New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-20
oefectionS and AbStentionS
Shown in Division List After
Brilliant Debate.
pBEMIER'S DEFENCE ABLE
! Balfour Remarks That
Neither of the Ministers
Under Fire Regretted
His Transactions.
rBv Cable to The Tribune. !

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i.,i,b and 4. J. Balfour, were seen
.,eir best. the House of Commons
-. AZ last got rid Of the Marconi al
,.,, Both statesmen vainly tried to
60 q non-party solution to the
..,cbed business. but the Liberals OBJ
...,sd 20 any record in the resolution to
:. osonted Of the ministers want Of
frankness.'
r,rallv an amendment. moved from
~, liberal back benches by Sir w.
p,,ord Adkins. accepting the state
.,,,ts Of Sir Rufus ISaacs and David
1,ov5 George recording the reproba-
-, n the House Of the false charges
,.o,cbt against them, was carried ny a
..,oritv Of only =. just twenty-oight
lou the normal coalition majority.
Three Liberals voted with the Opposi-
.;or eight O'Brienites abstained, five
I.bor members walked out without
v,,ins. and seventy-one Redmondites
Unmarried the government. while Sir
vsu.srd Carson and T. u. Smith We're.
~ reason Of their professional advo-
,.cv If the cause Of the Attorney Gen
e-sl in the Law Courts, debarred from
,nnnortjnr their political leaders. The
liberals in the lobby admitted after
ward that il was a bad division. and
that the Ministerial position has not
been improved as a consequence Of the
d.bate. The text Of the resolution was
as follows:
eThat this House, after hearing the
statement Of the Attorney General and
N. Chancellor Of the Exchequer IN ret
.r.roe 10 their purchases Of shares IN
the Marconi Company Of America, &C
e.p,s their expression Of regret that
.usb purchases were made and that
thew were not mentioned IN the debate
Of October II last, aoquits them OF act
ina otherwise than in good faith and
rsurobatss the charges Of corruption
,usinst the ministers, which have been
proved 70 be absolutely false
With this substitute llioI'o" "O'P'
ed by vote OF S4o 10 20 TIC wa N'''''
affair is officially closed.
The DAYS proceedings were )uolc'd'
and solemn; the assembly might Id e
been mistaken Tor chu''H Coi'ei ga
ton, so profound was the decor UNI
throughout the greater part Oh 'HS
bate.
On Their Best Behavior.
Tho eubduad light through the
stained glass windows descended upon
solid rows of silk-batted. black-coated,
vbi,s.snatted gentlemen. evidently
upon their hest behavior and deter
mined n live mn IN the highest tradi-
,.o,s % ~. uorse " some skirmishes
.o,c,,-rod t,,,. NTH NON. oF the Dyro-
,..hu;o. ,,.b..t r.,..a r1o,.d George
ch.,c.,,,r 80 .ho u,,oboo,,er and
ro-a p.h.., cell Furnished on
Ws5rosd.,. p-,.o, the members on the
1,;yb h,-.ho- ,,.,,, ,,.,,..ll,. .a, be de-
psndea ,ro, 90 rrod,co excitement.
ssared s,ra,oor,. d;s,seefo,ate None
os ~, ala -. ..,.,,o,o,,, ,,.oro DRAGGED
,-o,, 81 -. ~. IA h.e, threat
er.d D. -. ,'l.3,a,ad 60 h.gi, the
mud ,broa.,na -. ,erhans because
the NEWSPAPERS had warned them that
the country did not want such spec
acle' partly because they were uncer-
tain which side would emerge from the
sfray the more spattered.
The committee majority report,
which was generally called "a white
wash" hadn't a friend from the be-
ginning apart from its actual authors.
The Right Hon. Alfred Lyttelton.
Secretary Of State for the Colonies in
the last I-niopist Cabinet. said AT the
resumption of the Marconi debate that
the apology made bv the Attorney Cen
eral Sir Rufus Isaacs. was TOO much
qualified and that the impugned Cabi-
net ministers had NOT sufficiently
clothed Themselves with eackcloth. He
vas followed bv Premier Asqulth.
whose statement was eagerly awaited.
as his attitude was calculated TO sway
The votes Of the Independent Labor
Members and of 4 number Of Liberals.
p,.;. A..;.L,. e..h
n. ., ,.
sr,,,.- @''.' VIM .I'Ne '''' -,
yr,..', .'' '''.N ''e i''io never 'Se" "'''
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