Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-04-23
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lobbiss d The houss q comu,ons after
ths division on the sscon6 rsading a
the hons rule ball Lest night went Tar
10 pr,vc The coatsntioa a the liberals
that The bittsrucss u the antagonism 10
houe rule has ahated much In the seven
years since Mr.. Gladstone introduced
the prototype oe the psessnt measure.
There was the old crowd of msmbsrs
gathered in shifting groups; there was
the same earnest discussion Il the final
debate. bat the iutenss excitement that
prevailed when the dsvt hone rule bill
was thrown out was entirely lacking.
The party had calculated the result of
the division % exactly that hours before
the member went into the divisions
lobby the vote was known 10 . man.
The ssct that the governmsnt had forty
threc majority Was noised about the
house before o O'Clock. Consequently
the keen curiosity which usually At
taches to . matter of two or three votes
more or less Was satisfied long in ad-
vance Of the firing of the final oratogical
guns.
How Each Party vosed-
Every party polled almost ita full
strength. The Parnellites and anti
Parnellites did what never before has
been done iu parliamentary history
polled their full vote to the last man. 1t
Was the first time that the two factions
Of nationalists have acted in perfect
harmony since the formal disruption Of
the old party. OF the sixty tive liberal
unionists. Joseph Chamberlain's con-
tingent. forty three voted Against tho
bill. the other two kept clean tho op-
position record Of their party by pairing
with ministerialists before sbsenting
Gladstone was the center Of . group of
jubilant nationalist. He had made his
final plea before the division with the
full voice and fervent energy OF his
younger days, yet he responded without
sign Of fatigue to the score OF hand
shsklngs and congratulations offered by
his follower before he left the house.
After Mr.. Gladstonc's departure many
of the majority sdjourned 10 the Nation
al Liberal club. whcro the success Of the
homo rule and tho prosperity Of Ireland
~ nation were repeatedly proposed
amidst the waving Of hxndkerchiefs and
napkins and cheen
Plan q the Opposissos.
The next question 10: What will hap
PEN to the bill Ia coumittee! Will the
liberal unionists remain irSeconcilsblo
to the last. or will they sccept the main
pvinciples oe the hill and try to amend
Il! Lord Salisbury will call a confer
encs Of opposition leaders early in May
to decide upon the details Of the cam
The general line II opposition which
ready apparent. Ii will he q series of
amendments proposing to secure in
creased representation of tho Irish mi
nority. both in the imperial and in the
Dublin parliament. In other words. the
unionists will continue in committee to
Haunt the bloody orange shirt after the
fashion cf Mr.. Balfour in Belfast and
Lorl Randolph Churchill in Liverpool.
The Hon. w. Russell. who assisted
Colonel Ssundereon in talking with the
men of Ulster. will movc narrower that
before the bill becomes operative the
imperial parliament shal1 settle the
Irish land question. This motion has
the sanction of the unionist leaders.
The fact that these amendments will he
regarded. 10 regarded ~ significant that
the unionists viii accept the bill ulti-
mstely. and they propoee 10 make the
best OF il instead a relying upon the
house of lords to reject It. The pros
pect otherwise of q conflict between the
two houses. in which the lords. together
With the tories generally. would GER
tainly be worsted. has had considerable
weight in favor oe this line Of action.
What Parueliites Want.
The amendments offered by the Par.
nellites are few. but they touch vital
points in the bill. Most of them refer
To the constitution of the Dublin parlia-
ment and the retention of Irish members
at Westminster. They propose that in
Dublin each house shall have about
double the number of members which
the present provision of the bill would
grant; slso that instead of but eighty
Irish members being retained at West.
Minister. ~ advocated by Mr.. Gladstone.
the present Irish delegation of iG3 in the
house he left undimihished. The Par.
nellites srv willing 20 leave untouched
the financial clsusrs. save the confribu-
ticn ~ Ireland 10 the imperial cI.
ch.syuer shall he limited 10 IL ..NO.OU
They aleo wiah 81 have the bill altered
~ ss to define psccisely the occasions.
when in provision for war. the exciss,
duties may bc increased. and to state
explicitly that In 90 case shall moro be
expected from Ireland than sccor,is With
hef taxable capacity. ~ compared with
that ~ England. Finally. the Parneli.
ites demand ~ the eschsquer divieion
of her majesty's high court u Justice in
ireland -hsIl not at in the court II the
privy council. and they shall b. chosen
iran a roll prepared by the iriah. ap
proved by the v,c~ruy.
The proposals. fs the amendmrnts
have the approval u the majority u The
anti PArneil.tss. snd therefore may he
regarded ~ Incorporating ell the ,ie
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