The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-03-30

planning Lord Rosebery's utterances,
and added he must express dissatis.
| faction at the recent declarations OF
the Ministers.
| Joseph Chamberlain followed Red
mond. He believed it impossible il
| Roseberry accepted the leadership OF
the party to betray it.
When he closed l,abouchere moved
the amendment abolishing the power
| enjoyed by persons not elected to Par
Lament to prevent bills from being
| submitted to her Majesty, and he ex-
pressed hope that, if necessary, her
Majesty, with the advice of her Min
listers, would use her power to secure
the passage of this much needed re-
form. He suggested that this object
| could only be achieved by creating
500 new peers who would vote for the
extinction of the House of Lords.
Sir William Harcourt said he could
not understand the process by which
Mr.. Labouchere reekoned to achieve
his object.
Labouchere said he had list of 500
stalwarts who were pledged to vote
for the abolition of the House of Lords
If they were sent there. loud laugh
ter
Harcourt said the method was i'm
practicable. 1t must be left to the
Government to find means TO put an
end to the intolerable situation.
A division on Labouchere's amend
ment was taken, and the cheering
which followed the announcement of
the result lasted fully a minute.
Some members acted in a most
frantic manner. The waving of
handkerchiefs and hats continued
until the deputy speaker left the chair
for short interval.
LONDON, March 14.-When the
House of Commons met today Chan
cellor Harcourt announced that the
Government had decided to move the
rejection of the amended address in
reply to the Queens speech looking
to abolition of the House of Lords
when it is put from the chair, and
substitute another short address in
reply.
1t was proceeding for which the
Government held themselves entirely
They could not present
to the Sovereign document for which
they were not prepared to accept the
entire responsibility. The avowed
object of the amendment was definite
form of resistance to the Lords. The
fully accepted Glad
stones declaration on the subject
Loud cheers.) He had stated yester-
day that the Government proposed to
oppose Balfour's doctrine that the
Commons are to be subject to the
control of the Lords. tRenewed cheer
ing.)
Balfour and Chamberlain, the Con-
and Unionist leaders, assured
the Government of their support, but |
added that yesterdays |
showed it was time the |
asked their constituent |
cies for a new mandate.
Labouchere, the Radical leader, said |
the amendment passed yesterday was |
not intended as vote of want of con- |
tidence in the Government, but to |
quicken their action in the execu-
ton of what a minority of it's sup |
porters in the country demanded. The |
Radicals are satisfied that yesterdays |
majority is the best they are likely to |
get, therefore they would not oppose |
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Labouchere continued by saying |
hat whatever the Government did |
The amendment passed yesterday |
Commons.
1--WE are representatives of the peO-
Dle," he said, land the Government
are our representatives. | do not rec
)gniZe that the Government are my
| always regarded them as
servants of the majority of the House,
md the majority demanded prompt,
speedy, drastic action"
Finally the House rejected the adj
iress as amended yesterday and adopt
ID the address substituted by Har-
.ourt.
The substitute address offered by
Sir William Harcourt, in reply to the
Queens speech, was as follows:
"Most Gracious Sovereign, we, your
Iajesty's most dutiful and loyal sub
ects of the House of Commons of
treat Britain and Ireland in Parlia-
nent assembled, humbly assure Your
Majesty that the measures recon-
nended for our consideration shall re-
GIVE our most careful attention, aud
We beg leave to thank Your Majesty
or the most gracious speech which
Your Majesty addressed to both houses
# Parliament"
The close of the proceedings at the
doption of Harcourt's substitute were
arcIcal, the members treating the
natter as huge joke.
Saunderson, Conservative for North
asked if it was not the i'm
memorial practice for the member
moving an address to wear a uniform,
nd he moved an adjournment for
wenty minutes TO allow Sir William
1arcOurt to change his clothes.
Harcourt continued, occasionally in
errupted by ironical cheers. He said
he opposition was only taking an OPP
to treat the speech from the
hrone with levity.
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