240 WITH MR. CHAMBERLAIN 



He moved to reduce the vote by £3900, the cost of the 

 special mission to the United States, 



Note the words italicised ! " Labby " was al- 

 ways hostile to Mr. Chamberlain over the Home 

 Rule question, and never forgave him for severing 

 himself from the Gladstonians. It was " gall and 

 wormwood " to the member for Northampton to 

 feel that Mr. Chamberlain had had a " good time " 

 and that his mission had been successful. The vote 

 was ultimately carried by a majority of 246. 



