The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-02-03
A MOST FURIOUS TRADE.
Bitter Attack on the Evicted
Tenants Commission.
HOT TIME IN PARLIAMENT.
The Leader Of the Irish Nationalist
Uses Vigorous Language.
He Denounces Priest as a ssSTurderous
Rufian,'' But Finally Withdraws the
Expression and Substitutes that
of an Excited Politician.

LONDON, Feb. I'm the house of COM
mons today Sir Edward Grey said the
question of the seizure of British seaIers
by Russians had been brought to the at
tention of the Russian government, which
promised an inquiry and redress. The
collision between Russians and Afghans
in the Pamir country last July was also
under consideration.
| Then Colonel Saunderson, Conservative
member of North Armagh, and gener-
ally regarded as the leader of Irish Union
lists, attacked the evicted tenants COM
mission in a most vicious TRADE. He
spared no invective and said the commits
sion's course was in line with the policy
of the Irish chief secretary in releasing
the Gweedore assassins, and a murderous
ruffian who had done to death faithful
officer. The term 'murderous ruffian''
was interpreted by a number of Irish
members as abiding to Father McFad-
dsS., and several voices from the Irish
benches were lifted in loud protest
| against Colonel Saunderson's utterances.
Colonel Saunderson went On defiantly
and undauntedly, Eyes" he cried,
they were led by a murderous ruffian.
| A number of Irish members were on their
feet in an instant with cries of 'order,
order, withdraw the expression, - sit
is a ruffianly utterance.'' The speaker
demanded order. John Dillon asked:
| SIS the member from North Armagh
a gentleman who will say the priest is
a murderer?''
| Colonel Saunderson, in tone of cool
contempt and defiance: 81 withdraw
nothing, / did not call him a murderer,
but murderous rufian. -
A tremendous uproar ensued, and
NH raf bn ~
John Dillon was heard appealing to the
| speaker to compel Colonel Saunderson to
withdraw his expression.
SIT Is not in my power" said the
speaker, ''to interfere, but I trust the
honorable member from North Armagh
will not persist in such language -
John DlllOn-l move that the member
using such language is no longer fit to be
heard. The member from North Armagh
would not dare use such terms outside the
house.
The chair refused to put Dillon mo-
| ton and the clamor among the Irish Ma
tionalists continued and seemed gaining
in energy when Gladstone rose and all
became silent.
| Gladstone spoke earnestly and with
deep feeling. He appealed to the Irish
! Nationalist to restrain themselves in the
interests of the honor and dignity of par
/ lament and all members should assist IN
I bringing JQ1S scene 10 Il CLOSE as soon as
possible. Surely" added Gladstone,
/ 'tthe honorable member from North
| Armagh viii refrain from calling gentle
man, held by many in the highest re-
spect, murderous ruffian. - But Colonel
Saunderson showed no sign OF yielding
even to the premier.
Then Balfour, Conservative leader,
arose and appealed to Saunderson to
withdraw the expression and substitute
that of ''an excited politician
Then Saunderson, obedient to the voice
of mis- leader, said slowly and deliber-
ateIy: 81 accept the suggestion and
withdraw the expression for the one
mentioned"
The tumuIt ceased, but Saunderson did
not subside. He proceeded to attack
| Gladstone for attempting to establish
Roman Catholic ascendency in Ireland.
1.-THE priests" Saunderson said, chad
grabbed political power and never in
1 tended to relax their grasp. AS a speci-
men of the men to whom it was proposed
| to deliver the government of Ireland they
might take the member from North
Louth, who recently called the Parnsll-
tie members 'tjack-asses OF the Billy Red
mond type, with no more sense than
hens.''
/ Then came a succession ofuninteresting
speakers until Joseph Chamberlain arose.
/ He proceeded to comment upon the re-
| lease of Irish dynamiters. Merely de-
scribed Chamberlain S utterances as ma
! licious and mIschievous. He exhorted
/ the opposition not to commit the crime of
wishing and wor king for the failure of
the governments policy toward Ireland.