Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-08-10
A ROW m THE HOUSE OF COM
MONS.

Commons on July 81, and was
assigned to be reported on August
z tomorrow.
Before this conclusion was ar
rived ut, o scene occurred unpreces
dented in the Parliament of Engs
land, but apparently preconcer ted
by some Of tie extreme Unionist s
Joseph Chamberlain, forgetfnl OF
the rare courtesy with which he
had been treated by Mr.. Gladstone,
forsetful also of the crocodile tears
Of gratitude ehed by himself some
time ago when the venerable Pre-
mier publicly complimentcd Cham.
berlain's son, had made an inde-
cent attack on his former leader
and received a castigation under
which even his tough hide smart-
Cd.
The .SDevi'ls advocate as NJ r
Gladstone had styled him two
EVENING" before, came primed with
q speech on behalf Of his client; but.
the proyerbial i'll luck OF all who
serve that master overlook him
early in his discourse. He had
the indiscretion another satanic
failing-to quote scripture, and 80
he said. or began to say: "Never
since the time of Herod has there
boom"
The man, the occasion, the allu-
sion to Herod, were all 80 SUCCESS
tive that it was not in human ma
ture, ct least not in human nature
Of quick-witted T. z. O'Connor, to
refrain from indicating the obvious
part played by the Brummagen
statesman. Springing to his feet,
and leaning towards MI. Chambers
lain, the redoubtable T. P. audibly
remarked "Jadat!' The Irish
members, never slow to catch q
point, took up the word and
shouted il in chorus.
Meantime the hour of ten had
struck and Chairman Mellor, weak
est of presiding officers. tried to ans
noucs the closure of debate. Then
he ordered a division on the guess
ton, bat the Tories fatty refused
t. quit their seats, demanding that
Mr.. O'C0nnor should fret be dis
ciplined. Others of them kept
yelling "GaR," Gag" and trying
to create q disturbance.
In the midst of the confusion,
the cause Of which Chairman Mel>
lor seemed unable to comprehend
with his small wits, a Liberal men,
6og, John Logan, ran over towards
the opposition benches and began
denounciBg q Tory named Carson
for his conduct. As he shook his
iss at the latter, two other BELLS
Rerent Tories seized him BY the
meek, threw him on the floor, head
first, and thrust him under a
bench.
Then ensued a Tree fight such as
never has been seen even in the
Turbulent a%ntebellum days of our
own Congress. A Unionist ''bons
netsd" I. H.. Healy, by knocking
his tall hat over his eyes. Col.
Saunderson, who is accustomed
only to fighting with his longrrange
mouth, inprudently had
to his fste, and as a consequence
came out Of the unplessantness
with . black eye.
II Was . stirring fight while it
lasted but the sergeants-at"arms
soon restored order; after which Mr..
O'Connor was called upon to apols
ogiss for having mentioned the
name OF Judas. He did 30, but
with less than his usual tact, omits
ted to make any apology to the
memory of Judas. Col. Saunders
son, with 8 bunch OF keys to his
Alackened eye, then arose and
pIaintively accused Eugene Cream
Of having assaulted him. Speaker
Peel, who had come at the chairo
mans summons to restore order,
requested the doughty Orange
warrior 10 let the subject drop,
which he did. Chairman Mellor
then reported to the Speaker that
the Home Rule Bill had passed
the Committee % amended
30 ended q most remarkable
episode in English Parliamentary
history. English "chivalry" dis
appeared when D'Esterre. it's cho>
sen exponent, went down before
O'Connell's pistol.
Its latest expression, that of
vulgar fsticafs. foreshadowing q
threatened Ulster rebellion, lends
no dignity to political defeat and