The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-31
LIBERALS CREATE MANY PEERS
As Always, Most of Them Are For
 Party Service.

Although Sir Henry Campbell Ban herman has been only IS months in office and was elected on a platform that was committed to reduction of the House of Lords and to a curtail- ment of it's powers and prerogatives, lit looks as though he were destined to distance all his predecessors as pre- mier in the nul@ her ot peerages which he has nomin to the crown, and for the creati4 lf which his cabinet | Is responsible. There are considera- bly, more than a score of them that owe their existence to his presenta- tion, and if he remains another five years in possession of the post of prime minister and continues at the present rate, there will be about a hundred new peerages to commem- crate his anti-House of Lords admin istration.
 ! It must thoroughly be understood that @ peerage cannot be created with out the consent of the premier or of minister responsible to Parliament; while on the other hand the king is virtually forced by the spirit if not by the actual letter of the constitution to bestow peerages on all those nomin- ated for the honor by the cabinet.
 The Salisbury Balfour administra- ton, during it's 10 years of office from l1S95 to December, 1905, nominated 60 peers, that is to say, at the rate of six year Lord Beaconsfeld during his six years of premiership from l 1874 to 1880, added only 20 new names to the roster of peers, that is to say, about three year. MT. Glad stone, between 1880 and 1885, added 19 new members to the House of Lords, that is to say, four a year. From this it will be seen that Sir Hen " Campbell Zimmerman bids fair to beat all records.
 Nearly threescore new peerages have been created since the accession of King Edward, though in a few cas- es it is only fair to add that the peer ages were conferred upon nobles al- ready possessing seats in the House of Lords, constituting merely promo tion. During the last 50 years 217 peerages have been created, the House of Lords consisting of little over 600 members. Of these 200 and odd peer ages, forming a third of the upper house of Parliament, which have been created within the last half-century, 34 have gone to lawyers, eight to the army one to the navy and six to science, letters and art, represented by the baronies of Acton Tennyson, Kel- win, Lister, Playfair and Lord Leigh ton, the latter being indeed extinct. Lord Leighton's peerage was a very short-lived one for the president of the Royal academy died within A hours after it had been bestowed upon him. Lord Ritchie was a member of the House of Lords for only IS days, Lord Farnborough for six days, and Lord St Heller (betetr known as Sir Francis Jeune) for six weeks.
 The remainder of the 200 and odd peerages, save about a score given to civil servants, such as Lord Sanderson, Lord Kno1lys, the late Lords Ham, mond and Currie and Pauncefote have been given for political party services on the basis inaugurated by Pitt when prime minister that every man of good record possessed of an income from land to the tune of $100,000 year had a right to expect peerage in re- turn for his political support, the lat ter including not only the voting of his tenantry and people, but also con tribuuons to the electoral campaign