Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-03-07
.IRASCIBLE IRISH
RAISE BIG RACKET
Forcibly Elected From Brit
ish House of Commons.
DRAGGED OUT BY POLICE

Irish Members Refused to Obey Orders
of Speaker, Who Thereupon Named
Them For Suspension-Terrific Tu-
multi Then Arose.
LONDON, March 6.-There was scene
OF unexampled violence and disorder in
the British house of commons Tuesday
night when ten Irish members, who had
refused TO obey the speakers order to
leave the house, were dragged out by
| police. 1t was the first time in history
that policeman had been seen on the
floor of the house.
The vote ON the act of the civil SER
vice for 917, 00O, 900 had been closured
after a single nights discussion, de-
| voted wholly to English education. No
| Irish member had spoken, although sew
| eral Irish departments were included i'll
| the vote There had been an under
| standing that if the evening were given
| to the English the other questions
would be discussedfat a subsequent ses-
! sion. When Mr. Arthur Balfour NOV ed
the closure the Irish members protested
| loudly. But the chairman of commit
| tees, Mr.. LOwther, a cousin of Mr. Bal
| four, refused to entertain the motion.
John Redmond and older hands of
| the Irish party had left the house, un.
standing that no further business would
| be done, and some of the younger less
| experienced Irish members became des.
| perately excited over Mr.. Balfour's at
tempt to overreach them. There was
| no time for deliberate council, and it
was decided that they should refuse to
go into the division lobby when called
| upon by the chair TO do so.
Speaker Gully was called in, and the
| names Of ten Irishmen who had disc.
| beyed the chairman's S orders were taken
down and they were named for suspen.
sion.
a Terr fic TumuIt Arose.
Mr.. Balfour looked appalled, at the re-
suit of his action, but nothing could
stem the torrent Of passion on the Irish
benches. AT q signal from the sergeant,
the door Of the house was opened and
about 20 policemen appeared.
1t was q spectacle that struck with
horror all who witnessed it. The tenn
per of the lrishmen became more dam
gerous than ever. The speaker appeal
| G0 W lLGu W OD6Y bu6 OEu6ES OL bn6
house They shouted back defiance.
The ministers and their supporters
looked on shamefaced at the unexam-
pied scene being enacted, worse than
any that had ever taken place in the
Austrian reichsrath. An attempt was
made to rush across the floor and throw
themselves against the ministerialists,
but it was checked by the older Irish
members, who appealed to them to be
satisfied with the protest they were
making.
The Liberal leaders were deeply con-
| cerned. Mr.. Asquith tried to intervene
i'll the interest of conciEation, but was
shouted down by the Ministerialists
Great Decentralization.
1t is impossible to convey any idea of
the state of decentralization to which the
house was reduced by these unprece.
dented scenes. On former occasions,
Irish members who had refused to go
into the division lobby were suspended,
but when ordered out they left with the
sergeant -at.arms. Never had a mem.
ber been dragged out.
Ten members only had been named
originally for disobeying the mandate
of the chair, but all the other Irishmen
present, 30 in number, determined to
follow the example of the others, to
compel the government to requisition
the police once more.
Mr.. Balfour moved the adjournment
of the house-usually a formal motion.
The Irishmen shouted ''No! Mop but
they omitted to name telIers in the d.
vision, and so the challenge fell to the
ground, the speaker declaring that the
| ayes had it.
Ministerialists Leave.
The Irish members continued their
demonstration as the ministerialists left
the house.
Speaker Gully, interrupting, pointed
out that Mr.. Redmond was not raising
a question of privilege but point of or
| der. If he was properly informed of
any wrongful suspension he (the speak
| err would be glad to take steps to rec
tify them.
Mr.. Redmond tried to move an ad-
| journment, and appealed to Mr.. BaIfour
| and to the government members to end
the discussion.
Mr.. Balfour remarked that he pre-
sumed it was desired to institute means
| for preventing a recurrence of the scenes
| of last night and promised to consider
what opportunity for discussion could
| be secured
The subject was then dropped.
Messrs Jordan, McGovern and Done
| Ian are the members who, it is claimed,
were wrongfully suspended.
Mr.. Balfour proposed to amend the
rule relating to suspensions, making the
punishment so severe as to make repe.
tition of last nights revolt against the
authority of the chair unlikely.