The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-08-05

STANDARD, a12 Hennepin Avenue" will receive
Immediate attention.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1898.
PUGILISM IN PARLIAMENT.
Joe Chamberlain, the Birmingham
screw-maker, is entirely responsible Tor
the arguments with the fist which were
used in the House of Commons on Thurs
day night, July ~. He was smarting
under the epithet of the "devils advo-
cate" which was aptly applied to him oy
Gladstone few evenings before, and he
: was reeq1l I'D to get even with the Grand
Mold Nh by comparing him with Herod.
Ghe Urine Minister exclaimed Joe,
ss8N black and his adherents say it is
"a The Prime Minister calls white,
al hey say it is better. It is always
H. bice of God. Never since the time
Of rcd has there BEEN p He got
nov rther, for be was Interrupted by
the! rish members from whom there
camdS such roar OF indignation as has
not been heard in the House since the
DAYS of Parnell. T. P. O'Connor sprang
to his feet, says the report. and leaning
towards Chamberlain, shouted 'Judas!'
so loudly that the epithet could be heard
throughout the House. The Cry was
taken up, and for half minute ''Judas!'
was shouted in chorus by the National
lists. Bedlam broke loose and Chair man
Me]lor was totally unable to restore
order, Blows were struck right and
left. SAWS the report. Members fell and
were picked up by their friends to fight
1 arair. The whole space between the
'front.' benches was filled with struggling,
curs;pg mass of members, striking, claw
ing and upsetting each other" No such
scene of violence disgraced parliament
since 1870 when the offender was sent to
the Tower of London by the Speaker OF
the House. The British critics who have
been SO prompt in denouncing lack OF
dignity in the French chamber and IN the
American congress may perhaps modify
their comments in future. Even such
thing never occurred in the Irish parlia-
ment during the turbulent sessions pre-
csdipg it's destruction, end it is safe to
nredict that such disgraceful conduct
will rever be tolerated in. the new Irish
narliament that is soon to be opened
Nobody but;George W. Smalley blames
the Irish members for interrupting
Chamberlain and preventing him from
fulfilling his deliberate purpose OF stig.
,natizing the venerable Mr.. Gladstone
with term2that would have made the
riot more general and bloody than it was.
Harold Frederic, the reliable correspond
ent OF the New York Times, says that
the Tory-Unionist bloods had been boast
ING that something spectacular was going
to happen, and fall knew it was to be
stage managed by chamberlain. This is
what Frederick says about it: "Cham-
berlain began inNici]y measured tones,
weighing every word, uttering no sent
ence which was not a covert or direct
afront to Gladstone. His whole speech
sug yested no idea but to:insult the ven-
cradle statesman opposite him and
through him enrage the Gladstonian
party. Finally he got to the intolerable
parallel between him and Herod, with
it's sequence of being stricken by God
and eaten by worms not yet spoken but
in everybody's mind, when the storm
which he had been deliberately stirring
up burst. There was wild yell OF
"Judas" from the Irish benches, then
twenty minutes of furious vocal uproar,
eliminating in bodily assault by the
young Tory Hayes Fisher upon an Eng
liah Gladstonian named Logan. After
this there was somewhat general melee
and a great deal of pushing and hauling,
hut Saunderson was the only one who
tried to use his Fists, and he got we'll
.pommeled in turn He further says
that the Irish members did nothing but
.endeavor to part the conbatants and sup
nress disorder, and that it is hardly
worth while to note the bare faced ct
t ~, OF the Times and other Unionist
napere TO pretend that the fraoas was an
Irish row. .5.
;ssnalleys has the audacity to charge
gladstone with bringing the fight about
because , sc his '.gulllotining debate On q
the Home Rnlesbill, but the denational-
;z.,d nneriican orgets that the debate on