The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-03-06
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lN HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Il Took Nineteen Policemen to Carry
Out One lrishman.

tNNNlNN hNE anu ftiNNfA 70 iNilNt lnc
house when the division was ,akcr Jhc
chairman twicc nsssd fhcn a. nt,ira 10
! the division lobby but they shouted "cor-
tainly not"
Alr Flagin cried 'irsy 1saE Il
/ the way an Irish woes tre clcsIrdL
The chair ri,i tnen iit "a dat.i 'liai he
must report the mann 60 the speaker.
ia The meantime the other mcmDers Laa
( returned from tho ob5ies amid soma up
roar. thirty or forty lrishm,a romuininy
in their seats. The speaker having re-
turned TO the house the cbairman report
go the matter 70 him and the speaker
asked 20 tho Irish members sim refus-
ca 10 obey the order and there were cries
of yes yes"
Tho speaker then named sixteen rrcai-
trants and Mr. Balfour moved their $685.
4 pension. This was agreed 60 without AZ
vision.
The speaker ordered them 20 Withdraw
but they refused. amid grcat uproar The
speaker called upon tho sergeant-at-arnis
70 remove them. They shouted dehnance.
Tho deputy sergeant-at-arms advanced
AID asked them TO leave; they sim re-
fused AT this number OF officers and
policemen entered 10 enforce the reinoy-
a.
Eugene Cream member OF Southwest
/ Cork. struggled desperately against re-
moval ana there was quite a free night
I on the ioor lasting five minutes. other
/ Irlshmen assisting him. Eventually he
was carried out bodily by six policemen
amid yels and cheers
Never before had such a scene occur
red In the house as accompanied the re-
moval OF Mr.. Cream, He struggled fierce
/ ~ with the attendants, who summoned
the police. a dozen constahles entering
I the house The nationalists jeered at
I them Four or nve stalwart policemen
proceeded TO seize Mr.. Cream who stuck
I his legs under the seat and could not be
removed FOR sometime meanwhile other
! poliecemn were struggling and lighting
! with other Irishmen who stood up ana
Distracted the passage OF the police to
Mr. Creams scat. The irish shouted.
Don't XIII him. ana don't XIII the
man"
The nationaiists fought and struggled
franticaily. but at length superior force
OF police succeeded In dragging Mr..
Cream out by the legs and arms and car
rying him down the ffoor OF the house,
the lrishmen standing and wildly shout
Ing shame murderer and "South
African brutality"
Angry shouts rent tho air. The benches
below the gangway on the opposition side
were mas sof mad, and struggling hu-
manity. Several policemen were struck
with fists Free sights between the po-
lice and the members we're fairly gen.
oral
AS Mr.. McHugh was being carried out
his under clothes showing whore the out
sr garments had been torn away n the
struggle, Mr., Flayin shouted from the
back benches; 'Nlneteen policemen 20
remove one Irlshman" and cries OF
shame" were heard from the opposI-
tion
while Mr.. Cpllinana was being removed
after struggling Violently Patrick oBrien
cxcitedly appealed 70 the speaker TO stop
this most distressing scene.
The speaker responded; '"Fhe scene
Is certainly as distressing TO me as It can
be to Irish members"
Mr. OBrien-"For every member Of
those benches the scene win have 10 be
re-enactod. I do appeal to YOU Mr.
Speaker. and TO the leader Of the house 10
SEQ n he viii not let the matter drop
md allow the house 20 adjourn Tomor-
row we shall meet IN better and dit-
ferent temper"
Tho speaker In reply. again earnest
~ appealed 20 the members named to
obey the ruling Of the house whether
they agreed TO the course taken or not,
and 70 leave the house peaceabiy and
decently
st,t .. o.. 80. ,,a,s ,,,t.., - .t,,, %
"no." from the nationallsts Tho speak
or thcn orders the removal OF the Others
amid renewed howls OF execratlon, the
police erappled with them and carried
them hy arms and legs oger the benches
and ont OF the house
/ Mr. Flavin shouted against the union
ists, who sat silent IN their seats dur
I Ing the scene: "You wiz be carried out
70 South Africa ia the same way"
Pr Flavn's turn thsg ssagn9 The po-
/ lice were handling him roughly amid re-
newed cries OF "murdSrers" when he ex-
claimed "an right" ! intend to hurt mo-
body"
There were stin about hfly lfishmen
I when the committee resumed but they
refused to appoint any teller Tor divis-
ION. The nallonalists ieered Mr.. Balfour
! and the other ministers az they left the
building Neither Mr. Dinon Jones nor
Redmond was> present, having already
( left the house one or two constabes
were badly handled in the scvffle The
Suspensions win last for one week.
LONDON. MARCH G-The Times de-
clarea that parliament caniiot pass over
4 the "lIooligan" conduct Of the Irish men,
oers unless Il Is 20 be degraded Ia chSr-
hoter below the level OF the Asdrian
roichsrath Drastic punishment must be
meeted out 20 this offense" 4 Says,
which which 10 all the moro unpardon.
able because clearly deliberate"