Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-22
Gladstone Oisgustsd At the Pro-
gees of Home Rule.
THE ONION oesIRUcTloMlsIs
Moo shs PscaAss WIN Asp Oss EacA
Wesk's Woek anA bsusA she
Dln Thsough.

duced b . minimumr Another week
hes been passsd in facticus. fruities
plstitudinous discussion and tho homs
rule bal. has been moved hardly hairs
breadth near the liberal goal. Neither
the unstinted application Of the closure
nor the self enforccd reticcnce of the
Irish and liberal members has aufficed
to expedite the work in committee to
even the partial satisfaction of Mr..
Gladstone.
The ministers have been forced 10
their wits ends 10 devise some heroic
means 10 stop the intermiuable how Of
talk in which the opposition are trying to
drown the purposes OF the government.
Their plan is now 10 accelerate the cCm-
mittee progress from clause 20 clause by
suspcnding the L. o'clock rule immedi-
ately after tho Whit Sunday recess. The
committee rule will then be considered
10 the exclusion 1t everything else. Mr..
Gladstone is understood Ia approve of
this plan. The OLD man has been driven
TO a corner by his antagonists and de-
yeloped there all the pugnacity of his
younger days and has now rallied him
self 10 lind his way out
c,,a.,, r..u ~ ry,..
Obstruction has not discouraged him.
as il has some of his followers. but has
served merely Ia strengthen his energy
and determine 10 force victory quickly
from the minority. He has made il
known privately. in ministerial CIRCLES
that the bill must be brought Through
the house 81 commons by the middle of
July. Without flying the sxact date Tor
reportins the bill he hns forr.d a nlan
for the purppse of determining apnroyi.
mateIv the final day of the committee
stage. At the beginning OF every week
he will arrange with the cabinet for the
amount Of work To be done in the sue.
cecding days ard will spccify the cluuscs
which must be passrd before the next
week a work shall be begun. No nrotest
or plea for fair Dlay fron thc ohntruc.
tionists will be- n,rmitte,l to thxart the
prn,ram tbus LAID ont II ncccss,rv FOR
the fultilIment Of his plan. some clauses
will bc forced IN a vote v;,hout .nv mrs.
lim,nary debate wbatsve,
The vork 81 the comm;t,ee w;,, Ia
fur,h.r .creler,tsd NV the ain, pI;6...,;or
az ths com nI,catcd financial ouc.t;on.
on which the oprrwit,op IN. Ca b,.;lt ho,,es
~ obstruetino fo the mimi ~ sheer .y.
hsust,on of Nr. Gladstone AMI his lien
tenants.
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Inc so'e,hmen' purpose IL 10 SUD
stii"e l1s tne lh'oSeu Proposals ot the
oin CLAUSE ProVluihs iof TWO year
r.'.h an% ;,".;sY a.at tD,,uss 80 r,.;e suo
chance. ia a. agreeable In th. liherals as
n,stponement of final action nm the
financial details will not affect even
remotely. the main principles III the ,,,II
while likely 10 avert the necessity OF two
or three weeks ~ futile di,c,,ss,on
REPORTS concernirv these items az the
ministerial program have already brought
on signs IL the tory storm. which will
swell 10 hurricane of wrath when the
unionisis zee their whole fabric OF oh
structiou collapse under the masterful
hand OF the premier
The liberals and radicals agree that
the government is iustified in ndoptiny
IN. proposed extraordinary plan @. mar
lamentarv coercion. although n week
ago they favored less extreme measures.
The uuionis,s alone are responsible Tor
the bonds which bind them as thev
have rcjoiced opcnly in their determina.
tion 10 kill ar main the bill by mea "a
oi exhaustipV delays in the committee
stage. Alrcady the house in COMMITTEES
has divided twenty four times on two
clauses 10 aay nothing Of divisions ON
the motions for closure.
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Nine pages II amendments have been
added s,nce the committee began sitting.
Nor IL tais all. In the last week alone
several am-ndmcnts. which were not
printed. have been noticed in commit.
tee. No government making In. Ieas,
pretensious to regulating and fac cili'at
ing public business could long tolerate
such outrageous tiIibusterine without
losing all Ises.igc. The opposi;inn are
chuckIing over the fact that they have
compelled the committee to -ct thirteen
times To- pass the fret seven lines uf q
bill which covers twenty pages. Their
record IL. in fact. beyond all precedent
in the parliamentary history OF Europe.
The reform bill IN l-3,. against which
all the possibilities - obstruction were
believed ~ have been exhausted. was
kept in committee altogether Just iven
~ two days
The prospect a all night sisi.rcs il
especially alarming 10 the rnion,-;s.
Their vhip. have alrcady found grrs,
difficulty Ia holding Ia their ul,ccs the
Young tory Moods. who frel that con
slant attendance in the house Is an IN