Arizona republican., 1900-10-23

name on the part of the crown. Thay ar merely sumcned zen bloc" by proc lama ton. 60 proceed t1 the election of those of their number who are to rep resent the Scotch peerag- in the house of lords. And that is precisely where the trouble lies. since it admits of peers taking part in .,h election who have no real right to do so.
 The procedure at one of these Alec- ti0ns at the palace of Holyrood is briefly as follows: The peers arr call ed over according to the list of 11O.. since which time no Scotch peerage has been created. Ire additions which have been mace 60 the list of 17O7 consist eX- clusively of peerages created previous to that dat. which had fallen into tenn porary abeyance through the non-Lp- psarance of claimants. but which has been subsequently, revived by the crown in favor of heirs who had proved their g. theological rights to the ancestral honors to the satisfaction 1f the so- called committee of privileges of the house of lords.
 When the names If the list thus com posed are read over at HolYrond pal ace. ,ach peer called answers to his name and records his vote. There is. however. no one who has authority to challenge. on the part of the crown, his right tO the De rage he claims or even his identity.
 And vet that some such check is nee essary is shown Dy the case of the young earl of Seafield. who has always lived in \ W Zealand. and in humble circumstances. visiting England for the first time last year. Utterly unknown. even by sight, to his fellow-pears Of Scotland. ;hera is nothing whatever to prevent some impcstar from attending th7 election at Holyrooi palace and. when the nam of the earl of Seafield is called. voting under that designa- ton. Nor is this by any means the Cnly insranc= where the question of identity would have to be taken on trust by the remainder of the Scottish peers voting. So much for the ques- ton of identity.
 The matter of the right of the peers voting to the D erlges which they hold is equally unsatisfactory. An English Beer does not receive from the crown an invitation to vote for the election of repre- g. ntative peer for Ireland uutli ll-S llStltS it lllt Il 1tIdSt Nnltl lth holds have !, eu decided in his favor by the committee of privileges of the house of lord if there has ever been the slightest qu stiuu raised as to his right of succession. The crown is very careful before il issues its writs to English and Irish peers to make sure that it is not sum.Honing the wrong man.
 HUt there Is TO such check with re- gard to the Sco,.isn peers, owing 10 the fact that there are no writs issued. A man may assume the title Of some Scotch peera% that is either in abey- anrc or that is borne by somr rival claimant. and may thereup1n take part in the election at Halyi0ol. True. any one of the other pc IFS present may challenge his right to the peerage and , his right tO vet" ds q representative p, r. but this challenge does not in validate the vote. IL is merely record ! ed as a protested vota. ana as such 1 is counted with the others. There are quite a large number of Scotch peer ages now held by individuals whose ] claims thereto Ira. to say tha least extremely doubtful ana hay. But few .'eopIe care to place themselves in the i position of openly vlaIl5 ng:n% the right ! of person to whom In everyday life 1 they stand in the relation of personal