The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-07-28

the Chairman must nnme Mr.. O'Conuor. was
trying to get by. Mr. Hnnbury was knocked
| over a bench by the force OF the collision he
fore Mr.. Hcaly got in blow.
| A FREQ fight thon broke out at tho top OF the
caugway. Tho centre Of 1t was William Red
mond. Parnellite. who had taken advantage o.
the general license TO push over Col saunder'
| son, tho cham ion OF tho men OF Ulster. Saun.
derson was rescued and led an attack on the
Parnelites. Blows were struck right and left
| Members fell and were picked up by their
| friends to fight again. The whole space be.
| tween the front benches was filled with strug-
Cling. cursing mass Of members, striking
clawing. and upsetting each other Manful ef-
| forts were made to separate the combatants
| Both sergeants- at arms forced their way
| through the thick OF the fight, but as fast as
| one group was pacifled another came to blows
Eventually Mr.. Gladstone begged Edward
| Marjoribanks a sturdy Liberal. to do some
| thing to stop the fighting. Mr. Marorlbnnks
| dug his way through the tangled mass OF bel
| ligerents. and. by repeated appeals in the
name OF the Premier, succeeded in stemming
| the conflict Col saunderson emerged first
| from the crowd OF fighters. He was holding n
bunch OF keys to his black eye Others fol-
lowed in more or less damaged condition.
Just as peace was assured. the door leading
| to the lobby opened and DR.. Tanner. who had
been outside and had heard OF the fight but a
minute before, came down the House leaping
over benches In his haste to get into the
melee. The Sergeant-at-Arms caught him
half way from the door to the front bench and
restrained him until he consented to keep the
peace.
Mr.. Balfour had been absent during the riot
Mr.. Gladstone. sitting bolt upright had
watched the scene with iniamed face and an
expression OF sorrow, indignation. and aston
ishment which will never be effaced from the
memory OF those observing 1t.
Chairman Mellor sent for Speaker Peel as
soon as order was restored. Whom the Speaker
entered several Conservatives rose and point
ing to Mr.. Gladstone exclaimed:
There sits the author OF it all"
While Mr.. Gladstone. Mr. Balfour. and Mr.
Mellor conferred rs to what should be done
the combatants were comparing notes. Not q
few Of them showed the effects of rough hand
ling. Timothy Healy had received bad blow
in the face. and one cheek was badly swollen.
William Redmond also had q bad spot on his
face.
The hum OF voices died out as Speaker Peel.
stern and dignifed. took the chair. A slight
cheer was given for him. and then Mr.. Mellor,
as Chairman Of the committee, reported to Mr..
Peel as Speaker OF the House. what had oc-
Cured Mr.. Mellor spoke in low, sorrowful
voice. but the members had become SO quiet
that not a word was inaudible.
In response to the Speakers request Mr..
Gibbs then made his complaint in regard to
Mr.. O'Connor's calling Mr.. Chamberlain
Judas" Mr.. Hamburg and William Johnston.
Conservative. corroborated his statement
Tho Speaker asked Mr.. O'Connor to say. on
his word Of honor. whether or not he used the
word Judas"
Timothy HeAly. amid cries OF order inter-
posed to ask whether no attention would be
paid to the refusal OF members to enter the
Hobbies for division. This, he said. was tho
real reason why the Speaker was summoned.
Should 1t not. them be considered hrst2
The Speaker at once appealed to the PARTY
leaders to tell him what had occurred. Cheers
and calls for Mr. Gladstone brought the Pre-
mier to his feet He said:
II regret to say that neither my eyes nor
ears enable me to give very clear account OF
the affair.""
He then Rravely described the events as they
had been reported to him BY his leutenants.
and eventually expressed the opinion that the
division should be taken before the Judas"
incident should be considered.
Mr.. Balfour recounted the version Of the
fight given him by his colleagues. and. at Mr..
Healy's request. Mr.. Mellor again told what
no knew Of the trouble. Mr.. Mellor repeated
that he had not heard the offensive expression
but had ordered that 1t be taken down. and
then had summoned the Speaker.
Mr.. Peel thanked the leaders and Mr.. Mel
lor for. their assistance. He added: Il have
arrived at the conclusion that the opprobrious
expression alleged to have been used was the
original cause OF the disorder. I feel certain
that the gentleman who used the words did 80
in the heat and irritation Of the moment II
he were simply to say he regrets having used
them am quite certain it would be my duty
to take no further notice OF the affair"
Amid Conservative cries OF Withdraw" Mr..
O'Connor humbly apologized to the Speaker,
If any words Of his had contributed to bring
about this most reRrettable state Of affairs"
The Speaker said the apology was most ample.
that the House could sxpe:t no more II
trust" he added. that the House will now
proceed to business In manner to do honor
to the traditions Of the House. and not to allow
any enemy of our institutions to look back"
The rest OF the sentence was lost in storm
Of cheers.
Col Saunderson rose as soon as the cheering
subsidized. Despite frequent Interruptions and
shouts OF mo" from the Irish he recounted
excitedly how Eugene Cream. anti. Parnelllte.
had. without provocatlon. hit him in the eye.
The increasing confusion threatened renewal
of the riot when Mr.. Balfour and Timothy
Harrington. Parnellite. rose together. Mr..
Balfour yielded the floor and the Irish became
more tranquil
Amid laughter and ironical cheers Mr.. Har.
rington said he took part In the conflict only to
help the SerRsant-at-Arms to restore order.
He said that hA had seen Col Saunderson
strike several members before Mr.. Cream hit
him.
Thomas Condor. Anti-Parnellte. confirmed
hui
the House. The Speaker requested the men,
bers to let the subject drop. as it was futile to
20 back to the disagreeable incident Of the
disturbance. Mr. Mellor then resumed the
Chair
The new clause was adopted by vote OF 312
to 29l.
Asanother clause which had not been dis
cussed, was to be put to vote. somebody chal-
lenged Mr. BaIfour to read 1t. In an undertone
Mr.. Balfour said mo. no. don't have 1t read"
The clause was carried by u vote OF 32l to 2s8
nj ALA