Mr. Morley, having no responsibility for the policy which
rendered such a vote necessary, was away in his room, attending to the
duties of his laborious department. Mr. T.W. Russell assumed to be in a
great pucker over this absence, and actually tried to stop the
proceedings until Mr. Morley came back.
[Sidenote: While a wronged nation waits.]
Mr. Morley did appear in due course, and then there was an attempt to
assail him for his absence. There was also an attempt to take advantage
of his presence to resume the discussion of the very topics which had
already been discussed for many hours in his absence. Mr. Morley
refused to fall into the trap. Speaking quietly, but with a deadly blow
between every word, he declined to be a party to obstruction by
answering again questions which had already been answered many times
over. At this, there was a loud shout of approval from the Liberal
benches--exasperated almost beyond endurance by the shameless waste of
time in which the Tories, aided by Mr. Chamberlain, had indulged in for
so many hours. Mr. Chamberlain professed to be greatly shocked. But the
House was not in a mood to stand any more nonsense.
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