Morning journal and courier., 1893-02-14
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. | From All Quarters, GLADSTONE'S ELOQUENCE The Premier Presents His Home Rule Bill.
 SLATED FOR CLEyEl AhD'S CABINET. Nicaraguan Canal Scheme
 Before the Senate. HEAVY SNOWFALL IN Pl1TsFIELD. Xavier Bayard Produces
 His Panama Books.
HEAVY SNOWFALL IN PlTTsFIELD.
A MAGNIFICENT EFFORT.

the Floor and the Throngs In tn,
 Burdened Galleries - Proposals O
 the Measure.
 LONDON, Feb. 13.-Upon inquiry a
 Downing street this morning it was ascer
 tained that MT. Gladstone was in admira
 ble form, and looking forward with pleas ure to the exertion of the day. He slep
 well during the night and began work a 9:30 o'clock, assisted by his secretaries. During the rush in the house John &
 Wallace, liberal, and Colonel Saundersor became involved in asquabble, each accus ing the other of stealing his seat Finally the two members grabbed each other by the collar, glsred into one another's eyes and continued their altercation. Ultimate ly Colonel Saunderson withdrew his claim to the seat upon MT. Wallace pledging his honor that he had arrived first. The strug- | gle to obtain seats produced the oldest | mixture of members. The whole political ! appearance of the house was changed by the commingling of the parties. The rush to get into the galleries was equal to the | struggle to enter the legislative cham u. Justice Harlan of the United States supreme court, United States Minister Lincoln and scores of other noted strangers were in the diplomatic galleries. Owing to the noise of conversation the prelimi- nary business was conducted almost in dumb show. While all this was going on MT. and Mrs. Gladstone left theis residence in Downing street. As they entered their carriage they were both loudly cheered by large crowd. MT. Gladstone bowed right and left, his face beaming with pleasure. Along the route to the house crowds cheered the prime minister, who respond ed with bows and smiles. On reaching the house Mrs. Gladstone went to the ladies' gallery.
 MT. Gladstone entered the house at 3:30 o'clock. Every liberal and Irish national ist in the house stood up and greeted him with prolonged and enthusiastic cheere. When MT. Gladstone arose, at 3:43, to in- troduce the home rule bill, there was an- other demonstration so earnest, 80 enthu siastio and irrepressible that 1t was several minutes before he could be heard.
 MT. Gladstone did not finish his great speech on the home rule bill until o'clock this evening, but at the end of the tedious effort he did not seem to be at all fatigued. At the conclusion of the speech the "Grand Old Man" took his eeat amid the widest cheers of all the members of the house. He received the congratulation of his admir- CTS on every side with a quiet smile. In closing he referred especially to the pro- visions of the home rule bill regarding the righta of Irish members in the house. Tho bill provides for the retention of thirty Irish members at Westminster inatead of thirty five. as at present, and further that they shall bs restrained from voting, first on bills or motions expressly relating to Great Britain; second, on taxes not relat- ing to Ireland directly; third, on any mo- tion other wise than for Imperial service; fourth, on any mot,on exclusively relating to the affairs of Great Britain. The bill also provides for the election of a council of forty eight to serve term of eight years Also for popular assembly of 10S members to serve lesser term. The time fixed for the assembly to meet is the first Monday in September. This date meets with the approval of the Irish members of the house ana the provision was greeted with cheers.
 Thomas Sexton anti Psrnsllite, was loud ly cheered on rising. He paid glowing tribute to MT. Gladstone and declared that the provisions of the bill were somewhat better than those of the bill of 1886. The financial proposals were less just to Ire land than those of the bill of 1886 His party was not disposed to make any trou ble concerning the retention of Irish mem bers at Westminster, but it was proper that when home rule had been established their voices would be client in the house unless the other members troutl sd them. Laugh | ter.
 Mr. Gladstone, in auswer to Sir Edward Clark, said the land question was reserved | to the imperial parliament for three years. Members then trooped out into the lob bies, where the speech was informally dis | cussed. The Gladstonian liberals were | disposed to regard 1t is @ conciliatory, we'll balanced and peace-makipg measure, and seemed hopeful as to the second reading.
 PRODUCED THE BOOKS.
 Xavier Bayard Examined Touching
 His Relations With the Panama
 Canal Company.
 NEW YORK, Feb. 1s.-The house com. mittee appointed to investigate the affairs of the Panama Canal company met here to-day. Xavier Bayard was the first witness. He said he had been agent fo, the Panama company on the isthmu. and afterwards purchasing agent in New York. The books used by MT. Bayard were then produced. Witness declared that he never used any money of the Pan
 anna company for any other purpose thar
 making disbursements which he was off
 cially authorized to make. Nathan Alp | pleton of Boston was called. He
 said that in 1878 at an interna tional conference in Paris 1t was decided
 to request Ferdinand de Lesseps to issue 6
 call for a meeting to decid upon th
 best route for canal. At the conferenc
 which resulted from the call the Panam
 route was adopted by vote of 7S to 8 o
 the eight deleeates from this country a
 the congress four refrained from votin
 and the other four favored the Panam
 route. In July. 1879, MT. Appleton re csived letter from M. de Lesseps askin him to accept the position of general agen of the canal company in this country. Hi idea was that shares of the compsn should be placed on sale by the nations banks In December, 1880, the subscriI tion for $60, ,OOO, 900 of stock was opene
 in this country and was covered thre
 times over. Witness had drawn his salar . company ever since through Seligma
 & O. Witness earned his none 6 by doing what he could to promot l. the interests of tho project. Colon
 Fellows asked whether it was not the ia,
 that when M. de Lesseps found such
 strong opposition to the enterprise he can
 over here to control the opposition, sn
 Secretary Thompson was induced to resie
 the secretaryship of the navy and aceel
 the presidency of the American compan,,
 MT. Appleton admitted that it was
 overcome expedition in this country th
 M. de Lesseps came here. Witne
 said he never handled any money of Il
 canal. Witness stated that he hs l uroed the canal company to purche
 the railroad. He admitted that after u
 return of de Lesseps to France after u
 organization of the American commer
 the tone of the French press was mo
 favorable to the canal project. Witne
 said hs did not know what Mr. Thom
 sons deputies wore. Adjourned.
 pr. Green's Successor.
 NEW YORK, Feb. 13.-A meeting of t
 executive committee of the Western Uni
 Telegraph company was called this afte