St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-23
HOME RULE VICTORY.
Result Of the Division Calcu-
lated Before the Vote
Was Taken.
Nationalist Factions Act in
Perfect Harmony for the
First Time.
enthusiastic Celebrations
Held in Every Large Town
in Ireland.
An Immense Anti-Home Rule
Demonstration Held in
London.

LONDON, April p .-The scene in the
hobbies Of the house of commons after
the division on the second reading OF
of the home rule bill last night went
far to prove the contention of the Lib
erals that the bitterness of the antagon-
ism to home rule has abated much III
the seven years since Mr. Gladstone
introduced the prototype of the meas
ure. There was the old crowd OF mem
berS gathered in shifting groups; there
was the some earnest discussion of the
final debate, but the intense excitement
that prevailed when the first home rule
bill was thrown out was entirely lack
Ing. The party have calculated the re-
suit of the division so exactly that hours
before the members went into division
lobbyist vote was known to man.
The fact that the government would
have forty-three majority was nolsed
about the house before o'clock. Con-
seQuently the keen curiosity which
usually attaches to a matter Of two or
three votes, more or less, was satisfied
In advance of the firing of the final
Dratorical guns.
strength. The Parnellites and anti
Parnellites did what never before has
been done in parliamentary history
pOlled their full vote to the last man. 1t
was the first time that the two factions
of Nationalist have acted in perfect
harmony since the formal disruption of
the old party. OF the forty-fve Liberal
Unionists Joseph Chamberlin's con-
tingent voted against the bill, the other
two kept clean the opposition record OF
their party by pairing with ministerial
lists before abSenting themselves. After
the division Mr..
Gladstone Was the Center
Of a group of jubilant NatiOnalists. He
had made his final plea before the divis-
ion with the full voice and fervent ell
ergy of his Younger days. yet he re-
spOnded without sign of fatigue to the
score Of handshakingS and cOngratula-
lions offered by his followers before he
left the house. After Mr.. GladStOne'S
leparture many of the majority adj
iourned to the National Liberal club,
where the success of home rule and the
prosperity of Ireland as nation were
repeatedly proposed amidst the waving
of handkerchiefs and napkins and rous-
Ing cheers.
In Ireland every large town has been
celebrating since early morning the sec
0nd reading of the bill. Even in Bel
fast. the hOtbed of UIsteria. the Home
Rulers were up before daybreak pro-
claiming the progress of their cause.
Carrick hill, the Nationalist quarter of
the city, was Illuminated with bOnfireS
within an hour after the arrival of the
dispatch announcing the result of the
division. Lights were in every window,
and flags were hung from the fronts of
all the large buildings. The streets
were filed with singing, cheering
crowds until O'clock this morning.
The police feared a riot between Ma
tiOnalists and Orangemen, and we're out
In force at all the dangerous points. The
Orangemen were singularly quiet, how
ever, and, but for a chance meeting
and short brush with lOyalist working
men in the ship yards, the nationalist
enjoyed in peace their early morning
celebration. In Dublin thousands waited
before the newspaper offices and
watched the bulletin boards for the an
nOuncement of the vote in the house.
The posting of the placard bearing the
news was followed by a scene Of the
widest rejoicing. Men embraced. a
cloud of hats went into the air, and
cheer after cheer was given for Glad
stone. In Limerick, Cork, and other
large towns, similar demonstrations
were made.