The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-07-29
FIGHTING STATESMEN.
The Disgraoeful Row in the Brit
ish House Of Commons.
PRESS COMMENTS ON THE AFFAIR

Their Own Satisfaction That tho Pre-
mier Was Responsible, While His Ad-
herents as Confidently Provo the Reverse
LONDON, July 20.-Much space on the
editorial pages of the London dailes is de-
voted to comment on the fight in the
house of commons. The Times says; Mr.
Gladstone must feel some qualms when he
looks upon the working out of his latest
achievement The suppression Of free de-
bate by the tyrannical vote of the major
ICY ia worthier of the French revolutionary
convention than Of the house of commons.
It is certain 20 disintegrate and demoral-
ize parliament. Il has goaded the minor
ity, deprived of the right to discuss a
measure involving vast constitutional
changes, into an outburst of angry indig-
nation. We regret that the opposition
took notice of the disgraceful insults with
which Mr.. Chamberlain was assailed. The
political manners of the president Of the
house might have been left to ser We an ex-
ample of what would occur in the Irish
legislature should Mr.. Gladstone succeed
in establishing that preposterous body"
The Standard says. I'VE had all with
out distinction Of party, believed that dis
order in our legislature never would de-
generate to blows. We cannot longer flat
ter ourselves thus. We must in the future
renounce the privilege of observing from
pinnacle Of conscious dignity the affrays
in the colonial assemblies and the broils
in the French chamber The episode must
have been unspeRkably painful to Mr.
Gladstone. His bitterest opponent must
allow that he has sought to maintain a
high standard of courtesy and dignity in
parliament"
The Daily News CGladstonian) gives this
view of the trouble: when the public
learn how the disturbance arose there will
be a universal feeling of indignation and
regret that the most illustrious statesman
of the age was exposed to such insults as
! those flung by Mr.. Chamberlain. Tocom-
pare Mr. Gladstone with the impious
Herod at the awful close Of his career met
the warmest approval of the opposition.
To refer to Mr.. Chamberlain as Judas"
was an outrage to be resented with vio-
lence. It 10 noteworthy that whereas
Mr.. O'Connor apologized, there was no
hint of apology or retraotion from Mr.
| Chamberlain and bis abettors. The people
Of the country will resent the insult in a
manner which may cause Mr.. Chamberlain
and his friends regret for the rest of their
political lives"
The Daily Chronicle Unionist) says that
bility for the scene. while Mr.. Glad
stones epithet devils advocated for Mr..
Chamberlain was playful and perfectly
good natured," says The Chronicle, 1.-THE
other was uncourteous and unwise and is
sued from a bosom in which Mr.. Glad
stones shaft was still ranking"
The Daily Telegraph (Unionist) finds in
Mr.. Gladstone the cause of the trouble.
1.-THE members of the opposition it says,
were Justly exasperated by the brutal
despotism under which they had suffered
for a month, and were further provoked
beyond endurance by the usual insolent
outcries below the gangways."
The Westminster Gazette (Gladstonian)
says: 'The Irish members admittedly
were not responsible for the disturbances.
Mr.. Fisher and his friends struck the first
blow. Since the essentially disgraceful
element was imported by members pass.
ing as English gentlemen it must become
hereafter hypooritioal cant of the most
odious kind for Englfshmen to draw con.
trasts, to their own supposed exaltation
Of what the Irish parliament will be like. y
The Pail Mall Gazette says, under the
caption of Mother of Free Fights,
Every Englishman must feel the dis
grace. Nevertheless, it cannot be said that
the scene was out of keeping with the
whole story of the home RUE bill Mr.
Gladstone muzzled the house and rabies
set in"
"The Globe Conservative says: ut /,
not a case for Determinations between
parties and factions Every incident was
disgraoeful and humiliating. Only one
lower depth is attainable-the introduction
of bowie knives and revolvers. If The
warning be forgotten, men with character
to lose will not go where there is risk o
losing them and future members of parlia
= ment will have to be found among thu
ready of fist and insolent of tongue"