The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-07-07

LONDON, July 6.-The house Of com.
mons was crowded tonight with per-
sons eager to see clause 5 OF the home
bill forced through the committee, The
members worked steadily, Only an oc-
casional ehullition OF Unionist resent
ment or bitterness disturbed the pro-
ceedings. At 9:4O o'clock Mr., Baltour,
leader Of the UnioniSts, began speak
ing. lie was in the middle Of
u sentence whom Big Ben struck 10
o'clock, He did not wait to finish it,
but resumed his seat amid deafening
opposition cheers and cries Of shame
and "gag." Almost Immediately
Chairman Meller put the question Of
the last Unionist amendment He
spoke timidly, as ii afraid OF his own
words, and his voice was hardly
audible in tho din. Cheers and
counter cheers resumed as Mr..
Gladstone and his colleagues troop
ed out into the division Lobby.
Some Of the tories shouted gag" and
Coercion" They were answered with
Irish cheers and the waving OF Irish
hats. The amendments was lost by q
vote OF 1924 to 1S6. AS the leaders re.
turned from tho lobbies all the mem.
bers were on their feet to receive them
with cheers and waving hats. Clause 3,
which concerned the Irish executive
authority, was then passed by vote Of
324-to $50.
Charles P. Villiers, Liberal Unionist,
who has sat in the house since 1885,
was too feeble to walk unassisted into
the lobby, and was almost carried by
his friends
Clause 9, which provides for an Irish
parliament with legislative council Of
forty.eight members, was passed with.
out debate. The vote was 3l5 to 800.
Henry Labouchere, radical; John
Burns, labor; Charles Oonybeare, radi.
cal, and Gavin Brown Clark, radical,
went with the opposition in this diyi.
sion, so as to make known their disap-
proval OF the creation Of an
Irish house OF lords. The smallness Of
the majority and tho preparations OF
the government to proceed with the
passing of clause eight caused intense
excitement throughout the house. The
Conservatives howled and the Irish
howled back, while the Liberals cheered
with might and main. William Johns.
ton, Conservative for South Belfast, was
seen waving both arms toward the
treasury bench and opening and closing
his mouth rapidly, but oven those near
est him did not catch word Of his pro-
test. Chairman Mellor tried to obtain
the attention OF the house, but his
voice was lost in the volume OF opposi-
ton cheers. Eventually the exhaustion
of the unionists gave him an opportu-
nifty to put the question of clause Z,
which provides for the constitution Of
an Irish legislative assembly.
Sir James Ferguson, Conservative,
for Northeast Manchester, exclaimed:
'There arc blanks in this clause. We
do not know what it means. How can
wo vote intelligently on it?"
"No question can be raised at this
time" replied Chairman Mellor. The
clause was then carried by vote OF
325 to 2S9. The largeness Of the major
ity evoked loud Irish cheers, which
were answered by the Unionists.
SNu6G MllAGl SahIs
OF disagreement between the two houses
OF the Irish legislature, was carried by
q vote Of 1926 to 29l. The abatement OF
the confusion left Mr.. Gladstone an OPP
portunity to move that the committee
rise and report progress. The motion
was carried before tho Conservatives
fairly realized what WAS being done.
Mr. Gladstone hastily gathered his
papers and left the house. The opposi-
ton, after denouncing tho premier for
his summary method Of cutting of fur
ther discussion, agreed on a motion TO
adjourn
A page and half Of the bill was
pushed through committee this even
ing. This Is almost as much space as
the house In committee had disposed Of
in all the previous sitLings.