER WARM, CLEAR AND BEAU
TTUL.
an. m.-The weather is warm, clea
and beautiful. After exhausting exped
ents to kill time outside, the member
began TO assemble in the house after
O'Clock. In an hour the floor was prett
well covered with groups of membersau
matedly discussing the event of the da
and debating on the possible outcome.
The crowds outside the house by th
time had increased greatly, and pr,
sented unusual temptations for enterpri
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