The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-20
ABOLITION OF THE LORDS.
Henry Labouohere to Move an Amend
ment to the Queens Speech.


London, Feb. ia letter written by
Henry Labouchere, has been made public,
in which the well-known radical says
that if the queens speech opening the
next session of parliament does not con-
tain declaration that a reform in the
House of Lords is necessary, he will move
an amendment to the address in reply to
the speech declaring that the power
of the hereditary and episcopal
branch of the legislature to reject or alter
bills approved by the House of Commons
should cease.
Mr.. Labouchere's letter adds that the
adoption of the address in reply to the
queens speech ought to be Immediately
followed by the passage of bill to abol-
ish the House of Lords. He adds that if
the ministers want second chamber it
should be formed of members elected by
popular vote.
AN EDITOR ADVISES WAITING.
The Westminster Gazette (liberaD
commenting on Mr.. Labouchere's letter,
says that the introduction of a bill to
abolish the House of Lords would be
tantamount to a dissolution of the House
of Commons within three months. The
paper adds that it would be best to wait
until it is seen how the House of Lords
will treat the Welsh establishment,
the registration and the evicted tenants
measures, and then to go to the country
with an overwhelming case against the
lords.
Herbert Asquith, the home secretary,
has written letter in which he declares
that the government will insists upon the
passage by the House of Lords of the en-
ployers' liability bill in the exact form in
which it was originally passed by the
House of Commons.
THE LIABILITY BILL BEATEN.
The House of Lords considered this
evening the changes made by the House
of Commons in the employers liability
bill, as returned to it by the peers The
Earl of Dudley's amendment of the bill
provided that workingmen might
exempt themselves by special con-
tract from its benefits. When the bill
went back to the House of Commons
Henry Cobb proposed as a compromise
that workingmen having special agree
ments with their employers concerning
accident assurance be exempted from
the operation of the bill. This
compromise was adopted by a vote
of 2l5 to 2l3. 1t was rejected
in the House of Lords this evening
by vote of 1877 10 %. The House also re-
affirmed the Earl of Dudley's original
amendment AS this amendment frus-
trates the principal purposes of the franz
ers of the bill, the action of the upper
house means that the measure must be
abandoned.
GLADSTONE TO MOVE REJECTION.
London, Feb. 20, a. m.-The Daily
Chronicle says this morning: MIR. Glad
stone will move to-day the total rejection
of the lords amendments of the employ
ers' liability bill, saying decisively that
the measure is at an end. The speech
will be of the most vital
Importance, amounting to
formal taking of the field against
the House Of Lords. This will end the
controversy in parliament, inasmuch as
the lords will not care to take it further.
Mr.. Gladstone has been working up the
subject. and great speech may be ex-
pected. The exact form of the ministe-
rial amendment to the motion for consid-
ering the lords amendment will be that
the amendments made by the House of
Lords be laid aside. This is a sweeping
constitutional revolution, which is in
tended to have far reaching meaning"