The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-03-15
THE LORDS SPARED.
Liberals Reject Radical Amend
ment to the Address.
SPORT IN HOUSE OF COMMONS
rvss Tories See the Absurdity % the
Osssn Being Considered - MAKING
Address or Receiving . Reply.

3 Ioypoy, March H.-When the house OF
eonmons met today Chancellor Harcourt
srnounced that the government had de.
6ded to move rejection OF the amended ad.
irsss In reply 70 the queens speech, look
inx 70 abolition OF the house of lords, when
4 vas put from the chair, and substitute
uother short address in reply. II was q
proceeding for which the government held.
themselves entirely responsible. They
I puId no. present 10 the sovereign docu-
nent for which they were not prepared 70
acceps entire responsibility. The avowed
object Of the amendment was q definite
1orm of resistance to the lords. The gov
rament fully accepted Gladstone's de-
eIarasion on the subject. Loud cheers.
Hsrcourt had stated yesterday that the
government proposed to oppose Balfour's
doctrine that the commons IL 70 be subject
% the control of the lords. Rene wed
CHEERS
Baifour and Chamberlain, Conservative
md Unionist leaders, assured the govern
nent Of their support. but Chamberlain
sdded that yesterdays proceedings showed
that IL was time the government asked
their constituencies tor new mandate.
Labouchere, Radical leader, said the
amendment passed yesterday WAS not iu-
tsndsd as . vote OF want of confidence in
ths government, but TO quicken their ac-
don In the execution of wha, the majority
II it, supporters in the country demanded.
The Radicals were satisfied that yesterdays
majority was the best they were likely to
~. therefore they would not oppose sub
stiiute address. Labouchere continued by
saying that whatever the government did.
the amendment passed yesterday would
still remain the decision of the commons.
I'VE are the representatives of the peo-
pie" he said, land the government are
our representatives. l do not recognize
that the government are my masters.
hare always regarded them as servants of
he majority of the house. and the major
iiy demanded prompt, speedy, drastic
aciion."
Finally the house rejected the address
amended yesterday and adopted the
address substituted by Harcourt.
An amendment of j. J. Clancy to Gen.
sure the administration Of the government
in Ireland as giving encouragement to
evictions, assisting jury packing and sup
pressing public meetings was rejected, 3si
70 IL. Adjourned.
The substitute address offered by Sir
William Harcourt in reply to the queens
speech was:
Most Gracious Sovereign: We, your ma
jesty's most dutiiul ana loyal subjects of
the house of commons of Great
Britain and Ireland, in parlia-
ment assembled. humbly assure your
majesty that the measures recommended
for our consideration shall receive the
most careful attention. aud we beg leave
10 thank your majesty for the most gra-
eious speech which your majesty has adj.
dressed to both houses of parliament"
Tho close Of the proceeding at the adop-
ton OF Harcourt's substitute was fnrcical,
the members treating the matter Is huge
joke. Saunderson, Conservative, from
North Armagh. asked If it was not the
practice of the member
moving an address to wear q uniform. He
moved an adjournment of twenty minutes
10 allow Sir William Harcourt to change
his clothes. Harcourt continued. inter-
Yupted by ironical cheers, and said the
opposition was only taking an opportunity
TO treat the speech from the throne with
lsvi,y.
The meeting OF the McCarthyite section
Of the Irish parliamentary party ended
last evening. Mr.. Abraham was elected
TO replace Arthur o'Connor as secretary.
The new committee consists OF Justin Me-
Carthy. Edwin Blake. Michael Davitt.
John Dillon. Timothy Healy, William
o'Brien, T. +. o'Connor. Thomas Sexton
and l. ID. Sullivan.