New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-11-19
greater degree Of authority. It Is generally beloved
that this course will be adopted.


that this course will be adopted
There is still another policy which the King may con-
cude try. He may adopt the old but ehectVo expo
dent Of creating peers-an expedient when mas
proved successful more than once In This arftoerauc
country and OF whose success tried In the present
case there can be doubt The Upper House contains
NORMALLY, about 275 members, OF whom 90 are Dered
tary prOpretors The others hold their seats in virtue
of official functions for life. by the favor OF tue
Crown For good many OF the latter, their seats are
rather honorary than otherwise; they round OF well
the list ofa mans titles in the yearbook and give him
desirable place state occasions, andlthat is about
all These in their seats only when there arises
a measure threatening their class or professional
interests, or when party feeling runs very
high. The average working membership OF the
Upper House embraces therefore considerable pre-
pOnderance OF the landed interest. And as the landed
gentry Eays able to form political alliances and as
the for the rest hercey reactonary In sense
not only OF hating liberalism but of disking even the
conservatism Of Bismarck. it was no hard matter TO
muster overwhelming majority against the moderate
County Reform bill. One hundred and fortyfye mem
bers against voted 10 reject the bill it passed the
House Of Deputies II is curious fact that the present
result is due In part 20 measure passed in 1865,
and supported by Count Eulenburg, to-day Min
lister of tho Interior, and custodian of the
County bin. In 1861, after the accession Of
the present King 10 the throne, the Auerswold
Ministry carried through b for reducing the number
OF proprietary seats In the Upper House from 90 10 IA
blow aimed at the small landhoders, whose pretensions
had become intocrabe. As the seats in question were
TO be abolished only the death OF the actual occu-
pants the progress Of reduction was slow. But even
this rate alarmed the Crown and in 1895 rcactonay
Ministry repealed the of 1891 and rcesabished the
ancient quota OF feuda representation. Count Eucn-
burg warmly supported this measure. How well the
peers in question Tewardng his service is shown by
the action OF tie House yesterday, in which, out OF tho
81 proprietary members who voted on the question: only
six voted with the Minister OF the Interior, Count
Eulcnbg Had this check occurred in the other House,
the Minister would have been obliged to resign and
in circumstance an adverse vote in the Upper
House compe!s Cabinet change; but III this case tho
Minister declared before the vote taken that His
Majesty had pronounced the pending bill not only Min
isteral but Crown project So the vote Of the House
is declaration OF against the King himself The
House adjourned Immediately after this vote The ses-
sion Of to-day opened quietly but at the hour at which
write there are Indications Of the course which the
Government viii pursue. The plan OF fictitious adj
iournment and Tcalunaton Of this bill by the Lower
House. is recommended by many journals and seems to
be limited at by the Ministerial orGans and there arc
many calls for Bismarck. Finally, there rests the last
measure by which morarchs accustomed TO disci-
plino similar refractory Uouses-a fresh creation OF
members