The Northwestern standard., 1886-04-10
in that House, and vino we're kicked

in that House, and vino were kicke
: upstairs. Laughter.) Generally tn
very rich men were made Peers No
TO be inyidious, he would mention TIA
latest, Sir Henry Allsopp. He brewe'
beer and by brewing beer made a for
E6uns He had not distinguished him
Hself In any way politically although III
/ doubt, he did good service to his party
and subscribed to the funds of the Carl
! fon Club. (Laughter.) He had been Z
baroneb He lMr. I4abouchere) had moi
| the slightest objection to any one being
made a baronet. It would be 1mpossi.
ble now, almost a cruelty to animals tc
refuse anybody a baronetcy who asked
! for II. (Laaghter.) A Peerage, how
ever conveyed not only title, but q
right TO legislate, and therefore people
/ had an interest in the matter, What
was Sir EEL. Alisopp's first step on beiag
promoted to the Peerage? He wrote
TO Tho Times to assure the world that
| although he lad been a brewer, he had
ceased brewing. (Laughter.) Shortly
! afterwards his tenants met him. and
congratulated him on having been made
| a Peer, and at the same time. according
TO a country newspaper, the suggestion
| was made that he was descended from
| one af the Plan5agenet Kings. Laugh
teri Assuming Sir III, Allsopp had {,
son, ana that he went to the House of
| Lords. what sort OF member would he
make? Would he speak about COM
mercer Would he allude to the pater-
nal butt? daughter He Mr.. Labou-
chere) asked on what principle Sir II.
Ailsopp's descendant should rule heredi-
tarily over u.s. Our boast was that
every class was represented in this
country; but the House Of Lords con-.
sisted almost entirely of one class.
There were 402 Peers who sat heredi-
tarily. They had Ia millions of acres
among them and l2millions OF rent
an average of 5000 acres to each Peer,
and IN average income of 100000 per
annum. We had heard a good deal Of
the Land League. but could any one I'M
agine more pernicious Land League
than that which sat III the House of
Lords? tCheers.) Of course being
landlords, they legislated for landlords,
the result being that our landlords
were a disgrace and opprobrium to civ
l1iza5ion. Irish c,leers.l Gould any
thing be more absurd than to suppose
that any single class since the world
began ever legislated for any class ex-
|cepa themselves? We were told they
were rich and therefore independent. A
more self-seeking body of men did not
exist IN this country. Putting aside
grants to royal Princes and revenues of
Bishops, hefonnd that these Peers re-
ceiyed at the present time no less than
$685. per annum from the public
Treasury an average Of e70O each per
annum. Hear, hear.) That was not
all, for they had relations who had re
ceived from 1855 to the present date
8l20,0 100000. daughter. There might
be some mistake in that, SO he would
knock off g2O, 100000. daughter The
statistics showed that since 1856 each
Duke had 56 relations living upon the
public. He understood why Gonserva-
tives should wish to perpetuate this
state OF things, but he could not under
stand why Liberals should support it.
(Hear, hear.) Even in Liberal Govern
ments the Peers were not without a
baneful influence. The House Of Lords
was the only institution he knew OF
which had no advantage TO counterbal-
ance it's evil influence. a laugh.) 1t
was said they prevented precipitate
legislation. To say that the House of
Commons was precipitate was absurd.
He never knew such a long winded as
sembly in his life. (Laughter.) Hel
ridiculed the idea that the abolition Of
the House of Lords could only be ac-
complished by revolution. 1t would be
easy to create 500 new Peers and swamp
them. He was sure there was such pa
triotism on that side of the House that
800 gentlemen would be found ready to
ascend the altar and sacrifice rfensel-
yes in such cause.
The Gran gemen IN 1913.
Tho nranpprpO TX ara now on hand .O j