The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-09
The Gladstone Ministry Unanimously
Decides to Appeal to the Country.
A Belief that Several Elections Will Be Re-
quired to Settle the Question: Long
Period of Political Excitementat Hand.
GLADsToNE,s DEFEAT.

Scenes During the Balioting-The Ministry
Will Appeal to the Country.
LONDON, June 8-After the announcement of
the vote was made in the House of Commons,
| last night, the members rushed to the telegraph
wires to inform their electors of the result of the
division. Great crowds of people remained out
side the House until the debate was finished and
| the vote taken. The majority against the bill
surprised even the unionists. Several members
supposed to favor the bill went to the opposition
| lobby.
The general opinion is that at least three gen.
eral elections will have to be held before Glad
| ing majority. and that the country is now fairly
in for long term Of excitement. unparalleled in
the history of Great British since the days of
| Cromwell Parnells speech was great success
simple, frank and resolute He described the
| bill as one that could be and had been Loyalty
| accepted by the Irish people at homo and
| abroad. An immense sensation was caused
when he revealed the offers made by some Of the
| Tory leaders to bring in a bill granting home
rule accompanied by the right of protection Of
| manufacturers and trade The effect the
| House was so startling that Mr.. Parnell paused,
and thereupon wild volleys of cheers rose from
the Gladstoneite and Parnellits benches, the
Premier heartily joining in, with significant
| gestures The tories and mutiueers responded
with counter demonstrations, which were finally
| drowned by fercer and fiercer cheers from the
| throats Of the home rulers. The House at this
| point was at a white hsat of excitement and the
scene particularly animated, every bench being
crowded to its fullest capacity. The galleries
under the clock were choked with members una
| BILE to find seats on the floor. The whole of the
standing room below the gangway and behind
the top benches was filled. The counter cheers
Of the hostiles having been fairly drowned
| by the Nationalists anc government men,
Parnell, cool and collected, his features
expressive of high purpose, proceeded with
his revelations. He said that promise of
bill giving home rule to Ireland was accompa-
| MED by pledge Of aninportant scheme Of land
| purchase. designed to create peasant proprie-
| tary on the wisest possible basis and in effect
| transferring the land of Ireland from the pres
| ent owners to the occupiers-a scheme in all re-
spects much more extensive than that introduced
this session by Mr.. Gladstone. He next attacked
Chamberlain's objections against the home-rule
| bill and his alternative proposals tearing them
| to pieces one by one and destroying the entire
| IaDrlc OF caucus OppOSlLiOn Oy calm, exhaustive,
unsparing and convincing analysis Looking
across the floor of the House at the Chamber
| lanites, Parnell declared that the object
| of the chief Of the Liberal mutineers was sim
ply and solely to cast stigma on the Irish
| Parliament and to keep Irishmen under the
thumb of subsection. AS he said this his voice
| and color rose. he drew himself up to his full
| height and, with right hand extended, asserted,
with the most solemn emphasis, that this sub
| lection would never again be submitted to by
Troiap tinpx offo md
| ing. and as he sat down he was rewarded by a
volley of ringing cheors. Although the belief
was still general after Parnelrs speech that the
second reading WAS hopeless, it was understood
| that several votes had been changed as the re-
suit of the effort of the Nationalist leader Many
Radicals were anxious at the last moment to be
| relieved of the necessity of voting against the
| bill. and begged Chamberlain to release them
ham caucus Chief into the division
| lobby against Mr.. Gladstone. In the
| result the government were defeated by
| thirty votes. The scene one of the most in
| tense excitement, such as the oldest members
cannot remember to have witnessed before. The
| Tories trantically waved their hats and hand
kerchiefs and jumped upon the benches shout
ing and gesticuating wildly The Nationalists
after pause, followed their example, and gave
| three rousing cheers 'for the grand old man"
and succession of unearthly groans for Cham
| berlain, and shouts of Judas" which were
taken up as the news spread like wildfre through
the lobbes and halls to the outside, where an
| immense multitude had gathered, awaiting the
| announcement of the vote. Among the crowd
were great numbers Of Irish fnom all parts of
| the country. in a condition of irrepressible ex-
| citement. Mr.. Gladstone throughout the scene
| sat quiet and composed, as though he had fully
expected defeat AS the inevitable first step
In long and arduous struggle, and
was perfectly prepared for the renewal of
| the contest at the proper moment.
The crowd outside attempted to mob Lord Hart
| iugton when he emerged from the House after the
division. 1t is supposed that Sir Wifred Blunt
was the intermediary between Parnell and the
| Tories during the last election, and that he
doubtedly led the Parnellites to believe that
the Conservatives would introduce home-rue
bill Lord Randolph Churchill is generally be-
lieved to be the member of the Conservative
| party who made the promise for his party
Eighty-ive Parnellites voted with the govern
ment the eighty-sxth, Captain OShea whom
Mr.. Parnell insisted on having the League elect
| to represent one division of Galway, walked
out of tie House and abstained from
voting. About Twelve Liberals refused to
| vote on the division. The Liberals who voted
| against the government are said to be almost
identical with those whose names were on the
| list prepared before the recent Liberal meeting
| at the Foreign Office. The only members who
| were absent were the Rt Hon. Charles Pelham
| Villers. Liberal. member for South Wolver-
| hampton; Sir Frederick A. Milbank Liberal,
| member for Richmond, Yorkshire; Fredk Grag-
ton, Liberal. member for Northwest Lancashire;
and William Grey Ellison MacCartney, Conserv-
alive, member for South Antrim.
| There is intense excitement throughout the
| whole country over the outcome of the long
| Parliamentary contest. The Conservatives and
| Wings are everywhere making the day one of
| jubilee. At Belfast Londonderry, Armagh and
other towns the Loyalists have been stoned
during their parades and demonstrations.
| The Cabinet. at It's meeting to-day. by unani-
nous vote, resolved to appeal to the country.
/ The Concensus is of opinion that Mr.. Gladstone
| will dissolve Parliament on the 2Sth inst.
| Captain O'Shea. Nationalist member for Gal
| way, who was the only Parnelite who abstained
i from voting nm fha nnma-rula hill annonpras