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LONDON. May 1O.-The debate on the bulge,
bill In the Commons this evening was begun
before q well-hllsd house. As II continued
signs Of intense interest IN the coming divis-
lon became evident on all sides. The m en- bers'
seats were occupied. the Hobbies were packed.
the galleries were filling rapidly. and q great
crowd was gathering outside.
The heavy oratorical artillery was brought
out by Arthur Balfou.. leader ofths Unionists.
Whether good or bad. he said. the budget was
wholly inconsistent with the traditions Of Lib
eral finance 1t was not national but class
budget. In IL the Government assaulted GER
tain interests to propitlate others They dealt
unjustly with the brewers and publlcans on
the fsllscious assumption that excessive
profits justified excessive taxation.
The graduated income tax might be good In
principle. but the method OF application pro-
posed by the Government directly menaced
trade and individual interests. The new
estate duties mulcted iniauitously the large
properties The budget might empty the
country houses. might deliver over the small
sporting estates to become portions OF the
larger aggregate owned possibly by come
American millionaire. but the exhaustive
draughts upon the greater properties under
the estate duties would in nowise bring nearer
by single day the m il!elninm which the Gov
H. Bsliour said he was sure nEs tbe public had
greatest blot on which vas the absurd preten-
the existing anomalies OF taxation.
Sir William Harcourt Chancellor OF the Ex-
reject the bill. he said. represented the land
and liquor interests The opposition had con-
tended that beer , and spirituous liquors could
then, favor taxing tea sugar. and grain. or
referring to Mr.. Baltour's strictures upon
The new estate duties and the income tax. SIR
william ,Hsrcourt quoted the recommended
support Of graduation in taxation. Common IN
sense. he said. found in such graduation a
Just and expedient system. Therein lay the
suSmoG To The Eou.e the SSSess
should be rejected the principle must survive.
ienged the vote Of the House on this principe.
and he was prepared. when. the time should
come, to, ask the country's verdict loud
When Sir William Harcourt closed his speech
the House was packed and suspense was writ
ranks. The division was made siowig. as the
memb ers went into the Hobbies with painful
Tss bs
was awaited with keen anxiety. They came
that 30S members had voted for the second
reading and 284 against It. When tho Speaker
read these figures to the House the supporters
Of the Government burst into roaring cheers,
The Unionists replied with equal vigor and
nearly two minutes elapsed before quiet was
=, In the division all the Parnellites and William
Saunders, Radical for the walworth district OF
troy, sydney Evershed. and William McEwan,
all Liberals. abstained from voting.
Robert Threshie Reid. who had to stand
again after his elevation to the Solicitor Gem
eralship. was reelected to-day without opposi-
ton to represent Dumfrle buS Ae was unable
to take his seat in time 10 vote.