The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-03
ENGLISH HOUSE REBUKES LORDS Asquith Resolution is | Adopted. TO PROROCUE PARLIAMENT Premier Speaks Plainly to His
 Associates. Arthur Henderson, the Leader of Labor Party Declares That Government
 Shall Have Its whoIe-
 Hearted sup-

London. Dec. 2---By q majority of s15 after a brief. but excited sitting, the House of Commons today recorded its claims to exclusive control of the nations purse "a claim never before challenged in modern times.
 The vote was taken on resolution offered by Premier Asquith, which de- clared that the action of the House of Lords in refusing to pass Into law the financial provisions made by the Chamber for the expenses of the year was breach of the constitution and e usurpation of the rights of the House of Commons" and the resolu- ton was passed by vote of 34s to 134.
 By this vote the opposing forces of the Lords and Commons are placed in battle array for. one of the greatest constitutional struggles that has come before the country's judgment for centuries. The scenes of enthu- siasm which accompanied the voting on Mir. Asquith's resolution was in marked contrast to those witnessed during the recent debate in the House of Lords.
 Mir. Baifour. leader of the opposi- ton, evidently was suffering from the effects of his indisposftion and did not speak at his best. His speech lacked the ring of sincerity and conviction which characterized the Prime Min. ister's.
 Casts georn on Lords.
 The latter had an easy task in pour ing ridicuie upon what he described, amid the rousing and encouraging cheers of his supporters. as a new tangled Caesarism"s this "arrogant usurpatiou" of the House of Lords.
 The Premier'a ironical reference to the Instinct of divination" of the peers on reaching manhood dissolved his hearers in laughter. He quoted with trenchant effect the speech of Mir. Balfour less than a year ago in which the ex-Premier described himself as . "Hopse of Commons man" and said;
 .sItsis the House of Commons. not the House of Lords, which settled and controlled our financial system. If the House Of Lords could touch the money bills. the whole. executive ma. chinery of the country would be brought to standstili.'s
 Quotes Balfour'e Words.
 The amusement with which the liberals listened to the quotations from Baifour against himself was on the faces of Mir Balfour's follow CTS. Altogether, Mir. Asqufth. sur passed himself. and his alated follow CTS declare that he never made a dner or more effective speech.
 Arthur Henderson, leader of the la Dor party in the house of commons an- nounced that the government would have the whole-hearted support of the laborites.
 will be dissolved so as to permit the holding of elections between January 10 and 20. The propagation will take place tomorrow
 All the preliminaries to the great po- litical battle were cleared away this afternoon at Sandringham where the king had meeting with the privy council during which he signed an order proroguing parliament until January IT, 1910. The fixing of this date was a mere formality as before that time the present house will have been dissolved
 The center of interest today was the House of Commons. where Premier As- quith, on behalf of his government de- livered the reply to the action of the lords withholding their consent upon the budget.
 The house was crowded with mem- bers and the galleries were filled with lords. diplomats and other distinguish ed personages. The ministers and un- ionists leaders. when they entered the chamber. were received with cheers by their supporters who rose to their feet and waved their hats.
 The nationalists. who had decided not to participate in the debate or div ision were absent.
 Cheern for Premier.
 Premier Asquith's first words as he arose amid a wild demonstration of enthusiasm to move the resolution of which he had given notice on Tuesday were:
 we are meeting this afternoon un- der circumstances without example in the history of the British parliament"
 The prime minister pointed out that in opening parliament the king had invited the House of Commons alone to make provision for the heavy ad- ditional expenditure in view of the necessities in the way of social reform and the national defense. The budget was the result and it represented he said, in a greater degree than could be said of any other measure of lever time," the deliberate work of an over wheiming majority of the representa- lives of the people.
 In the course of the week that whole fabric had been thrown to the ground by a body which admittedly had no power to increase or decrease & single tax.
 With much emphasis Premier Asouith declared that the House of Commons would prove unworthy of its traditions If 1t allowed a single day to pass without making clear that 1t did not mean to brook this grave andignity and arrogant usurpation of its rights.
 The session of parliament was clos ing. the premier said. without a finan- ciai act and until fresh provision could be made. the necessities of state could be supplied only through bor- rowing.
 The only course left to the govern ment was to advise the king to dis solve parliament at the earliest pos sible moment and his majesty had ac- cepted that advice. Accordingly the new House of Commons would provide retrospectively and prospectiyely for the needs of the current financial year. If returned. the first act of the Royernment would be to reimpose from the present week all taxes and duties embodied in the finance biD and to validate all past additions.
 The object of his resolution, Premier Anquith explained. was to make a sveSnpt and solid protest against the