Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 125, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 May 1914 — IRISH HOME RULE BILL PASSES THIRD READING [ARTICLE]

IRISH HOME RULE BILL PASSES THIRD READING

Goes Through House of Commons By a Majority of SeventySeven Votes. London, May 25.—The Irish home rule bill passed its third reading in the house of commons today by a majority of 77. The vote was: for 351; against 274. The house was seething with excitement from the moment the speaker took, the chair. Members of the various parties indulged in loud outbursts of cheering when their respective champions entered the chamber, while at the same time mocking banter Was ■shouted from the opposite benches. Mr. Ganzoni, the unionist, who on Saturday defeated C. F. G. Masterman, chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, in the bye-election of Ipswich, met with such an uproarious welcome on his introduction that he appeared glad to escape from the limelight. The closing scene tn the fight in the house of commons for Irish home rule brought together a crowd of members and spectators which filled the chamber to its utmost capacity. Outside great crowds gathered to await the result of the debate on the third reading of the bill. Under the provision of the parliament act the bill becomes law after this stage, as it had al-, ready twice passed through all' its stages in the house of commons in two separate sessions, and the veto of the house of lords therefore has no further effect.