El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-13
To Hasten THE
HOME RULE
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Nationalist Commence TO
Urge Matter Bill in Com
mittee of Whole.
BILL EXCEPTS SOME
IRISH COUNTIES

1G1O1 OOO IN 11GO
London. Eng, July 13.-The govern
ment, urged on by the Nationalists, 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 amendments
offered even the first clause has not
yet been passed. This was largely due
to the fact that the government gave
the members their own time for dis
cussion and no attempt was made to
introduce either the "guillOtine" or
Kangaroo closure" two means which
the minister in charge has of short
ening the debate That one of these
means must and viii be introduced goes
without saying as otherwise the OppO-
sition 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 empowering
the chairman of committee to pick out
what amendments he believes 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
likes and discussion must stop.
Would Except Certain Counties.
The first and most important amend
ment was introduced by Mr.. Agar
Robartes, a Cornish member. who like
many nOncOnfOrmists of Cornwall. fears
that his fellow religiOnists would not
receive fair plaV from the Catholic
the northeastern counties of Ulster
(Antrim. Armagh. Down and London
derry should not be included in the
operations Of the bill On this amend
h.
dropped TO 60. but this was largely due
to the absence of 16 labor members and
no fewer than II Liberals, either
illness or being engaged in
labor disputes ana byelectiOns in the
country. Five Liberals. however &C
tually voted against the government.
These were Mr. Agar-RObartes and his
colleague from Cornwall, sir Clifford
Cory, who is a pronounced 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.
UnIOnIsts Divided.
Among the Irish Unionists them
selves, outside the house, there was
advisa bility of this amendment, al
though 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 party would
be split into two camps, Radical nd
Conservative, the former led by Joseph
Devlin and the latter by John Red
mOnd and that control of the Dub
lin legislature would fall into the
hands of the Ulster and Dublin business
men, and, therefore, it would be ad-
vantaGeous to have as many Ulster
members in the house as possible
The other amendment. also intro
1uced by a private Liberal member
that the provision for a sec
)nd chamber or senate should be
1eleted. This was one of the most
dangerous amendments that could be
as all the labor members
and a large number Of Radicals are |
one chamber men, The /
Oyalty Of the Laborites TO the Nation (
llists. who have in the past been Of I
assistance to the Labor party more 1
han once, however, saved the day and I
gave the government a majority OF /
-, still 20 below the normal majority,
out better than the SO of the day /
before.
One of the strongest pleas for single
hamber government came from the
RADICAL members with colonial expert +
nee, who claimed that it had worked 4
veil when tried in the Dominion. Jo-
ieph Martin, a former premier of Bri-
Sn Columbia ana MEMBER OF the 1eQ- !
raj house at Ottawa. was one Of the
most persistent supporters of the
giving the Canadian prov
noes as example of the benefits Of
ingle houses.
BaIfOur Speaks.
The UniOnists supported the amend
lent. believing that the Laborites !
you'd do likewise and that the govern
lent majority would reach, near van
shing point. Arthur BaIfOIir who al
nn Inner
ften takes actual lead. spoke on be-
alt of the opposition. The house grew
Merry when he a pronounced two ]
hamber man, wanted only one for Ire
and. He justified his position how
yer, with the argument that two
were necessary where great
nDerial questions were considered, but
OF so in tina case of legislature
hitch was meant, to do small, subOr- |
mate and local work"
Will Repeat Gladstone.
William O'Brien intends to move an
mendment to clause two of the bill to
cal with the question of land pur-
base. His amendment will be in the
yact words used by the late William
: Gladstone in the bill of 1898: Dur
lg three years from the passing of
his act and if parliament is then sit
ing until the end of that season Of !
arliament, the Irish legislature shall /
OF pass an act respecting the relations
{ landlord and tenant or the sale, pur-
base. or letting of land generally" !
T. O'Brien contends that the insertion
these words would give substan-
al assurance that land purchase would /
ave to be effectively dealt with with
the next three years.
1t is argued by Mr.. O'Brien that Mr.. I
ladstone at the now famous confer
ice at Boulogne in 1891, held with q
lew to the reunion of the Irish and !
LIBERAL forces, gave a guarantee to
al with the land question and sub
tilted memorandum in which it was
ated that it would be obviously in
with the concession of home !
lie to Ireland that the powers to deal
18th the laws relating to land in Ire
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