Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-02
HOME RULE CARRIED.
The Bill Passed by the House of Com.
mons by "a Majority.


mons by "a Majority.
The Irish home rule bill passed the hons.
OF commons at midnight last night by a
vote OF SG ayes to 267 nays, a majority
of "a.
The time having arrived for the third
reading Of the bill the speaker formally
put the motion and ordered a division of
the house. Mr. Gladstone was the first
to record his vote and Mr.. Morley was the
last. Each was accorded an ovation, as
was also Mr.. Balfour.
When the figures were announced the
Irish members sprang to their feet and
cheered wildly, waving hats, handkerchiefs,
and the like while the opposition members
raised counter cheers and shouts Of Re
sign. resign
On the liberal side Of the house Will
liam Saunders. member for the Wolworth
division OF Newington. voted against the
voting, and William Rathbone member
for the Arfon division of Carnavonshire,
was absent. On the unionist side Sir Ed
ward Watkin and Baron Henry de Worms
were absent.
Closing the Debate.
Justin Mccarthy, the anti-Parnellite
leader, was the first speaker in the closing
debate on the bill. He said that although
the bill did not have the pedantic charac-
ter of flnality which its opponents con-
tended any home rule measure must have,
1t contained finality in principle. When
Ireland should get her national parliament
IT would include fnality In the true sense
measure as a final adjustment of their lead
ing grievance against Great Britain.
Joseph Chamberlain, leader of the lib
eral unionists, while disclaiming all inten-
ton OF questioning Mr.. McCarthy's sim
certify, said that he could not forget how
announcer leader OF the Irish, after accept
ing bill as complete settlement Of the
demands Of Ireland. recanted and declared
II was accepted only as q temporary in
stallment.
IF this bill ever be passed." continued
Mr.. Chamberlain. you viii have the Irish
coming to parliament demanding more
and more and putting pressure on minis
try after ministry. until at last some min
lister VIII be found weak enough or base
enough to buy the Irish vote by granting
final separation. (Hear, hearD The mis-
chief that the government has done by in
Producing this policy is irreparable II
has made enormously more difficult the gov
eminent of Ireland; 1t has postponed in
definitely the hope of the completion of a
better settlement.
The bill is now about to go to another
place. We probably shall never see 1t
again. (Cheers.) But whether we see II
or not l am convinced that the British
people will give the policy embodied in IL
deathblow at the first opportunity Of
fered them. This bill will vanish. but the
y,
independence, and it's treatment of vital
interests of the country, as mere incidents
Of the New Castle program, will not be
forgotten nor forgiven by the British de-
mocracy."
Prolonged unionist cheers followed this
peroration.
Mr.. Balfour, conservative leader, said
that the house had not discussed three
fourths of the home rule bill, either in
committee or in the report stage. The bill
was an absolute reversal of the constitu-
ton. 1t involved a change Of every funda-
mental principle of the constitution. What
was the prospect of gain to Ireland? The
Irish members Of parliament had INDUCED
in destructive criticism of the landlords
and the Irish government, but had never
yet produced a practical proposal likely
to be Of permanent value and to relieve
the troubles Of the country they aspired to
rule. The present bill was a mockery of
legislation. Every one voting for il knew
something of its worthlessness. and that to
pass 1t was like trying to put life into a
dead carcass.
John Morley, chief secretary for Ireland.
held that the opposition to the bill under
discussion had been conducted in bad faith.
If obstruction was patriotism, he said.
closure was patriotism. In regard to the
argument that there was no finality about
the bill he had never claimed q finality
for any solution of any deep-rooted politi-
cal question. There was no such thing.
In the Lords.
Immediately after the sitting of the house
of lords was resumed, and five minutes
later the home rule bill passed its first
reading.