New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-09
Copyright. 1893 Bytar Tr;sunc association.

.iNSoctu'ot'
London, Ialy s-wi,hont debate or cppor-
tunitv for debate. wthoat amendment or oppor-
tunitv for moving OF discussing amendments.
without much as the reading OF the clauses.
the House of Commons OH Thursday set up an Irish
legislative Council and an Irish legislative
Assembly. Such j. the first result Of
the new system af closure forced upon the House
BY Mr. Gladstone. II cane into operation auto
natically At ten in the evening. IN" leader Of
tho Opposition was then speaking. He s-
enced bv the rising Of the Chairman to put tho
question. The ii.Jh clause of the bill was then
before the House. the clause which deals with the
veto rcwer There is hardly more important
question than the veto, bnt every proposal to
make it IA real veto instead Of Il sham vcto was
rejected and the closure then ended all cOnsliera-
ton of the matter. and the passage of clauses
six seven and eight followed. There was great
excitement Their" were crics OF shame ana
"Gae,@ and oven "Gaggcr," al addressed to Mr.
Gladstone by the Minority on whose rights he was
trampling. There We're cheers and counter cheers,
long sustained The Irish members INDUCED IN
tlat peculiar paStimc known as booing at their
onponepts When the majority for the sixth claus
ssnb to fifteen a fresh storm broke forth. the
Opposition cheering wildly. They provoked Mr.
Gladstone into a gesture OF contempt. ana that
provoked an Irish Unionist Mr.. Johnston, into Il
similar gesture by way OF retort. The whole
scene was dcporahle
The clauses thus rushed through under the
closure were in truth each of them bills each IN
volving vast constitutional change Mr "laE
stone woud not permit them 20 ne conslderei oy
the House Never has there been any such cXeF
ce of arbitrary power by an Enslish Prlmc MIN
ister Thirteen pages OF amendments were s"'p'
into the waste paper basket when ten o'clock
Il. 81, Of non
in Committee had settled without one word of de-
bate the composition Of the brand new IRISH Leg
islative Council and of the brand new Irish l"Qs-
lative Assembly, II had called new Parliament
into being, and shorn itself OF some OF IT. own
most essential lcei,ativ" authority.
Mr. Gladstone is probably the arcatcSt NJ moHr
of Parliament who ever lived, and II l. hl' hlnd
and his autocratic will which have reduced the
House of Commons to an office for registering
his DEGREES His own friends AMI supporters o'-
ject and protest but without avail. Ihero are
members Of his Cabinet who stood ont against
him. hut they have been ovelruled and ov"rboIne.
and they had not the courage 70 resign
The most radical Uome Rule organ in the Lon
don press avows that this ndiscrminate eXtlnc-
ton of all amendments. GOOD, bad and innlitcreh''
would "undcr certain circumstances, Dc lhtoi-
orohla Then il says: In short, this cioSnrlnS
the hill woull como again before the llonSH oi
Commons Well il is not certain the bi! Will
come again before the llouSr OF Commons, nor
does ANYBODY know, if it does como. when, or
how. or in what circumstances it will come Bnt
euppose il docs What guarantee Is th"r" thdt
debate viii then be- pcrmittod? The present un-
rrccedcntcd use of the closure Will then h1N"
passed into Il precedent, AMI ~ instrument oi IN
Justice is 50 useful Il precedent
But all that is in the futur" AMI pulciv con-
,octural What w. ,cr IL the present i an in
vasior of the liberties Of Parliament totally with
ont precedent or excuse. due entirely 70 MI Nlad-
stone. con,ciol-ic>~ that HON" Rule cannot be
passed. OF cannot he passed. hv him. otherwise
+h,n bv Violence This violence. pcIp'tratcd
with the help of small but sufficient anl, for
the most past. scrvic mljori,y, he now calls
"mora force
The thrca events which have been mo>l
astrous to the Ministry duiins the week have
been First, the Dion incident; second, the auto
matte operation OF the closure: thir,i. the r"-
ductIon Of thcir majority 70 fifteen. Seldom IN
any legislative assembly has any memhr been so
suddenly and completely Gi>crcditcl a. Mr.. Dli- |
lon lie WIS pillar of iIom" Rule, not. in le"l |
in the lloWs", wLrc he nev"r acquired aith f''N'
but in Ireland. where l. hai become IN" fa>mon |
TO pl3le nun lOf honesty. ii V'H"'l"i ''"P''
ment 10 hi, comrades Mr.. Clnwhcrlain quoted |
weel, ago from Mr.. Dillons w"ll-ltnown and
often quoted speech, in which h. threatened Ven
neance upon the enemies Of the people, and
said TO Mr. Gladstone You rc putting it in his
mower 70 execute lis threat" VI Dillon asked
for the date and place OF the speech. Mr.. Cham
berlain supplied them on the spot, but Mr. Dill
lon sat silent His silcaor lasted for wck.
Then having taken week to prepare his defence,
no old tlc House il truc he had threatened
praucc but the threat was uttered uni: Fat
Just after TN" massacre at Mitclcls-
tov,r ,vh.n he had seen three innocent men shot
down bv the police III cold blood. The Glal-
s,onians chcercd him to the echo Mr. Gladstone,
who had move! T. be- near Inn, with his htnl 10
his ear. chccicd him. Nr Dillon carried, to some
extent. the sympathics of the House with him.
Ills allies Al any rate felt that his defence coupled
with an expression OF regret was S"''coh'' n'
sat down trium. hant
", Ch,mhsrloin rose. "Ah.8 he said, calmly.
~, WIS the Massacre Of MitchelstOwn which
drovo Mr. Dillon 10 make t1eSc thr",'s. Does
The House know that the Na,sacr" o! Ntch"i'-
town took place on September 9, 1857, ana that
Mr.. Dllon's speech was delivered on December ,,
lss6o7
Never was there such sensation never snnh
colldpse. never such dirmay among inc ''l'"-
s,onlans never sach crushing exposure u,
dishonest defence Mr. Dillon himself sat crnshc
and uttcrcl not a word The next day Ia pleihcl
feebly thar bo had confused one speech WIN
another that he had meant 10 wv
honest" with the House. and that ms m.h'rN
PLAYED him false II would not do. Ihe House
ae A matter Of courtesy. always accepts Ni''h-
bers explanations. and takes his word. or eiV'S
him the benefit Of the doubt Bat NJ. DiiIph
position, whatever il was. is gone In" d''"p'
to sustain him in the press hal no h'ar' IN It,
Mr.. Gladstone as Mr.. lialour said in the hous',
retired dismaycd. Il did not rctort"d 'h' ',
man, augrily; hut the expression OF his lace 'o''