The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-11-06

IT'S s0sisary grarde1r.
It's nexs proposal IL ra3re original. both
r. its sreoHa- q she past and its plans for
tie fztrrs.
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peses msss 80 sxssszy ss ths rrc~n ass tore-
safrsE1sr Gss veto - yrs~tsna --sy ssss s1ssr
~Eas ssss eY~~u ass s=eafs9 sn1 -tsk re~o7s-
rfyas 60 asvzse fre ess~r - esezsa rSsss. sad .
e9aI6 sssva+s Sc s~ssps 70 fN- peerags ,, tns
s.srns. ,Ae Aoass q eem-aens Axs ;eeHnseAl
rlsat 70 rsfgse sapvsts~. and - arrest ias IA
eAsns-y ~ ssvssnEessE
Nr. Harrssaa IN rather hard rpoa TIE
crown.
He FIRE. im.vsn@s . Struggle over the
veto, wE&eh Hever teok pace. ard at
tributes s91erIngs 20 u "a consequences q
lis Supposed osszauacY on this question.
which are ecGslly E1rsc0rsea 5y his
scyiAns- lie then proposes that tbs honss
Of eoas mons sbozsd refuse the sappsses II
tne crows declines 81 inject 59y sweeps
Ito the aouse % lords. il a. Of course.
oHeu - tie nause OF corn mons ~ Tssgs=
fme saprs.ss; that 10, 20 decline t. pay ne
sTmy and the police. whenever they mar
thsnk q erpeassn3 70 d. 50. Bat Il ia very
Questionable whether the cruwn wuus1
have TIRE power 81 doing NhEf Ar. Harri-
son desires h shoasd be punished for
rot doing. I can only SPEAK wstA
nsver bern TIRED, and hAs therefore never
b~~n decided. Bat fsse house 81 lords has on
mere than ore occasion refused 10 ALLOW
nswig created peers TO tase their seats, II
theirs was any circumstance attending
their creation which Indicated 40 inteu-
tien on the part Of Eae crown 20 sErroach
%. the Independence Of he house. Ia i7II
IL was resS vea THAT Scottish peers created
peers 81 Crest Britain should sog re a.
ssasd so at and vote. the E0sive Tor this
sssolus 9a hssa. their supposed sa5ser-
leuey 30 the erown. The exclusion was
msgn g2sasa iii 49,. A more modern aud
nzore opposite precedent HRs the attempt
OF the crown. on the advice Of
Lord PaAsasFston. Go create a life peer by
preyogztise ia 1876 The house 0f lords
could nat ehaieRgs tie creation, but, On
The ground that the provocative ciBlmed
was obsossse and that il threatened the In
dependence 81 the house as a iegisiattve
boay. the house decided that Lord Wens-
lsydale, the person on whom the 1fe peer
age had been conferred, should not be a.
lowed TO lake his seat ard he remained
for some time ia state Of suspended
legislative animsilon. with title as a peer
Of the United Kingdom, ont with no seat
in the house ot sords Ii 10 Is possible 20
concsiye the creation of The 1--WE hundred
swseps." II IL legitimate 20 speculate on
what &oald happen case % their crea-
ton. am afraid they would share Lord
WensieysiaIe's fate. a witty Judge Of that
time DESERVED aam az Lord Pa nerston'.
lord IN Visiting. Tae ave hundred sweeps
would, no doubt, pe remembered In his
tory as Mr., Gladstone lords in waiting.
On tue whole. should recommend the
procedure oy resolution the simplest
method Of dealing with" the house OF
lords. After all, the i've hundred sweeps
even IL the house allowed them TO take
their seats. might, some OF them, vote the
eff L. I'D. o.
house texcept the administration, and, /
presume, Lord BaIterseal will certainly
be OF Que mind in the defense OF the as
sefabiy 10 which they belong, the whole
voting strength OF the black peerage Will
be required. Il will look bad ii the sweeps.
In their turn. have to be swamped
by new sweeps. The abolition OF
the house Of lords by resolution IL not
liable TO be interrupted by these accidents,
and one mode Of procedure is just a.
practicable sa the other. The essential
condition for the success of both opera.
tions Is the existence of such state Of
national feeling as will give the material
force to carry them through. Looking at
the returns OF the last election, confess
that do net see where that force is To
come from. u viii not come from En-
gland or from Great Britain. II must
come from irsiand--iike the forces Of
STAFFORD or Tyrconnel Considering that
to persuade the uls,ermen of the
supreme constitutional duty OF pas.
sivs oosdience to the law under
all circumstances. the application of
material force to the house of lords in
order 70 keep 10 from 'pranks" will be a
great asal OF explaining away. But If the
mass Of the nation Oncludlng in that term
the mass Of the English people as an
essential part Of the natIon) we're TO urge
the acceptance Of such a measure as IRISH
home rule. do not suppose that the house
Of lords sauld desire 20 resist them, or
would hare the power OF doing so il they
wished H. This condition. however,
Iamantahiy falls. Even ifthc election be &C
cepEsd as definite declaration concerning
home rule, IL only shows that England Is
yeaemensiy opposed 10 any suoh measure.
Thts circumstances 10 awkward for those
sho wisA 30 make the house Of lords re
pens" OF agreeing With England IN the
matter. Mr.. Harrison saws that the house
of lords would scc.pt the htll ''if Mr. Glad
stone and she nation we're laundering At
thsif doors" This may. no doubt be al
mitted as more than probable, even If the
nation we're laundering alone Blu; 1t
must be real thunder, and real nation.
Is is material element ia the case that
barring tue votes given by Archbishop
Walsh's pocket boroughs Rnd pocket
counties ia the South and West Of Ire and
she nation. " Il Numbered Sc ali. would be
thnnaerluE the other wav.
have 40 doubt that Mr. Gladstone's
threats are very sincere, AMI that Re
would carry them into execution with
great EvaI Bat until be succeeds in
obtaining the hearty assent OF the English
people. such threats are uoE Of much
account They see prime psly important
IS Indicating sAst Is = hame rUle hiN
should by any c3s fortune pass the
hapse 81 commoass enormous pressure
nor'Aiory and minatury Ntii ia fut upon
the house al lords 20 induce chem TO
Aoauden the 8aty imposed anon them by
he consf tut'cn t. il So contribution
10 rAjs scussloa that | wish 20 invite
mere attention than tbIuk has hltherto
been givea 80 tie ieeisiari0n al other
democratic countries On ths question OF
constitutional revision. i soens - me-
that tee eeus 8asas5ou 90 th~m must .save
beaud g tha convict. 1n---aat that the
house az lords "a saPerauous safeguard
against basty change of our fGotsuen.
sas laws tut- that we Meet even "a.
drfcnai aesurlty if we are 60 ~ paced On
jevsi wth otter nslon~ "a thls respect
~ eemocrattcstt governed countries
whoss cRostit 41'cnS have bad the soneest
irisl sTe BE United States Beisiuc1. Hol-
land ard <nrauY Swlizer aat and
Greece are uars modern ans much .css
Important. Hat their con~t buttons contain
provisions hsch are wertny ~ notice
The rFecssuocs tsken by she co0stitr.
fton - o;hs Eu4te3 safes in rrsrert %
amendments ct tee constitution are laid
aa@n su iae at1b article 81 the couxuia-
t}ssa ot lesI;
Tas con Tsss. waeuoysr two-sA,ri. q bob
Ao1sos BAH aesta it nsrEsssvr. snsf propose
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