Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-09-21

TIE LAUGHING LORDS

'HAoes "
+ 81, IN Sept. 8 The debate was
parfRnctory, for the result was
foeaseen. When the vote, Of more
ttsaa ten to one, was announced,
the noble law-givers received it
eaitb laughter and cheers"
Although they had taken pains
to yslIy in force for the defeat Of
tbs measure, they exhibited an oe-
tentatious contempt fer their ops
poneats when the crisis approached
Lord Salisbnry's dennnciations Of
the Irish people were greeted with
appliance and laughter. When the
o4,sr"a was called "the Marquis
o. Waterford voted sitting, and
TIE E4rl Of Galloway voted while.
}ag a full length on a BENCH
z enty~two Anglican bishops, in
tier robes and lawn sleeves, voted
sa1dlr with the majority. The
lords temporal and spiritual were
i rare gaod~humor. They Lad
coae<n to expect an overwhelming
victory, but they did not act wisely
il celebrating the success so hiiar-
i3ssiy.
l. Il not the part Of shrewdness
IL d body of hereditary Legislators
IL ooatt their supremacy over the
reHnlor people. When the latter,
80, 'sfnite pains and at a heavy
expense 81 time and means, have
sabored for months and years to
devise $ bIea5ure for the relief OF a
ioGg inbred community, ard that
neaGass, discussed for eighty days
il sie peoples council, is kicked
cut u the Lords assembly ate,
5ets taaa eight days consideration.
then Should be the time for the
friends Of the Lords, net to laugh,
hns 10 ponder ana be afraid.
NJ Lord Tomnody sprawllng III
s etaT o. lo!ling on q bench, as ne
ease.aiig-ffamed Legislation Of the
peoples parliament, offers an
al scs-ie=sou Of hereditary rule
aa.ca Is not likely TO be lost upon
The keen ana angry radical Of the
time, When MY Lord and bis
fellows deride and laugh al the
s~noyersion Of popniar VIII, they
display an insolence Of power which
would be indiscrcet in a Roman
Senate sud is suicidal folly in a
m9aern upper chamber, tolerated
at.sy because it is expected TO con-
Il ii inc DEGREES of its masters.
AS the cracking Of thorns
burning under a pot" says Ec-
c~ozlastss, so is the laughter Of a
fool Let the fools keep on
laughing Tie fire is kindled and
the sns will soon boil. When ans
otter Home Rule Bill is sent np to
taa House of Lords, with the Gus
o. sement Of the voters Of the
United Kingdom, it will meet with
8 off rent reception. The issue is
sqae4a}y drawn between the
masses and the classes, as il would
got nave been if the latter had not
desied The former by such an overs
wteinling rejection of a popular
measure.
Ar. Gladetone's next etep may
probably &c to pass a bill increas-
ing the political strength Of the
eorsaon people By a general ano
eqaa system of franchise. Should
tbs Lord, reject that bill, they will
lose the workingmen' s vote all over
TIE country. Should they approve
it, me new voters will be practis
eAiIg Unanimous in support Of the
parts which introduced it. In
either case. the privileged class is
bound to lose. Mr.. Gladstone a
Ngo to the country on an issue even
Stronger than that Of Home Rule,
ED having won the endorsement
o. the nation, he will be in a posts
tioa 10 command the sanction of
Lords AID Crown TO mayhap even
> broader measure Of justice to
IfelaGd than that which has Just
been scornfn5lg kicked out Of the
House IF Peers.
The laughter will then be On the
otter side, un'ess the Lords should
Prove fatuously insolent enough 10
rsject the bill 8 second time. In
taat improbable event tho world
might have TO look TO French
rather thsn TO English history for
. forecast Of the Consequences. 1t
would not be necessary to go far
ther oack than an even century
age.