The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-03-28

John III. Redmond, the ParneIIite
leader, said he sympathiZed with
Morley's humiliating position in ex-
| 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 if
| Roseberry accepted the leadership of
the party to betray it.
| When he closed Labouchere 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 reckoned 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 minute.
Some members acted in most
| frantic manner. The waving of
handkerchiefs and hats continued
until the deputy speaker left the chair
for "a 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 a proceeding for which the |
Government held themselves entirely |
responsible. 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 |
Government 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. (Renewed cheer |
ing.)
Balfour and Chamberlain, the Con-
sentative and Unionist leaders, assured |
the Government of their support, but |
Chamberlain added that yesterdays |
proceedings showed it was time the
Government 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-
fidence in the Government, but to
quicken their action in the execu-
ton of what a minority of its 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
the substitute for it in the address.
Labouchere continued by saying
that whatever the Government did
the amendment passed yesterday
would still remain the decision of the
Commons
"We are representatives of the peo-
ple," he said, sand the Government
are our representatives. / do not rec
ognize that the Government are my
L always regarded them as
of the majority of the House,
and the majority demanded prompt,
speedy, drastic action"
Finally the House rejected the adj
1ress as amended yesterday and adopt
ed the address substituted by Har-
court.
The substitute address offered by
Sir William Harcourt, in reply to the
Queens speech, was as follows:
"Most Gracious Sovereign, we, your
most dutiful and loyal sub
ects of the House of Commons of
Great Britain and Ireland in Parlia-
nent assembled, humbly assure Your
Majesty that the measures recon-
nended for our consideration shall re-
,eive our most careful attention, and
We beg leave to thank Your Majesty
or the most gracious speech which
Your Majesty addressed to both houses
IF Parliament"
The close of the proceedings at the
of Harcourt's substitute were
arcical, the members treating the
matter as huge joke.
SaunderSon, Conservative for North
Armagh, asked if it was not the i'm
practice for the member
moving an address to wear q uniform,
and he moved an adjournment for
twenty minutes to allow Sir William
Harcourt to change his clothes.
Harcourt continued, occasionally in
terrupted by ironical cheers. He said
the opposition was only taking an OPP
to treat the speech from the
throne with levity.
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