Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-04-23
.HOMERULEB VOTE
POINTS, AS TO THE LIBERAL VICTORY
IN THE HOUSE.
The Irish Nationalist Stood Togetn'r ~
they Had Never Done Before-Giad
s,opo Heartily Congratulated.
p Apslo-American cable to the Dispatch.l

LONDON. April 22.-The scene in the ioo-
bies OF the House of Commons after the
division on the second reading or the
home-rule bill last night went far to prove
tho contention of the Liberals that the
bitterness of the %antagonism to home rule
has abated much in the seven years since
Mr.. Gladstone introduced the proto'
type of the present measure. There
was the old crowd of members gather
ed in shifting groups; there was
the same earnest discussion OF q
final debate. but the intense excitement
that prevailed when the first home-rule
bill was thrown out was entirely lacking.
The marty leaders had calculated the result
Of the division so exactly that hours before
the members went into the division
lobbies the vote was known to o man.
The fact that the government would nave
forty-three majority was noised ABOUT Tue
House before . O'Clock. Consequently the
keen curiosity which usually attaches 70 q
matter Of two or three votes, more or less,
was satisfied long in advance of the firing
of the final oratorlcal guns.
PADsE1IIrEs AND ANrI-PARNELLTTEs To-
GETHEH.
Every party polled almost its full
strength. The Parnellites and anti-Par-
nelIltes did what never before has been
done in parliamentary hlstory-polled
their full vote to the last man. IL was the
first time that the two factions of National
lists have acted IN perfect harmony since
the formal disruption Of the old party.
or the forty-fye Liberal U%nionists. joseph
Cnamberlain's contingent. torty-three
voted against the bill. The other two
kept clean the opposition record OF their
party by pairing with Mlnisteriallsts be-
fore absenting themselves.
After the division Mr.. Gladstone was the
centre of n group of Jubilant Nationalist.
He mad made hrs final plea before the d.
vision with the full voice and feryent
energy of his younger days, yet be re-
spOnded without sign Of fatigue TO the
h~andshaking and congratulations offered
bv his followers before he left the House,
After Mr.. Gladstone's departure many OF
the majority adjourned TO the Liberal
Club, where the success of home rule and
the prosperity Of ireland as a nation were
repeatedly proposed amidst tho waving OF
handkerchlefs and napkins and rousing
cheers.
WHAT NEXT?
The next question is. What will happen
10 the bill in cOmrnItteeI Will the Liberal
UnioLists remain Irrecoucilablet 20 the last,
or will they accept the main principles OF
the bill and try TO amend itg Lord Sails
bury will call q conference or opposition
leaders early in May TO decide upon the
details OF the campaign against the mea-
sure in committee. The general line
OF opposition which will then be en-
dorsed Is. however. already apparent.
IL will be o series Of amendments pro-
posing to secure increased representation
of tho Irish minority both in tho Imperial
and the Dublin Parliament. In other words,
the Unionlsts will continue in COMMITTEES
20 faunt the BLOODY Orange shirt after the
fashion OF Mr.. Balf0ur IN Belfast and Lord
Randolph Churchill II Liverpool.
THE USToNIsT PROGRAMME.
T. W. Russell. who assists Colonel
S%aunderson IN talking for tho men OF
Ulster. will move, moreover, that before the
bill becomes operative the Imperial Parlla-
ment shall settle the Irish laUd question.
This motion already has the sanction OF
the Unionist leaders.
The fact that these amendments Will be
offered is regarded "a gignifying that the
Unionists will accept the bill ultimately as
law. and that they propose 70 make the
best Of it instead of relying upon the
House of Lords to reject Il. The prospect
otherwise that IN Il conflict between the
two houses the House of Lords, and to.
gethe- with them the Torres generally,
would certainly be wOrsted. lends consld-
cradle weight in favor of this line OF &C.
ton.