New-York tribune., 1907-10-18
MAY VOTE AT HOLLYWOOD
Efect of Lord Fairfar's British
Naturalization.

Iord Fairfaxs letters Of naturalization as an
zsngsh citizen after five years residence in the
waited Kingdom will not enable him to take at
once his seat in the House, of Lords. as seems to
he implied by the cable dispatches from London.
14s peerage is a Scotch and carries with il
NJ Itself seat in the Upper House of the ma
tonsI legislature at Westminster. All that his let
tsrs of naturalization accomplish is to endow him
uIth the right of sitting and voting in the next
-oseting Of Scottish peers in Holyrood Palace at
edinburgh for the election OF sixteen delegates
70 represent their order In the House of Lords
II is only in the event of Lord Fairfax being
chosen occasion such this that he can
hone 10 ever sit in the House of Lords
These elections at Holyrood take place on the
occasion OF each general parliamentary election,
differing in this respect from the methods adopted
for choosing the representative peers of Ireland
For whereas the latter elected for life, the
scottish representative peers are elected only for
,bA duration Of Parliament.
whenever a Parliament is summoned a
ROYAL proclamation Is posted at the Market Cross
q. Edinburgh and all the county towns Of Scot
land ordering the election within ten days of the
sixteen peers by whom the northern kingdom Is
-epresented in the House of Lords at Westminster.
The meeting at Holyrood Palace is presided over
ty the Lord Clerk Register the principal judi
cal dgnitary OF Scotland. The peers present vote
for their nominees, while proxies are accepted for
those who are absent, and then the Lord Clerk
Register makes his return to the Clerk of the
the Clerk Of the House OF Lords At these elections
at Holyrooj Great Roll of peers of Scotland is
read out each peer present either in person or by
proxy answering TO his name and recording his
vote unless he happens 10 have a seat in the
House Of Lords as peer Of the United Kingdom.
The Great Roll OF the peers of Scotland bears the
cate Of 1907. since which time no Scotch peerage
has been created. the additions which have been
made thereto consisting exclusively Of peerages
created previous 10 that date which had fallen
into temporary abeyance through the non-appear-
snce Of the claimant. but which had subsequently
been revived by the Crown in favor Of heirs who
lad proved their genealogical rights 10 the ances-
trs honors.
The Scotch peerege as distinct body is destined
70 eventual extinction. for the Crown has been de-
barred ever since the union from creating any
number OF Scotch peers have received from the
Crown since then peerages Of the United Kingdom,
entitling them 10 seats in the House Of Lords.
Each fresh grant Of a peerage of the United King
dom 10 Scotch peer advances the process Of
absorption Of the Scotch peerage into that OF the
United Kingdom. and this together with the
absence Of any new creation will eventually reduce
the Independent Scotch peeraGe the sixteen peers
by the ters OF the act of union to represent their
order in the House of Lords. These sixteen peers.
instead Of continuing system Of self-eIecton. Will
then probably be created peers OF the United King
dom, and thus the Scotch peerage 6 a distinct
body. VIII have become malgamated into that of
the United Kingdom. the parliamentary incorpora-
tion OF the two countries will be consummated and
the act Of Gnion. passed just two centuries ago.
will have been completed.