The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-07
PASSED UNDER CLOSURE.
Clause Five put Through the House
Of Commons.

Mr. Balfour Stops Speaking Abruptly
at 10 O'Clock Amid Deafening OPP
position Cheers and Cries of Shame
and "Gag"-The Clause Passed by a
Vote of 324 to 2s9.
London, July 6.-The House of Com
mons was crowded tonight with persons
eager to see clause five of the home rule
bill forced through the committed The
members worked steadily. Only an oc-
casioual ebullition of the unionist resent
ment or bitterness disturbed the proceed
ings.
At 9:40 o'clock Mr. Balfour began
speaking. He was in the middle of SEN
tence when Big Ben struck lOl o'clock.
He did not wait to finish it.
but resumed his seat amid deafening op-
position cheers and cries of "shame" and
gag" Almost Immediately Chairman
Mellor put the proposition of the last
Unionist amendment He spoke timidly
as if afraid of his words, and his voice
was hardly audible in the din. Cheers
and counter cheers resounded as Mr.
Gladstone and his colleagues trooped out
into the division of the lobby, some Of the
Tories shouting Gag" and "coer-
cion" They were answered with
Irish cheers and waving hats The
amendment was lost by a vote of 324 to
236 As the leaders returned from the
lobby all the members were on their feet
to receive them with cheers and waving
hats. Clause five, which concerns the
Irish executive authority, was then
passed by a vote of 324 to 2S9.
CLAUSE NINE CARRIED
Clause (Which cOntemplates cases Of dis
agreement between the town houses of the
Irish legislature, was carried by a 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 be-
fore the conservatives fairly realized
what was being DONE Mr. Gladstone
hastily gathered his papers, and left the
house. The opposition, after denOuncing
the premier for his summary method of
cutting off further discussion, agreed
on a motion to adjourn.
A page and a half of the bill was
pushed through the committee this even
ing This is almost as much space as the
house in committee had disposed of in all
une previous SlJulnSS.
CARRIED IN TO VOTE.
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 six, which provides for an Irish
parliment with legislative council Of GS
members, was passed without debate.
The vote was 3l5 to 300 Henry
Labouchere radical; John Burns, labor
Charles Conybeare, radical, and Gavin
Brown Clark, radical, went with the OPP
position in this division so as to make
known their disapproval of the creation
of an Irish House of Lords.
The smallness of the majority and
the preparations of government to
proceed with the passing of clauses
eight and nine caused intense excitement
throughout the house. The cOnserVa-
tives hOwled and the Irish hOwled back,
while the liberals cheered with might
and main. William Johnston, conserva-
tive for South Belfast, was seen waving
both arms toward the treasury bench
and opening and closing his mouth rapid
ly, but even those nearest him did not
hear a word
CLAUSE SEVEN PASSED.
Chairman Mellor tried to obtain the at
tention of the house, but his voice was
lost in the volume of opposition cheers.
Eventually exhaustion of the unionists
gave him an opportunity to put the ques-
tion or clause Z, which provides for the
constitution of the Irish legislative assem-
bly,.
Sir James Ferguson, conservative for
northeast Manchester, exclaimed:
"There are blanks in this clause, we do
not know what it means. How can we
vote intelligently on itln
"No question can be raised at this
time" replied Chairman Mellor.
The clause was then carried by a vote
of 325 to 2S0. The largeness of the MAORI
ty evoked loud Irish cheers, which were
answered by the uniOnists.