The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-07-07
THE LORDS DEFENDED
sALIsBURx's REPLY TO R~osEBERY,s
ATTACK ON THE HOUSE OF PEERS.
Programme Of the New
nncd-ParIIament Prorosued.

LONDON, July 6.-The Marquis OF Sails
bury. In the House OF Lords. to-day. replied
to the speech which Lord Rosebery re-
Gently delivered before the Eighty Club. in
which he attacked the House OF Lords The
Premier traversed Lord Rosebery's state
ment that the House of Lords had legisla-
tive preponderance. On the contrary. ne as
serted. the House Of Lords hid no share in
the votes by which governments were dis
placed, nor in the provision Of funds for
the public services. Continuing, the Mar
quis OF Salisbury asked what the Lords had
done to induce Lord Rosebery to submit a
proposal which had not been heard within
the Parliament within go years. The
House OF Lords merely rejected the evicted
tenants bill. which, he asserted, was i'm
practicable in the shape presented. To such
bills the Lords would offer continued re-
sistance. (Cheers.) Their real crime was
the rejection OF home rule. which was the
question on which the electorate was now
asked to decide. If home rule had been
passed, the Marquis said. it would have
been irrevocable. and the country had been
saved from this situation by the so-called
"manacles'-the Lords. This question. with
the disestablishment OF the English church,
were measures which set the mass OF the
people one against the other. and which
had produced the greatest possible injury.
The government, however, would give at
tention to other problems. which, though diff
ficult. yet promised to alleviate the lot of
the poor. He hoped by dealing with the
anomalies Of the taxation of the railway
carriages. of the produce and OF the ques-
ton of small holdings to do much to relieve
agricultural depression. There was much to
be done. also. to revise the operations of
the law. In conclusion. the Marquis Of
Salisbury expressed the opinion that the
House Of Lords deserved the thanks Of the
country for clearing the field Of sterile and
angry conflicts and for bringing about the
consideration of measures to ameliorate the
social condition of the people.
Lord Rosebery replied that the legislative
preponderance Of the House of Lords was
notorious. inasmuch as five hundred peers
were a fixed house for the purpose of re-
Commons, he added. Changed, but the
House Of Lords never changed. Whatever
the result OF elections, so far as the House
OF LORDS was concerned. 1t remained the
that II the conservative measures were such
as to raise the social life Of the people
without injustice to other classes, he prom
ised them the support OF the Liberals. The
House then adjourned.
The appropriation bill. providing money
for the public service until the meeting of
the next Parliament, passed its third read
ing In the House of Commons to-day.
Mr.. Edmund Knox, anti-Parnellite. repre-
senting West Cavan, began to discuss the
action of the House of Lords in rejecting
the municipal franchise in Ireland bill. but.
on motion OF the Rt. Hon. a. j. Balfour,
First Lord Of the Treasury. the the Speak
er ruled Mr.. Knox out of order. The latter
returned 20 the subject in various ways,
but each time the Speaker ruled him out of
order. Mr.. Knox then asked if the govern
ment would introduce a bill to redress the
anomalies OF the municipal franchise in Ire
land Mr.. Balfour admitted the existence of
anomalies in the municipal franchise, but,
he added, the government could not an
nounce n legislation until after the cleo
tons. Mr.. Gavin b. Clark, member for
Caithness. Radical. and Mr.. Henry La
bouchere then protested against the ALLEGED
tendency of the government TO increase ex-
penditures in pursuance OF a high imperial
policy. 80
The appropriation bill then passed its
third reading, and Parliament was ormall
prorogued until July "a.