Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-07-26
Brewing Company Fails.
MILWAUKEE, July 25.-The J. 0berman
Brewing company failed to-day.
GLADsTONE,s sCATHING REPLY.

GLADSTONE'S SCATHING REPLY.
He Severely Arraigns Mr. Chamber
lain for His Utterances-There Were
Cheers and Counter Cheers.
LONDON, July 25.-The house of COM
mons sitting as a committee of the whole
continued this evening the discussion of
the financial proposals in the home rule
bill. Thomas Sexton, anti -Parnell.te, ar
gued that the transitional provisions of the
financial scheme would be advantageous to
Ireland. The burden of tax gathering, he
said, was one which the Irish legislature
might we'll be spared in the first years of
its existence. Mr.. Sexton appealed to John
Redmond not to push the amendment to a
division.
William Redmond, Parnellite, argued
for his brothers proposal. The amend
vision. 1t would be degrading otherwise.
Eventually the Psrnellites had their way
and the division was taken. The amend
ment was lost by vote of 249 to So. The
anti-Psrnellites voted against II. Many
unionists sbstained from voting.
Mr.. Chamberlain, leader of the liberal
unionists, moved to make permanent the
provisional arrangement that Irish taxes
should be collected for six years by the i'm
perial government. MIR. Chamberlain de.
nounced the government for trucking to
the nstionalists. These gentlemen, he said,
would be masters of the situation after six
years and would be able to do as they
pleased. The house was filled during Mr..
Chamberlain's speech.
When the premier rose few seats were
vacant. Mr.. Gladstone began by compar-
ing Mr.. Chamberlain's attitude toward the
bill with the proverbial attitude of
the DEVILS advocate, of whose fuuc-
ton it was to seize eagerly on
every human failing and to misconstrue
everything capable of misconstruction.
This fling at Mr.. Chamberlain was greeted
by the Irish members with loud cheering.
Several shouted "devi's advocate" across
the houRe at Mr.. Chamberlain, and others
reet of Mr. Gladstone's crushing denuncIa-
ton of his former friend and political ally.
After repslling the charge that the Irish
might eventually do as they pleased under
the provisions of the bill and that it in re-
ality settled nothing the premier turned
toward Mr.. Cham berlain, and in voice of
anger and indignation said:
The right honorable gentleman has
brought into public life one of the most
mi echievous prsetices-the practice of con-
tinuslly and deliberately, with the utmost
confidence in his own infsllibility, ascrib-
ing to men who have the right to stand on
the same level with him, who were at one
time his colleagues and were supposed to
be his friends, motives for their acts which
they Indignantly disclaim. prolonged
eheering.] By what gift of infsllibility ia
the right honorable gentleman enabled to
pronounce on the state of things in Ireland
six years hences The Irish members in
| the house now number 1903, yet nobody
will contend that they are omnipotent.
| IA loud ''oh" from Lord Randolph
Churchill. They will return in diminished
| numbers after the passing of the bill, YET
| we hear the argument that they will pre-
vail against $40 Englishmen and Scotch
men,"
After describing Mr.. Chamberlain's ex.
| sggeration of facts as "gross and habitual'
| Mr.. Gladstone closed with the declaration
that the government felt satisfied theil
proposals would meet the approval of the
taxpayers of the country.
As soon as the cheering and counter
| cheering subsidized Mr.. Balfour rose to tn,
defense of Mr.. Chamberlain and hii
speech. Not another man in the house, h
said, would have been permitted to diverg,
| as the premier had done. (Cries of "Ohl'
and "Chsirmsnl9 The term "settled,
in reference to the provisions of the bill
was hardly appropriate. The norma
course in the house was to debate and divid
on a measure. The prime minister hac
seen fit, however, to omit the FIRST of thes'
processes. Derisive Irish cheers). TIL,
Office of "devirs advocate" to which tn,
prime minister had referred, was per
formed only in relation to the defuuct. Die
the prime minister wish the house to I'M
derstand that the home rule bill was de
functi loud cheers and lsughter). If 81
Mr.. Bslfour said he himself was quit
ready to take any part Its authors desired
in its canonizstion. Laughter).
The committee rose shortly after Mr.
Balfour's speech.