The Irish standard., 1901-04-06
The Representatives of Ireland Will Not
Submit to the Tory Cloture.
They are Ready to Stand Any Indignities
From a Foreign Parliament.

The following spirited speech of
John Il. Redmond in the British parlia
members who refuse to obey the chair
for the remainder of the session, will
be read with interest on this side of
the Atlantic:
In the first place, J say to the right
honorable gentlemen, speaking gen-
orally. that if the government in this
House is in the future to be carried
on by closure, by the suppression of
adequate discussion of large estimates.
then ! tell him that not the most Strin-
gent rule that the wit of man can de-
wise will over save this House from Il
recurrence of scenes which no man III
any part of the House desires to see
intcrrupting the course of business
here 0oud Irish clcerS). For the pro-
cecdings on Tuesday night last say
there is no precedent. The right hon
orablc gentleman may say there have
been occasions in previous years when
discussions Oh votes for large sums Of
money were confined to one night. !
say within recent years there is 10
precedent of u vote of this magnitude
hcing passed after one nights discus
sion and especially there is no prcce-
dent for such Il vote covering many
subjects and millions of money for Ire
land and Scotland being passed after
only one topic had been discussed
(Chccrs.) Mr.. Speaker. I Scr in the
Daily News ministerial cries OF "oh'D
i give IL for what 1t is worth Nnugh-
tcr) but gentlemen will allow me to
remark that what | am going to quote
from the Daily News is not an inpcr-
sonal statement, but from the well
known House of Commons cOrreSpOn-
dent of that paper, and he states that
he is aware Of his own personal knowl-
edge that the leaders OF the opposition
were approached by the government
as to the vote to be discussed on Tues
day and were asked to select the first
vote, and that the opposition selected
the education vote and the board of
trade vote for discussion, that the edu-
cation vote was on when closure was
moved, cutting out the board of trade
vote without word Of explanation
given to the leaders of the opposition
with whom this question was arranged
nrisll chccrs).
Mr.. n. ]. Balfour-rhcrc was no
such understanding.
Mr.. Rcdmond-I am not making this
statement myself. am not the nl-
thor. If 1t Is wrong it can be contra
dictcd; but what want to say on my
own authority is that, having taken
particular pains to make inquiry, not
in one but In every quarter of the
House, l asccrtained and satisfied my
self mt all events that IT was the uni
versnl impression in the House that
no attempt would be made to closure
the vote (chccrs). Now, sir, under
these circumstances very many mem
bcrs left the building. left the build
ing, and so did a number of my col
leagues A number OF members of
both sides left, and suddenly, after IL
o'clock, when only one subject was
discussed, the closure was moved, and
there occurred what I'll say with the
full sense of my responsibility was the
natural cbullition of feeling Qoud Irish
cheers on the part OF number of
members in this part Of the House IRE
ncwed checrs). Sir they have been
told since that they ought not to have
objected, because all the items could
be discussed in committee Of supply
but those who make that statement
forget that 1t was only the other day
that an additional day for the discus,
sion OF Irish estimates was refused
and that we were confined to three
days out OF the whole session for the
discussion Of multitude of ques-
tiOns arising out Of committee of
Irish supply (chccrs). Sir, it Is stated
, that this what call cbulIition Of feel
+ ing on the part Of a number Of my
collcagucs-it has been stated with
great malice in some of the newspa,
pcrs in this country that it was pre-
, mcditatrd and deliberate action on
: tlicir part. desire to give that most
, unqualified and absolute denial
: (chcers). am sure that even those
3 who are most bitterly opposed to tho
) men when say it was absolutely un.
premeditatcd general cheering), and