Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-06
Nationalists in Parliament Object to
Cloture Rule.
MEMBERS RESORT TO FISfICUFFS
Both They and the Police Fare
Badly in ScuffIe.


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the house met at noon today, in view Of
possible disturbances, the whole police force
on duty at st. Stephens had been modified
| and reinforced by reserves
Mr.. John Redmond speedily rose and
| raised a question of privilege arising from
| the painful scenes Of last night" He
claimed that members had been suspended
| without proper steps being taken to identify
! them, and that their removal had been &C
| companied by undue violence. He was sat-
| isfied, he said, that members were suspend
| ed who had actually gone to the lobby to
participate in the division.
Messrs. Jordan, McGovern and Donlan are
the members who, it is claimed, We're
| wrongfully suspended.
The speaker, interrupting, pointed out
that Mr.. Redmond was not raising a ques-
ton Of privilege. but point of order. IT
he was properly informed of any wrongful
suspension he (the speaker would be glad
to take steps to rectfy them.
Mr.. Redmond tried to move an adjourn
ment, and appealed to Mr.. Balfour to give
the members an opportunity for discus
sion.
Mr.. Balfour, remarkng that he presumed
it was desired to institute means for pre-
venting a recurrence of the scenes OF last
night, promised to consider what oppor-
tunity for discussion could be given.
The subject was then dropped
CIoture Caused the Trouble.
After midnight Mr.. Balfour applied the
cloture on the education estimates The
natonalists shouted gag, gag" and refused
to leave the house when the division was
taken. The chairman twice asked them to
retire to the division lobby, but they shout
ed Certainly not Mr.. Flavin cried, Il
protest against the way all Irish votes are
closured'
The chairman then intimated that he must
report the matter to the speaker. In the
meantime the other members had returned
from the lobbies amid some uproar, thirty
or forty Irishmen remaining in their seats.
The speaker having returned to the house,
the chairman reported the matter to him,
and the speaker asked If the Irish MEM
bers still refused to obey the order, and
there We're cries of Yes, yes" The speak
er then named sixteen recalcitrants, and
Mr.. Balfour moved their suspension. This
was agreed to without division.
The speaker ordered them to withdraw,
but they refused amid great uproar. The
speaker called upon the sergeant-at-arms
to remove them. They shouted defiance.
The deputy sergeant-at-arms advanced and
asked them to leave. Still they refused. At
this number of officers and policemen en-
tered to enforce removal.
Mr.. Cream Makes a Struggle.
Mr.. Eugene Cream, member of Southeast
Cork. struggled desperately against remov-
al, and there was quite free fight on the
floor, lasting for five minutes, other Irish
men assisting him. Eventually he was car
ried out bodily by six policemen amid yells
and cheers.
Never before had such a scene occurred
in the house as accompanied the removal
of Mr.. Cream. He struggled fierce,y with
the attendants, who summoned the police,
1nu nnroCf f,h ,ta-
nationalists jeered at the Four or five stall
wart policemen proceeded to seize Mr.. Gre
an, who stuck his legs under the seat and
could not be moved for some minutes.
Meanwhile other policemen were struggling
and fighting with other Irishmen who stood
up and obstructed the passage of the po-
lice to Mr.. Creams seat. The Irish shouted,
Don't kill him." and Don't kill the man."
The nationalists fought and struggled
frantically, but at length superior force
Of police succeeded in dragging Mr.. Cream
out by the legs and arms and carrying
him down the floor of the house, the
Irshmen standing ana wildly shouting
Shame" "Murderers'' and South African
brutality"
The speaker then called upon Mr. Nc
Hugh to retire, but ha defiantly refused,
his companions shouting approval A strong
body of twenty policemen again stormed
the Irish benches. Mr. McHugh fought,
struggled and impeded them in every way
Angry shouts rent the air. The benches
were a mass of mad and struggling human
ity. Several policemen were struck with
fists. Free fights between the police and
the members were fairly general.
His Garments Were Torn.
AS Mr. McHugh was being carried out
his underclothes showing where the outer
garments had been torn away in the strug-
g'e-Mr. Flavin shouted from the back
benches, Nineteen policemen to remove one
Irishman," and cries of Shame" were
heard from the opposition benches.
While Mr.. Cullinan was being removed,
after struggling violently, Mr. Patrick
OBrien exctedly appealed to the speaker
to Stop this most distressing scene.''
The speaker responded: 1.-The scene is
certainly as distressing to me as it can be
to the Irish members"
Mr.. O'Brien: For every member on these
benches the same scene will have to be re-
enacted. I do now appeal to you, Mr..
Speaker, and to the leader Of the house. to
see If he will not let the matter end now.
and allow the house to adjourn. Tomorrow
we shall meet in a better and different
TEMPER"
The speaker, in reply, again earnestly ap-
pealed to the members named to obey the
ruling of the house, whether they agreed
to the course taken or not, and to leave
the house peaceably and decently. The re-
sponse to this was cries of mo! no!'' from
the nationalists.
The speaker then ordered the removal of
the others.
Amid renewed howls of execration. the
police grappled with them and carried them
by arms and legs over the benches and out
of the house. While Mr.. Donelan was being
removed the nationalists rose and sang
God Save Ireland"
The UniOnists Criticised.
Mr.. Flavin shouted against the union
lists, who sat silent in their seats during
the scene: 'You will be carried out of
South Africa in the same way"
Mr. Flavin's TIN then came. The police
were handling him roughly amid renewed
cries of "Murderers" when he exclaimed:
"All right. don't intend to hurt any
Body"
At O'Clock the speaker said: '.The house
VIII now resume proceedings In commit
tee. and l trust that honorable members
will now leave the house"
The Irish members shouted that they
would not leave. The chairman again put
the vote on account. adding, there being
no tellers or noes. that the ayes had IT,
Amid laughter and cheers the house ad-
journed.
The trof,hla rosa, fhro,,uh A. D,1s.,,.