Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-12
BY Associated Press.

LONDON, July 12.-The Govern
ment, urged on by the Nationalist,
has decided that faster progress must
be made with the committee stage of
the Home Rule Bill.
The bill went to the committee of
the whole house on June II, and al
though four days have since been
given to consideration Of the amend
ments offered even the first clause
has not yet been passed. This was
largely due to the fact that the gov
eminent gave the members their own
time for discussion and no attempt
was made to introduce either the
"guil!otine' or Kangaroo closure"
two means which the minister in
charge has Of shortening the debate.
That m Of these means must and
will be introduced goes without say
ing as otherwise the opposition could
block the bill forever.
The kangaroo" will probably be
adopted, as it leads to less friction.
TO do this a resolution is passed by
the House in ordinary session empow-
ering the chairman OF committee to
pick out what amendments he be-
lieves to be most important and allow
discussion on them, skipping all the
rest.
The "guillotine" is more ruthless.
The minister in charge of the bill
simply moves the closure when and
where he like sand discussion must
stop.
The first and most important am
endment was introduced by Mr.. Agar
Robartes. a. Cornish member, who
like many non-conformists of Corn
wall fears that his Acknowledgements
would not receive fair play from the
Catholic majority in ireland. He NOV
ed that the Northeastern counties of
Ulster (Antrim, Armagh, Down and
Londonderry should not be included
in the operations of the bill. On this
amendment the Governments major
ity dropped to SO, but this vas large
" due to the absence of 16 labor men,
beers and no fewer than IL Liberals,
either through illness or being en-.
gagged in labor disputes and by-elec-
tions in the country. Five Liberals,
however, actually voted against the
Government. These were Mr.. Agar
Robartes and his colleague from Corn.
wall, Sir Clifford Cory, who is a pro-
nounced anti-Home Ruler, and three
Scotch Liberals, who have heretofore
been counted among the supporters OF
Home Rule. These latter, like Mr..
Agar-Robartes, having registered their
objection to Protestant Ulster being
included, will probably support the
bill through the rest of its stages.
Among the Irish U%nionists them
selves, outside the House, there was
a decided difference Of opinion on
the ACCESSIBILITY of this amendment,
although it received the full support
of the Unionists in the House. There
is a large body of Unionist opinion
in ireland that believes that, should
Home Rule come, the Nationalist par
ty would be split into two camps, Rad
ical and Conservative, the former led
by Joseph Devlin and the latter by
John Redmond, and the control Of the
Dublin legislature would fall into the
hands of the Ulster and Dublin busi-
ness men, and therefore, it would be
advantageous to have as many Ulster
members in the House as possible.
The other amendment, also intro
duced by a private Liberal member,
proposed that the provision for a sec
ond chamber or senate should be de-
leted. This was n Of the most dali
eerous amendments that could be in
troduced, as all the Labor members
and a large number of Radicals are
pronounced one-chamber men,. The
loyalty Of the Laborites to the Nation
a.ists, who have in the past been OF
assistance to the Labor Party more
than once, however, saved the day and
gave the Government a majority OF
So, still 20 below the normal major
ity, but better than the SO OF the day
before.
One Of the strongest pleas for sin
gle chamber government came from
the Radical members with Colonial
experience, who claimed that It had
worked we'll when tried in the Domin-
ion. Joseph Martin, a former prem
Ter OF British Columbia and member
Of the Federal House at Ottawa, was
one Of the most persistent supporters
o. the amendment, giving the Canad-
ian provinces as example OF the ben
efts Of single houses.
The Unionists supported the amend
ment, believing that the Laborites
would do likewise and that the gov.
eminent majority would reach near
vanishing point. Arthur Balfour, who
although no longer titu1ar leader, still
often takes actual lead, spoke on be
half Of the opposition. The House
grew merry when he, . pronounced
two-chamber man, wanted only one