The Irish standard., 1914-04-25
THIRD. TIME" VOTE
IS EFFECTIVE
Vote Taken Previous to Submitting
Measure to House of Lords
Predicts Final Outcome
O'Brienites Refuse to Vote on Bill
This has Effect of Decreasing
Influence of O'Brien
Loyalty Shown by Nationalists Who
Make Sacrifices to be Present
and Vote

and Vote
For the third time, in accordance
with the provisions Of the Parliament
Act, the Home Rule Bill passed its
second reading in the House of Com
mons last night april 6th). The
majorities on the two divisions taken
were "a and 80 respectively. No divi-
sion was challenged by the Unionists
on the question that the bill be now
read a second time, so that the Sec
ond reading was taken without a d.
vision. Every member of the Irish
party voted in the divisions, with the
exception of the veteran leader of the
Clanricarde tenants, Mr.. John Roche,
who was too i'll to travel from his
home in Woodford, County Galway.
Mr.. Matthew Keating, M. P. for South
Kilkenny, came from sick bed at
Brighton, and Mr.. Haviland-Burke,
M. p, for the Tullamore Division,
from sick bed in London, to vote
for the bill. Sir Clifford Cory and Mr..
Agar Robartes, two Liberals who are
opposed to their party on Home Rule.
voted against the bill and Mr.. Pirie,
Scottish Liberal Federalist, alb
stained. Mr.. Hogg, the Protestant
Home Rule Member for Derry City,
was i'll, and so was Mr.. James
: O'Grady, the Labour. member. for
8 Leeds, who is passionately devoted to
the cause of Home Rule. There were
eight pairs as between Liberals and
Tories. The Irish party never pair.
The figures in the final division were:
1856 against 276; majority 80. In
1886, the majority against the second
reading of Mr.. Gladstone's bill was 80.
In 1893. the majority for the second
reading of Mr. Gladstone's second
Home Rule Bill was 43. The first
second reading of the present bill, in
1912, was carried by majority of
101. The second second reading in
1913, was carried by majority of SO.
The nominal government majority is
at present about 100, and the reduc-
tion of the majority last night was
due to pairs, abstentions owing to ILL
ness, and the refusal of the O'Brien-
ties, who were present, to vote for the
Home Rule Bill. The concluding
stages of the bill will be got through
early in May, when it will be sent to
the House Of Lords.
The Debate.
Last nights debate suffered some
what from the absence from the treas
ury bench of the premier (Mr. AS
quith), who is not at present a men,
ber of parliament; Sir Edward Grey
who spoke for the government last
week, and Mr.. Lloyd George (the
Chancellor Of the Exchequer) who
has been suffering from a chill. The
debate last week was remarkable for
the speeches of Sir Mark Sykes and
Mr.. Duke, two Tory members, who
spoke strongly in favour of a settle
ment here and now. They are men,
bers of a group of some fifty or more
Tories, mostly of the younger school,
who hold meetings at the house with
q view to finding way out of the
Irish difficulty. From the Irish
benches, there we're two great
speeches by Mr.. John Dillon, and Mr..
T. P. O'Connor.. But Mr.. Arthur Bal
four, the ex-leader of the Tories, made
one Of the bitterest and most veno-
nous speeches Of his life against
Home Rule, and did his best to bring
the Tories back into the old rut of un-
compromising opposition to the bill.
He attended a dress parade of London
Tories and their menials in Hyde
Park on Saturday. and again poured
forth the walls of his hatred against
Ireland and Home Rule. On Friday,
and again on Saturday, Sir Edward
Carson backed Balfour up, and stated
that Ulster" must be excluded un-
conditionally, or there would be blood
shed. The Premier had stated, in
his speech to his constituents on
Saturday, that the offer Of the con.
cessions remained, and that no door
to settlement would be closed. That
was how things stood yesterday, when
Mr.. John Redmond, the leader of the
Irish party, rose to continue the de-
bate on the bill.
Mr.. Redmond's Speech.
MI. Redmond's speech was COM
plete summary and statement of the
whole position Of the controversy and