Show GLAD TONE VAX WROTH Trembling with Indignation He Replies to Balfour TH LATTER APOLOGIZES More Panama Cormptionists Are Arraigned raigned Included Therein Are nn MinIster and Several Deputies all of Whom Accepted Ac-cepted Bribes for Working the Lottery Dil LONDON Feb 10In the commons today to-day Balfour spoke at length in favor of extending the debate on the address Gladstone objected to the manner in which the extension of the debate was introduced in-troduced without previous notice Balfour Bal-four replied with spirit that he not only had given notice but also debated tho question last evening when the right honorable gentleman opposed was more agreeably occupied This slur had an unexpected un-expected effect upon the house Liberal and Irish members answered it with shame and jeers which completely drowned opposition cheers 21 When Gladstone rose to answer he I was trembling with fg indignation and in a c l voice shaking with anger he thundered I out With due regard re-gard to the circumstances Jri 1 circum-stances and time I I I endeavored to serve GjAhr < the house to the best t ONt of my ability Loud and prolonged cheers The right honorable member for East Manchester Man-chester would have shown better taste would have better fulfilled the duties of the position which he occupied occu-pied i he had spared a reference to my agreeable occupation Repeated cheers followed Gladstones words and amid enthusiasm Balfour rose to speak unnoticed Before he had spoken a dozen audible words the Irish members drowned his voice again and shouts of Oh Oh and with Coward Cow-ard and C Withdraw Amid renewed confusion Balfour made himself heard sufficiently to inform the house that he had not intended to hurt the feelings of the prime minister in factthe right honorable hon-orable gentleman was the last person in the house whom he willingly would offend of-fend This apology was received on all sides with prolonged cheers which were turned to laughter as Balfonr added that the right honorable to whose more agreeable agree-able occupation he referred was not the prime minister but one of his colleagues The house debated until 1 oclock this morning on the amendment of Arnold Forest urging the adoption of measures to prevent the repetition of priestly interference inter-ference with elections The amendment was rejected by a vote of 248 to 205 |