The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-23
TRIUMPH OF HOME RULE.
The Old Time Excitement Lacking in
The House.
The Exact Majority the Government
Would Receive Known Before the
Vote Was Taken-Gladstone in Fine
Form for Making His Closing
Spaaobg- -p1a,,s oF tho rUorias

London, April 22.-The scene in the
lobbies of the House Of Commons after
the division on the second reading
of the home rule bill last night
went far to prove the contention of
the liberals that the bitterness of an
tagonism to home rule has abated much
in the seven years since Mr. Gladstone
introduced the prototype of the present
measure. There was the old crowd of
members gathered in shifting groups,
there was the same earnest discussion of
the final debate, but the intense excite
ment that prevailed when the first home
rule bill was thrown out, was entirely
lacking.
The parties had calculated the result of
the division so exactly that hours before
the members went into the division lob
bies the vote was known to a man. The
fact that the government would have
torty-three majority was nOised about the
house before 9 o'clock. Consequently the
keen curiosity which usually attaches to
q matter of two or three votes more or
less was satisfied long in advance of the
firing OF the final OratOrical guns. Every
party polled almost its full strength. Tho
Parnellites and anti-Parnellites did what
hNNNA bNiplC ldo btNi hbiit III Iitil la
mentary history, polled their full vote to
the last man, 1t was the first time that
the two factions of nationalists had acted
in perfect harmony since the formal dis
ruption of the old party.
CHAMBERLAIN's CONTINGENT.
OF the forty-fve liberal unionists,
Joseph Chamberlain's contingent, forty
three voted against the bill. The other
two kept clean the opposition record of
their party by pairing with ministerialsts
before absenting themselves.
After the division Mr. Gladstone was
the center of a group of jubilant national
lists. He had made his final plea before
the division with full voice and the fer
vent energy Of his younger days, yet he
responded without a sign of fatigue to the
hand-shalling and congratulations offered
by his followers before he left the house.
After Mr. Gladstone's departure manyof
the majority adjourned TO the National
Liberal Club, where the success of home
rule and the prosperity of Ireland as ma
tion were repeatedly proposed amidst the
waving of handkerchiefs and napkins and
rousing cheers.
THE NEXT QUESTION.
The next question is: What will happen
to the bill in cOmmittee2 viii the liberal
uniOnists remain irreconcilabc to the last,
the bill and try to amend it2 Lord Sails
bury will call conference of the oppOsi-
tion leaders early in May to decide upon
the details of the campaign against the
measure in committee The general line
Of the opposition which then will be in
dorsed is, however, already apparent. 1t
will be a series of amendments proposing
to secure increased representation of the
Irish minority both in the imperial and
tla Il11hliO narliampnf IN nfhpts xvopHc
the unionists will continue in committee
to flaunt the bloody orange shirt after the
fashion of Mr.. BalfOur in Belfast and
Lord Randolph Churchill in Liverpool
THE LAND QUESTION.
r. w. Russell, who assists Col Saunder-
son in talking for the men of Ulster, will
move, moreover, that before the bill be-
comes operative the imperial parliament
shall settle the Irish land question. This
motion already has the sanction of the
unionist leaders. The fact that these
amendments will be offered is regarded as
signifying that the unionists will accept
the bill ultimately as law, and that they
propose to make the best of it instead Of
relying upon the House of Lords to reject
it. The prospect otherwise of conflict
between the two houses in which the
lords and, together with them, the tories
generally would certainly be worsted has
had considerab BILE weight In favor of this
line of action.
AN ANTI-HOME RULE MEETING.
Albert hall was crowded to-day with
10000 people, the occasion being the anti
home rule demonstration planned by the
unonist alliance. The spectacle was
most brilliant one The whole first tier
of boxes was filed with ladies in bright
summer costumes, and the front plat
form was decorated with palms,
masses of flowers and banners.
The vast assemblage displayed great
enthusiasm and sang "Rule Britannia"
and national anthems. Among the union
lists present were the Marquis of London
derry, Earl of Arran and Earl of BandOn,
Baron Ashburne and nearly every Irish
tory The Duke of Abercom presided
He said that they were entering upon
"a deadly struggle. Was everything they
held dear, he asked, to be abandoned at
the command of the dictator. William Il.
Gladstone. Here the speaker was inter
rupted by groans for Gladstone and cries
of "Traitor and Bara bias" The duke
proceeded to say that the verdict still re-
NAMED with the British people, who
could be trusted to finally reject
the abhorrent measure. Resolu-
tions were adopted by the
meeting denouncing Irish home rule.
Seven hundred delegates from Ireland ar
rived in London to-day to attend this
meeting. The delegates wore favors of
orange and green. They are to be enter
tanned at breakfast and dinner by aris-
tocratic members Of the unionist party of
Great Britain.
A CLASH AT DUBLIN.
Dublin, April 22.-News Of the division
in the House Of Commons last night on
the second reading Of the Irish home
rule bill was received in Armagh early
this morning. The nationalists at once
proceeded to hold a celebration in honor Of
the triumph, and paraded the streets
with cheers for home rule. The unionists
made a INSTRUMENTATION and the
two parties came into collision. Shots
were exchanged between the advocates
and antagonists of home rule, and several
persons were injured in the encounter
one of the injured being a constable.
FIGHTING AT BELFAST.
Belfast, April 22.-One thousand men
from the Queens Island ship yard
marched through the streets of Belfast to-
day singing the national anthem. AS the
men were passing through Carrick Hill, a
quarter inhabited largely by nationalists,
a fight began between the two factions.
A strong force of police interfered TO
quel the disorder, and several arrests
were made.
Five Corpses Recovered.
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