The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-16
TORIES IN FOR A BIG FIGHT.
The Greatest War Of Obstruction EV-
Cr Wa9ed at Hand.

Dy endless Motions and DIVISIONS on
the Financial Clauses-They Hope to
Reduce the Government Majority to
Minimum and Force a Premature
Dissolution of Parliament.
Lodon, July 5.-The stubbornuess of
the unionists against the nome ule bill
has been rendered only temporarily fu-
tile. 1t has not been conquested.
Messrs. Balfour, Chamberlain andChurch-
i'll, assisted by Sir Henry James and Mr..
Goschen, decided yesterday upon obstruc-
tion sina new form. They are preparing to
hold back the government business by
opstructiug the work on the estimates
The home rule bill will be got
through the House of Commons about
August q. Under ordinary circum-
stances fortnight more would wind up
the business Of the session. The game Of
the unionists is however, to prOlong the
session, despite the heat and exhaustion,
for weeksrafter the House Lof ords shall
have rejected the bill. They intend to
accomplish their purpose by means of
endless motions and divisions on the fl
nancial votes
now TO CUT DOWN THE MAJORITY.
They hope thus to reduce the govern
ment majority to a minimum and eventu-
ally to give the ministry premature disso-
luton by their prolonged brawling and
bullying. Dissolution is now the goal of
the unionist effort, for the unionist lead
ers are confident that another appeal to
the country would result in lib
eral defeat. They say that Mr.. Glad
stones repeated concessions to the
Irish have alienated from him
thousands of unionist electors
In their minds any means to hasten the
approach of the next general elections
are justified, as they hold that the rcjec-
tiOn of the home rule bill by the House of
Lords ought, according to the principles
obtaining in the relations of the govern
ment to parliament, to be followed imme-
dia5ely by an appeal to the country.
TO BE THE MOST vEXATIoUs OF ALL.
A new campaign of obstruction, there
fore, is about to be opened, with the pros
peCt Of surprising in sheer VeXatiOD of
spirit and waste of time, anything that
parliament has experienced In prepara-
tion for this campaign Robert HaubUTys
conservative member for Preston, has
taken the field with almost a hun
dred amendments. Gibson BoWles, a
dyed-in- the-wool Tory, member for Lynn
regis, has given notice of fifty more.
AS there will be a score more hardly more
modest in their demands upon the pa
thence of the House of Commons, it is diff
hcult to guess when the end will be. 1t
is certain that the tory plan, unless
frustrated in novel manner. viii mean
the complete blocking OF parliamentary
progress.
TO TAKE VACATIONS IN RELAYS.
While this plan has been Matching the
liberals hoped that II would be rendered
vain by the revolt of the young tory MEM
bers, whose spirits already have been
sorely tried by the necessity OF attending
obstructive debates. The conservative
whips have crushed this hope, however,
by arranging TO give patches of members
of the opposition their vacations by turn.
They win send away the different
groups in such order and numbers that
the house can be kept going. Early in
September, at the time set by the govern
ncut for prOrOgatiOn, a large group of
unionists Will be brought back fresh from
their outing to fight for delay tooth and
nail. These tactics will cause the minis
tiers unreasonable embarrassment, as 1t
is almost impossible to closure the de-
bates on the estimates The liberals are
talking about the governments adopting
radical measures to thwart the oppOsi
tion's game, but as yet nobody has dis
covered the means by which this can be
done.
MUTINY OF THE PARNELLIrEs.
The mutiny Of the ParneIlites under
John Redmond, against the financial pro-
posals, will probably be subdued. The
means. as usual, will be concession from
the government. The Parnelites viii
smother their opposition to the clauses in
question in consideration OF Mr.. Glad
stones promise to appoint commission
on the relations OF Ireland 70 Great Bri-
tain.
UNIQUE SPEECH.
Keir Hardie, who describes himself
politically as a democrat and socialist,
and is known rs the most picturesque of
tie labor members, made a UNIQUE and
interesting speech in the house last even
ing against the proposal to waste the
time of the members upon a mummery
address Of congratulation in connection
with the Duke of York's mar
riage. 1t was as melancholy as repre-
hensible, he said, to frittcr away time
on such frivolity when the government
had refused to grant a single hour for Gis-
cussing the relief of tens of thousands Of
unemployed, half-fed worlIingmen. Mr..
Hardie had the un3poken sympathy of
many mem bers, and The ministers waited
in dumb fear that he might divide the
house. and with the aid Of the irreprcssi-
bic Mr. Labouchere, lead the government
into a disastrous pitidu. He contented
himself, however, with The protest.
A FIGURE OF PATHETIC INTEREST.
In the two series of divisions taken
under the closure resolution on the home
rule bill, Mr. Gladstone has been q figure
OF pathetic interest. He has remained at
his post despite his painful WEAKNESS,
through both evenings, and has trUdged
faithfully into the lobby every time
closure was voted. Last Thursday even
ing in the crowded liberal lobby he began
talking with his nearest neighber con-
cerning the success of tho government.
After a few remarks he asked this neigh
Dor for his name. The member replied:
".Iohn Burns, sir" Mr.. Gladstone
prasped the hand of the celebrated
labor agitator, as he said pathetically:
s'My sight is failing. Very often only the
contour Of the person and the tone of his
voice enable me to recognize him. The
conversation then turned on the strain to
which the session subjected the members
and MIR. Burns remarked: Hard work
makes one work, but at the same time
makes one love it.
80 have felt" Mr.. Gladstone answer
ed, "and you may live many years to put
that principle in practice. We both have
been workers" ." The conversation was