POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE.

Press, Volume XLIII, Issue 6493, 15 July 1886, Page 3

POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE.

.-> " ' m -~■'. ■■ ■ [Br Tw—sua.} , WiJLLIIIGTOir, Jalyl4. Tkm frsat debate expectad en tteDi*a_iet Xaihray Purchase acaadal turned out ana Hast remarkable jEatee ia my experieases. The battle was anticipated to-day wrath aba slaws! nagt mciM, and oanopre-wioaaoee-aMaduriagthe prweatses-ten has s» aa-h estate-cent prevailed both in aad eat of the Bouaa. Members were besieged aattt arajHaa-toaa far tickets, aad everyligty looked forward to a very lively time. ])n__f tas foreaeoa, however, rumors got asaaa± that some arrasgemest had been •MM to far avert of compromise, aad that «he Premier would moves resol-tkm which wasef tat 8-sward dowa eeaQy aad withss| tsltiaA th» Backs up ot the Con__dttee. Oa Si* other hand, many members posiafcwty declared thai they would not allow aha escatt to be ujwet without a sharp ataaggfs, aad that if Miai-ters carried ilssjr faint It would only be by a very narvm. .aaayeritj'. At two o'clock the report S-i-amgxoaa&ead it was further amid that -ami is i ai ill; efforts had been made te prewast any debate at all taking place, aad 4a_4araacl_±ki_ih_dbeeno__*fn]3yd tn»4 it waa hoped the House would oonaout f» saw üßaaimouAly aad without dit-ea-aie-; bat many members still vow*d that the debate abouM not be stopped, SSSt that if ao one else would keep fit sp they would, until the whole laanaaM had been tcoroaghly T_nti-Isa-i. The value of their declaration saw ain'E to b* tested by the event. By laaffaat two there was the fullest house cf at* year. Hsariy all the mess bets were aasaeaf.aad eves the spQeries were well Slad, although at that hour bruin* ss -atjiH mil read-ted it difficult for many Sa ait-ad. Tie ap*echem made doubtless *afa«j_r la your Pari aaaentary report. I a.ed ao* aay that Mr Peaeoea'a explanaeverybody of \v» aaittre __ the matter. Mr Steward oasapitd over feaH-ea-hcur in making his aliaaitißtitMi. Be made a very clever and aioa.«a-t defence. dvelMng h«avOy on the laan poißte,aad Taarirfg ever with jodictoas 1%1-*ew trme which did not tell in his faTor. Oct she whole, Mr Steward evidently pro-eTa-aed a faTorable imaes-ioa. aad he waa E-aeh eheerad when he sat down after an wss-uct appeal the justice of the Hcuae. He left t_w chamber directly sfterwardy, aad then the Speaker called on the order sitae day, A dead silence easosd. Every yewa turned cm Mr Thomson, Ch-_rmaa O-Kua-ttee, fully ezpeetiag that ha veaM rise to move the adoption of the re■SEt, bat he did net star. Then some leakad at Mr Gaerick, who was -ndeatood tsaave beea waoaiy ia favor ot the severe s«smC. sad ptapared to defend it rtamijaalj, who moreo-wr was aww_aally wataaf note as&duoQ_|y dur%l_r »S««B*dfssxpl_-_)fe»-,but BtstherdidMr xbotc, aad a feeling of w__s_«r *»•« te grow m to what res-lyaboEt T9auq-aaa. At las. the Pssatier rsae, aad •aid "Mat a* the Chairman, of tbe Cos_-avMww-i art move the adoptkm of the Export a* fait it mca__btnt on him as lesakr of the Houae to propcae a resc__*__sa «d-«a bet hoped wndd be carsss# Ea-oda«BaE\y. Ha peneeeded to auke * ariat aad atu-waaly tempsrate apescb, "■-"•«\|" *annwS_at»f-lfr Peseoek. and:

I li rim' —jl bis conviction that Mr Stowa-d d-l ace act from atry- corrupt tbe fstnre gatdaaee of members, in order to avert any repetition of ao painral an affair. He movsd the resolution aooordiasij. Mr Ballance seconded it without remark, aad it waa camad aesa. eon., sot a cnelenobeing heard. Sir J. Vogel made inattemptto •peek, but he had only got out the word " Sir," when he waa prevented byßir B- Stout, and so that stage of tbe matter closed. Itwasruinoredthat Sir J. Vogel intended to make a personal explanation this evening, but was again d_Mua<teibybJsecUMgues. The appearance of tbe House at tins evening's sitting was extremely diverting to those who were aware that the whole of the expected fun was over, and that tbe multitudes who thronged all the galleries to snffocation in erery corner had come under a lamentable misconception of what was in ■tore for them, very few outside of the Househavmg learned of thedebate'soollapa? ia the afternoon. The galleries continued densely packed until the supper adjournment, the occupants evidently unaware t*«-t there was nothing exciting to oome, aad enduring with exemplary patience a dreary charitable aid discussion. It was wdivened, however, by two pretty stiff "bree_es** between the Speaker and Mr Fergus on the one hand, and tbe Speaker and Sir G. Grey on the other. Mr Fergus accused Sir B. Stout of making a false statement about him, and being promptly called to order fenced for a considerable time before be would consent to withdraw the expression. Sir G. Grey tried very hard to drag in quite irrelevant references to the district railway scandal, but was instantly jumped on by the Speaker for referring to a previous debate. He then argued that he was only alluding to a fact. The Speaker Btill ruled him out of order. Sir G. Grey then called it a ** transaction,** but Sir Maoric* o*Rourke was inex>rable. Lastly, SlrG. Grey claimed a right to refer to the contents of a paper presented to that House. On this, the Speaker lost patience, and sternly warned Sir G. Grey that he must not be trifled with any longer, on which Sir G. Grey replied that in that case he had better sit down, which be did. A strange excited feeling seems to pervade the whole House. There is an unmistakable fense el astonishment at the way in which Sir B. Stout threw Sir J. Vogel overboard, while Mr Steward was exonerated. Sir J. Vogel was let alone most severely, nay, more—the resolution explicitly condemns what Sir J. Vogel in his evidence had pronounced perfectly proper aad justifiable. There could hardly have been a more direct slap in the face administered by a Premier to his colleague, and, notwithstanding Sir B. Stout's great popularity and the general admiration felt fox his ability, the prevalent opinion ia that he has dealt rather hardly with his colleague. July 18, 1.58 am. It is rumored that tbe aow famous resolution passed to-day on the district raSwayi f^Tt**- 1 •■"■ thA-«imlfcof m-ftwfa-wnca between Sir B. Stout and Mr Macandrew» that the former at first desired to move a strong resolution rejecting the report aad censuring the action of the Committee, but that Mr Macandrew took the opposite view, a compromise being arrived at of which tbe resolution actually moved was theoutooms.