Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1912 — HOME RULE ADVANCED [ARTICLE]

HOME RULE ADVANCED

BILL PASSES SECOND READING IN HOUSE OF COMMONS. Stormy Speeches and Much Excitement Precedes Vote —Man Ejected From Gallery Amid Uproar.

London, May 10*.—The second reading of the home rule bill passed in the bouse of commons late last night by i vote of 372 to 271. The vote was reached after a long storm of oratory /nterspersed with interruptions and ane or two exciting incidents by occupants of the crowded galleries. John Redmond-, in opening the debate, said he thought the justice of the claim of Irishmen to manage their awn affairs was now generally conceded. “Underlying the speeches of the during the debate,” said the irish leader, “there has been a supposition that having obtained their great charter of liberty the Irish people would prove themselves a nation of fools and at once set to work to wreck and ruin their ' own constitution.” This idea Mr. Redmdnd controverted at great length. Mr. Chaplin contended that the bill had not been considered by the electorate. He regarded the bill as dangerous, both to the interests of Ireland and to Great Britain. While R. Thompson was reading an extract from the paper Irish Freedom, a stranger in the gallery called out: “Our paper is published everywhere.” The disturber refused to be silenced and continued to shout imprecations at the speaker amid a general uproar until he had been forcibly ejected.