The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1890-03-15 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

PARLIAMENT AND THE SPECIAL COMMISSION.  THE GOVERNMENT CONDEMNED BY LORD R. CHURCHILL. A "FOURTH PARTY" SPLIT. In the House of Commons on Monday night the debate was resumed on the subject of the report of the Parnell Commission, when Mr. Sexton charged the Attorney General with having made a false statement to the House in connection with the 'framing of the Special Commission Bill. He said that at the time when the bill was 'undergoing discussion in the House of Commons, the Attorney General said that he never saw the bill until it was introduced into the House. Mr. Sexton said the Irish members have in their possession evidence Which they regard as unimpeachable, and which goes to show that the draft of the Members of Parliament :Charges and Allegations) Bill was actually revised and corrected by the Attorney General in his own handwriting. Mr. Sexton also made allusion to the efforts of the Times to buy the evidence of P. J. Sheridan, and their willingness to give the enormous sums asked for, provided - Sheridan was able to associate :Mr. Parnell with the Plnenix Park murders. Sheridan was, however, only fooling the Tim,: all the while. Mr. Balfour followed, and early this (Tuesday) morning a vote was taken on Mr. Gladstone's amendment with the following reSult . 263 339  Fr the amendment Against  Majority  In the House of Commons on Tuesday evening, Mr. Goschen informed an hon. member that he did not intend to make his Budget statement before Easter. The debate on Mr. Smith's motion for the adoption of the Judges' Report was resumed by Lord Randolph Churchill, who made a spirited attack on the policy of the Government in reference to the charges brought against the Irish members. He said that by the Special Commission Act the Government violated the Constitution, and by the present motion they violated the law. A Nemesis attended a Government which adopted unconstitutional procedure. What had been the result of this upheaval of the British Constitution What had been the one result Pigott—(Loud , Opposition cheers). What had been the result of this mountainous parturition 1.• Pigott. (Cheers and laughter.) What had  been the result of this deliverance? A ghastly. bloody, rotten fcetus—Pigott. hewed laughter and cheers.) The House was asked to approve the conception and birth of Pigott. This was the Nemesis, and he hoped would always be the Nemesis, that must inevitably attend a British Government that departed flagrantly from constitutional courses. ; Loud cheers:) If the Government insisted on this motion, if they compelled their majority to assent to it, he also insisted on his right, as a member of the House, to record his lOote in favour of the condemnation not only of the Irish members, but also of the Times newspaper found guilty of atrocious libel on members of the House, found guilty of slander without foundation and unexampled Ile hoped the motion would be abandoned. Mr. Chamberlain followed with a speech in support of Mr. Smith's motion. Mr. Jennings. expressing surprise at the hostile speech which Lord it. Churchill had delivered, said he dissociated himself from such attempts to stab his party in the buck, and he declined to move his amendment. Mr. Goschen took part in the debate, and made some references to the employment of Major be Caron at the time when Mr. H. Fowler was at the Treasury,- which led to a scene. At a later period Mr. Caine brought forward an amendment couched in precisely the same terms as that which Mr. Jennings hadi abandoned, viz :—" Further this House deems it to be its duty to record its condemnation Of the conduct of those who are responsible for the accusation of complicity in mordPr brotight against members of this Reuse diseover,:d to be based mainly on forged letters, and declared by the Special Commission to he disproved." The House divided upon the amendment at midnight, with the result that it was rejected bv 321 to 259—majority 62. Mr. Smith s motion was -.then agreed to, and the House adjourned.