The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-07-18
Debates are Long and Various
Knotty Problems Are q
Brought Out.

~tas ueSlutu tt1ul Iaster progress
mus he made with the committee
stage of the Home Rule bill.
The bill went to the committee Of
the whole. house on July II, ana al
'thouga four adys have aimee been
given to consideration OF the amend :
menta offered even the first clause
has not been passed. This was large
~ due to the fact that the govern
anent gave the members their own
Time for Discussion and no attempt
WAS Fnade TO, introduce either the
"guilotine" or kangaroo closure. /"
two. means which the minister IN
charge has for shortening the debate.
That one OF these means must and
will be introduced goes without say
ing, as sotherwise 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 en-
towering the chairman OF the com
urittee to pick out what amendments
be believes to be most important and
allow discussion on. them, skipping
all the rest. w
The ''gullotInSs Is moro ruthless.
The minister in charge OF the bill
simply moves The closure when ard
where he likes ana discussion on
them must stop. :"
The first and most important
amendment was introduced by Mr..
Agar Robartes. Cornish member.
who. like many non-conformlsts, of
Cornwall, fears that his tellow-rell.
gionists would not receive fair play
from the Catholic majority in Ire
land. He moved that the Northeast
ern counties OF Ulster (AntrIm, Ar
magh, Down and Londonderry
should not be included in the opera
tons Of the bill. On this amend
ment the governments majority
dropped to So, but this was largely
due to the absence OF l6 Labor mem
bers md no fewer than II Liberals,
either through illness or being en-
gagged In labor disputes and by-elec-
tons in the country. Five Liberals.
however. actually voted against the
government. These. were Mr.. Agar
Rohartes and his colleagues from
Cornwall, Sir CLIFFORD Cory. who IS
a pronounced anti-ltome Ruler. and
three Scotch Liberals. who have here
tofore been counted among the sup
porters OF Home Rule. These latter.
like Mr.. Agar Robaftes. having reg
istered their, objection to Protestant
Ulster being included. win probably
support the bill throughout the rest
Of IT'S stages. 81
duced by a,prlvate Liberal member,
proposed that the provision for a
second chamber or senate should be
.deleted This was one of the most
dangerous amendments that could be
introduced, as all the Labor mem
beers ard a large number OF Radi-
Gals are pronounced ore-chamber
men. The loyalty of the Laborites
to the. Natlonalists. who have in the
past been OF assistance'to the Labor
party more than once, however.
saved the day and gave the govern
mept majority OF SO stil 20, below
the normal majority. but better than
the So Of the day before.
Z One OF the strongest pleas for SIN
gle chamber government came from
the Radical members with Colonial
experience. who claimed that 1t had
worked: well, when. tried in the Do
miniop. Joseph Martin, FORMER
prsmaer OF Rrtttish, Columbia and
mSmhAp Of the Federal House at OF
talwa, was one of the most persistent
supporters Of the amendment, Civ
ing the CANADIAN provinces as ex-
aanple of the benefits OF single
houses. ss .5 ....
The unionists supported the
amendment, believing that the La
borites would do likewise and that
the Governments majority would
reach near vanishing point. Arthur
BaIfour, who although no longer tit.
ular leader, still often takes actua!
lead spoke on behalf OF the npposi-
uon. The, House grew merry when
ne, a pronounced two-chamber man
wanted Lnly one for Ireland. He
justified his position, however, with
the argument. that two chambers
were necessary where great Imper-
ial questions were considered. but not
so in the case of legislature which
was meant to do small. subordinate
and local work" yotA Ill
william oBFien Intends TO move
an amendement;to clause 2 Of the bill
to deai with the question of land
purchase. His anne ndment will be IT
tina exact words used by the late
William e. Gladstone in bill Of
1899: During three years from the
passing OF this act and % Parliament
is then lifting, until the end of tina
sessIon Of ParlIament. the Irish leg
ssiature shah not pass an'aet respect
ing the relations OF landlord and ten
ant or the sale, purchase or letting
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