Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-07
GLADSTONE APPLIES THE CLoTURE
The Liberal Leader Ends Filibustering
Against Home Rule.

The Liberal Leader Ends Filibusterine
Against Home Rule.
The house of commons was crowded las,
night with persons eager to see clause 5 of the
home rule bill forced through the committee
The members worked steadily. Only occa-
sional ebullition of unionist resentment of bit.
terness disturbed the proceedings.
At $40 o'clock Mr.. Balfour, leader Of the
unionists, began speaking. He was in the mid.
die Of sentence when Big Ben struck 10 clock
He did not wait to finish it, but resumed his
seat amid deafening opposition cheers and cries
of "Shame" and ''Gag''
Almost Immediately Chairman Melior pu,
He spoke timilily, as if afraid of his own words,
and his voice was hardly audible in the din.
Cheers and counter cheers resounded az Mr.
Gladstone and his colleagues tripped oat into
the division lobby. Some of the tories shouted
Gag" and Coercion" They were answered
with Irish cheers and the waving Of Irish hats.
The amendment vas lost by a vote of 1924
to 2s6.
As the leaders returned from the Hobbies all
the members were on their feet to receive them
with cheers and waving Of hats. Clause s,
which concerns the Irish executive authority,
was then passed by a vote of 1924 to 289
TOO FEEBLE TO WALK TO THE LOBBY.
Charles p. Villiers, liberal unionist, who has
sat in the house since 1885, was too feeble to
walk unassisted into the lobby. and was almost
carried by his friends.
Clause g, which provides for an Irish parlia-
ment with Legislative council of forty-eight
members. was passed without debate. The vote
was 3l5 to 300,
Henry Labouchere. radical: John Burns,
labor; Charles Conybear, radical. and Gavin
Brown Clark. radical. went with the opposition
in this division SO as to make known their dis
approval OF the creation of an Irish house of
lords. The smallness Of the majority and the
preparation Of the government to proceed
with the passing OF clauses 8 and caused
intense excitement throughout the house.
THE CONSERVATIVES oUroENERALED.
Chairman Mellor tried to obtain the atten-
ton of the house. but his voice was lost in the
volume Of opposition cheers.
Eventually the exhaustion of the unionists
gave him an opportunity to put the question OF
clause 7, which provides for the constitution Of
an Irish legislative assembly.
Sir James Ferguson. conservative for North
east Manchester, exclaimed: There are blanks
in this clause. We do not know what it means.
How can we vote intelligenty on it?''
''No question can be raised at this time" re-
piled Chairman Mellor. The clause was then
carried by vote Of 325 to 2s9.
The largeness Of the majority evoked loud
Irish cheers, which were answered by the
cpionists.
CINse 9, which contemplates cases of dis
agre sment between the two houses of the Irish
legislature, was carried by vote Of 1923 to 29l.
The abatement of the confusion left Mr.
Gladstone an opportunity to move that the
committee rise and report progress.
The motion was carried before the conserva-
tives fairly realized what was being DONE Mr.
Gladstone hastily gathered his papers and left
the house. The opposition, after denouncing
the premier fer his summary method of cutting
off further discussion, agreed on a motion to
adjourn.
A page and half Of the bill was pushed
thu ough committee. This is almost as much
space as the house in committee bad disposed
Of in all the previous sittings.