The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-28
4 RIOT IN THE COMMONS.
The Members Pummel Each Other in
a Big Free Fight.

Gladstone Watches the Battle With
Face Red With Indignation-Col.
sauuderson Gets a Black Eye.
Jobn Logan Bundled Under a Bench.
DR.. Tanner Leaps Into the Arena
Looking For Someone to Tread on
+be Tail Of His Coat-Peace Restored
Only by Calling Speaker Peel to the
Chair.
london. July 27.-On the government
programme 10 o'clock tonight was the
hour set for the closure of the debate in
committee on the home rule bill. The
parts of the bill left over for discussions
of last week and divisions this evening
were the new financial clauses, schedules
and preamble.
The galleries of the House were filled
with persons expectant of an exciting
scene at the close of the committees la
bor. Few members were absent from the
benches on the floor of the house.
The proceedings early in the evening
were tame enough. John Clancy, Par
nellite, moved an amendment to the effect
that the imperial government should
guarantee to Ireland G500,0O0 annually
during the provisional period of years.
Mr.. Gladstone declined to accept the
amendment, and spoke against it,
MI Goschen, chancellor of the exche-
quer in the last Salisbury cabinet, also
spoke against MIR. Clancy's motion.
Obscure members continued the debate
until 945, just five minutes before closure
was to be applied.
THE FINAL BROADsIDE.
Then Joseph Chamberlain rose to de-
liver the final broadside of the opposition.
He was still smarting under the lash
which Mr. Gladstone swung on Tuesday
evening and spoke with corresponding
bitterness. After a few scOrchful and
biting words as to the conduct of the
members, he began giving his opinion of
closure as applied by the government.
The members he said, were about to wit
ness the last scene in a discreditable
farce. The debate on the financial
clauses had been mere sham. The gov
ernment had stood over friend and
foe alike, ready to let fall
the guillotine without regard for justice
or constitutional rights. The Irish mem
bers, as we'll as the unionists, were anX-
ious to discuss at length the important
financial questions presented by the new
clauses, but such discussion was to be cut
short. The bill had been changed in its
most vital features; still, no debate was
regarded as necessary since, whatever
was altered in the bill was always found
perfect by the adherents of the prime
minister.
THE HOUSE IN UPRoAR.
Jeers from the Irish, cheers from the
unonists and counter cheers from the
liberals interrupted Mr. Chamberlain at
this point. He waited two or three min
utes before the confusion abated suf1c-
iently for him to speak without effort.
He then proceeded thus; "The prime
minister calls back and his adherents say
1t Is good. The prime minister calls what
and they say it is better. (Unionist laugh
ter 1t is always the voice of God.
Never since the time of Herod, has there
been such-N
BROKE LIKE A CYCLONE.
Mr.. Chamberlain got no further. I'm
mediately after resuming his speech he
had been warned by mutterings from the
Irish benches that a storm was gather
ing He could hardly have expected the
suddenness with which it broke, for with
his half finished reference to HerOd
there came from the nationalists
such a roar of Indignation as had not
been heard in the house since
the days of PalnelI. Mr. Chamberlain
plainly was startled. but he tried to talk
on. His voice was inaudible to the mem
bers on the bench. He turned towards
the nationalists and shriu yells of execra-
ton sounded above the uproar. T. p.
OCOnnOr sprang to his feet, and leaning
towards Mr.. Cham berlain, shouted ''Ju-
das so loud that the epithet could be
heard throughout the house. The rest of
tne irish took up the cry, and half shouted
Judas in chorus.
AN UNPRECEDENTED SCENE.
Meantime the clock struck 10. Chair
man Alellor tried to put closure, but his
voice could not be heard amid the shouts
OIL the Irish and unionists. Then came a
scene unprecedented in parliamentary
history. Chairman MellOr gave in a
weak voice the customary directions to
clear the house for division. AS the dis
order subside1 preparations were made to
execute these directions The conserva-
yves, however, fatty refused to quit the
mouse Weary Gibbs, Gibson Bowls, and
William Hanbury shouted to the chair
man that he must first call Mr.. O'Connor
10 order for having called Mr.. Chamber
IAN names.
IN EXCITED GROUPS.
Chairman Mellor protested that he had
Douy told him what MIR. O'Connor said, 50
ne sat helpless and unenlightened before
lle mem mbers crowded forward in excited
sroups shaking their fists and shouting
yTqIelr demands, Messrs. Gibbs, Bowls and
H4nbury got together, and to make them
serves heard shouted in chorus at Chair
nan Mellor: "Will you direct that those
words be taken downl"
LORD Randolph Churchill and Sir Ed
maro Clarke got hold of Mr.. Gibbs and
SyarVed him for the front bench that he
CHIsHO elucidate the cause of the row to
sSt-alrInan MellOr, who was making
+LLieAuous but vain efforts to learn what
NJ grievance of the Tory trio was
vi a,1I' Gibbs tried to go forward, but in the
eCneIdl eClsId lostling and shouting he was so
CCgi-l1sed that he gave up his purpose and
ftaLlinan Mellor remained uninformed
ei;-aI oteaIl llme half of the unionists had
i-l,Ioed iI...oed to the benches and were shout
Ing gag" gag
DIsGRACEFUL SCENES.
;0lhers We're struggling in the aistes
c,il ~ilu radical, liberal or Irish antagonists; :;
Vs. 1lsl2' 3 Sells of pain and gross insults
Ibdg.H4 H4eard on every side. John Logan,
herla,Hal' ran down to the first opposition
Son IL ana began udbraiding Edward Car
g., g., Oory' AS he shook his fist under Car
IT- nose George Windham and William
coI1I'l jumped to the assistance of their
tbr,,"s ,ue' seized Mr.. Logan by the neck
~" A." MN down, and then bundled him
Foa5II,1I d bench. Somebody smashed Tim
M nigh hat down over his ewes