The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-16

vote This reverse was due To the pro-
hibition by Mr.. Wyndham, secretary
for Ireland. of the teaching of Gaelic
in the Junior grades of the Irish Ma
tionaliSt schools.
Mr.. Balfour. although defeated by a
majority on this question. does not re
gard the vote as one or want of con-
titence. and he viii not resign on this
account. His determination not 90 re
sign was strengthened by the fact that
shortly after the foregoing defeat he
was able to secure a majority of p.
The failure of the government 10
carry the house with il on a question
Of purely administrative policy I'm its
Irish departments is generally admit
ted 20 greatly weaken it's already wan
ing prestige with the country. although
il is not thought probable that any
disbursement viii Immediately en-
sue. in the house of commons. to use
the words of a prominent member of
the opposition, THE artillery govern
ment arsenais would not make them
surrender office"
Cannot Be Jared Loose.
The Associated Press learns that
Premier BalfOUr regards it as one of
the essential principles of his party
to hold on TO the reins of government.
for the present day at any rate. What
he may do after Easter still remains
in doubt The blow administered today
makes the premier's task Of holding his
party together doubly difficult and
many supporters of the government
frankly said tonight that they favored
an early dissolution of parliament rath-
er than again undergo the humiliation
/ experienced today.
Those terrible Irish" as they are de-
scribed for the moment by the Union
( lists. were entirely responsible for Mr.
( BaifOurs defeat. On the question OF
! Catholic education Monday night the
! Nationalist had voted with the Union
! lists government. but even while so do
/ ing they were planning the downfall OF
( the Conservatives. This afternoon the
/ mine so ingeniOusly laid was set of
! with a success that thrilled the cOun-
/ try. The strategy with which the whole
\ coup was planned and the scenes that
/ marked its elimination recalled the
/ times when Gladstone and Parnel
/ waged Titanic struggle in the SANE
| arena.
House Before the Storm.
When the house Of commons met a
( > o'clock this afternoon the metropolis
was stepped in its usual murky tran
guilty. Scattered throughout the
/ clubs. hotels and restaurants tbs
/ Unionist cOmmoners languidIy dis
} cussed the war news and everything
except politics. All thought that tn,
| Irish members would take up the Who'll,
1 Of the parliamentary afternoon with Z
! verbose discussion of a question of bu
/ little interest except TO the speakers
/ themselves In this society Of the IUn-
/ cheOu hour hOrdes OF news6oys sud
denly appeared. yelling the govern
/ ment defeated
The carly papers only gave the zig
ures OF the voting ON division. am,
( readers We're left to guess whether o.
/ not the government had resigned. 4
[ wild rush was made for the house O.
commons. and many elderly member
! ran half a mile or more while Others
drove recklessly to Westminster.
Within the house of commons itSeI
strange scenes were being enacted. Al
unusually short list OF questions Ia,
brought on the business Of the da,
+ nearly half an hour ahead Of the usua
time Then lansuidly the house re
solved itself into a committee Of sup
J ply to discuss the vote for Irish edu
cation. which had already been de
bated. Profound peace reigned. an
there was not a sign OF the coming par
liamentary storm except 10 the few in
itiated. who keenly watched the whis
pered conference taking place betweer
the Irish whips
Two Short Speeches.
John Redmond made COMPLAIN
about the prohibition Of Gaelic in IN
schools, bat instead Of a long Speec
which il would seem that hC had uro
pared. judging by the volume Of note
in hand. The Irish leader said only
few words. Mr.. Wyndham replied wit
equal brevity. and il was evident h
Was saving himself FOR d string of pro
tests from other Irish members.
The treasury bench was deserted
save for the chief secretary for ireland
and three of his junior colleagues. an
barely twenty supporters Of the gov
eminent were in their places. Opposit
was John Morley with Herbert Glad
stone and Richard Knight Causton. tn
I Liberal whips. These sat I'm solemn 81
lence on the front bench. with a sprink
ling Of liberals behind them. Sir Henri
Campbell Banncrman. the leader Of IN
liberal party. was absent Mr. Balfou
chatted merrily in the spectators gal
lery with q friend. Then bolt fell.
Irish Members obeyed.
No one rose to reply q Mr.. Wynd
ham, the Irish party for once utilizin
silence as its deadliest weapon Nj
Redmond had said there were 10 be n
speeches. and though the rank and fiji
OF the nationaiists did not know tn
reason not having been admitted 10 IN
secret plan set ON foot the previou
evening by their leader and their chic
| whip, they obeycd implicitly
Discipline triumphed and not on
word came from the irish mem bers O
the benches. The liberals too. sat /
silence. though they were ignorant c
the projected coup. and without a repl
"A division was inevitable Only the
: did Mr.. Wyndham and the governmeT
whips realize how deliberately they Ia
been Outwnted.
The Associated Press learns that job
: Redmond and Sir Thomas Esmonde Ia
planned the division FOR g o'clock. an
I the bells. therefore. changed thrOug
the house at 2:5j. In desperation tn
government whips sent messengers
cabs and with kilograms and telephon
but without avail. for when the teller
returned the clerk of the house hande
Sir Thomas Esmonde tho little slip ,
= paper which is given to the winnin
2 side
Yelled Themselves Hoarse.
4 second later. the members who ha
/ crowded in realized that the govern
ment had been beaten. and then aros
such cheer as WestmiDs-er has ~
. heard FOR many = day The Irish an
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