The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1893-08-05
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BRITISH coMMoNERS SCRAP.
Hot Words from Joseph dXeDhan1n
and . Cry OF Judas" fro4n -
Irish Start . Fight.


There was the liyelIest kind Of hPugh -
tumble fight In the British House Il Co.
mons on Thursday night. " !,
The proceedings early In the evening v0a
tame enough until 0.45. Then Joseph Cham
terlain arose to deliver the hnal broadside q
the opposition. He was still smarting under
the lash which Mr.. Gladstone swung On
Tuesday. He re ferred to the course Of Ia
prime minister In a scornful manner aud q
nounced the debate on the bill under u
cloture rule as farce.
"The prime minister calls black and hi
adherents say It is good" said the speaker
1.-The prime minister calls white and they
say It is better. [Unionist laughter. II y
always the voice of God. Never since tn
time of Herod has there been such -"
Mr.. Chamberlain got no further, for with his
half finished reference to Hcrod there came
from the Nationalist such a roar Of iudigna-
tlou as has not been heard in the House since
the days of Parnell.
Mr.. Chamberlain tried to talk on, but his
voice was inaudiblc to the members on the
next bench. Shrill yells of execration from
the Irish sounded above the uproar. T p
OConnor sprang to his feet and leaning To-
wards Mr.. Chamberlain shouted "Jndns'' 80
loudly that the eplthet could be heard MI
over the house. The rest of the Irishmens
caught up the cry and shouted Judas in.
chorus.
Meantime the clock struck ten. The chair
man tried to put the cloture but his voice
could not be heard.
Then came a scene unprecedented in par
liamentary history. Mr.. Mellor gave in y
weak voice the customary directions The
fa,t ,-
the house Gibbs, Bowles and Hamburg
shouted to the chairman that he must firxt
call Mr.. o'Connor to order for having called
Mr.. Chamberlain names. Mr. Mellor pro-
tested that he had not heard the epthets IA.
question. The members crowded forward in
excited groups, shaking their fists and shout,
ing their demands.
Meantime half of the Unionis.s had climbed
to the benches and were shouting "Gag. cag-"
Others were struggling In the aisles or be-
tween the benches with Radical, Liberal or
Irish antagonists. Curses, yells of pain and
gross insults were heard on every side John
Logan, Liberal, ran down 10 tie first opposi-
| tion bench and began upraiding Edward Car
son, Tory. As he shook his fist under Mr.
Carson's nose, George Wyndham and VII
liam Fisher jumped TO the assistance OF their
party colleague, seized Mr.. Logan by he
neck, threw him to the floor head firss and
then bundled him under a bench. Somebody
smashed Tim Healy's high hat down over his
eyes. Healy tore off his hat and sprang into
the aisle in full fighting posture just as Mr.
Hamburg, still shouting that the chairman
must name Mr.. O'Connor, was trying to get
by. Mr.. Hamburg was knocked over beach
by the force of the collision before Mr.. Hcaly
got in blow.
free fight then broke out at the gaugway-
The center of IL was William Redmond, PR
nellite, who had taken advantage of the gen
eral license TO push over Colonel SaBdGrson,
the champion of the men Of Ulster Sander
son was rescued and led the attack on the
Parnellites. Blows were struck right md
left. Members fell and were picked up by
their friends TO fight again The whole space
between the front benches filled with a.
struggling, cursing mass Of members, strik-
ing, clawing and upsetting each other. The
sergeant-at-arms was powerless.
Eventually Mr. Gladstone begged Edward
Majoribanks, sturdy Liberal, to do some
thing to stop the fighting. Mr.. Majoribanks
dug his way through the belllgerents and by
repeated appeals in the name of the PREMIER,
succeeded In stemming the conflict Colonel
Sanderson emerged first from the crowd Of
fighters. He was holding a bunch of keys to
his black eye. Others followed in more ur
less damaged condition
Mr.. Gladstone, sitting upright, had watched
the scene with iniamed face and an EXPIRES
sion of sorrow, indignation and astonish-
ment which will never be efraced from the
memory of those who observed 1t. Chairman
Mellor sent for Speaker Peel as soon as order
was restored
Mr.. O'Connor apologized for calling Mr..
Chamberlain ''Judas," and the business WIS
resumed.