The day book. [volume], November 14, 1912, Image 27

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BLAME ASQUITH FOR RIOT
"London, Nov. 14. Speaker
Lbwther today suggested that
the House of Commons adjourn
until -Monday to give the mem-'
bers time to recover from the bit
terness caused by yesterday's
riot.
, In doing sti, the speaker severe
ly rebuked Prime Minister As
quith for bringing on the riot by
refusing to resign after the defeat
of the government on the home
'rule bill. -
"No one desires a repetition o'f
yesterday's scenes," said Low
ther. "I believe time for consid
eration might result in the finding
of a solution of the present diffi
culty more in accordance with
precedent."
Ronald McNeill, who threw a
big. Bok- zlt Winston Churchill,
flrs"b of the admiralty, during
the Yioj$t blackening Churchill's
eyes and scratching all one side
of his face, apologized to
Churchill today.
The riot in the House is the"
worst in centuries. It began
when Asquith announced that
the government would not resign
despite its defeat.
Conservatives jumped to their
feet all over the house, yelling
that there would be no parliament
at all if the government did not
resign.
The noise was kept Up for
hours,, and then some one threw
a program 'at Prime Minister As
quith, where he stood in the cen--ter
of a little group of cabinet
ministers. The next miriute the
air was filled with flying" papers,
books, Jiats and other missiles. ""
' The riot ended with the black
ening of Churchill's eyes and an
adjournment until today-
DUring the course of the riot,
the cabinet ministers were called
traitors, grinning apes and other
pet names.
IT'S BULLY, COMEDY!
One way of reducing the high
cost of amusing one's self in the
future may be to cut out theaters
and take in oUr municipal courts
instead.
What better comedy could any
otie want than the Chauncey C.
Foster-Mrs. May Williams Char
ter suit and played in Judge Sab
ath's court yesterday and today?
Chauncey added to the world's
humor by referring to himself as
a love-goat.
Chauncey's attorney referred
W Mrs. Charter as the most ac
complished double-crosser who
ever tried to bamboozle a court, a ,
cat playing with a helpless moUse,
a parasite and a designing wo
man. Mrs. Charter's attorney re
ferred to Chauncey as a boob, a
lovesick Romeo, a mouse in a cat's
paw and a candidate for the zoo,
and finally as a warm baby.
The extreme dignity of this
procedure is such that not even
the most common of the common
people can fail thereby to gain a
new and enduring respect for the
ancient and honorable profession
of the law.
And also save money by not
buying that ticket for the bur
lesque show this week.