New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-16
IRISH DEFEAT BALF0UR
npEuIER HOLDS OFFICE.
c,,,srrment Beaten By ELeUen Votes
Plot Vel Laid.

.,doy defeated N the AoUfe OF Oornrrsorls
,.oTnbiued liberal ana Nationalist vote.
-.,,.-.e was due 20 the prohibition oT Mr.
-.L.-, Chief Secretary for Ireland. Of the
80 n Gaelic fn the Junior grades OF the
"a ,setionslist schools. Mr.. Baifour, though
L..s bv q majority Of il on this question.
-, regard the vote as one Of want Of
-, ans he viii not resign on this ac-
. mis- de-e-rusnation was strengthened
=. .,ct that shortly after the foregoing de-
=. --ss able TO secure a majority OF %.
- .spure of the government 20 carry the
-. v.,,h n on question OF purely ahminis-
To- a.. ,ol,cv IN ,ts Irish department is gen
admitted 70 weaken greatly its already
70. --.g-,re with the country. although Il
-. Thought probable that any Immediate de-
- u-rl ensue In the House OF Com
-, ,,sel. 70 use the words OF prominent
- ~ the Opposition, ''all the artillery In
:. government a-senais would not make them
eurrsnder Office.
"a, ,ss-nee that the Premier regards Il ns
-, :, ,be essential principles of his party 20
-, ,be -elns of government. AZ least for the
-. What Ne may DO after Easter st!l
...,,s On aoubt. The blow administered to-
A.. -,.lss the Preuliers task of holding his
-, ,ove.he- doubly clfHcult and many sup
..,-..-s of ,he government frankly sale tonight
-. .,., favored an early dissolution of Parlia-
-, -.-ber than again undergo the hun;lia-
sion experienced to-day.
TIE PLOT CAREFULLY LAID.
..-so.s terrible Irish" as they are described
,o- ~. moment BY the Unionists. were entirely
-.s,o-sible Tor Mr. BalfouIs defeat. on the
,,ss;lo- of Catholic education. Monday night,
she Nsto7si-ts had voted with the Tnionist
0,vr-nmert but while so doing they were plan
ring the downfall % the Conservatives. THIS
ss,s-noon The mine so iaEeniously laid was
snr7,re With q succeFs that thrilled the country
rr,,s strategy with which the attack was planned
and he scenes which marked its elimination
recalled the zines when Gladstone and Parnell
vsrss titanic struggle in the same arena
When the House o. Commons met at > o'clock
st,s sf-ervoon the city was in Us usual r1urky
tranquility. Scattered through the clubs. hotels
snt rastaurarts the U-nIonist commoners Ian
rulily discussed the war news and everything
else except politics. All thought that the Irish
members would take up the whole Of the Par
Namsntarv afternoon with n verbose discussion
- p question of Wttle interest except 20 the
sneakers themselves in this serenity q the
luncheon hour ho-des % newspaper boys sud
oery appeared. yelling. The government de-
Feared The cary afternoon papers gave only
the figures Of the voting on division, and readers
were left 10 guess whether or not the govern
rrent had resigned. A Wild rush was made for
the House Of Corlmons. and many elderly mem
be-s ran haIf a mile or more. while others drove
recklessly 10 Westninster.
40 SIGN OF IMPENDING BLOW
Within the House Of Commons itself strange
list o. questions had brought on the business o,
The day nearly haf an hour ahead of the usual
time LaugUidly the House resolved itself into
committee of supply 20 discuss the vote for
lrsh education which had already been de-
bats1 There was not a sign OF the coming
Parliamentary storm. except 20 the eew initi-
aied, who keenlv watched a whispered confer
erce of the Irish whips. John Redmond made
g complaint about the prohibition of Gaelic IN
the schools but instead of a long speech. which
& would seem he had prepared, judging by
The volume os notes IN his hand. the Irish
leader said only a few words Mr. wyndharn
replied With equal breyity. and 4 was evident
he was saving himself FOR a str.ng ~ protests
1iom other Irish members
The Treasury Bench was deserted rave ro-
The CHIEF Secretary So- ireland and three Of
iorters ot The government were IN their places.
opposite was John Morley. with Herbert Glad
stone and Richard knight Causton, the Liberal
whips. These sal iu solemn silence On the front
henen. with a sprinkliug OF Liberals behind
them. ST. Henry Campbell -Bannerman. the
,eadc- % The L.heruI party. was absent Mr..
Ba'tou~ chatted rnerrily In The Spectators Cal
lery viii friend. Then the bolt fell
NATIONAIIsTs GOOD DISCIPLINE.
10 oae arose 20 reply 20 Mr wyndha-,. the
'r'Sh party Tor once utilizing silence as It's dead
lles' weapon. MI Redmond had said there
''ere ~ he no speeches. and though the rank and
ne 81 he Natonslsts did not know tho reason
not having heen admitted 10 the plan set On
ioot the previous evening hv their leader and
their chief whip. they oheyed implicitly. Disc'-
rline t~iuwphed. and not one word came from
Ine irish benches. The Liberals. too. ga, silent
though they were ignorant ~ the proieotad
move. and without reply a division vas ,,-
-Nitabie. only then cid AR wyndham ana ,he
: rnnneHt whips realize how Deliberately they
daa 'eeh outwitted
- = eafned that John Redmond ana s,-
!. .-, n'ohae had planned the division fo-
= = - me bells therefore Changed out
'"i"oe" N's ilouse al 2a5. In desperation the
, "'''lS sent messengers in cabs and
"''h 'elesIei's a'o 70 the telephones. but with
out avail for when tho terers % -. -
turned the clerk ~ the Hou.. 49,. =
Thomas Esmonde the coveted Iittle .,i, :. - -
h.ch IS given 20 the winning side
PANDEMoN1l-M IN THE HOUSE
Il p second the members who had crous.s g.
fealize6 that she government had been hes,o,
rnd then there arose such a cheer as v--,
minister has not heard for many A da,. Tn
irish and liberal members clarnbered ,ipo-
the benches and velled themselves hoarse. an.
Tor nearly five minutes psndemonium reigned
Several times SIR Thomas Esnonde tried 70 rea,
out the figures. hut his voice was drowned Fl
tho uproar NJ Ralfour. who Was just IN tim
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