The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

y tisticiaB and historian is abroad in tho
/ land We are indebted to the stats
tlIcian for The statement rhat between
now and the time the general election
his held not less than 100000 political
mcetipgs will he held in Great Britain
To say nothing Of Ireland 1t
EwiIl be the greatest tempest OF oratorv
which ever swept over this country,
\ and doubt il anything like it has ever
been seen, even during The prcsiden-
[fial election, in thc United States. Here
lis a table showing approximately the
humber of meetings which probably viii
,bc inflicted on the long-sulIcring Brit.
Dish public:
Meetings
ITarin Reform league 49,. ........ n. .0OO
BUDGET Protest league ........... 10000
<tnlonist and Liberal candidates. G.u00
Labor and Socialists .... ......... 10000
fsunrasettes ...- ..-.-. .......... 10000
Total 49,. ...... ..... ....... loo Oo0
II II may be noted that no account is
! here taken of the meetings to be held
fby the Irish nationalists. either I'm Great
Britain or Ireland When il is consid.
erred hat the house Of lords is response.
Iblc for the .loUsing Of his flood of ola-
Efory on the country because of their
Iinsislence thai they be permitted 4
voice in the levying OF taxes. il can be
understood under what a handicap thc
yopponeDts Of Mr.. Asqmth. Lloyd George,
Winston Churchill and their confrcres
Iof the cabinet, enter the campaign
Now for Historian.
n SO much for the statisticiau. Now for
fthe historian in The campaign IT an
pears that the last attempt the lords
made TO fool with finance bill was i'm
fls6O. when they rejected a bill repeal
m ho Il 80.
l1emPest In Il teapot tho lords recedcd
from this position. being given conccs
Isions in other directions. This was up
TO the present the only interference
with money bills by tho lords since
Il6Ss. Ii Is not improbable that this was
due To The fact that up 10 the passage
|of the reform act of 1882 tho lords prac-
Itieally controlled the commons Out OF
I65S members Of the commons, between
Ifoe and 800 were practically appointed
by members of the house Of lords. And
since tbeu the cabinet up 10 the present
bias bafn dominated by the lords and
Itle cabinet prepares The budget
4 Hero Arc tho Figures
Thus in Lord Melbourne s ministry
ief 1855. ont uC thirteen members ct
The cabinet seven were peers. ono was
lan Irish peer and two were sons of
ipeers. In Peel s ministry. which suc.
iceeded Melbourne. out Of thirteen mem
lbers no less than eight were peers, and
Ione was the eldest Hon Of peer IN
Lord John Russell s ministry of 1886.
In cabinenr OF fourteen, presided over
Iey Lord John, the younger son Of
Ibouse at - l' s.lpe'' ~ Wv
ord pa1n,or.+nr "a IrJ p'Sr'A
I<cll t;,'a,t I'V'E IuhH W.
ii'; III Loso l"toN nIS'
he's tie ''U.,, Wv, - lg"L .e,u Ilcl'.
.eldcst Son. ,f -" I1II' oi
deer : rainistr,. $50 i1G'G 1r 80, re-
tua - III lellN "' 1917 "ui "l i"uLi""H
fppeiinoerS pain mere were SIX peers and Lord
.S,n;ni... 'Ig.H !'''H3 SECOND
fe,,..I sn..nlst' t',i.loN lh l>'H IN cabinet OF
tv"itteh 'h'ft were mn" peers or hcira|
IL p.fI1g"s IN LORD 'aJme' siouIS s.
htni''rF OF lH'9 mere Wer" out 81 four
k.h inemhers seven peers. pr Oldest
I'm oil peers, increased later 10 eight.
k'slpe5 LORD IaimoTSion Fmscit. In
EsnEu husscIi ministry Of 1860. ont oi
uren members there were nine peers.
Pf nelrS 10 pccragcs, including Russell.
palsed 10 the pccragc. In Lord Derby IS
ininlstry ot 1866. out of sixteen MON
Pers ten we're peers or eldest sons OF
Pefls'
f;on ',. ~ |i4ualone hTs' aGmin1sir1-
It,ee,s -, " g.@N'e Hlenip%I ei2ht "cf"
trhsecn"a0,T :" Tloes' sons and thre" were
SS@rrseGueniiy ~ raised 10 the pecragr. in
'ffieen i"!tt,lSt'E oI lH,4' oui or
~ inIAlutIS IheiG we're seven peers
III, ssoha OF peers. and Mr., Disr2ch him
ZEN pecam" Lord Bcaconsfcld. Even
IN the Democratic rniuisi1., or AFr
>Fladstoue I'm 1sSd ont - .,,,.,...
,fnpn,lorr '"t 90 seventeen
'or H. 40 leas ih"n mlghi were peers
rforn :" PSe'ae"s. IN" views, there
>tYii oi inc. house Of lords. and OF the
strougly in eyidonca -, -,
which had ~ s,r.t;,,,, y
1fore n ~. ~, ~" 'Ht nuhE'I De
IN 7, ~ -" 10 parliament.
H,N p!ea'hi chblnTt. however. there
49, "uiN hNc members Of ihr horse nC
lyfds, Of whom three w.rr elevated ia
'fhe peeoragr siDrr IqnI .,,I r ,
Dthcr two / o,l c.. ~" W. 'H'
tfent crn,tio,l ~ "i .HbllF re- !
Inc .olo ,or,, 'h'l h"rh . arlington rs