Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-10-02


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uea~ 49, vhs Ave f,Ijoved sbe eoss,e
Of - ser.sxgs IN H. Esslish PuIiamens |
foe Irf,h Hons Raie. thss tbe eorr,e al -
Hsuss Il Lo,ds fnrssh.Aovs IL downfall.
Thie cosviceiou s,iss sposrs,s eooArua-
lion from H. nasseriv speech which Mr. |
Clsdssope rscsnsly delivered befxe
ths Nialoehisn Iibsrsi copnissee Of E.iip-
bc,sh. scoeisnd. h headl.d he House
II Lseds visboss stoyss Al he euthusiss-
fsc spols.ss thss s,,esed ~ visorous pe,i-
sds ~ sn evjdepes Of how uasIs real bold
INST body hes upon he sascsions Of the
Casiisb massss. He csIied attention n the
facf hat ..siacs Is4i the iesislatiop Of the
Houss II Coauons hss bsen . perpetual
shailsses y tbs Hosss Of Lseds. Some
times the latter hss dseIinsd 10 accept the
chsJIepse snd has paseea ths nessure pro-
seee,i. bscssss uu,ess tl,ey had done 90
sbess would have been no House Of Lords
4 this dsss."
As,inseSncss be cited he yspssl Of the
corn laws in 1886, the repeal Of the soap
duty in 1853 Irish disestsblishment in 1869,
and the passage of The Issd act In 1870. He
lao not;c~d three cssss in which the House
At Losds had taken Different course. The
first Of thsse was ~hen, in 1881, the Lords
Commons, which they res,rded n a great
,r,amub. ~ v,eat ~ they now regard the
rejection Of Home Rule. Bot within sir
uonths they we're ignominiously compelled
10 psss the measure. under threat that
,nlsss they dill 20 . sufficient number Of
peers you'd be ereatsd to carry 1t over their
hesds.
The next was the rejection of the bill for
abolition Of the paper duty, in 1860, which
resulted in the peers losing all influence
over the country's finances. The third was
shs refusal of the Lords to pass the Home
RuIe bill In 1886 This measure having
been rejected by the Upper House the ques-
sion wss discussed necessarily until 1899,
when the entire country returned major
| ity In its favor.
THAT verdict, continued Mr.. Gladstone.
the Lords have now reversed. What are
their plsss for that reversal? A majority
Of the Lords gave an opinion hostile to the
bill, a majority of the Commons an opinion
in It's favor. Yet ii il hardly case in
which one opinion 10 a. good ~ another.
The peers form their opinion for themselves;
they are responsible to nobody. and IL 1t
proves wrong they will neither be ousted
nor be made TO suffer in any way. Our
opinion IL not solely our own, but was
formed in discussion with the nation and
was 1iven with all the authority that q
national verdict can confer. think, there
fore, that the peers do not stand well on
their own showing.
After A passing reference to the intelli-
gence and incompatible unity Of the Lib
erals. without which the minority would,
be said. have broken down and destroyed
the bill without sending 1t to the House of
Lords, Mr.. Gladstone continued:
"I was not 90 sure when Lord Salisbury
threatened a year sgo to destroy the Home
Rule bill that the Lords recognized that
shi. might involve the question Of their
own independent and responsible existence,
Prolonged cheers. II ii should ever hap
mem In the vici,situdes of political Affairs
that the House Of Lords, BY some accident
n, collateral process. should bring about
laissoiutiou Of the House of Commons, de-
pend upon /, the people will not consider
Home Rule alone but will mix with it an.
other a ue,tiou on which the Lords may
bitterly lament. when it is too late, that
thew ever raised an issue.
In regard to the manner of facing the
.i,u.,ion Mr.. Gladstone said that there
.,,h mn, hs nrocp,ed q eut-and-dried ,olu-
tion Of the dilemma, This was neither the
,;us M, the nl.cs IN consider the matter.
n. .orr..,,sd na;,ha, violsncs nor vphe.
m.ncs An that was necessary was q Quiet
,...,,,;,.,;on n cling IN tho hone that bet-
-, co,,,s,. vould prev.il. and induce the
u,u.a osr ord. IN grant To Ireland some lust
,...t.ct,or Of her national aspirations. II
N. vor., c.m. the worst consolation that
,,, \. .r.,.a vo,,a hs IN ,em;na them
| - -. ,.,.,,,v .ra ~ tho x... CHANGE. of
N. ma, .;,tv wears. not one Of which orig
;,.tsd in the House of Lords or was pro
80 no ,h. Io,d. n, tho existence Of which
"''.e' W ... =. .,. .-..-.:.l /
on the stat"'e oooA - "o1 ~ 'i'e ''"P.'""
opinion Of the Lords. To every one Of
those changes the opinion Of the House Of
h.., .avs,.. .,thouob ;ts mani.
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fe'sation might nave osen pr"ae"'iy re-
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| ror my part '"'u mi. 'oA',
| ind this retrospect suhciently encouraging.