Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-01
" LABBY" SUSPENDED.
Barred Out of Parliament
for One Week.
HE DOUBTED sALISBURY's WORD.
His Arrangement of the Government
in Connection With the West
End Scandal.

Associated Press Dispatches to the HKrALD.
LONDON, February 2S L abouchere, in
the Commons today, spoke on his mo.
ton for au inquiry into the Cleveland
street scandal. He detailed the facts of
the scandal. He said the Treasury Off
cials, having full knowledge of the
whole affair, refrained from prosecuting
Newlive and Week until Black wood. Sec-
retary of the Postofice, had insisted
upon taking action against his own sub.
ordinates. Then, finding themselves
compelled to prosecute these men. the
Treasury officials determined to prevent
the exposure from going any further and
tried to hush it up. When Hammond
fed to Belgium no legal difficulty was in
the way of securing his extradition, but
Salisbury, through the Treasury officials.
wrote declaring they could not ask his
extradition. Hammond went to America.
and in this, as to information and other
wise, was assisted through Newton. solic-
itor for Lord Somerset. The objsct of the
Government was obviously to put Ham.
mond beyond the range of extradition.
When the Chief of Police reported to the
Treasury the evidence in the hands of
the police involving Lord Somerset and
others, the Treasury ordered the police
to desist from watching the case, and
Som erset obtained Horse Guards four
months leave of absence to enable him
to quit the country. But he did not
quit the country, and Salisbury being in
| formed of this through Sir Dighton
Probyn, stated that a warrant would be
issued, but he caueed this decision
to become known to Lord Somer-
sets commanding officer, through
whom this information was conveyed
to Somerset. Thereupon Somerset fed.
He was not only allowed to resign his
commission and leave the army as an
honorable officer, but at this moment
was still magistrate in two counties.
| LabouChere said Salisbury and others
had criminally conspired to defeat the
ends of justice; therefore he asked the
com mittee to inquire into the allegations.
Webster, the Acknowledgement, said
he believed the House would agree with
him that there was not q shadow of
foundation in these disgraceful charges !;
1t Was absurd to suppose that Salisbury
or the Treasury officials could have an
Interest to retard the prosecution of this
case. In conclusion, he said he himself
had direct authority to contradict the
allegation that Salisbury had spoken to
any one regarding the issue of war
rant.
Labouchere said be could not accept
Wehster's assurance, nor did he believe
Salisbury, whose denials were obviously
untrue. The chairman requested La
bouchere to withdraw his words calling
into question the veracity of the Pre-.
mier. Labouchere declined, and the
Speaker named him for suspension.
Upon division his suspension was
carried by III to 96.
Smith demanded that the House
should express an opinion on LGbou-
chere's motion, Notwithstanding it's
withdrawal, and that it should say that
the motion was improper and the
charges false.
The vete against Labouchere's motion
was 163 to 80.
7. P. O'Conner, continuing the debate,
said he knew the name of Lsbouchere's
informant, which Labouchere had
offered to give Webster, and it was one
that carried conviction as to the correct
ness of the statements that had been
made.
Smith asked O'Conner to give the
name in the interest of justice.
O'Conner declined upon the grounds
that the name had been impaired to him
in confidence.
Other members having demanded a
committee of inquiry, Smith, on behalf
of the Government, declined to allow
persons against whom there was no evil
dence to be pilloried and gibbated, and
perhaps ruined for life. He claimed the
Judgment of the House on Webster q
answer.
A motion to report progress was lost by
202 to 80.
The chairman then put Labouchere's
amendment. proposing reduction
of the credit, and Smith moved a closure.
This the chairman declined to put. The
discussion was continued, and finally,
ander closure proposed by another
member, Labouchere's amendment was
rejected.
Labouchere's suspension is for one