The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-03

| concession involved In an eight MsSt71li
| for miners, the enforcement OF the lh8 to
DO left. however. optional with the MIXERS
OF Durham and Northumberland. Whether
the bill RELOCATING to local option the pro-
hibition OF che liquor trafIlc will be pressed
In the autumn session ts moro doubtful.
some Of Mr.. GLADsToyE's colleagues Deem
ing It inexpedient to arouse the liquor in
forest to extraordinary exertions against
the Liberal party at the next general cleo
ton. As for Welsh disestablishmont, its
advocates do not even ask that It shall be
brought before Parliament this year, and
Scotch disestablishment will come up oven
later. IL at all.
There is but little doubt that.such OF these
matters rs are pressed to vote at the
autumn session will be carried. and 1t Is
almost as certain that the Lords will reject
every one Of them as they have already
treated the bill charging the powers Of the
London County Council. and as they are
about to treat tho homo rule project.
That Is to soy. IL the present intentions OF
the Unionists are carried out. the upper
House will arrogate the right OF multiplying
the whole legislative work OF the peo-
pies representatives That is precisely
Une pOSlUlOu III WnlCu obhboIoNh
must desire to place the heredi-
tary legislators. They will thus be
stripped Of the pretence that. in repudiat-
ing the Home Rule bill. they are acting as
trustees Of English interests in case
where majority of Englands representa-
tives in the lower House we're outvoted by
O coalition of Irishmen. Welshmen. and
Scotchmen. with minority Of Englishmen.
They will be shown to be equally defiant OF
England's wishes. for 1t is Englishmen
who demand an improved registration. an
eight-hour bill for miners. and an enlarge
ment of the powers OF the London County
Council and Of parish councils. In the face
OF such an attempt to block the will
of the English people all along the
line. the Queen could only at grave
risk to herself repel Mr.. GLADsToNE's pro-
posal to swamp the hostile majority in the
upper House by a sweeping creation of new
Peers. II such thing was done by ANNE
merely to effect the treaty Of Utrecht how
much more. 1t will be said. should 1t be
done by VICTORIA. when a series Of reforms
vitality affecting all her subjects had been
frustrated by body Of five hundred men
representing nobody but themselves.
1t is clear. then. that II Mr.. GLADSTONE
plays his cards as he seems resolved to play
them. the Unionists will find themselves in
an awkward predicament The Queen must
either accept or reject Mr.. GLADsToNE's
proposal that she shall apply q constitu-
tional remedy to the persistent attempt Of
the Lords to paralyz the whole machinery
Of legislation. II she assents, it is probable
that the mere threat to create some two
hundred Peers would suffice to coerce the
upper House. as the threat to create a
much smaller number coerced 1t in the time
Of WILLIAM ". Should she. on the other
hand. withhold her consent. Mr.. GLAD
STONE would at once demand an appeal to
the constituencies. and. in the tremendous
contest that would follow. the home rule
issue itself would be lost sight Of In the |
fundamental question whether the Lords. |
or the Queen. or the people chosen spokes-
men In the House Of Commons are the real |
masters Of the United Kingdom.