Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-27
WARNS THE LORDS
Rejection of Budget Will Be but a
Temporary Victory.
BISHOP OF HEREFORD TALKS
Says Bulge should Pass to Check
Rapidly Growing Spirit of Revolt
Lord CursOn Unable to
Speak.

LONDON, Nov. 26.-"If you win a victory
tory it will be only a temporary one; if
you lose you have prejudiced the position,
power, prestige and usefulness Of the House
of Lords, which l believe every one of you
honors and desires to serve as heartily as
l do myself"
In this homely, candid fashion, Lord Bal
four of Burleigh told the members of the
House of Lords this evening his opinion Of
the course they are pursuing will regard
to the budget. He has none of the graces
Of oratory which Lord Rosebery possesses,
but his plain, downright manner is not
without effect and his speech was the real
event Of yesterdays sitting of the upper
chamber. 1t probably will have even
greater influence that that Of Lord Rose
berry, because Rosebery no longer holds
the confidence Of any party.
Lord Balfour said a referendum was i'm
possible as a matter of practice and he
also believed the matter proposed by Lord
Lansdowne was worse. He asserted that
there never was a time when q strong and
conservative second chamber was more
necessary and he considered 1t impolitic to
mix the question of the defense Of that
chamber with the Taxation OF food. Lord
Balfour warned the lords that they were
walking into a trap set by their opponents
and that the step advocated by Lord Lans-
downe was false alike to the interests Of
the country and the House of Lords.
\ bishop for Budget.
THE bishop of Hereford. who interviewed
later in the debate, said that while he re-
spected the archbishop of Canterbury's de-
sire that the bishops abstain from voting
on the measure, he claimed the right TO
the exercise Of Independent judgment. If
the bishops had any function to perform
It was to speak for the multitudinous poor,
he said; therefore, he supported the budget
which was a social welfare budget
passed on sound finance. He was
| convinced, he declared, that the coun-
try's answer to an appeal to the ballot
would be in clear English that never again
shall the fundamental rights Of the people
be endangered by a privileged class. He
wished the budget might be passed as a
protection against the rapidly growing
spirit of revolt among the democracy, Which
might become dangerous.
Many others Of the the peers spoke, but
all of them along ordinary party lines. The
debate was adjourned today until Monday
when Viscount Moreley, Lord Curzon and
Lord Rothschild are expected to address
the House.
Demonstration I'm Streets.
Rumors are current tonight that the con
servatives leaders, seeing the damaging eff
feet that the speeches of Lords Cromer,
Roseberry and Balfour Of Burleigh are
likely to have on the conservative cause In
an election, are reconsidering their post
ton with regard to the budget. But the
best Information indicates that Lord Lans-
downe's resolution against the adoption OF
the budget will go to a division and be
carried by an enormous majority. A great
~pro-budget demonstration took place to-
night in parliament square and that To-
cality. Six thousand persons gathered for
the demonstration and sang political songs
and cheered for David Lloyd-George, chan
cellor of the eXchequer. Police to the
number OF 1900 were occupied in keeping
order, but the crowd became u~nmanageabio
and the police cleared the square. There