Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-12
SALISBURY is OUT.
The Commons Expresses a
Lack of Confidence.
FORTY MAJORITY FOR GLADSTONE

In a House Where There Was Only Ten
Members Missing, Each Side Having
Five Aforementioned Rulers Jubilate
Over the Result, and Especially Crow
Over Balfour-Chambe berlain Loses His
Temper and Gives Tim Healy a "Goins
Over''-The Close of the Fight.
LONDON, Aug 12.-The scene in the
house of commons during last evenings
final debate and decisive vote on the ad
dress has not been equaled in interesting
and exciting features since the similar
crisis of the home rule debate in 1856,
when Gladstone, now victorious, was
overthrown. Every inch of available
space on the floor was occupied, and some
of the members had to find seats in the
galleries, and even to speak from these
elevated and distant positions. Every
English member was present, and the to-
tai number of absentees was only ten.
The visitors who crowded the outsiders
galleries were well repaid for their attend
ance by witnessing one of the peaceful
revolutions by which England overthrows
one set of rulers and sets up another.
Gladstone Looked Exhausted.
Though Herbert Gladstone declares that
his father has fully recovered his health,
and that the stories of his weakness
are inventions of malicious political enc
mics; and though the British Medical
Journal, on the authority of Sir Andrew
Clarke states that Gladstone is sound in
body and mind, and able to work with
any man of his age; nevertheless the
aged statesman yesterday looked pale and
distressed, and sank into his seat as
though exhausted. He was nervous and
irritable. The light from the opposite
windows annoyed him, his eyes being still
weak from the effects of the injury US
tanned by one of them during the cam
paign in Scotland. At signal from
him the attendants closed the windows
and drew the curtains. During most OF
the debate Gladstone listened with his
eyes closed, keeping his hand to his ear in
token of attention to what was being said.
Chambe rlain Sc oes For'' Healy.
Chamberlain never came so near losing
control of himself as in his rage at the tao
tics employed by Tim Healy to prevent his
delivering speech. The Brummagem
statesman heaped denunciations upon
Healy's head. Healy smiled sardonically
during most of the philippic, but when
Chamberlain declared that Healy was a
person who would insult any man, and
then, pausing, added with offensive en-
phasis, cor any woman" the face of the
Irish member underwent a sudden change
of appearance, and became livid with sup
pressed rage. The Tories yelled with de-
light at Chamberlain's home thrust, and
kept up the shouting until they were
hoarse. After Chamberlain's speech he and
Lord Randolph Churchill were seen chat
ting together in the lobby, the first time
they have been known to converse in
years.
Points from the Closing Debate.
The Home Rulers let the Conservatives
and Liberal Unionists have the floor yes
terday. Sir John Lubbock, Unionist, said
it was unjust that excessive Irish repre-
sentation should be able to force home rule
on England and Scotland. Sir Edward
Clark, Conservative, said that only three
of the prominent Liberals had been elected
on the home rule issue, and these by de-
creased majorities. When Chamberlain
arose to speak Tim Healy objected, alleg-
ing that he had spoken once already, but
the speaker couldn't agree with Healy,
and Chamberlain spoke, denouncing home
rule and declaring that the Gladstonians
could not keep faith with both the Irish
and English people.
Mccartney Talks Rashly.
Mccartney, Conservative, from South
Antrim, said that the honorable gentle
man from Dublin, Field, wanted to wade
in Protestant blood. This statement was
received with loud cries of ''oh, oh,
from the Irish benches and Mccartney
subsequently withdrew it and apologized.
Admiral Field Conservative for the East
bourne division of Sussex, said that the
government, by firing at the opposition
for three days, would have sun k it had il
not been for the. "Cork dust of the Irish
lifeboat." 1t would be the bounden duty
of the house of lords, he said, to reject a
bill sent it by a miserable majority OF
forty.