Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-08-03

1
LoNpoY, July 27.--In the House of Com
MONS tonight, Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain
rose to deliver the closing broadside at
Home Rule closure, and bitterly attacked
Mr.. Gladstone. The Irish members united
in roar of indignation. Mr.. I. T.
0'Connor sprang to his feet and leaning
towards Mr.. Chamberlain, shouted "Judasn
so loudly that the epithet could be heard
throughout the House. The rest of the
Irishmen took up the cry and for half a
minute shouted Judas i'll chorus. Chair
man Mellor ordered the House cleared for
division, but the Conservatives insisted
that he must first call Mr.. 0'Connor to
order for having called Mr. Chamberlain
names.
Mr.. Mellor protested that he had not
heard the epithets in question. Nobody
told him what Mr.. 0'Connor had said, so
he sat helpless and unenlightened before
the House, while the member crowded
forward i'll excited groups shaking their
fists and shouting their demands.
Meantime half of the unionists had
climbed to the benches and were shout
ing "Gag," gag" Others were strng-
Cling in the aisIes or between the benches
with Radical, Liberal or Irish antagonists.
Curses, yells of pain and gross insultsfwere
heard on every side. John Logan, Lib
eral, ran down to the first Opposition
bench and began upbraiding Edward Car
son. u Tory. As he shook his fist under
| hIs AufhDi llDs1 dGblbG w gIuholh ANA
William Fisher jumped to the assistance
of their party colleague, seized Mr.. Logan
by the neck, threw him to the floor head
first, and then bundled him under bench.
SMASHED HEALY's HAT.
Somebody smashed Tim Healy's high
hat down over his eyes. Healy tore off the
hat and sprang into the aisle in full fight
ing posture Just as Mr.. Hanbury, still
! shouting that the chairman must name
i Mr.. o'Connor, was trying to get by. MIR.
Hanbury was knocked over a bench by
the force of the collision before Mr..
Healy got in blow.
A free fight then broke out at the top of
the gangway. The centre of it was VIM.
s Redmond, Parnellite, who had taken adj
{ vantage of the general license to push
6 over Colonel Saunderson, the champion OF
the men of Ulster Saunderson was res
3 cued and lead an attack ON the Parnellites.
Q Blows were struck right and left.
0 Members fell and were picked up by
e their friends 10 fight again. The whole
s space between the front benches was filled
r with a struggling, cursing mass of mem
!. bers, striking, clawing and upsetting each
other. Manful efforts were made to separ-
: ate the conbatants. Both sergeants.at-
7 arms forced their way through the thick
i of the fight, but as fast as one group was
n pacified another came to blows.
t. sAUNpERsoN's BLACK EYE.
d Eventually Mr.. Gladstone begged Ed
ward Marioribanks, sturdy Liberal, to
n do something to stop the fighting. MIR.
q Marjoribanks dug his way through the
q tangled mass of belligerents, and by re-
y peated appeals in the name of the Premier
! succeededin stemming the conflict. Colonel
e Saunderson emerged first from the crowd
I of lighters. He was holding bunch Of
1t keys TO his black eye. Others followed in
l. more or less damaged condition.
Ie TANNER ARRIVED TOO LATE.
d Just as peace was assured the door lead
= ing to the lobby opened and DIR. Tanner.
II who had been outside and had heard of
= the fight but a minute before, came down
p the House, leaping over benches in his
= y haste to get into the melee. The sergeant
y, alarms caught him half way from the
W door to the first bench, and restrained
at him until he consented to keep the. peace
10 Mr. Balfour had been absent during the
ID riot. Mr.. Gladstone, sitting bolt upright,
N had watched the scene with inflamed face
=. and an expression of sorrow, indignation
" and astonishment which will never be
70 effaced from the memory of those observ
Of ing it. Chairman Mellor sent for Speaker
a Peel as soon as order was restored. Wher
the Speaker entered several Conservative
Of rose. and pointing to Mr.. Gladstone, ex
~ claimed There sits the author of it all !,
u While Mr.. Gladstone. Mr.. Balfour anc
W Mr.. Mellor conferred as to what should b'
H. done the com mbatants were comparing
IL notes. Not few of them showed th'
ty effects Of rough handling. Timothy Heal,
,h had received a hard blow in the face AM
he one cheek was badly swollen. William
as Redmond also had bad spot on his face
o'CoNNoR APOLOGIES.
The hum of voices died out as Speake
Peel, stern and digniied, took the chair. I
slight cheer was given for him and thel
lat Mr.. Mellor, as chairman Of the COMMITTEES
by reported TO Mr.. Peel, as Speaker of TIA
House, what had occurred. A controvers
- then occurred as to whether Mr.. o Con
~ nor's remarks or the refusal of the men
ol bers to enter the lobbies for divisio
res should be considered first.
ew The Speaker at once appealed to tn
TO- party leaders to tell him what had OF
ry Cured. Cheers and calls for Mr.. Glac
' stone brought the Premier to his feet. Fl
of said II regret to say that neither my eye
NJ nor ears enable me 70 give very ciea
m account of the affair" He then gravel
ew described the events as they had been +,
ta- ported to him by his ieutenants, an
ont eventually expressed the opinion that th
,k- division should be taken before I'll
the Judas incident should be consideret
IL Mr.. Balfour recounted the version of tt
,as m fight given him by his colleagues NJ
.ae .e Peel then said:
ith Il have arrived at the conclusion thl
M the opprobrous expression alleged to hay
been used was the original cause of th
ar disorder, | feel certain that the gentlema
,ad who used the words did so in the heat an
IN irritation of the moment. If he wei
~ ~ simply to say he regrets having used then
w l am quite certain it would be my duty
ave take no further notice of the affair"
TO Amid Conservative cries of withdraw,
ent Mr.. oConnor humbly apologized to IL
Speaker "if any words of his had col
,hn trbutcd to bring about this most regret
,at. able state of affairs y The Speaker sa
~ 'n. the apology was most ample; that II
she House could expect no more.