The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-24
LEADING TOPICS OF LONDON.
THE ALL NIGHT SESSION OF PAR
LAMENT.

tionaI Conference of Irishmeu.
Chamberlain's speech on the south
African SituafiOn-A Bitter Fight
On over the sectarian school
Question Between the Non-COn-
formists and Catholics.
London. May 23.-The scene in the House
of Commons yesterday morning during
the discussion Of the agricultural rating
bill. when several members We're sus-
pended after being named" by the speak
er, recalled the session of fifteen years
ago, when Irish questions were promi-
nenuy TO the fore There is a promise
that there will be many such sessions
during the present session. The all night
sitting of the house was a surprise to
the manager of the refreshment rooms,
who had made no provision to supply
the members with breakfast. At 8 clock
in the morning his supplies were ex-
hausted and there was a large crowd
demanding that their wants be supplied.
The manager. however, proved himself
worthy of the occasion. He awakened
a number of caterers in the vicinity Of
the house and finally bought up their
supplies and the entire contents of a fish
shop. All these supplies were conveyed
to the House of Commons in cabs. After
wards the manager stopped a number
of market-bound wagons and bought 1000
eggs, and thus was able to meet the de-
mands that were made upon him by the
hungry members, who soon cleared the
refreshment room Of all its provisions.
The morning papers contain full reports
Of the nights proceedings and much in
terest was excited Yesterday morning
many prominent members Of society went
to the House to see the sport and the
galleries were soon full. The debate in
itself was not amusing and often the part
icipants could not curb their angry feel
The decision of the Irish national party
in the House of Commons TO convene a
national convention of Irishmen from all
parts Of the world in Dublin in Septem-
ber does not find favor among the Rde-
mOndites. Patrick O'Brlen says he only
wants to wipe his boots on the proposal.
Mr.. Chamberlain's speech at the South
African banquet Thursday night is con-
demned by his opponents for its under
tone of menace towards President Kruger.
Nevertheless the anti-BOer feeling increas-
es. The complaint of the Transvaal re-
garding the concentration of British troops
on the Transvaal frontier cannot be re-
garded as being entirely without reason,
when papers like the Manchester Courier
say that Gen. Lord Wolsely, commander
in-chief of the British army, has decided
that the forces now In RhOdeSia shall un-
| QergO at an early Qdle q thorough training
| in the Boer method Of warfare so as to inn
prove individual fighters instead of mere
members of a battalion.
Despite the efforts of the liberal leaders,
the battle between the English non-con-
formists and the Irish Catholics, arising
from the latter's support of the education
bill is likely to be fought to ilnlsh. over
100 amendments have been noticed against
the main proposals of the bill, which is
now in committee. Some of these, relat-
ing chiefly to the control of local boards,
arraa
bulk of them, however, are liberal, aim
ing at modifying the force Of the secta-
rian principle, which is the leading spirit
of the measure. The liberal leaders stun
make pretence of reliance in the irish
vote to assist them in divesting the Dill
of it's sectarian character. All sections OF
\ the Irish party whilst voting for the sec
ond reading, have pledged themselves to
stand by the non-conformists in trying to
obtain some protection against the clauses
which commit the SCnOolS TO the cOntrOl
of the English clergy. Practically, the
pledge is worthless, and is so considered
by the radicals. Wherever the clauses
concede to the English clergy a dominat-
ing power, they also grant the same 10
being in its essence, a sectarian meas
though not really, equal privileges would
require to be thoroughly emasculated be-
fore it would meet the ideals of the nom
conformists, who maintain that the COM
promise on the first education bill Of 1870
is sufficient to meet all claims, sectaran
and non-sectarian.
There is now no doubt about the all
important issue of the Irish party's de-
sertion of the liberals. The Irish are
Catholic first and home rulers a long
way afterWard. They have selected TO
deny the first principle of home rule in
forcing upon the English people a meas
urse partly English, that is detested by
the mass of the English electorate. Their
promises to help amend the bill in COM
mittee are rightly taken by the radicals
for what they are worth. The rupture
between the liberal home rulers and the
Irish parties, il not public announced, is
not the less definite and complete. Hence
forth, ireland must seek for what meas
ure Of home rule it can get In the Cham
berlaln county councils schemes, which
will be the crowning measure of the gov
ernment and the final act of the exist
ing parliament.
of rehabilitation, going back to the old
party programme, at once democratic and
national, freed from the taint of Irish
separatism and the suspicion of social
istic tendencies, both of which were Ihe
main factors of their tremendous defeat
at the last elections. The liberals can
now look forward to grand resurgence.
Belief in the recovery of the party is seen
in recent adheSiOns to the National Lib
eral Club. Last year there was a de-
Within the quarter year just closed that
has been made up-and what is more the
new members are largely wealthy men
including most of the old liberal peers
and many uniOnists.
Nevertheless it is clear that the two
wings of the opposition will not work cor
daily together again. The width of the
chasm is shown by a prominent article
published in the Methodist Times Thurs
day. under the caption: The Death of
Gladstonian Home Rule" The article
said that when John Dillon sat down after
speaking in favor of the education bill
Gladstonian home rule uttered its last
sigh and died So ends one of the most
heroic, tragic and distressing chapters
in the history of England.
The government intends to closure the
bill by sections
The Standard to-day says that the
struggle over the agricultural rating bill
is regarded as the prelude to the strue-
gle over the educational dill, over which
the feeling is much keener. The opposi-
tion intends to resist every line of the
measure. The moderate liberal press is
beginning to show dislike to the present
class of sectarian legislation
GEN. LUCIUs FAIRCHILD DEAD.