The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-08-04
ROW IN PARLIAMENT.
Dtsgracsfnl Scenes In the British House
of Commons Over the Home Rule

| OF Commons over the Home NUS
| Bill
LONDON, July 2s-On the government
| programme 10 o'clock last evening was
the hour set for closing the debate in
| committee on the home rule bill The
| parts of the bill left over for discussion
from last week and for the divisions
| this week were the new financial
clauses, the schedules and the pream-
BILE. The proceedings early in the
evening were tame enough
Obscure members continued the de-
bate until GAS, or just fifteen minutes
| before the closure was to be applied
Then Joseph Chamberlain rose to de-
| liver the final broadside of the opposi-
ton. After few scornful words as to
the conduct of the ministers, he began
giving his opinion of the closure as ap-
piled by the government The MEM
bers, he said, were about to witness the
last scene in discreditable farce. The
| debate on the financial clauses had
been a mere sham
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. Jeers from the Irish,
cheers from the unionists and counter
cheers from the liberals interrupted
Mr.. Chamberlain at this point He
| waited two or three minutes before the
confusion abated sufficiently for him
| to speak without effort He then pro-
| ceeded thus: The prime minister
calls black and his adherents say it
is good. The prime minister calls
white and they say it is better.
[Unionist laughterl It is always the
voice of God. Never, since the time of
| Herod, has there been such"
Mr. Chamberlain got no further. Inn
mediately after resuming his speech he
had been warned by mutterings from
| the Irish benches that storm was
gathering. He could hardly have ex-
pected the suddenness with which it
broke, for, with his half-fnished refer
enee to Herod, there came from the
nationa1ists such a roar of Indignation
as has not been heard in the house
| since the DAYS of Parnell. Mr.. Cham
| berlain plainly was startled, but he
| tried to talk on. His voice was inau-
dible TO the members on the next bench
| He turned toward the nationalists and
shrill wells of execration sounded
above the uproar. 7. p. OConnor
| sprang to his feet and, leaning toward
Mr.. Chamberlain. shouted Judas" so
loudly that the epithet could be heard
| throughout the house. The rest of the
Irishmen took up the cry and for half
a minute shouted Judas in chorus.
Meantime the clock struck 10. The
chairman tried to put the closure, but
| his voice could not be heard amid the
shouts of the Irish and the unionists.
Then came a see ne unprecedented in
parliamen tary history. Mr.. Mellor
| gave in a weak voice the customary
| directions The conservatives, how
| ever, fatty refused to quit the house.
Weary Gibbs. Gibbou Bowles and VIII
| liam Hamburg shouted to the chairman
| that he must first call Mr.. 0Connor to
order for having called Mr.. Chamber
lain names Mr.. Mellor protested that
he had not heard the epithets in ques-
| ton.
Lord Randolph Churchill and Sir Ed
| ward Clarke got hold of Mr.. Gibbs and
| started with him for the front bench,
| that he might elucidate the cause OF
| the row to Mr.. Mellor, who was max
l ing strenuous but vain efforts to leara
| what the grievance was Mr.. Gibbs
| tried to go forward. but in the general
| jostIing and shouting he was so pushed
about that he gave up his purpose and
| Mr.. Mellor remained uniformed
| Meantime half OF the unionists had
climbed to the benches and We're shout
| ing 'Gag!- Gag Others were strug-
Cling in the aisles or between the
benches with radical, liberal or Irish
| antagonists Curses, yells of pain and
gross insults were heard on every heard
on every side.
John Hogan. liberal, ran down to the
| first opposition bench and began up
braiding Edward Carson. 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.. Hogan by
| the neck. threw him to the floor head
| first and then bundled him under a
| bench. Somebody smashed Tim Healy' 8
high hat down over his eyes. Healy tore
off the hat and sprang into the aisle IN
full fighting posture
Blows were struck right and left
| Members fell and were picked up by
| their friends to fight again The whole
| space between the front benches was
filed with a struggling, cursing mass
of members, striking, c.awing and up
setting each other.
| Eventually Mr.. Gladstone begged Ed
ward Majoribanks. sturdy liberal, to
do something to stop the fighting Mr..
| Majoribanks dug his way through the
| tangled mass of belligerents and by re-
peated appeals in the name of the pre-
mier succeeded in stemming the con-
| fiict.
Speaker Peel took the chair, apollo
| gies were made and order restored.
| The various clauses of the bill were
then adopted
| When the committee rose and Chair
man Mellor reported to Speaker Peel,
| presiding over the house the home rule
bill as amended by the committee,
| cheer after cheer was given and all
hats were waved for Mr.. Gladstone by
the liberals and Irish, who were an
swered by the unionists with counter
cheers. The report stage was fixed for
August :. Adjourned
CHOCTAWS TO BE SHOT.