The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-08-09

regular rot in The House ~ COMMONS
10 night the scenes there enacted being
Unprecedented in parliamentary history |
Ten O'Clock this evening Was the
hour set iof the closure oi the debate
OF the committee ON the home rule
bin.
The early part OF the evening was
tame enough. the time being occupied
by obscure members At GAS Joseph
Chamberlain arose to deliver the hnal
broadslde OF the opposition. Tie was
still smarting under the lash admins.
tered by Gladstone Tuesday evening,
and spoke with much bitterness.
While giving his opinion OF the closure.
as applied by the Government he was.
frequently interrupted by jeers from the
Irish and cheers from his own side.
After a period of interruption he pro
ceeded "The Prime Minister cal
black and his adherents say 1t is good,
he calls white and they say It is better.
1t is always the voice of God. Never
since the time of Herod has there been
such"
Chamberlain got no further for with
his hdlfhnished reference to Herod
there came from the Nationalist such
roar of indignation as has not been
heard in the Commons since the time
of Parnel. Chamberlain was plainly
startled but tried to talk on. His voice
was inaudible. f. p. OConnor sprang
to his feet, and, leaning toward Cham.
berlain, shouted Judas" so loudly that
it was heard throughout the house.
The rest of the Irishmen took up the
cry and for half a minute shouted
Judas" in chorus.
When the clock struck ten Chairman
Mellor tried to put the closure, but his
voice could not be heard. Then he
gave the customary directions, but
several Conservatives shouted that he
must first call O'Connor to order for
calling Chamberlain names. Mellor
protested that he hadn't heard the
epithets in question.
Then everybody started for the front
bench. The Unionists shouted Gag"
Others struggled in the aisles or be-
tween the benches with Radical, Lib
eral or Irish antagonists. John Logan
(LiberaD ran down to the first opposi.
ton bench and began upbralding
Edward Carson, a Tory. Wyndham
and Fisher jumped to Carsons assist
ance, and seized Logan by the neck,
throwing him to the floor head first and
tumbling him under the bench.
Somebody smashed Tim Healey's
high hat over his eyes, and as soon as
Tim got it off he jumped into the
aisle in fighting posture just as Han
bury was trying to get past. Hamburg
was knocked over bench by the force
of the collision. A free fight then
broke out at the gangway, led by Will
liam Redmond, the Parnellite, who
pushed over Colonel Sanderson, the
champion of the Obstetrics. Slndersor
was rescued and headed an attack on
the Parnelites Blows were struck
right and left, and the whole space be
tween the front benches was filled with
struggling, cursng mass of members
striking, clawing and upsetting eacf
other. The sergeantS alarms were
powerless.
Finally Gladstone begged Edward
Maioribanks, the sturdy Liberal, tc
help stop the affair. MajoribankS dug
his way through the belligerents, anC
by dint of repeated appeals in thu
name of the Premier succeeded il
stemming the conflict.
Colonel Sanderson emerged frs
from the crowd of fighters, holding
bunch of keys to his black eye. Other
followed in a more or less damaged
condition.
ust as peace was restored the doc
leading to the lobby opened and tn,
redoubtable DIR. Tanner, who had jus
heard of the fight, came rushing in
eaping over the benches in his eager
ness to get into the melee. He wa
quickly seized by a sergeant-at-arms.
Gladstone, sitting upright, had sur
veyed the whole scope with infamec
face and an expression of sorrow, in
dignaton and astonshment, which vii
never be effaced from the minds G
those who viewed him.
Chairman Mellor sent for Speake
Peel, and when that gentleman arrive'
several Conservatives pointed to Glad
stone and exclaimed, "There sits tn
author of it all
Absolute quietness was restored a
Speaker Peel, stern and digni6ed, too
the chair Gibbs made a complain
about Chamberlain being Gale
"Judas" by O'Connor. The Speake
asked O'Connor if he had used tn
term. Tim Haley interposed to ask
no atteption was to be paid to tn
refusal of the members to enter tn
Hobbies for the division.
Finally the Speaker appealed to tn
party leaders to tell him what had o.
cured.
Gladstone said that he regretted tn;
neither his eyes nor his ears enable
him to give very clear account of tn
affair. He then gravely described tn
events as reported to him by his ler
tenants, and expressed the opinion tn.