The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-07
The Session Prorogned Until
After the Election.
APPROPRIATION BILL PASSED.
Salisbury Defends the Lords Against
the Attack of Rosebery.
Rosebery Repeats His Attack. Address
ing the Lords Themselves -Baifour
Admits Anomalies in the Irish Mu-
nfcipal Franchise, but Refuses TO
Announce New Legislation.

London. July s.-Tbe appropriation biil
providing money for the public service un-
til the meeting OF the next parliament
passed its third reading in the house Of
commons today.
Edmund Knox Parnellfte. representing
West cevan. commenced TO discuss the ac-
tion OF the house of lords in rejecting the
Irish municipal franchise bill. but. on the
motion Of Right Hon. A. j. Balfour. first
lord of the treasury, the speaker ruled Mr.
Knox out OF order. The latter returned
TO the subject in various ways. but each
time the speaker ruled him out Of order.
Mr.. Knox then asked II the government
NoIld introduce a bill 10 redress the
anomalies OF the municipal franchise in
Ireland. mfr. Raifour admitted the exist
ence OF anomalies in the municipal fran
chise, but. he added. the government could
not announce any legislation until after
the elections.
Cavan B. Clark. member for Caitffhess,
and Henry Labouchere, Radicals. then
protested against the alleged tendency of
the government 70 increase expenditures
In pursuance OF high imperial policx
Parliament was formally prorogued I'M
Ill July "a.
The Marquis OF Salisbury in the house
of lords today replied to the speech OF
Lord Rosebery recently delivered before
the Eighty Club. in which he attacked the
house Of lords. The premier traversed
Lord Rosebery's statement that the house
Of lords had legislative preponderance.
On the contrary, he asserted, the lords
had no share in the voting by which
governments were displaced. nor in the
provision OF funds for the public service.
Continuing. the Marquis OF Salisbury
asked what the lords had done TO induce
Lord Rosebery to submit a proposal
which had not been heard within parlia-
ment for $50 years. The house of lords
merely rejected the evtcted tennats' bill,
which he asserted was impracticable in
the shape presented. To such bills the
lords opposed continued resistance
tCheers) Their real crime was rejec-
ton Of the home rule proposition, upon
which the electorate was now asked to
decide. This question and the dsestab-
lshment of the English church were
measures which set one mass OF the peo-
pie against another and had produced
the greatest possible injury. In conclu-
sion the marquis expressed the opinion
that the house of lords deserved the
thanks OF the country for clearing the
neid OF sterile and angry officials and for
bringing about the consideration of meas
ures TO ameloriate the social troubles of
the people.
Lord Rosebery replied that the iegisla-
tive preponderance of the house OF lords
excited opposition. inasmfch as the 500
peers were a fixed house for the purpose
OF resisting liberal measures. The house
or commons, he added, changed but the
house OF lords never changed Whatever
the result of the elections, as far as the
house OF lords was concerned, ii re-
malned the same. In conclusion the
ex-premier said If the conservative meas
ures were such as to raise the social life
OF the people without injury to the other
classes he promised them the support of
inc Llberals. The house then adjourned