The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-06
SALISBURY'S 9ORYISM.
The House of Lords Obstructive
Power Endorsed by the
New Premier.
Bu Cable TO the United Press.

LONDON, July 6, 1895-The House of
Lords and the House of Commons met
at two o'clock this afternoon and Parlia-
ment was then formally prorogued until
July "a. A decree of dissolution will be
made on Monday, July s, Immediately
after which writs for a new election will
be issued.
The House of Commons had previously
met at 1880 o'clock today and passed
through its third reading bill devoting
money to the maintenance of the various
public services until the next Parliament
meets.
Mr.. E. F. V. Knox, Anti-Parnellite
member for Cavan. vehemently protested
against the action of the House of
Lords yesterday in refusing to go into
Committee on the Irish Municipal Fran
chise bill after having passed the meas
ure through its second reading
Mr.. A. j. Balfour interrupted Mr.. Knox
with the remark that this was not the
occasion for discussing the House of
Lords.
Mr.. Knox endeavored to continue his
TRADE and the Speaker was compelled
repeatedly to call him to order Mr..
Knox finally subsided after denouncing
the bigotry and treachery of the Govern
ment.
Mr.. G. B. Clark and Mr.. Labouchere
protested against the insane competition
of Great Britain with the other powers
in building warships and maintaining a
costly army.
The House of Lords met at noon.
Lord Salisbury said this was the last
time the House would meet before the
of f1n T0or vii
took place, and he wished to reply to
the recent speech of Lord Rosebery in
which he had attacked the legislative
Lord Salisbury proceeded to say that the
Upper House took no share whatever in
the votes through which governments
were displaced or inaugurated, neither
did they have any part in the provision
of funds for the public service AS re-
CARDS other matters. however, the
House of Lords possessed precisely the
same powers as the House OF Commons
but he assured Lord Rosebery that if the
future career of the Commons should
be marked by such bills as were intro
duced in the. Parliament just nearing its
end they might depend upon receiving
-'t''r~g opposition from the House of
Lords. Efa 81
1ora Salisbury continuing, said the
House of Lords had been working 10 1e-
sist rhe inauguration of changes which
were not supported by a majority of
the nation As regards home rule for
Ireland, England he said, was certain
ly hostile to it. lie also believed that a
majority CT the nation would fail to
support an attack upon the established
church. and that as far as home rule
neither could be carried without exciting
the most passionate resistance of the
people OF 11agland. The policy of the
Jnionists, his I1oraship declared, was
a positive, not q negative one, for they
intended to legisiare with q view to de-
cTeasing the suffering Of the poorer
classes. They would try to revive the
agriculture of the country, ana would
also give their attention to the matter
Of the carriage of produce to the mar
kets by railway, the creation of small
holdings for tenants. the revision of the
ooor laws, and would consider measures
for the amelioration of the social con-
dition of the people, and do the utmost
in their power to mitigate the misery
which attended the vicissitudes of
these changeful times and lessen the sor-
rows that attended the lot of SO many
millions of their fellow creatures.
Lord Salsbury's remarks were greeted
Lord Rosabery in reply to the new
Prime Minister, iustiiad his previous
statements. He said that while one
side of the House of Lords were SO
overwhelmingly strong it was impossible
for a Liberal Government to carry any
measures introduced, however benefi-
cent