Connecticut western news., 1894-03-15
THE LORDS MUST GO.
HOUSE OF COMMONS VOTES TO AsoL-
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Rasaic~i.. Under she Ic~a~r~hip os L@he~-
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 the cablne. May Resign.
 LONDON. March i4@-Mr. Hcnry I~soa- rherc, in the house of commons. prcposed as sn amendment to the address in reply To the queens speech the abolition of the house of lords.
 After some discussion and connidermhls excitement the amendment was put Co vote and was passed by isg Go lAs in spite of the opposition of the government
 During the discussion which pr~e@d~d the vote Mir. Labouchcrs said his eonten- ton that the premier ought to be A mem ber of the house of commons was tnAfined by the fact that they for the last two hours had been discussing Lord Rosebery's re- marks. He agreed with Mr. Redmond that fl home rule depended upon an English majority, why had they stumpcd the coun- try in denuncistion of the house of lordEf I~soachere's Ana~mam@ma- .
 Mir. Labouchere then moved an amend mcnt abolishing the power enjoyed by per sons not elected to parliament to prevent bills from being submitted to her majesty, and he expressed the hope that, if Decc@- sary, her majesty, with the advice of the ministers, would use her power to secure the pAarage of this much pecded reform- He suggested that this ohjcct could early be achieved by creating 500 new peers who would vote for the extinction of the house of lords Laughter.
 Sir William Harcourt said he nRrecd with Mir. Gladstone that the present stats of things could not continue. He, how ever, could not understand the proue~s by which Mir. Labouchere reckoned to achieve his object.
 Mir. Laboucbere interpc@ed with the re mark that he had list of 500 Ktslwarts who werc pledged to vote for the abolition of the house of lords if they were sent thsr~. | Loud isughter.l
 Sir William Harcourt said the method | was imprscticablc. 10 must be left to th. | government to find means te put an end te the intolcrablc situation. The division on Mir. Laboaoherc's amendment wms shen taken
 When the figures were announced. they caused an outburwt of prolonged oheeEing which was renewed when the deputy speaker read the address in reply to che queens speech with Mir. LMbouohsre's amendment attached to it
 The division occurred earlier than was | were absent at dinner. The majority was composed of Ts McCarthyitea and Parnall- ties, the remainder being Radicals.
 When the division paper WAS handed to Mir. Labouobcre, tremendous cheer broke from the Irish and Radical benches and the members standing below the gang way. Mir. Tanner was excitedly cheering and waving his handkerchief. while the government talisrs looked pale. especially Chief Whip Ellis. All the ministers look cd downcaat, while Mir. Bklfour smiled ironically.
 Mir. Chamberlain moved Co adjourn Inc debate on the ground that it was too late to continue and because @n .amendmnns had been carried against the governnent, which Sir William Harcourt told them had called upon her majesty Go do what khs had no constitutional right Co do Th~rs could be no doubt that the govsrnmens could neither accept nor he the channel through which this ridiculous zznsnamsns was to be submitted to she queen.
 Mir. Bsifour said he trusted that the rov' crnmcnt would be in po@ition to Rnnooncs their intention today. Mr. Lxbonchcrc said he hoped that the government would mol allow themselves to be bullsed by the lead CTS of the opposition. Sir William liar court agreed to the motion to adjourn