The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-08
FIRMS HOME RULE BILL LosTI
Its Disappearance Caused a Sensation.
Found In an Unused Box


Found In an Unused Box.
LONDON, Feb I'm the House of Conn
mons to-day Mr.. Gladstone said that he
voiced the feeling Of all parties in rising to
propose that the debate on the address
should have precedence Of all notices, mo-
tious and orders Of the day until concluded.
Timothy Healy rose and charged the op.
position with systematic obstruction.
llrOnioal cheers from the opposition Mr..
Healy charged the member from East Man
chester Mr.. Balfourl in particular with
blocking the government measures by the
Wholesale. Never, said MIR. Healy, had the
leader OF party been guilty of meaner
left to the irregulars. perhaps some Irish
members, he would not say whom.
Laughter
Mr.. Gladstone asked the house to assist
him in closing the debate on the address. IL
it should not be finished tomorrow he
might propose to apply closure.
AT this there were loud cheers Of 30, or
from the opposition.
Col. john P. Nolan, Parnellite, protested
against the suggestion Of closure. He said
it would crowd out the amnesty amend
ment which the Parnellites proposed to sub
init.
w. +. Mccartney, conservative, said that
a section Of the Irish members were opposed
60 closure as prohibiting discussion Of ques-
tions affecting the Irish executive.
Mr.. GladstoneB motion to give precedence
to the debate on the address was then ap-
proved.
The amendment offered Monday evening
by John w. Horton. expressing regret that
the government had taken no measures TO
relieve the agricultural depression, was
rejected by vote Of 272 to 232.
Some excitement was caused in the course
of the day by the disappearance OF the
Irish home rule bill Mr.. Gladstone
had it in his portfolio with
other state papers, and had forgotten
where he had deposited it. After several
hours search the portfolio was discovered
in what had been assumed 20 be an empty
dispatch box, put aside as disused in Mr.
Gladstone's private room. There is still
mystery as tO how the portfolio got there.
The documents seemed untouched.
THE IGNORING OF LABOR.
Keir Hardie, labor member from South
westham, moved an amendment tonight
expressing regret that the address had not
mentioned the widespread misery among
the workIngmen of Great Britain. The
government should take steps to alleviate
the immediate distress by ordering that
throughout their workshops minimum
wages be pence an hour for a week OF
forty.eight hours, and that all government
contracts be given out in England. The time
was ripe also for regulation by law Of the
hours Of the railway employees. The gov
ernment, moreover, should establish home
colonies on unused lands where the unem-
ployed could find an opportunity TO earn
their bread.
The house listened unsympathetically to
the speeches and showed interest only when
Kier Hardie warned the members who
might vote against the amendment that he
would retnliate.
Howard Vincent. a conservative and
fair trader, supported the amendment. He
quoted statistics showing the decrease Of
British commerce and deduced from them
the necessity fora protective tariff and re-
ciprocity treaties.
Mr.. Mundella, president Of the board of
trade, taunted the opposition with the sud
denness of their solicitude Tor the working
men. When in power, he said, the con-
servatives found no time to consider special
problems. AS TO the remedies for the exists
ing social evils, the gentlemen who had
spoken on the amendment were far from
an agreement
Kelr Hardia had spoken strongly against
protection, while Howard Vincent's speech
was a eulogium OF iMcKinleyism.
After enumeratinR the bills for working
men which the government would intro
duce, Mr.. Mun1ella announced that the
ministers would regard the vote on the
amendment as a vote Of confidence. The
amendment was lost by a vote Of 276 TO 100.
The house then adjourned.
The result Of the debate this eveiug has
been that the ministers have decided to ap-
ply closure Friday in case the address be
still under discussion at that time. Their
purpose is to clear the way for the intro
duction Of the home rule bill next Monday.