Birmingham age-herald., 1894-07-22
'oayo Cloture by Intervention of
 z the Speaker.
UNUSUAL PROCEDURE,
And One Seldom ReSorted To. Lords Kicking for Their
 Rights.

LONDON July 21.-l Cable Letter. The debate on the evicted tenants bill in the house of commons last night would be closured but for the intervention of the speaker, who has rarely so exercised his prerogative. The fact was not generally known at the time, but the speaker pri- vately informed Sir William Harcourt that he would not give his assent to closure in view of important issues raised by the measure which merited full and free dis cussion. The leaders of the opposition have assented to an early division, and an understanding has been arrived at whereby d division will be taken on Monday. Upon entering the committee stage the bill will be fought line by line, and this will occupy at least a month, notwithstanding the fact that Sir William Harcourt has only allowed few days to carry the measure through to it's final passage.
 All expectation that the programme of the government will be carried into effect by the end of August has already vanished. When the evictcd tenants bill is passed the other measures mentioned by the chancellor of the exechequer in his speech outlining the governments programme must either be thrown overheard or else the house must
  most prominent members of the ministry are exceedingly wroth over the prospect and declare that they will sit until Christi mas if necessary to carry out the govern men.'s policy. The Parnelites will seek to secure political point over the evicted tenants bill by moving amendments, the acceptance of which is very improbable, yet which are calculated 10 strengthen the position of that faction of the lrish party in Ireland.
 The hill in ita Dreaant shape prnvidaa for the reinstatement of an evicted tenant only when the farm from which he was evcted is occupied and the landlord or sit. ting tenant is willing to move if compen- sated for vacating. The Parnellites pro- pose the appointment of arbtrators who shall be empowered to reinstate evicted tenants under any circumstances, includ- ing the compulsory removal of sitting tenants. MT. John Morley's tact is evinced by his selection of three arbitra- tors who, all sides agree, will form thoroughly impartial tribunal. Judged from the tone of the tory press, the re- jection of the bill by the house of lords, despite it's generally admitted merits, re- mains assured.
 Lord Salisbury's specific denial that he, as the opposition leader in fhe house of lords, rIends to secure the redectiop ot the budget bill by that body has not 1o5khe effect 10 remove general expectation that the lords will make some demonstration in support of the rights of the peers to deal with bills appropriating money.
 The Duke of Rutland has written a letter in which he declares that the peers can re- ject or alter any financial projects they may see fit, and the matter summed up, all that can be said is that, if the peers insist on al- tering the bill, an immediate dissolution is inevitable and general election, pivoting upon the abolition of the house of lords, is equally certain.
 The leaders of the Irish party calculate that twenty nine seats will be ontes.ed at the next election, including the seven seats now occupied by the unionists, v the evicted tenants bill passes the (stouse of lords the larger part of the parish ksnd will be released 10 assist the party in the next election. Otherwise the party purse will be subjected to heavy strain.
 The leading question before the Wesleyan conference is that of the admission of women as delegates, which will be decided at the sitting of Monday. The question is raised by the application for admission of Miss Dawson, who has been elected to rep- resent the Birmingham synod in the con- ference upon the question. There is se- rious division of opinion. The elders and more conservative delegates oppose the ad- mission of women, holding that the inno- vation is illegal and against all precedent here or in the United StBtes, but very considerable section of the delegates favor the immediate recognition of the work and and influence of women by their admis- sion. The case of Miss Dawson will prob- ably be referred to committee.
 Iu consequences of the massage scandals mentioned in these dispatches last week, detectives have visited and warned the own CTS and managers of a number of places in the West End to close up their houses on the ground that they were employing as- sistants who were not in possession of proper certificates. The result was that many of these houses were snmmarily closed up. Officials of the home office state that out o f scores of so-called massage es- tablishments visited by the detectives, only about half doZen were legitimate. The others were gorgeously furnished houses, which charged enormous fees and employed double staffs of attendants, half male and half female. These establishments admitted so-called patients of both sexees, who were privileged to choose either "masseur'' or 'masseuese. The home office inquiry into the matter has been conducted so as to lead to DO public disclosures, but the con- dition of things was found to be as immoral as could be imagined.