New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-30

CspWioht: 1893: Bv TIE Tr,bmne association.
Lordon. July 20.It is on Mr. Glad tone and
br Mr.. Gladstone alone that the ultimate response
bility for the riot in the House of Commons on
Thursday evening must forever rost. The imme-
uiate responsibility may be distributed among
several people. Mr.. M"llor's refusal TO put the
motion 10 take down the word flung by the Irish
at Mr. Chamberlain was the direct cause of what
followed. He tried TO proceed with the division
which had beon called. Members refused TO leave.
Mr. Gibbs pressed lis motion. and tumut
arose. The first act of physical force seems to
have been committed b. Mr.. iIaycs Fisher.
IInionist, wko tried to dislodgc Mr. Logan. Radi-
cal, FROM the front Opposition bench. where his
presence an intrusion and an ailront The Irish
rushed forward aaI Colonel Saunderson
struck, and struck back, and a melee began, in
which perhaps hundred members took part.
Strangers in the gallery stooG up and Kissed. The
members directly and Immediately responsible
were besides Mr. Logan Mr.. L. T. OConnor and,
ss he says, forty fifty others, who shouted
SJudas" 10 Mr.. Chamberlain.
Tae,e were tho two acts wnich provoked dis
crdsr and Violence. but il is idle to lay much
stress upon tho mc!c insoence and unmannerli-
ness OF two comparatively obscure Members.
The real causes are deeper and more remote.
Sou must go back 10 the hour when the leader
pf the Liberal party entered upon the path OF
tevolution He il who let loose the ire
hendous passions which inevitably and invariably
attend the progress Of revolution. whether
military or political They have risen high and
ever higher during the last scvcn years. Having
yousd these passions, nc then strOvc To prevent
Tho expression of them. He heated the boilers
10 the bursting point and then chained up tie
Safety valve. Sustained by a servie maiority, he
applied the gag 70 the House OF Commons There
WAS 10 be revelation by process OF law. and
the law WAS not to be discussed except 30 far
and on such points as suited the author Of it.
Suppose jefferson Davis, wiz: ma iosity at hi>
taoS in the Senate when he started out to destroy
the American CncI. had brought in bill 10
establisi the Confelcracy and a Congress at Mont
gomery, and had refused to allow it to BE- de-
ba,ed; what woild have a!pcned? Probably
komcthing like what has happened here. The
bursting point was soon reached. From the
moment when Mr. Gladstone resolved to employ the
gag ard the guillotine instruments OF
parliamentary oppression 1t has IeeD but Qucs-
ton OF time anG of circumstances when the l0n9
ycprcsscd forces of tyranny OF one size ami in
Gignant resentment on the other should break
loose.
Down to the revolutionary period moreover,
irish turbulence in the House hac been dis
IN the House, by Mr.. Gladstone himself Since
that period. and in this session above ALL it
has been tolerated. and at times countenanced. by
Mr.. Gladstone. Seldom has Unionist speaker
teen allowed to proceed without interruption
FREQ uently he has been rOarcd down. The
insults to Mr.. Chamberlain lave been premcdi-
tated and constant The chairman has been de-
fed The scenes which took place i'll COMMITTEE"
grew ever more violent. The explosion on Thurs
day was. in truth. bit the climax OF long
series Of lesser outbursts. With 1t vanished
forever the prestige OF dignity and honor WHICH
has belonged to the House of Commons for more
Than 600 years. There has been disorder before
now but its was always Irish. ana there
was always an unhcnding force Of English opinion
which prevented mere disorder from degcncratinS
into violence.
Il was Mr.. Gladstone who, certainly without
meaning il. demorazcd and finally broke down
that barrier. He. prc-cmincnty the great mcmhe
Of Parliament has brought Parliament down INTO
dccpcr disgrace than it had ever known. or than
sny one Ill! lately had ever forcscon. iie the
rustodiau Of the traditions of the House, inc
guardian OF its honor and its uneQuall"d famc' ma
snfYered the one 70 pass into contempt anu 'iIr
bthe, 10 be stained h.cparahly; for nr"Psrah"
thc evil is Never agsin can the House DC wha'
Il was Tho guarantees OF dercncy anu oi"c,
are e.nc IIovsc which has once WI'"">Su
= f,ce G.b, on the floor has lost half its moral
Authority and more than half the confidence OF
ihe Na,!on In the future anything may happen
Wha. docs il signify which of two lrlshnich
firss struck the other? What sl2nihes Is 'ha
blows have been exchanged, and that the oides'
great legislative assembly in the world has pce''
the e~socra of tavern brawl. IL IS pathct'c u
.hik of the figure. of its great leader bent with
o;.l4 tl1,pp
years Of Parliamentary service, as he stood gaz-
inc on this laAt result Of his arbitrary ambition.
lie VA. whit. 20 the lips With rare exceptions,
and withou, exception till Of recent years, he ha>
been III. ideal legislator He has elevated tho
4one Of public life by his almost unfailinG cour-
tesv and nobiIty of deneanor. And now, aston
ished. Stocked appalled, by this sudden ontpurs'
Of fcrocity, he stammerS out when caIiea
upon by the Speaker n fcw feeble sentences coh-
tainine not word OF c"fshrc upon '"e acF
brs in the hidcous scene. IL was l"i' ~ III"
Speaker. and TO the Speaker alone, I" VII
dictate Sc tar aS il was still possible tn vindlca'e
IT, the dignity Of the House MI Meior wa
helpless. His incapacity was more eIari"x Una"
ever The very appearance OF the speaker ie-
stored calm. and he took command OF the MS
orderly forces all about him with ms 1snal w.
cision and serene courage and tact
An attempt has been made 20 trace 'hc orien'
bf this riot 10 Mr.. Chamberlain. Tie more ui'-
scrrpulous Of his opponents tell You he confessed
and boosted that he meant 20 or ",tc dis'"rpdo''
There is the b,~t authority for saying tla' Is eh-
tirey true They accuse him OF llkehins MI
Gladstone 10 Iicrod. There is no foundation io'
that, either The comparison was oc'wec" '",
followers of Mr. Gladstone and the follower VI "
Herod, and the whole point and purpose o' II
wae to !asen on them the Just charge OF S'a'''''
adulat;on.
IL was after this scene that the gnlliotihe "a'
Agan set in motion. and the remaining c''uS'
and schedules of the bill were carried. i"'