Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-08-05
they FOUGHT LIKE 1oOGHS
Disgraceful Scenes Witnessed IL
the English House.
Exciting Wind Up Of the Debate on tbs
Home Rule BilI...c Chamberlain Starts
the Row-.Staid Members For.
got Their Dignity.

rule Bill. The parts of the bill left
over from the discussions Of last week
ana for the divisions of this week were
the new and final clauses, the schedules
and the preamble.
The galleries Of the house were filled
with persons expectant of an exciting
scene mt the close of the committee
labors. Few members were absent.
The proceedings early in the evening
were tame enough until 9:45. Then
Joseph Chamberlain rose to deli YER the
the final broadside of the opposition.
He was still smarting under the lash
which Mr.. Gladstone swung on Tuesday
evening. He referred to the course
of the prime minister I'm a scornful
manner, and denounced the debate OF
the bill under the cloture ule as a
farce. the bill had been changed in
It's most vital features; still no debate
was regarded as necessary, since what
ever was altered in the bill was always
found perfect by the adherents of the
prime minister. 1.-The prime minister
calls. Black and his adherents say
good" said the speaker. THE prime
minister calls. White and they say IL
is better. Union laughter. IL rs III
ways the voice of God. Never since
the time ct Hercd hes there been
such"
Start Of the Row.
Mr.. Chamberlain got no further, for
with his half-hnished reference there
came from tho ~nationalists such a roar
of Indignation as has not beeh heard in
the house since the days Of Parnell.
Mr.. Chamberlain tried to talk on,
but his voice was inaudible to the MEM
bers on the next bench. Shrill yells Of
execration from the Irish sounded
Above the uproar. Then II. y. OCon-
nor sprang TO his feet and, leaning to-
ward Mr.. Chamberlain, shouted,
Judas" so loudly that the epithet
could be heard throughout the house.
The rest Of the Irishmen caught up the
cry, and for half a minute shouted,
Judas" in "A chorus.
Meantime the clock struck 10. The
chairman tried tc put the closure, but
his voice could not be heard.
Then came a scene unprecedented in
parliamentary history. Mr.. Mellor
gave, in a weak voice, the customary
directions. The conservatives, how
ever. fatty refused 10 quit the house.
Gibbs, Bowles and Hamburg shouted to
the chairman hat he must first call
Mr.. O'Connor TO order for having called
Mr.. Chamberlain names. Mr.. Mellor
protested that he had not heard the
epithets in question. The members
crowded forward in excited groups,
shaking their fists and shouting their
demands.
Lord Randolph Churchill and Sir Ed
ward Clarke got hold of Mr.. Gibbs and
started him for the front bench that he
might elucidate the cause of the row to
Mr.. Mcllor. In the general jostling
Gibbs was SO pushed about that he
gave up his purpose.
Thsy Struck at Every Head.
Meantime half Of the unionists had
climbed TO the benches and were shout
ing. gag" gag Others were strug-
Cling in the aisles or between tho
benches with radical, liberal or Irish
antagonists Curses. yells of pain and
gross insults were heard on every side.
John Logan, liberal, ran down To the
first opposition bench and began up
braiding Edward Carson, "A tory. As he
shook his fist under Mr.. Carson's nose,
George Wyndham and William Fisher
Jumped TO the assistance of their party
colleague, seized Mr.. Logan by the
neck, threw him 10 the floor head first
and then bundled him under a bench.
Somebody smashed Tim Healy's high
hat down over his eyes. Healy tore of
the hat and sprang into the aisle in full
fighting posture just as Mr.. Hamburg,
still shouting that the chairman must
name Mr.. O'Connor, was trying to get
by. Mr.. Hamburg was knocked over
a bench by the force OF the collision
before Mr.. Healy got in a blow.
A free fight then broke out a. the
gangway. The center OF II was Will
lam Redmond, Parnellite, who had talk
en- advantage OF the general confusion
to push over Colonel Sanderson. the
champion of the men Of Ulster. San
derson was resucued and led the attack
on the Parncllites.
Blows Feg Thick and Fast.
Blows were struck right and left.
Members fell and were picked up by
friends to fight again. The whole
space between the front benches was
filled with a struggling, ours
ing mass of members, striking,
clawing and upsetting each
other The sergeant-at-arms was
powerless. Eventually Mr.. Gladstone
begged Edward Majoribanks. u sturdy
liberal, to do something to stop the
fight. Mr.. Majoribanks dug his way
through the belligerents and by re-
peated appeals in the name of the pre-.
mier, succeeded in stemming the con-
fict.
Colonel ~Sanderson emerged first from
the crowd of fighters. He was holding
q bunch of keys to his black eve.
Others followed in a more or less dam
aged condition.
Clid,tons's Ind g~nation.
Mr.. Gladstone, sitting upright, had
watched the scene with infamed face
and an expression of sorrow, indigna-
ton and establishment which will
never be effaced from the memory of
those observing it.
Chairman Mellor sent for Speaker
Peel as soon as order was restored.
When the speaker entered, several
conservatives rose, and pointing to Mr..
Gladstone, exclaimed, 'There sits the
author of 1t all"
While Mr.. Gladstone, Mr.. Balfour
oAN 4AAs NuSiiOh COulCTIcu aS 10 WU9L
should be done the combatants were
comparing notes. Not n few of them
showed the effects of rough handling.
Tim Healy had received O hard blow In
the face and one cheek was badly swo.-
len. William Redmond also had y bad
spot ON his face.
The hum OF voices died out as
Speaker Peel, stern and dignified, took
the chair. A slight cheer was given
for him and then Mr.. Mellor, rs chair
man of the committee, reported To Mr..
Peel. as speaker of tho house, what had
occurred. Mr.. Mcller spoke in a low,
sorrowful voice, but the members had
become so quiet that not a word was
lost.
In response to the speakers request
Mr.. Gibbs then made his complaint m
regard TO Mr.. O'Connor's calling Mr..
Chamberlain Judas"
Mr.. Hamburg and William tombstone
asked Mr.. 0'Connor to say on his word
of honor whether or not he used the
word Judas"
l,~.erupted by Tim Hsaiy,
Timothy Healy, amid loud cries Of
order, in~terposed 10 ask whether no at
tention would be paid to the refusal
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