Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-08
FORCE VAS REPULS|VE.
So Says Sir Henry Campbell
 Zimmerman Liberal.

or Credit of the House-John Red
 mond Expresses an Opinion on the
 Affair-Irish Members Pleased With
 Expressions From This Country.
 New York. March S.-Sir Henry mpbell-Bannerman. liberal leader in
 the house of commons Is quoted in a
 London dispatch to the Journal and
 Advertiser as follows regarding the recent disturbances In that body:
 Many circumstances of our life and
 condition of society rest upon physical
 force, which is q rather hu1nihating fact. The rules of the house of com
 mons. which usually works quietly,
 equally rest for ultimate authority on
 force. It seems to me that the other
 night that force was displayed in
 way repulsive to the feelings of every
 one of US and certain not to add to
 the dignity and credit of the house.
 The introduction into the house of a
 body of police struck heavy blow aJ
 our dignity. Legal. not physical force,
 should be employed in future, and
 members would then obey without
 murmur. Their ideas Of their inde-
 pendence would then be vindicated.
 By 'suspending members for the whole
 session. the government practically tlSlIdilCulScS tueli COuSlllu John Redmond, leader of the Irish party in the house of commons is thus quoted. ''The enactment of q penal
 provision such as suspending mem | bers in what professes to be a. free assembly is a hateful. degrading pro- ceedinS. In consequence of the hurried application of closure on Tues day night there was a natural ebulli-
 ton of feeling on the part of Irish men. l give my unqualified and nb- s0luae denial that it was premediated. The whole moral responsibility for
 what occurred rests OH Balfour. No
 government ever gained by parlia-
 mentary sharp practice. Such at tenDts recoil on those who use them. Year by year parliament has been low cred and degraded. After robbng Ire land of her parliament. having com- pelled us to come across the water to an Enelish parliament. it IS some con- solution to Irish men that the price to be paid is so high and bitter q. one. London. March S.-In exOectation of
 lively debate and possibly exciting
 scenes arising from the suspension of Irish nationalists and Mir Balfour's punishment proposals there was great attendance in the house of com mons yesterday. 4 large force of po- lice was in readiness to prevent trou- ble
 The Irish members of parliament are pleased greatly with the cabled dispatches received by John Redmond. their chairman, from Irishmen in Bos-
 ton and Chicago.
 Replying to the liberal leader. Sir Henry Campbell ell-Bannerman, MT Bal | four said there had been communica- tions between General Kitchener and General Botha but the government was not in position at present to make a statement on the subject.
 Mir Balfour then moved his amend 1 ment to the rule governing the sus- | pension of recalcitrant members. His 1 amendment is to make suspension for | the remainder of the session. In sup porting the motion MT Balfour said it
 was necessary to provide adequate 1 summary punishment for such physi- l cal resistance to the speakers order as occurred on Tuesday. He trusted l the house would unanimously agree | to the amendment
 John Redmond said what had oc- | cured was natural ebullition of | feeling against an unjust closure. He | denied reconciliation, and said the
 moral responsibility for what had oc- l cured was wholly on MT Balfour,
 whose proposal now was eXtravaSant l and unnecessary.