The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-11
The Disgraced Mother OF ParIiame nts.

| The Disgraced Mother or ParIiaments.
We have received by mail detailed nc
counts OF the riot which took place on the
evening OF July 81 in the House Of Com.
mons. The Pail Mall Gazette publishes the
narratives OF twenty-one members. repre-.
scnting the Tory. Liberal. Gladstonian. Nc
| Carthyitc, and Labor parties A compare
son Of these reports OF eyewitnesses fur
nishes conclusive proof that verbal provoca-
ton was first given by Mr.. CHAMBERLAIN.
and that the first act OF violence was COM
mitted by Conservative. Under the cir
cumstances tho Unonist newspapers. in
stead of making IN absurd attempt to hold
Mr. GLADSTONE morally responsible for the
affair. should be grateful to tho Prime
Minister for his reluctance to subject the
principal offenders to severe discipline.
In view OF the evidence collected, it is
manifest that clamor and commotion were
provoked by Mr.. CHAMBERLAIN declaring
that tho abject servility OF Gladstonians
and McCarthyites to the Primo Minister
had never been equalled since the admirers
OF HERoD shouted. 1T is the voice OF n
god" The responsive epithet JUDAS"
was hurled at him from the Irish benches.
and 1t will scarcely be disputed that the
suggested analogy was as apt in tho one
case as In the other. A Conservative. Mr..
WEARY GIBBS, however. who had heard
with complacency the allusion to HERoD.
rcvolted ut the reference to JUDAS. and de-
manded that the Chairman should treat it
as breach of order Owing to the uproar.
1t was impossible for any one to catch what
Mr.. GIBBS was saying. and Gadstonian,
hn aic fnf ha
purpose OF learning what point Of order
had been made. When close to the Treas
ury bench he was accosted in an offensive
tone by Conservative. Mr.. FISHER. and
told to go back, rs he had no business to
be standing in that part OF the house.
He replied that. IL to stand was out
OF order. the fault could be easily re-
paired. and he proceeded to take q va
cant seat on the front Opposition bench.
No sooner had he sat down. than he was
violently jerked up and flung into the aisle
by Mr.. FISHER. assisted by that exemplary
OF America in England. Sir
ELLIS AsHMEAD BARTLETT. Thereupon,
some OF the Radicals and Irishmen. seeing
q friend subjected to rough treatment.
rushed forward to his rescue. and SO 1t was
that the scrimmage began. According to
one witness. the first actual blow. rs dis
tinguished from the jerks administered to
Mr.. LOGAN. was struck by the doughty Col.
who. subsequently,. however.
seems to have got much the worse OF the
encounter None OF the witnesses seems
equal to a clear description OF the final
scenes Of the Ae!6e. but they all contine
themselves to recording a confused inn
preston OF wild shovings and tramplings. |
blows. and deafening yells. |
Only a cudgel or two were needed to COM |
plete the picture OF Donnybrook Fair.
The Chairman. Mr.. MELLoR. recognizing |
his Incompetence to deal with bedlam let |
Dose. sat helpless and aghast. and it was
,nly by tho arrival OF tho Speaker that the
lot was quelled. After hearing some ex-
1lanations from both sides. the Speaker
compelled Mr.. L. p O'CoNNOR TO apologize
or an offence which. as he explains in the
Pail Nall Gazette. he had not committed:
meaning. OF course, that he was not the
promoter OF disorder. because his
application OF the epithet JUDAS to Mr..
was merely q retort to
previous provocation. Mr.. GLADSTONE.
Who was present. but who is prevented by
lis failing sight from distinguishing indi-
iduals at n distance. expressed the pain
nd indignation which the affair would ex.
ito in any right-feelipg man; but. appar-
ntly thinking that least said soonest
nended. he has persstently declined to
AXE tho first necessary step toward pun
shing the chief offenders by moving for a
ommittee OF Investigation. 1t is settled.
hen. SO far as n precedent can settle 1t.
hat such free fight as took place In the
louise Of Commons on July 81. may be re-
eated at any hour without subjecting the
PARTICIPANTS to Parliamentary penalties.